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200 10$aBattle of Surigao Strait$b[electronic resource] /$fAnthony P. Tully
210   $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2009
215   $a1 online resource (352 p.)
225 1 $aTwentieth-century battles
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-253-35242-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 311-316) and index.
327   $aCover; Contents; List of Maps; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Prologue "Retiring towards the enemy."; 1. "I have returned."; 2. "Bah. We will do our best."; 3. "We are going to participate in a surface special attack."; 4. "It is deemed advisable for 2YB to storm into Leyte Gulf."; 5. "He gallantly came to a stop and started rescue work."; 6. "Everybody aboard thought a BB could force a narrow strait."; 7. "Make all ready for night battle."; 8. "A most tragic dispatch."; 9. "Take out the searchlight!"; 10. "He wished them to know he was penetrating alone."
327   $a11. "Just scored a big flare on 1 of them!"12. "You are to proceed independently and attack all ships!"; 13. "At 0345 observed battleship burning."; 14. "This has to be quick. Standby your torpedoes."; 15. "An awfully gruesome sound, which passed from left to right."; 16. "We proceed till totally annihilated."; 17. "We have arrived at battle site."; 18. "In God's name, where's the doctor?"; 19. "The chances to succeed are nil."; 20. "It was the kind of naval battle you dream about."; Epilogue "A thing repeated will happen a third time."; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index
330   $aSurigao Strait in the Philippine Islands was the scene of a major battleship duel during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Because the battle was fought at night and had few survivors on the Japanese side, the events of that naval engagement have been passed down in garbled accounts. Anthony P. Tully pulls together all of the existing documentary material, including newly discovered accounts and a careful analysis of U.S. Navy action reports, to create a new and more detailed description of the action. In several respects, Tully's narrative differs radically from the received versions and represent
410  0$aTwentieth-century battles.
606   $aLeyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944
607   $aSurigao Strait (Philippines)$xHistory, Military$y20th century
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aLeyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944.
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