Battle of Leyte Gulf, part II

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In the previous post, Admiral Halsey was going north to confront Admiral Ozawa's decoy fleet, Nishimura's Southern Force was being crushed and CINCPAC (U.S. Commander-in-Chief - Pacific) continued to have negligible intelligence due to a change in Japanese codes.

Kurita's force came up against Admiral Sprague's Taffy 3 group, with 6 escort carriers having only about 28 planes each (also called "jeep," "baby flattops," "Tomato cans" or CVEs [ c…

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2 Responses to Battle of Leyte Gulf, part II

  1. gpcox says:

    I kept hoping you’d be right these for me and sure enough – I never should second guess Pierre! Thanks again.

  2. I kept hoping you’d be right these for me and sure enough?
    I don’t quite understand that sentence.
    Is there a typo or a missing word?

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