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| Item Call Number |
D 767.4 .V44 2006 |
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Available |
| Barcode |
17818 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9781612514888 (softbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 767.4
- Item number - .V44 2006
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
- Classification number - 940.54/25995
- Edition number - 22
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Vego, Milan N.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The Battle for Leyte, 1944 :
- Remainder of title - allied and Japanese plans, preparations, and execution /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Milan Vego.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Annapolis, Md. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Naval Institute Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2006.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xxiii, 481 p. :
- Other physical details - maps ;
- Dimensions - 24 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references (p. 451-459) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - Strategic setting -- Operational functions -- Japanese preparations and plans -- The objective : Leyte and its approaches -- Allied plans and preparations -- Preliminary major operations, September-October 1944 -- Allied landings and the Battle Ashore, 17-24 October -- Japanese naval reaction, 17-23 October -- Naval battles and other actions, 24-27 October -- Leyte secured, 25 October-25 December -- Conclusion -- Operational lessons learned -- Apppendix 1. Allied Command Organization in the Pacific and C-B-I Theaters, October 1944 -- Appendix 2. Leyte operation: ground task forces -- Appendix 3. Allied Air Forces (AAF), 17 October 1994 -- Appendix 4. Allied Naval Forces, SWPA; October 1944 -- Appendix 5. Task Force 77 (Central Philippines Attack Force); 17 October 1944 -- Appendix 6. U.S. Third Fleet, 17 October 1944 -- Appendix 7. Japanese Command Organization, July 1944 -- Appendix 8. SWPA's Air Search Plan E(asy), August 1944 -- Appendix 9, Japanese Southern Army, October 1944 -- Appendix 10. Japanese ground dispositions in the Philippines, 9 September 1944 -- Appendix 11. Combined fleet, 10-21 August 1944 -- Appendix 12. Combined fleet, 1830 24 October 1944 -- Appendix 13. Japanese naval bases -- Appendix 14. Japanese air bases -- Appendix 15. Principal Japanese airfields in the Philippines, 9 September 1944 -- Appendix 16. Fifth and Sixth Base Air Force, 10 October 1944 -- Appendix 17. Far East Air Forces operations in Philippine Islands area, 10 Oct 44 to 26 Dec 44 -- Appendix 18. Navy carrier-based air operations in Philippine Islands area, 9 Sep 44 to 26 Dec 44
- Formatted contents note - Map 1. The Pacific theater : SWPA and POA areas of responsibility, October 1944 -- Map 2. Japanese southern defense area : areas of responsibilities -- Map 3. Japanese operational idea (scheme) for Sho-1 Operation, August 1944 -- Map 4. The Philippines--Netherlands East Indies (NEI) : strategic positions and distances -- Map 5. Leyte and its approaches -- Map 6. Sixth Army's plan for preliminary and main landings, 17 and 20 October 1944 -- Map 7. Prospective deployment of TF 71 Submarines, 15-25 October 1944 -- Map 8. Fire support area and stations : northern beaches -- Map 9. Fires support area and stations : southern beaches -- Map 10. Prospective deployment of TF 17 Submarines, October 1944 -- Map 11. SWPA : initial area of responsibility for air operations, 10 October 1944 -- Map 12. X Corps landings, 20 October 1944 -- Map 13. XXIV Corps landings, 20 October 1944 -- Map 14. Routes available to the First Diversionary Attack Force and the effective ranges of the Allied Land-Based search planes -- Map 15. Approach of the opposing naval forces, 17-24 October 1944 -- Map 16. Leyte operation : progress ashore, 25 October-26 December 1944
- Formatted contents note - Table 1. Sixth Base Air Force reinforcements, 10-15 October 1944 -- Table 2. Plan for deployment of Sixth Base Air Force to the Philippines
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Leyte Island.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Strategy.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Pacific Ocean
- General subdivision - Strategic aspects.
- Geographic name - Leyte Island (Philippines)
- General subdivision - History, Military.
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