Battle of Leyte Gulf

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• The Battle of Leyte Gulf

  • The Battle of Leyte Gulf is generally considered the largest naval battle of World War II and possibly the largest naval battle in history.
  • The Battle of Leyte Gulf, also called the Battles for Leyte Gulf, and formerly known as the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history.
  • The Battle of Leyte Gulf consisted of four separate major engagements between the opposing forces: the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, the Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle of Cape Engaño, and the Battle of Samar; there were also other lesser actions.
  • Kamikaze strikes were first used by the Japanese in the Battle of Leyte Gulf
  • Identify the notable facts and the four major engagements of the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

• Wartime Politics and the 1944 Election

  • It was also the first election in which one of the candidates was born in the 20th century.
  • Nonetheless, Roosevelt's continuing popularity was the main theme of the campaign.
  • In response, Dewey gave a blistering partisan speech in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma a few days later on national radio, in which he accused Roosevelt of being "indispensable" to corrupt big-city Democratic organizations and American Communists; he also referred to members of FDR's cabinet as a "motley crew. " However, American battlefield successes in Europe and the Pacific during the campaign, such as the liberation of Paris in August 1944 and the successful Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines in October 1944, made Roosevelt unbeatable.
  • Dewey did better against Roosevelt than any of FDR's previous three Republican opponents, and he did have the personal satisfaction of beating Roosevelt in FDR's hometown of Hyde Park, New York, and of winning Vice President-elect Truman's hometown of Independence, Missouri.
  • FDR defeated Thomas Dewey, Governor of Roosevelt's home state of New York, in the election of 1944.

• Converging Military Fronts

  • Germany responded by disarming Italian forces, seizing military control of Italian areas, and creating a series of defensive lines.
  • From November 1943, during the seven-week Battle of Changde, the Chinese forced Japan to fight a costly war of attrition, while awaiting Allied relief.
  • In January 1944, the Allies launched a series of attacks in Italy.
  • On 6 June, 1944, known as D-Day, the Allies invaded northern France, leading to the defeat of the German Army units and the liberation of Paris on 25 August .
  • In the Philippines, American forces defeated the Japanese in the Battle of the Philippine Sea and soon after scored another large victory during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, one of the largest naval battles in history .

• MacArthur's Leapfrogging

  • MacArthur's air forces countered in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea (March 2-5, 1943).
  • The Philippines Campaign included the Battle of Leyte Gulf - the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history.
  • Following MacArthur's strategy, the battle was fought in waters of the Leyte Gulf, near the Philippine islands of Leyte, Samar and Luzon, from October 23rd to 26th, 1944, between combined American and Australian forces and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
  • On October 20, United States troops invaded the island of Leyte as part of a strategy aimed at isolating Japan from the countries it had occupied in Southeast Asia, and in particular depriving its forces and industry of vital oil supplies.
  • The battle consisted of four separate engagements between the opposing forces: the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, the Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle of Cape Engaño and the Battle off Samar, as well as other actions.

• The Allied Push

  • After the 1943 Battle of Stalingrad and the June 1944 Allied invasion of France, the Allies gradually defeated Germany in Europe while in the Pacific, the United States and the Soviet Union continued to fight Japan until Japanese surrender in August 1945.
  • Although Germans continued fighting on the Eastern Front, the Battle of Stalingrad, marked by constant close quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians by air raids, is often regarded as one of the single largest (nearly 2.2 million personnel) and bloodiest (1.7–2 million wounded, killed or captured) battles in the history of warfare.
  • The heavy losses inflicted on the German Wehrmacht make it arguably the most strategically decisive battle of the whole war.
  • In mid-June 1944, they began their offensive against the Mariana and Palau islands, and decisively defeated Japanese forces in the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
  • In late October, American forces invaded the Filipino island of Leyte; soon after, Allied naval forces scored another large victory in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, one of the largest naval battles in history.

• Nimitz in the Central Pacific

  • As rapidly as ships, men, and material became available, Nimitz shifted to the offensive and defeated the Japanese navy in the Battle of the Coral Sea (May 4-8, 1942), the pivotal Battle of Midway (June 4-7, 1942), and in the Solomon Islands Campaign.
  • During the Battle of Midway, Admiral Nimitz had one priceless advantage: US cryptanalysts had partially broken the Japanese Navy's JN-25b code.
  • The Japanese, by contrast, remained almost totally unaware of their opponent's true strength and dispositions even after the battle began.
  • In the final phases in the war in the Pacific, Nimitz attacked the Mariana Islands, inflicting a decisive defeat on the Japanese fleet in the Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19–20, 1944; a decisive naval battle of World War II that eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions), and capturing Saipan, Guam, and Tinian.
  • In the Philippines, his ships turned back powerful task forces of the Japanese fleet, a historic victory in the multi-phased Battle for Leyte Gulffrom (October 24-26, 1944, the largest naval battle of World War II).

• Commitment to Vietnam

  • In effect, Johnson escalated the war, following the controversial Gulf of Tonkin incident.
  • The Gulf of Tonkin Incident proved an escalating factor of the war and justification of continued American presence in Vietnam.
  • Maddox engaged 3 North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats in a sea battle, resulting in several North Vietnamese casualties.
  • Some historians believe that Johnson knowingly used the Gulf of Tonkin incident to gain the support of the American people to enter into the Vietnam War.
  • Robert McNamarra recounts the confusion and uncertainty surrounding the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, ultimately reporting that "It didn't happen."

• The Atlantic Theater

  • The blockade was established on both the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts.
  • His strategy, part of General Winfield Scott's "Anaconda Plan," required the closure of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of the Confederate coastline, as well as twelve major ports.
  • Early battles in support of the blockade enabled the Union Navy to extend its blockade gradually southward along the Atlantic seaboard.
  • In early March of 1862, the blockade of the James River in Virginia was gravely threatened by the first ironclad, the CSS Virginia (also known as the "Merrimack") in the dramatic Battle of Hampton Roads.
  • The Battle of Mobile Bay, which occurred on August 5, 1864, closed the last major Confederate port in the Gulf of Mexico .

• The Confederacy's Defeat

  • The conclusion of the American Civil War includes important battles, skirmishes, raids and other events of 1865.
  • William Tecumseh Sherman in command of most of the western armies.
  • Lee's army fought a series of battles in the Appomattox Campaign against Grant that ultimately stretched thin his lines of defense.
  • Johnston and his various armies surrendered on April 26; the Confederate departments of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana surrendered on May 4; and the Confederate District of the Gulf, commanded by Major General Dabney Herndon Maury, surrendered on May 5.
  • The last battle of the American Civil War was the Battle of Palmito Ranch in Texas on May 12 and 13.

• The War in the South

  • In the South, the War of 1812 manifested itself as the Creek Wars and culminated in the Battle of New Orleans.
  • With the Red Sticks subdued, Jackson turned his focus on the Gulf Coast region in the War of 1812.
  • The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815; it was the final major battle of the War of 1812 and is widely regarded as the greatest American land victory of the war.
  • On January 8, 1815 (despite the official end of the war), a force of battle-tested British veterans of the Napoleonic Wars attempted to take the port.
  • United States nationalism soared after the victory at the Battle of New Orleans.