458 The Battle of Leyte Gulf

The History of the Twentieth Century by Mark Painter

Sep 13, 202641:10Society & Culture

When the Americans landed on the Philippine island of Leyte, the Japanese Navy executed a plan intended to cut off and isolate Allied ground forces on the island.

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