![A U.S. PT boat goes up against a fleet of Japanese ships in the night action called the Battle of Surigao Strait. The Japanese ships were bent on destroying American forces assembled in the Philippines’ Leyte Gulf.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/M-Surigao-1-4C-Dec03-crop-760x404.jpg)
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf: Oldendorf’s Textbook “Crossing the T”
By Donald J. Roberts II & Lawrence C. SchneiderIn 1944, following the American victories in the South Pacific of operational commanders General Douglas MacArthur in western New Guinea and Admiral Chester Nimitz in the Marianas, American planners considered the next offensive against Japan’s empire. Read more