Battle of Leyte Gulf

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rdf:type	Battle by casualties Board wargame Conflict in 1944 Military engagement of World War II Naval battle of World War II involving the United States World War II battle involving the United States Naval battle of World War II involving Japan Naval and land-based operation in the Pacific Theater during World War II owl:NamedIndividual Battle (alphabetical) Battle (geographic) Battles 1901–2000 Battle of the Imperial Japanese Navy Pacific War campaign October 1944 event Public art in San Diego Japanese battle Naval aviation operation or battle Battle with most United States military fatalities Naval battle of World War II involving Australia
rdfs:label	Battle of Leyte Gulf
owl:sameAs	dbr:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
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skos:prefLabel	Battle of Leyte Gulf
skos:altLabel	Philippines attack crisis Sibuyan Sea great battle Leyte invasion of the Philippines Japanese attack air attack an action Invasion of the Philippines Battle off Samar Leyte Gulf Leyte Campaign Leyte landings 24 October air attack Battle for Leyte Gulf Battle of Engaño Battle of Leyte Gulf#Battle of Surigao Strait Battle of Leyte Gulf#Battle of the Sibuyan Sea Battle of Leyte Gulf#Battle off Cape Engaño Battle of Palawan Passage Battle of Sibuyan Sea Battle of Surigao Strait Battle of the Sibuyan Sea Battle off Cape Engaño Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf#Japanese plans Defense of Philippines Leyte Gulf was secured Leyte Operation October 25, 1944 Operation Shō-Gō 1 Palawan Passage Sea battle for Leyte Gulf Sho-Go The Battle of Leyte Gulf World War II: The Philippines attacked by submarines attacked in the Palawan Passage attacked the force attacks in the Palawan Passage battle for Leyte Gulf battle of Leyte Gulf battle off Cape Engaño decoy fleet defeat at sea eleven raids in the Palawan Passage largest naval battle of World War II reclaim of Leyte the Battle of Surigao Strait the force was attacked was attacked in Palawan Passage Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf#The_Battle_of_the_Sibuyan_Sea_.2824_October.29 site of one of the most consequential naval battles
clgo:causalties	1 destroyer escort sunk 2 destroyers, 1 light carrier, 2 escort carriers, 255 planes ~3,000 casualties;
clgo:combatant	United States Japan
clgo:commander	Shōji Nishimura Task Force 44 Task Force 77 (United States Navy) United States Seventh Fleet Clifton Sprague Kamikaze Jesse B. Oldendorf Jisaburō Ozawa John Augustine Collins Leyte Gulf order of battle Takeo Kurita United States Third Fleet William Halsey Jr. Kiyohide Shima Thomas C. Kinkaid Yukio Seki
clgo:date	1944-10-26
clgo:isPartOfMilitaryConflict	Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) Pacific War World War II
clgo:place	Leyte Gulf Japan Philippines
clgo:result	Allied victory
clgo:strength	1 fleet carrier 7 battleships 116destroyers anddestroyer escorts 12battleships 13heavy cruisers 18escort carriers 24cruisers 2hybrid-carriers/battleships 3 light carriers 300+ planes (including land-based aircraft) 35+ destroyers 67+ ships in total 6light cruisers 8fleet carriers 9light carriers About 1,500planes ManyPT boats,submarines, and fleet auxiliaries ~300 ships in total
is clgo:battle of	Matome Ugaki Robert W. Hayler VMFA-211 Second VA-75 (U.S. Navy) Shōji Nishimura Marc Mitscher Hugh H. Goodwin Vereen Bell Richard Peek (admiral) Julien J. LeBourgeois Chester W. Nimitz Third Carrier Division Theodore H. Winters Jr. Harry B. Jarrett Thomas G. W. Settle 1st Air Fleet Elmo Zumwalt Stuart H. Ingersoll Kimura Susumu Military Intelligence Service (United States) Yoshinao Kodaira John Hoskins (officer) Carl Frederick Holden Jesse B. Oldendorf VF-18 Jisaburō Ozawa John Augustine Collins Herbert J. Ray Masatomi Kimura Fourth Carrier Division David Wells (admiral) Inoguchi Toshihira Takeo Kurita David McCampbell James L. Kauffman William Halsey Jr. Kiyohide Shima Thomas C. Kinkaid Tomiji Koyanagi Cornelius N. Nooy Frederick C. Sherman Takijirō Ōnishi Shigeyoshi Miwa Theodore E. Chandler Yoshimi Minami Herald F. Stout Richard L. Cevoli Yukio Seki
is clgo:isPartOfMilitaryConflict of	Battle off Samar

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