The Battle of Leyte Gulf

Battle of Leyte
Part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II
General Douglas MacArthur and staff, accompanied by Philippine president Sergio Osmena (L), land at Red Beach, Leyte, 20 October 1944.
Date 17 October – 26 December 1944 (Initial phase involving Sixth Army) guerrilla phase under Eighth Army continued until March 1945 Location Leyte Island, Philippines 10°57′N 124°50′E / 10.950°N 124.833°E / 10.950; 124.833Coordinates: 10°57′N 124°50′E / 10.950°N 124.833°E / 10.950; 124.833 Result Decisive Allied victory
Belligerents
Allies  United States  Commonwealth of the Philippines	Axis  Japan  Second Philippine Republic
Commanders and leaders
Douglas MacArthur Walter Krueger Robert L. Eichelberger Franklin C. Sibert John R. Hodge Sergio Osmeña	Tomoyuki Yamashita Sōsaku Suzuki Shiro Makino † Tsunehiro Shirai † Yoshimi Adachi † Kyoji Tominaga
Units involved
Sixth Army (Initial phase) X Corps 1st Cavalry Division 24th Infantry Division XXIV Corps 7th Infantry Division 96th Infantry Division Other 6th Ranger Battalion Aerial elements: Fifth Air Force Naval elements: Third Fleet	Fourteenth Area Army: 35th Army 1st Infantry Division 16th Infantry Division 26th Infantry Division 30th Infantry Division 100th Infantry Division 102nd Infantry Division 54th Independent Mixed Brigade 55th Independent Mixed Brigade 14th Area Army 5th infantry regiment of 8th division
Strength
Sixth Army: ~200,000 Air and naval forces: ~120,000 3,000 guerrillas	65,000 for Sixth Army phase 41 tanks 20,000 during Eight Army's phase
Casualties and losses
USA: 3,504 killed 11,991 wounded 89 missing	49,000 dead

Axis
 Japan

Sixth Army (Initial phase)

Aerial elements:

Naval elements:

Fourteenth Area Army:

The Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the amphibious invasion of the Gulf of Leyte in the Philippines by American forces and Filipino guerrillas under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, who fought against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita from 17 October - 26 December 1944. The operation code named King Two launched the Philippines campaign of 1944–45 for the recapture and liberation of the entire Philippine Archipelago and to end almost three years of Japanese occupation.

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