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    The Battle of Leyte Gulf (The largest naval battle in history in ship tonnage involved and sunk)

    Fourth Battle: Battle of Cape Engaño (25–26 October 1944) Ozawa's "Northern Force" comprised four aircraft carriers (Zuikaku—the last survivor of the six carriers that had attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941—and the light carriers Zuihō, Chitose, and Chiyoda), two World War I battleships partially...
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    The Battle of Leyte Gulf (The largest naval battle in history in ship tonnage involved and sunk)

    Third Battle: Battle off Samar (25 October 1944) - David versus Goliath Prelude Halsey's decision to take all the available strength of 3rd Fleet northwards to attack the carriers of the Japanese Northern Force had left San Bernardino Strait completely unguarded. Senior officers in 7th...
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    The Battle of Leyte Gulf (The largest naval battle in history in ship tonnage involved and sunk)

    Second Battle: Battle of Surigao Strait (25 October 1944) The Battle of Surigao Strait is significant as the last battleship-to-battleship action in history. The Battle of Surigao Strait was one of only two battleship-versus-battleship naval battles in the entire Pacific campaign of World...
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    The Battle of Leyte Gulf (The largest naval battle in history in ship tonnage involved and sunk)

    First Battle: Battle of the Sibuyan Sea (24 October 1944) IJN Musashi Despite its great strength, 3rd Fleet was not well-placed to deal with the threat. On 22 October, Halsey had detached two of his carrier groups to the fleet base at Ulithi to provision and rearm. When Darter's contact report...
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    The Battle of Leyte Gulf (The largest naval battle in history in ship tonnage involved and sunk)

    Submarine action in Palawan Passage (23 October 1944) (Note: this action is referred to by Morison as "The Fight in Palawan Passage",[1] and elsewhere, occasionally, as "the Battle of Palawan Passage"). As it sortied from its base in Brunei, Kurita's powerful "Center Force" consisted of five...
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    The Battle of Leyte Gulf (The largest naval battle in history in ship tonnage involved and sunk)

    Background The campaigns of August 1942 to early 1944 had driven Japanese forces from many of their island bases in the south and central Pacific Ocean, while isolating many of their other bases (most notably in the Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea, Marshall...
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    The Battle of Leyte Gulf (The largest naval battle in history in ship tonnage involved and sunk)

    October 23-25, 1944, the Battle of Leyte Gulf (off Leyte and Samar islands, Philippines) is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history. (The United States Third and Seventh Fleets, including some...
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