Battle of Leyte Gulf
Briefing
Fought between 23 and 26 October 1944 across four separate engagements, Leyte Gulf was the largest naval battle in history and saw the first organised kamikaze attacks. The Imperial Japanese Navy committed nearly its entire remaining strength and was finished as a fighting force.
Books Covering This Event (9)
Popular History
The classic single-volume history of the American war against Japan.
The sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the five days her crew spent in shark-infested waters.
The story of a small American escort carrier group that took on the main Japanese fleet at the Battle off.
The brutal final year of the Pacific War, from the Philippines to the atomic bombings.
The second volume of Toll's Pacific War Trilogy, covering the brutal middle years from Guadalcanal to the Marianas.
America's war of annihilation in the Pacific, 1944-45 — Saipan, the Marianas Turkey Shoot, and the road to the bomb.
The final volume of the Pacific War Trilogy: Leyte Gulf, the kamikazes, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the bomb.
Historical Fiction
Officers of a Pacific minesweeper relieve their unstable captain during a typhoon — and face court-martial for it.
The sequel to The Winds of War carries the Henry family from Pearl Harbor through Midway, Leyte Gulf, and Auschwitz.