Major Battles of World War II: The Philippines Campaign, including the Battle of Leyte Gulf

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Philippines campaign of 1944-45 was the American and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines during World War II. The Japanese Army had overrun all of the Philippines during the first half of 1942. The Liberation of the Philippines commenced with amphibious landings on the eastern Philippine island of Leyte on October 20, 1944, and hostilities in a small part of the Philippines continued through the end of the war in August 1945. The Battle of Leyte Gulf is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and also the largest naval battle in history. This book chronicles the battles throughout the Philippines Campaign, the major commanding officers and forces involved, and the implications of the results of this campaign for the outcome of the war.

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