tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11204622568440532552011-11-27T15:14:49.206-08:00Leyte Gulf Landingseternanoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125LeyteGulfLandingshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1120462256844053255.post-26116056034196608982011-07-07T22:01:00.000-07:002011-07-07T22:01:59.484-07:002011-07-07T22:01:59.484-07:00Introduction to Leyteeternanoreply@blogger.com0
[The primary source for this text is the U.S. Army Center for Military History. For a more general overview of the war see the Brief History of WWII e-text."]
In the Philippines the principal objective had been Luzon since it was on one of the corners of the so-called strategic triangle.
Since it was presumed that the Japanese had massed their principal ground, air, and naval strength in
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf
By Liz Cote
The Battle of Leyte Gulf is often described as the “last great battleship engagement in history” and reigns as the definitive destruction of Japanese naval capabilities.
Ever since the Battle of Midway, it was considered tradition that America simply pummeled Japan at every naval engagement. However, in October 1944 Japan sought to change this
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