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Battle of Leyte Gulf
John Grehan and Alexander Nicoll
Frontline Books, 47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S70 2AS, www.pen-and-sword.co.uk; price £14.99 plus postage
By early 1944, offensives undertaken by the United States armed forces had driven the Japanese from many of their conquests in the south and central Pacific. The next move was to sever Tokyo’s communications with the remaining Japanese garrisons and interdict the supplies of raw materials essential to Japan’s war effort.
Before this could be achieved, it was considered essential to eliminate the land-based air forces
