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03036aam a22003854a 4500 001 7DDA1E9E68F911E68AB74A8ADAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160823010507 008 050909s2006 mdub b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2005026338 020 $a 9781557508850 020 $a 1557508852 (alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)61499985 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d YDX $d BAKER $d UNA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-ph--- 050 00 $a D767.4 $b .V44 2006 082 00 $a 940.54/25995 $2 22 100 10 $a Vego, Milan N. 245 14 $a The Battle for Leyte, 1944 : $b allied and Japanese plans, preparations, and execution / $c Milan Vego. 260 $a Annapolis, Md. : $b Naval Institute Press, $c c2006. 300 $a xxiii, 479 p. : $b maps ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-459) and index. 505 0 $a 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 -- Allied naval moves, 17-23 October -- Naval battles and other actions, 24-27 October -- Leyte secured, 25 October-25 December -- Conclusion -- Operational lessons learned: Appendix 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 1944 -- Appendix 4. Allied Naval Forces, SWPA; October 1944 -- Appendix 5. Task Force 77 (Central Philippines attach 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 Island Areas, 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. 650 0 $a Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Leyte Island. $z Leyte Island. 650 0 $a Strategy 651 00 $a Pacific Ocean $x Strategic aspects. 651 00 $a Leyte Island (Philippines) $x History, Military. 856 41 $3 Table of contents $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0519/2005026338.html 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171227053219.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161103031035.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7DDA1E9E68F911E68AB74A8ADAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search