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This is a fantastic, detailed account of the Leyte Gulf campaign.
Be warned it is five volumes of material to be downloaded and not a quick read. This was written by the Naval War College after the war and was planned to be as complete as possible. The footnotes are frankly awesome. It was not finished because money ran out. (Or if you are a conspiracy theorist, because Adm Halsey's supporters did not want too close a look at his moves.)
The information on the air strikes which sank Musashi can be a bit overwhelming.
I remember first becoming aware of this battle when I was a little guy and my Grandad let me stay up to
watch "Victory at Sea" on the brand new TV. I had dreams about it.
Great link, thank you Bes.
I can't get it to load. Keep getting a "The connection was reset error".