Surigao Strait in the Philippine Islands was the scene of a major battleship duel during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Because the battle was fought at night and had few survivors on the Japanese side, th
Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Prange’s bestse
This is a paperbound reprint of a 2005 book. Authors Parshall and Tully offer an intensive re-examination of the performance of the Japanese navy during the critical Battle of Midway that turned the t
A chronicle of the U.S. liberation of the Philippines during World War II includes exciting accounts of amphibious operations, carrier actions, a deadly typhoon, Japanese kamikazes and dueling submari
