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Although largely unknown to British readers, Leyte Gulf marked the culmination of the naval battles not only of World War II but of history. The biggest in scale, it was also the most varied, employing every type of vessel from giant battleship to submarine and every form of aircraft from interceptor fighter to suicide attacker. It marked also the final eclipse of the battleship as the major weapon at sea and confirmed the vital importance of the...
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United States Army in World War II. War in the Pacific volume 2, pt. 5
Pub. Date
1954.
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xvi, 420 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps (part folded, part color) ; 26 cm
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English
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English
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In the Philippines, a ragtag American guerrilla army battles the Japanese, under a most unusual commander. In Budapest, an agent must keep two key prisoners from being interrogated by the Gestapo, his only choices being to rescue them - or kill them. In Washington, an Army Air Corps captain suddenly finds himself assigned deep under the sea, his mission an improbable one of submarines, supplies, arms, and gold. And in Cairo, an undistinguished pilot...
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[2018]
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635 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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English
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Before World War II, Manila was a slice of America in Asia, populated with elegant neoclassical buildings, spacious parks, and home to thousands of U.S. servicemen and business executives who enjoyed the relaxed pace of the tropics. The outbreak of the war, however, brought an end to the good life. General Douglas MacArthur, hoping to protect the Pearl of the Orient, declared the Philippine capital an open city and evacuated his forces. The Japanese...
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