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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, the events of that naval engagement have been passed down in garbled accounts. Anthony P. Tully pulls together all of the existing documentary material, including newly discovered accounts and a careful analysis of U.S. Navy action reports, to create a new and more detailed description of the action. In several respects, Tully's narrative differs radically from the received versions and represents an important historical corrective. Also included in the book are a number of previously unpublished photographs and charts that bring a fresh perspective to the battle.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Written by one of the proprietors of the estimable "Imperial Japanese Navy Page" on the Web, Tully weaves together previously unused information to truly revolutionize our understanding of history's last great naval surface action. The key point is that Vice Admiral Nishimura's reinforced division of old battleships was not a pointless afterthought, but a brave attempt to further draw American forces away from the Japanese main force that was supposed to savage the American invasion force off Leyte, and which essentially worked.