The Battle off Samar was one of the final large-scale naval engagements of the Pacific Theater, marking the last stand of ...

And here's a view directly on top of either the Fusō or Yamashiro as it's bombed by US aircraft from above, some of which were launched by the famed aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.

If the Battle of the Philippine Sea had played out differently, Japan's navy might have been decimated by June 1944. One of the world’s largest and most advanced battleships was discovered this ...

Finally, Part Five, the longest of the five parts, covers the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the fall of 1944. It deals with the organization of the allied and enemy forces and then moves chronologically ...

New York: Osprey Bloomsbury, 2023. Pp. 320+. Illus., maps, tables, appends., notes, biblio., index. $30.00. ISBN: 1472851757 A Fresh Look at the Greatest Sea Battle This new look at America’s retaking ...

Rather than strike directly at Luzon, Army and Navy planners decided first to capture the Philippine islands of Leyte and Mindoro ... to the beaches of Lingayen Gulf, on northwest Luzon, where ...

The Japanese Navy had ceased to be an effective fighting force after the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October of 1944. Pilot Shimada flew in the Special Attack Forces that targeted the U.S. Fifth Fleet.

He died while serving during the battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines more than 80 years ago. Now his family shares what it means to them to have James home. Carol Magill Woodard remembers her ...

Filipino veterans and community as well as representatives from Australia attended the remembrance of the Battle of Leyte Gulf at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne. The enduring connection ...

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