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		In a day long series of attacks, Halsey destroyed Ozawa's force, first with aircraft, and then with surface warships sent in to pick off the cripples.
		What few planes did manage to survive and attack found their way to bases in the Phillipines.
		This battle is also notable in that the Japanese lost the last of their veteran carriers from Pearl Harbor - Zuikaku (one of my all-time favorites, sniff sniffle).
	www.combinedfleet.com /btl_eng.htm (265 words)

	Battle of Leyte Gulf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Leyte Gulf was a naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II, fought in the seas around the island of Leyte in the Philippines from 23 October to 26 October 1944.
		The battles of 1943 drove the Imperial Japanese Army from its bases in the Solomon Islands, and in 1944 a series of Allied amphibious landings supported by large carrier forces captured the Marianas Islands.
		In the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea it was attacked by carrier aircraft and Musashi was sunk.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_off_Samar (3174 words)

	Battle of Leyte Gulf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Battle of Leyte Gulf, was a World War II engagement between October 23 and October 26, 1944.
		The diversion was successful, yet one of the Japanese attack forces was driven off by a force of six old battleships, five raised from the bottom of Pearl Harbor.
		Having defended the landing force against the air and naval challenge, the way was opened for the reconquest of Leyte by the land forces under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, in the Battle of Leyte.
	uncover.us /en/wikipedia/b/ba/battle_of_leyte_gulf.html (602 words)

	Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Leyte â“ Leyte Gulf â“ Battle of Ormoc Bay">1st Ormoc Bay â“ ">Leyte in the Philippines from 23 October to 26 October 1944.
		The battle is widely considered to be the battle in history">largest naval battle in history.
		The battles of 1943 drove the Japanese Army">Imperial Japanese Army from its bases in the Solomon Islands, and in 1944 a series of Allied amphibious landings supported by large carrier forces captured the Marianas Islands.
	www.buyitfast.org /q/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf (2859 words)

	The Leyte Operation
		There ensued the three almost simultaneous naval actions (the Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle off Samar, the Battle off Cape Engano) which have been collectively dubbed the "Battle for Leyte Gulf," as the myriad ships of America's Third and Seventh Fleets were welded together to meet the oncoming foe.
		At dawn on the 25th off Cape Engano on Luzon's northeastern tip, Admiral Halsey's planes fell upon the Northern Force, and sank all four carriers.
		Off Samar, the Central Force jumped the lightly-armed U. escort carriers, but it too was hacked apart, as it attempted to retire to San Bernadino Strait on the afternoon of the 25th.
	santafe.paintrock.net /Docs/the_leyte_operation.htm (1723 words)

	Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Her planes took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor that started the Pacific War, and she fought in several of the most important naval battles of the war, finally being sunk in the battle off Cape Engaño.
		On 26 October 1942 in the battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, her planes again damaged Enterprise, and crippled Hornet (she was abandoned and later sunk by the Japanese destroyers Akigumo and Makigumo).
		On 19 June 1944, in the battle of the Philippine Sea, Taiho and Shokaku were both sunk by submarine attack, leaving Zuikaku, the only surviving carrier of Carrier Division 1, to recover their few surviving planes.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/J/Japanese-aircraft-carrier-Zuikaku.htm (855 words)

	THE BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF - Summary
		This was to mean that he lost control of the battle, and his giving such an order when his force was already engaged in redeployment caused immense confusion within the Japanese formation.
		This was the end of the Battle off Cape Engano, and - apart from some final air strikes on the retreating Japanese forces on 26 October - the end of the Battle for Leyte Gulf.
		When Admiral Ozawa was questioned on the battle after the war he replied 'After this battle the surface forces became strictly auxiliary, so that we relied on land forces, special [Kamikaze] attack, and air power.
	www.angelfire.com /fm/odyssey/LEYTE_GULF_Summary_of_the_Battle_.htm (4173 words)

	Military History Online - The Battle for Leyte Gulf Revisited
		And because "The Battle for Leyte Gulf" didn't change the situation on the ground in any important way, it can't go down as a major victory unless the largely unknown fifth battle is included as part of it.
		It was that battle that determined the final fate of the Japanese in the central Philippines.
		Since the purpose of the Battle for/of Leyte Gulf was to secure the Gulf area, any fair-minded assessment has to include the contributions of Army land forces—particularly the 77th Division, destroyer squadrons that raided enemy re-supply bases on the island, and Marine Fighter-Bomber groups that dealt heavy blows to Japanese shipping.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/articles/leytegulfrevisited.aspx (753 words)

	Zuiho
		A dive bomber from the USS Enterprise dropped a bomb in the middle of the flight deck.
		On the 24th, the Battle off Cape Engano, she was hit by two bombs on the flight deck, and was near-missed six-times.
		But the fire and flooding was controlled and she was underway for another 6 hours while other ships were under attacked.
	www.geocities.com /jwarship/Zuiho.html (133 words)

