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The Battle of Leyte Gulf The battle of Leyte Gulf took place on the island of Leyte, Philippine. The battle was fought between the Americans and the Japanese, it started October 20, 1944. The allied forces invaded the Philippines beginning with the island of Leyte, using their aerial and naval forces. The Japanese expected the invasion so they ordered its forces to sea at the very first sight of allied landings. Due to the effects of previous battles the Japanese forces left the shore in a scattered manner. The third American fleet that came at Leyte Gulf was diverted with a decoy plane the Japanese sent out. The seventh American fleet destroyed one of the Japanese forces and made a second one withdraw. The battle destroyed much of the Japanese remaining surface fleets, and virtually ended Japans ability to move resources from SouthEast Asia to Japan. In the end Japan lost four aircraft carriers, and three battleships, six heavy cruisers, four light cruisers, eleven destroyers and several hundred aircraft and over 10,500 sailors. The Allied forces lost one light carrier, two escort carriers, two destroyers and one destroyer escort. The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the biggest naval battle during World War II.

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