![]() ![]() Japan’s intent from the beginning was to decisively defeat the U.S. Willmott states that Japan’s defeat at the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944 had sealed its ultimate defeat. Willmott opens with five reasons why the Battle of Leyte Gulf was uniquely unusual he asserts two of these five are most important: that it was a full-scale fleet engagement fought after Japan’s defeat at sea had been decided, and that the battle itself resulted in a clear-cut victory and defeat. ![]() His extensive research of Japanese archives provides for a richer analysis of the largest naval battle in history. ![]() He goes beyond previous works on the battle in examining it from a strategic, operational, and command perspective. Renowned military historian, Hedley Paul Willmott, examines this decisive naval engagement in The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action. The Battle of Leyte Gulf, fought 23–26 October 1944, was the largest naval battle of World War II. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, 2015, 424 pagesīook Review published on: August 11, 2017 The Battle of Leyte Gulf The Last Fleet Action H. ![]()
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