Battle of Surigao Strait

Twentieth-Century Battles

By: Anthony P. Tully

Narrated by: Gary Roelofs

Surigao Strait in the Philippine Islands was the scene of a major battleship duel during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Because the battle was fought at night and had few survivors on the Japanese side, the events of that naval engagement have been passed down in garbled accounts.

Anthony P. Tully pulls together all of the existing documentary material, including newly discovered accounts and a careful analysis of U.S. Navy action reports, to create a new and more detailed description of the action. In several respects, Tully's narrative differs radically from the received versions and represents an important historical corrective.

The book is published by the Indiana University Press.

©2009 Anthony B. Tully (P)2014 Redwood Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"This book is worth buying by serious students of the Pacific War." ( The Journal of Naval History)

"The skillful incorporation of personal testimony from those involved is what really elevates this work above run-of-the-mill naval history and turns it into something special." ( Warship)

fantastic overview of Surigao Strait

Tully is well known for his co-writing of shattered soward a fantastic overview of the battle of midway and has easilly captured that same thorough coverage here in surigao strait. I have spent time learning about this battle but there are details that I didnt know covered in this book. Great learning material and well worth the read.

Good book, bad audio book

The book is quite good. The narration often feels like parts, especially the names of places and people were poorly spliced in after the fact. This can be quite jarring, like having a book narrated by a speak and spell, it really spoiled my enjoyment of the audio book. The story was good and the narrator was also decent when his words were not being poorly spliced together.

A warrior's story corrected.

The book puts perspective not shown before that explains many misconceptions about this battle, its whys and some what's.

Highly recommended.

Very Good rendered astoundingly pedestrian

Tony Tully’s scholarship and impeccable deep dive research is blown into nearly complete irrelevance by the god awful AI narration. Sorry, couldn’t finish it…I’ll buy the book instead, at least then I don’t have to suffer with some Gen-X producer’s non idea about how to save money. Hire a good narrator for heaven’s sake, Tullys work definitely deserves better.

chaotisch geschreven en zeer matige verteller

zonde van de geïnvesteerde tijd en credit in dit boek, helaas is het niet anders.