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Battle of Leyete Gulf
Battle of Leyete Gulf
By: Cooper Thomas, Carter Montgomery,
and Taylor Warner
Background
The battle of Leyete Gulf is considered to be one the largest naval battle in WW2 and somewhat refereed to as the largest naval battle in history due to over 200,000 naval presonell being involved
Where was this battle at? Who was involved? When did this battle take place?
The battle of Leyete Gulf was located in the waters near the Phillipine islands of Leyete, Samar, and Luzon in Southeast Asia.
In this battle, it was the American and Austrailian forces fighting agianst the Japaneese.
It took place from 23-26 of October 1944
Why did this battle happen?
It was an invasion of the Philippine island of Leyete to isolate Japan from its overtaken countries in Southeast Asia because it occupied a vital source of induatrial and oil supplies.
What happened in this battle?
There were four main battles of Leyete Gulf such as the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, the Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle off Cape Engaño and the Battle of Samar.
It was also the first battle in which Kamakazi attacks were used.
Allied victory
Losses in this Battle
7 American warships were lost along with 4 American and 1 Austrailian ship being damaged.
26 Japaneese ships were lost
3000 American Deaths
12500 Japaneese Deaths