The Last Epic Naval Battle: Voices From Leyte Gulf
作者: David
出版社:Penguin 2007年07月
简介:
By October, 1944, Japan's once-mighty naval power was almostextinguished. But in one last desperate bid, the Japanese gatheredand combined their forces to defeat the Pacific Fleet of the UnitedStates Navy.
With more ships engaged than there were even in the gargantuanWorld War I Battle of Jutland-and 200,000 men fighting on the seaand in the air- the Battle of Leyte Gulf was a hellish cacophony ofcannon fire, murderous strafing airplanes, and deadlyexplosions.
Here, in the words of the men who were there, are the dramaticaccounts of what really happened at Leyte. Though oftenovershadowed by other Pacific War engagements, such as Midway orGuadalcanal, the Battle of Leyte Gulf was, and remains, the largestbattle in the history of naval warfare.