As the Allies prepared for the invasion of the Philippine island of Leyte, every available warship, submarine, and airplane was placed on alert while Japanese admiral Kurita Takeo stalked Admiral William F. Halsey’s unwitting American armada. It was the beginning of the epic Battle of Leyte Gulf—the greatest naval battle in history.

Join acclaimed historian John Prados, author of the new book, Storm Over Leyte, for an unprecedented look at both sides of this titanic naval clash. Drawing upon a wealth of untapped sources—US and Japanese military records, diaries, declassified intelligence reports, and postwar interrogation transcripts—Prados offers up a masterful narrative of naval conflict on a gigantic scale.


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