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Battle of Leyte Gulf

Conflict

World War II, Pacific Campaign

Date

23 October 1944 – 26 October 1944

Place

The Philippines

Result

Decisive Allied victory

Combatants
United States, Australia, United Kingdom,	Japan
Commanders
William Halsey, Jr	Jisaburo Ozawa
Strength
17 aircraft carriers 18 escort carriers 12 battleships 24 cruisers 141 destroyers Many other ships, PT boats, and submarines About 1,500 planes	4 aircraft carriers 9 battleships 19 cruisers 34 destroyers About 200 planes
Casualties
3,000 dead; 1 aircraft carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 escort carriers, 3 destroyers sunk	10,000 dead; 4 aircraft carriers, 3 battleships, 6 cruisers, 12 destroyers sunk

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The Battle of Leyte Gulf was a naval battleA naval battle is a battle fought using ships or other waterborne vessels. Most naval battles have occurred at sea, but a few have taken place on lakes or rivers. 1 August 1798, during the Battle of the Nile Although the nature of the ships involved has c of the Pacific Campaign of World War II, fought in the seas around the island of Leyte in the Philippines from 23 October to 26 October 1944. The Japanese intended to repel or destroy the Allied invasion of Leyte. Instead, the Allied navies inflicted a major defeat on the outnumbered Imperial Japanese Navy which left it no longer a strategic force in the Pacific War.

The battle is often considered to be the largest naval battle in history.

Leyte Gulf was also the scene of the first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese. The Australian heavy cruiser HMAS Australia was hit on 21 October, and organized suicide attacks by the "Special Attack Force" began on 25 October.

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