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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101472825489

ISBN-139781472825483

eBay Product ID (ePID)239649076

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Book TitleTidal Wave : from Leyte Gulf to Tokyo Bay

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / Naval, Modern / 20th Century, Military / United States

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorThomas Mckelvey Cleaver

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight22.2 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"Every page is packed with details of events that took place from Leyte Gulf to Tokyo Bay for the US Navy and the role of the British Royal Navy fighting the Japanese. I am going to go out and buy Mr. Cleaver's other books." - IPMS/USA, "Every page is packed with details of events that took place from Leyte Gulf to Tokyo Bay for the US Navy and the role of the British Royal Navy fighting the Japanese. I am going to go out and buy Mr. Cleaver's other books." - IPMS/USA " Tidal Wave is an entertaining read and can be recommended as a supplemental history of the Pacific war's final year to readers who like their history fast and personal." - Naval History

Table Of ContentCHAPTER ONE: The Final BattleCHAPTER TWO: October 25, 1944CHAPTER THREE: The Big Blue BlanketCHAPTER FOUR: Halsey's TyphoonsCHAPTER FIVE: The Forgotten FleetCHAPTER SIX: TokyoCHAPTER SEVEN: Iwo JimaCHAPTER EIGHT: Prelude to OkinawaCHAPTER NINE: The Fleet that Came to StayCHAPTER TEN: The Murderous Month of MayCHAPTER ELEVEN: Admiral Nimitz Writes a LetterCHAPTER TWELVE: FinaleCHAPTER THIRTEEN: GyokusenBibliographyIndex

SynopsisA vivid narrative history of the final stages of the Pacific War, as the US Navy began to slowly approach the Japanese home islands against fearsome opposition, notably from the suicidal Japanese airmen: the kamikaze ., The United States Navy won such overwhelming victories in 1944 that, had the navy faced a different enemy, the war would have been over at the conclusion of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. However, in the moment of victory on 25 October 1944, the US Navy found itself confronting an enemy that had been inconceivable until it appeared. The kamikaze , 'divine wind' in Japanese, was something Americans were totally unprepared for; a violation of every belief held in the West. The attacks were terrifying: regardless of the damage inflicted on an attacking airplane, there was no certainty of safety aboard the ship until that airplane was completely destroyed. Based on first-person accounts, Tidal Wave is the story of the naval campaigns in the Pacific from the victory at Leyte Gulf to the end of the war, in which the US Navy would fight harder for survival than ever before., The United States Navy won such overwhelming victories in 1944 that, had the navy faced a different enemy, the war would have been over at the conclusion of the Battle of Leyte Gulf.However, in the moment of victory on 25 October 1944, the US Navy found itself confronting an enemy that had been inconceivable until it appeared. The kamikaze , 'divine wind' in Japanese, was something Americans were totally unprepared for; a violation of every belief held in the West. The attacks were terrifying: regardless of the damage inflicted on an attacking airplane, there was no certainty of safety aboard the ship until that airplane was completely destroyed. Based on first-person accounts, Tidal Wave is the story of the naval campaigns in the Pacific from the victory at Leyte Gulf to the end of the war, in which the US Navy would fight harder for survival than ever before., In October 1944 the United States Navy had won such overwhelming victories that, had it faced a different enemy, the war would have been over. However, at the conclusion of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, in the moment of apparent victory, the US Navy confronted a horrifying new enemy tactic. At 1045 hours, USS St. Lo, survivor of the Battle off Samar, was deliberately hit by a single Japanese fighter that crashed through her flight deck, igniting fires that sank her within 30 minutes. The kamikaza (Japanese for "divine wind") had arrived. A violation of every belief held in the West, these terrifying attacks were something for which the US was totally unprepared, and provoked in its men a new, deeply personal hatred of the enemy. Based on first-hand accounts, Tidal Wave tells the action-packed story of the naval campaigns in the Pacific, from the victory at Leyte Gulf to the end of the war - a period in which the US Navy would need to fight harder for victory than ever before. Book jacket.

LC Classification NumberD773