The Liberation of the Philippines

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Publisher Place: Usa
Publisher Year: 2012
Edition: Reprint

Description: 336 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Luzon, Mindanao, The Visayas, 1944-1945: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 13 .

Publishers Description: 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 Halseys 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, submarine operations in the southwest Pacific in 1945, and Capt. Milton Miless last naval battle of the war with sailing junks.

ISBN: 9781591145783