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In this history video I discuss ... The Battle of Samar was the centre most action during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, one of the largest navel battles in history.
October 25, 1944: Off the Island of Samar in the Phillippines the defining moment of the Battle of Leyte Gulf opens. Between the full might of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Center Force...
8 paź 2012 · With Halsey removed, three separate forces would approach from the west to attack and destroy the US landings at Leyte. The largest of these was Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita's Center Force, which...
The initiative, aggressiveness, and outright heroism demonstrated by Taffy 3, combined with determined U.S. naval air attacks, limited Japanese situational awareness, and pure dumb luck of the...
1 sie 2017 · This U.S. Navy documentary depicts the sea battle at Leyte Gulf during the Allied landings at Mindoro in the Phillipines during World War II. During this battle, a small group of American escort carriers designated Taffy 3 engaged the Japanese fleet's main body, including the super battleship Yamato.
Admiral Halsey then raced north with his attack carriers and heavy battleships to engage a Japanese carrier-battleship task force off Cape Engaño. This Taffy 3 as lonely sentinels east of Samar and southeast of San Bernadino Strait, on the route to Leyte Gulf.
After launching planes, Taffy 3’s six escort carriers steam at top speed to the southwest. Attacks by U.S. aircraft, destroyers, and destroyer escorts meanwhile disrupt the pursuit, and at 0911 the Center Force breaks off the chase.
