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During the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]], he was to have commanded Task Force 34 of heavy ships, should that have

..."C"|Japanese Force "C"]] at the [[Battle of Surigao Strait]] within the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]]. Nishimura was regarded as an old "sea dog"; his only tour of shore duty

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...tral and western Pacific, including attacks on Japanese ships during the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]]. She was damaged by a suicide plane on 5 November, but was repaired local

...' was sunk by aircraft during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, part of the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]]. While it had been well understood by 1944 that ships could not fully pro

{{main|Battle of Leyte Gulf}} The Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 23-26, 1944, was the largest naval battle in history. It involved

...f of the Navy, writing battle syntheses of battle reports, including ''The Battle of Leyte Gulf'' (1947) *[http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=58783326 ''The Battle of Leyte Gulf'' (1947, new ed. 1965)]

Fought in the largest naval battle in history, the Battle of Leyte Gulf (actually a campaign), the '''Battle of Surigao Strait''', on the night of Battle of Leyte Gulf#Force "C"|Force "C" of the First Striking Force, under VADM Shoji Nishimura

...ppines]]. ''Chara'' withdrew on [[24 October]], while the decisive naval [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]] raged in the area. She returned to [[New Guinea]] to reload essential sup

...to Manus Island where she joined Task Unit 77.4.3, then steamed for the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]] and commenced operations with the Northern Air Support Group off Samar.<r

...ttacks but its survival was assured by the American naval victory in the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]], which destroyed the [[Imperial Japanese Navy|Japanese Navy]] as an effec

===Battle of Leyte Gulf===

* Chiyoda – light aircraft carrier that was sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf

...t of the war, and stayed the largest battle between ships until the 1944 [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]]. Ultimately, it was inconclusive. The Germans destroyed more British ship

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...s the largest naval battle so far in World War II, surpassed only by the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]] in October 1944; the [[Battle of Jutland]] in World War I had more ships ...were useful for little except decoy operations &mdash; their role at the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]].

...nklin D. Roosevelt]], with the words "I shall return", did return in the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]]. US and Filipinos fought together during 1944-45 to regain control.

* Woodward, C. Vann. ''The Battle of Leyte Gulf'' (1947)

* [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]], 1944