Sky here with another episode of the History Employee Podcast.

The Battle of Late Take Golf in the World War II Pacific Theater was far and away the most

complex and largest naval battle in history.

Of the two American fleets involved, one had 738 ships and carried an invasion force of

165,000 men in addition to the 50,000 Sailors Award.

The other American fleet had 16 aircraft carriers and six of the world's most powerful battleships.

Proposing it was the Japanese fleet, which had 69 ships and 375 aircraft.

The six of this battle were incredibly high.

America invaded late to islands in the Philippines as a first step to occupy the entire archipelago,

and their invasion force was larger than the assault at Normandy.

This would be the first of many steps to the Japanese home islands.

Japan in turn was desperately looking for a victory that would completely turn the tide

of war.

Now because this was such an enormous battle, historians have argued about its particulars

for eight decades.

Some have argued that American ad rules made serious mistakes, such as William Halsey,

who wrongly diverted forces and nearly lost the battle for America.

Others have said that Japanese Admiral Carita could have successfully sunk America's invasion

fleet and turned the Americans back in the Pacific.

To look at some of these long-standing, historical arguments is today's guest, Mark

Stilly, author of Late Take Golf, a new history of the world's largest sea battle.

We're going to look at and dispel many of the mist surrounding the actions and the

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