Reading the Admiralty's Pacific battle histories

The staff-history account reconstructs Kurita's approach through San Bernardino Strait, the escort carriers' missions, and the information that did not reach Seventh Fleet commanders. Taffy 3 remained near the edge of the Japanese force's dawn reach because its commander expected warning and had no assigned responsibility for covering the strait. The book's value lies in its institutional evidence close to the events, even though it is not an eyewitness primary source. The passage makes the communications failure at Leyte Gulf concrete.