Avenging Pearl Harbor The Saga Of America's Battleships In The Pacific War

It was a miracle three years in the making, a testimony to american fortitude and ingenuity and perhaps the key to why the united states won a war that after pearl harbor seemed hopeless. Impeccably researched deep in the archives at pearl harbor and washington dc, revenge of the dreadnoughts is colorfully written, personal, chilling, visceral,historian keith warren lloyd brings his gift for injecting life and personalities and heretofore untold stories of the men and women involved- members of what became known as the greatest generation whose heroism and sacrifice brought about the miraculous new life of a sleeping military force that was reeling and on its knees. It is a story has never before been old in such detail and with such vibrancy. On the night of 24 october 1944, a force of two battleships, one heavy cruiser and four destroyers from the imperial japanese navy steamed into surigao strait in the philippines.Their objective: to attack the invasion fleet of general douglas macarthur’s army in leyte gulf.Alerted by scouting pt boats, the u.S. 7Th fleet under the command of rear admiral jesse oldendorf prepared a deadly trap.Waiting for the enemy force were five american battleships and supporting cruisers and destroyers.Oldendorf performed the classic naval maneuver of crossing the t which allowed the american ships to fire broadsides at the oncoming japanese vessels, while the enemy could only fire with their forward turrets.When the smoke cleared, the japanese f...

It was a miracle three years in the making, a testimony to american fortitude and ingenuity and perhaps the key to why the united states