Decision at Leyte

350 Pages·2013·55.335 MB·English

by  Falk, Stanley L

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STANLEY FALK
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DECISION
AT LEYTE
The first complete account of the air,
sea, and land battles that sealed the
fate of the Japanese Empire by the
author of Bataan: the March of Death

DECISION AT LEYTE
By the same author
BATAAN: THE MARCH OF DEATH
DECISION
AT LEYTE
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Stanley L. Falk
NEW YORK
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NORTON & COMPANY INC
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Copyright 1966 by Stanley L. Falk
First Edition
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 65-13035.
All rights reserved. Published simultaneously in
Canada by George McLeod, Toronto, Canada.
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Printed in the United States of America for the
publishers by the Vail-Ballou Press, Inc.
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Contents
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One I SHATY RETLTIN
1 The Esc-e 15
2 The R-d E-k 28
It.-o ff-ologlt: to tico^/.-e: ea-ttle
3 Thf T:-e: rfM^;-- 33
4 Pre:uac :g \:c:z7y 41
r/:r-;c- I H_\\T rttitjs-ed
5 Tne Oppcnents 65
6 Activate Sha-i: 79
7 A-Dav fil
S Destroy the Enemy on Le%-te! 104
9 Expaxidmg the Beachhead 109
Four THE Bl^TTLE of IJEYTE GULF
10 Pint Blood 125
11 .Air Strikes and Maneuvers 138
12 The X'ahev of Death ^ 154
13 Ta5^ 3 ' 168
14 TheEnd of the Battle 196
Five wEsrwABD fbom the bei\chhe.vd
15 The Race to Reinforce 217
16 X Corps to Carigara 227
17 The Best-Laid Plans 241
IS A Desperate Struggle and a Shoestring 238
8 Contents
Six DECISION AT LEYTE
19 The Wa Operation 271
20 Two Sevens in Ormoc 286
21 Closing the Vise 302
22 Leyte: The Decisive Battle 316
Index 320