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The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action
- Twentieth-Century Battles
- Narrated by: Jim Seitz
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
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Summary
The Battle of Leyte Gulf - October 22-28, 1944 - was the greatest naval engagement in history. In fact the battle was four separate actions, none of which were fought in the Gulf itself, and the result was the destruction of Japanese naval power in the Pacific. This book is a detailed and comprehensive account of the fighting from both sides. It provides the context of the battle, most obviously in terms of Japanese calculations and the search for "a fitting place to die" and "the chance to bloom as flowers of death." Using Japanese material never previously noted in western accounts, H.P. Willmott provides new perspectives on the unfolding of the battle and very deliberately seeks to give readers a proper understanding of the importance of this battle for American naval operations in the following month. This careful interrogation of the accounts of "the last fleet action" is a significant contribution to military history.
Winner, Society for Military history Distinguished Book Award.
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- TheodorTheMagyar
- 11-12-17
Boring
Would you try another book written by H. P. Willmott or narrated by Jim Seitz?
This is an astonishingly soporific work. It may appeal to naval historians and academics for the theories and points Willmott makes but it is truly dull.
Would you ever listen to anything by H. P. Willmott again?
No
Would you be willing to try another one of Jim Seitz’s performances?
Maybe. Don't think he can blamed for the material he had to perform.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
My reaction? Well, I'll never have trouble sleeping again as long as I have this.
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