	DD-793 DANFS
		In addition to radar picket and screening duty, she was also called upon for inshore fire support As the battle for Saipan raged ashore, escort carriers of Cassin Young's group launched attacks on the island, as well as sorties to neutralize enemy air fields on Tinian Rota, and Guam.
		This developed on 25 October into the Battle off Cape Engano, a series of air strikes in which four Japanese carriers and a destroyer were sunk.
		Her operations from that time into 1960 included training exercises in the Caribbean and off the eastern seaboard as well as tours of duty in the Mediterranean in 1956, winter 1956-57, and 1959 and a round of visits to ports of northern Europe in 1958.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/destroy/dd793txt.htm (1123 words)

	USS Langley (CVL-27) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		During the 2-day Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19 to 20 June, the enemy suffered such serious losses that he was not able to again seriously challenge U.S. seapower until the invasion of Leyte.
		In the ensuing battle off Cape Engano, Mitscher's force pulverized the enemy fleet.
		During November, Langley was lending her support to the Philippine landings and striking the Manila Bay area, Japanese reinforcement convoys, and Luzon airfields in the Cape Engano area.
	www.worldwar2database.com /~ironwomn/langley.html (946 words)

	USSBS: Interrogations of Japanese Officials -- 36/150
		Captain OHMAE discusses the planning for the defense of the PHILIPPINES in 1944 and the conduct of the battles of 24-26 October, with special emphasis on the operations of the Japanese Northern (carrier) Force, of which he was Chief of Staff.
		At the end of the battle of June, it was Admiral OZAWA's opinion that the carrier force should be joined and operated together with Admiral KURITA's force.
		Right after the Battle of the PHILIPPINE SEA in June, the commander of one of the Air Squadrons sent his opinions to Commander Third Fleet, saying that he would become the commander to organize the KAMIKAZE attack, that he wanted to do this.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/AAF/USSBS/IJO/IJO-36.html (4165 words)

	What about zuikaku? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Battle of the Coral Sea, which took place on May 7-8, 1942, was critical because it ended Japanese expansion in the South Pacific.
		Battle of the Coral Sea 3-8 May 1942 By spring of 1942, the Japanese controlled all the tinted areas indicated on this map of the Pacific Ocean.
		The Carrier Battles Carrier battles make for interesting campaigns as they were carried out by limited forces (those aboard ship) at a set of limited targets (an island or an opposing task.
	zuikaku.usebrainer.com (388 words)

	UVa Statistics: The Battle of Leyte Gulf
		The Battle of Leyte Gulf included four decisive naval actions: that of the Sibuyan Sea on Oct. 24; the Battle of Surigao Strait on Oct. 24 and 25; the Battle off Samar on Oct. 25, and the Battle off Cape Engano on Oct. 25 and 26.
		However, in the Battle of Cape Engano, Hasey's carriers and surface ships sank four carriers and one destroyer.
		Hoyt, Edwin P. The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Death Knell of the Japanese Fleet.
	wald.stat.virginia.edu /leyte.html (1032 words)

	Japanese Navy Ships--Zuikaku in the Battle off Cape Engano
		Japanese Navy Ships--Zuikaku in the Battle off Cape Engano
		In the Battle off Cape Engano, 25 October 1944
		During the Japanese Navy's "Sho-Go" operation that produced the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Zuikaku was flagship of Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa, commander of the operation's northern force.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-xz/zuikak-k.htm (1027 words)

	Battle of Leyte - Metaweb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The World War II Battle of Leyte involved the reconquest of Leyte by American and Allied forces under the command of General Douglas MacArthur between October 20 and December 10, 1944.
		The Japanese forces had lost the power they had at the beginning of the Pacific War (known officially as the Great Eastern Asian War in Japan) after their defeat at the Battle of Midway, and the US forces, with their rich resources and strong industrial power, were cornering the Japanese.
		Twenty-six Mitsubishi Zeros were split into four groups to attack shipping, and five of these were able to hit the US aircraft carrier St. Louis with their load of 250kg of explosives, and sink her.
	www.metaweb.com /wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Battle_of_Leyte&redirect=no (1804 words)

	Longshaw dd 559
		Sailing to Eniwetok on 22 August, Longshaw departed on the 29th to guard the carriers off TG 38.3 during strikes against targets on Palau, Mindanao, and Luzon in support of the assault on the Palaus, the steppingstone to the Philippines.
		On the night off 9 to 10 January 1945, the destroyer accompanied the fast carriers through Bashi Channel between the Philippines and Formosa, entering the South China Sea.
		On the morning off 18 May 1945, following a grueling 4 day period off fire support, Longshawo, en route to her patrol area, ran aground on a coral reef just south of Naha airfield.
	www.multied.com /navy/destroyer/Longshawdd559.html (622 words)

