(8/12) Battlefield I The Battle of Leyte Gulf Episode 8 (GDH)

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Videos Running Time 01:55:00 in 12 Parts Battlefield I The Battle of Leyte Gulf Episode 7 (GDH) This episode of "Battlefield" chronicles The US Navys triumph over the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) at Leyte Gulf. The Battle of Leyte Gulf consisted in 4 battles extending from Surigao Strait to Cape Engano. The US Navys 7th Fleets main task was to support and land the US 6th Army at Tacloban beach in Leyte Gulf. The 7th Fleet (Kinkaid) consisted of: transports, destroyers cruisers, old battleships and escort carriers. Protecting 7th Fleet was the massive US Navys 3rd Fleet. Third Fleets task was too attack any Japanese Fleet presence and destroy Japanese land based air power. A huge Japanese armada, the IJN Central Force (Kurita), was spotted by American reconnaissance planes, attempting to enter Leyte Gulf through the Sibuyan Sea. This fleet was attacked by the 3rd Fleets carrier aircraft. The 68000 ton super battleship Musashi was sunk in this battle. (GDH) While the 3rd Fleet (Halsey) was attacking the IJN Central Force, the IJN Southern Force (Shima and Nishimura) was attempting to enter Leyte Gulf, from the southern route, through Surigao Strait. The Southern Force was, for all intents and purposes, destroyed. In perhaps the most successful US Navy torpedo attack in history, US destroyers settled the Battle of Surigao Strait before any American battleships began firing. Third Fleet believed that the IJN Central Force was in full retreat from the Philippines. However <b>...</b>

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World, War, II, worldwarii, worldwartwo, Leyte, Gulf, Philippines, Mac, Arthur, Halsey, battlefield, Aircraft, Carrier, USN, US, Navy, IJN, Japanese, American

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