The Liberation of Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas, 1944-1945: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 13 Volume 13

by Samuel Eliot Morison

Book Overview

After crushing Japanese naval power in the Pacific at Leyte Gulf, the U.S. moved to liberate the Philippines. Admiral Morison describes a series of amphibious operations and carrier actions supporting those operations and explains the countermeasures taken against the kamikazes, along with Admiral Halsey's famous Task Force 38 in the South China Sea and the deadly typhoon of 18 December 1944. Additional chapters tell the story of the assaults on Borneo,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591145783
• ISBN13: 9781591145783
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.8"