	DD-559 Longshaw
		Following shakedown off the west coast, Longshaw sailed from San Francisco 18 February 1944, via Pearl Harbor, for the Marshalls arriving Kwajalein 4 March.
		Sailing to Eniwetok on 22 August, Longshaw departed on the 29th to guard the carriers of TF 38.3 during strikes against targets on Palau, Mindanao, and Luzon in support of the assault on the Palaus, the steppingstone to the Philippines.
		The stranded destroyer attempted to fight back as best she could; but, as she opened fire, her bow was completely blown off by a hit in the forward magazine.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/dd-559.htm (611 words)

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		NEW ORLEANS, veteran of the battle that halted Japanese expansion southward, had now played a significant role protecting her carrier in the great victory that turned back Japan's eastward movement and heavily crippled her naval air arm in a decisive battle.
		Fighting off vicious enemy air attacks 24-25 August, NEW ORLEANS aided the Marines holding the precious toehold on Guadalcanal, as a Japanese landing expedition was turned back in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons.
		NEW ORLEANS guarded her carriers as they joined in the great Battle for Leyte Gulf, first attacking the Japanese Southern Force 24 October, then raiding the Center Force in the Sibuyan Sea, and next destroying the Japanese Northern Force of decoy carriers in the Battle off Cape Engano.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/cruisers/cl32.txt (1634 words)

	The Battle of Leyte Gulf
		For sailing southwards, off Cape Engaño was Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa, and his fleet of Japanese aircraft carriers and their escorts.
		But as he is engaged in hot pursuit to the North, a battle rages in the South off the island of Samar - the northern wall of the invasion forces in Leyte Gulf...
		Admiral Halsey races north with the Third Fleet to destroy the Japanese Decoy Force in the Battle off Cape Engaño.
	www.battleship.org /html/Articles/History/Leyte4.htm (994 words)

	MEDIA RELEASE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The stage was set for the largest naval battle in history, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, which celebrates its 60 th anniversary this year.
		In the battle off Surigao Strait on 25 October, units of the Seventh Fleet set out to meet the Japanese Southern Force.
		The Battle of Leyte Gulf resulted in the destruction of the remaining powerful elements of the Japanese Navy.
	www.australia.com.ph /public/2004/wwii111004.html (1130 words)

	The Leyte Operation
		There ensued the three almost simultaneous naval actions (the Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle off Samar, the Battle off Cape Engano) which have been collectively dubbed the "Battle for Leyte Gulf," as the myriad ships of America's Third and Seventh Fleets were welded together to meet the oncoming foe.
		At dawn on the 25th off Cape Engano on Luzon's northeastern tip, Admiral Halsey's planes fell upon the Northern Force, and sank all four carriers.
		Off Samar, the Central Force jumped the lightly-armed U. escort carriers, but it too was hacked apart, as it attempted to retire to San Bernadino Strait on the afternoon of the 25th.
	usssantafe.net /Docs/the_leyte_operation.htm (1723 words)

	Battle of Leyte Gulf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The battle is often considered to be the largest naval battle in history.
		Leyte Gulf was also the scene of the first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese.
		The battles of 1943 had driven the Imperial Japanese Army from its bases in the Solomon Islands, and in 1944 a series of Allied amphibious landings supported by large carrier forces had captured the Marianas Islands.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Battle-of-Leyte-Gulf.htm (3009 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		The island, which lies off the southern tip of Bataan, was the key bastion in the chain of island forts that stretched across the 11-mile entrance to Manila Bay.
		Costly naval battles were to be fought for three months, and the bitter struggle on the ground was to continue for half a year.
		The Battle for Leyte Gulf, which took place on October 23-26, was actually a series of major surface and air engagements, culminating in three almost simultaneous naval actions: the Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle off Samar, and the Battle off Cape Engano.
	www.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_9.html (13035 words)

	Japanese Carriers of WW2
		From the time of the naval battles around Gudalcanal in November 1942 until the Marianas campaign in June 1944, there were no fleet to fleet engagements of consequence.
		Battle of the Coral Sea concludes as Japanese Carrier Strike Force formed around carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku is located and taken under air attack.
		Off San Cristobal, Solomons, planes from Japanese carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku sink the destroyer Meredith.
	www.ww2pacific.com /japcv.html (1680 words)

	Afternoon of the Rising Sun Message Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In fact, it was one of VB-19's pilots that had actually found the Japanese northern force prior to the battle.
		This may be, but in reading excerpts of the battle from surviving members of VB-19, the pilots and gunners experienced tremendous anti-aircraft fire from the Japanese ships.
		My point is that while history may have shown that Halsey was lured away from the "real" battle, the pilots of his task force at the time saw themselves in a life or death struggle.
	www.battle-of-leyte-gulf.com /board/?topic=topic1&msg=146 (516 words)

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