The Battle
for Leyte Gulf
23-26 October 1944
Four
major actions which together make up the greatest naval battle of World
War Two -
The Battle of the Sibuyan
Sea
The struggle between the Japanese
main force and the aircraft of Task Force 38.
The Battle of Surigao Strait
The greatest surface action since
1916 at Jutland, and the last battle-line action in history.
The Battle off Cape Engano
The last sea fight of the Japanese
aircraft carriers, and their destruction by the US Third Fleet
The Battle off Samar
The struggle of a American
escort carrier unit, and its destroyers
against the enemy main force
The ActionsThe
ForcesThe
US WarshipsThe
Aircraft
Charts of the Battle
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Acknowledgments
Main source of data for this
site is :
"History of US Naval Operations
in World War II" by Samuel E Morison - Volume XII "Leyte"
(Published by Little Brown,Boston
1962)
The impression of a Fletcher
Class destroyer at the head of this page
is based on a photograph
of the destroyer 'La Vallette' in :
P.H. Silverstone "US
Warships of World War II" (published by Ian Allan, Shepperton, Surrey)
THE FORCES
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Aircraft
of the Pacific War
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THE SHIPS
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THE JAPANESE AIRCRAFT
Japanese
dive-bombers - D4Y 'Judy' and the D3A 'Val'
THE US AIRCRAFT
THE ACTIONS
The Battle
off Samar - the Main Action - by Robert Jon Cox
CHARTS
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