Battle of Leyte Gulf
WWII: Victory Over Japan
East Asia 1944.1023
Battle of Leyte Gulf
World War II, Pacific War, Second Sino-Japanese War (23 October 1944)
Historical Map of East Asia & the Western Pacific
From the Marianas and New Guinea, the Allies now converged on the Philippines, landing on Leyte in October. As the loss of the Philippines would cut their shipping routes to southeast Asia, the Japanese were again forced to send in most of their remaining navy; only to have it destroyed at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.