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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...
The Battle of Samar was the centre most action during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, one of the largest navel battles in history. In this history video I discuss ...
“Museum Ship Mafia” is a LIVE crossover of three YouTube channels…. USS Slater Historical Museum Buffalo Naval & Military Park History X. Coming up… T...
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...
25 paź 2024 · Their mission was straightforward: break through the American defenses at Leyte Gulf and annihilate the vulnerable invasion forces. After surviving multiple air attacks the day before, Kurita’s force steamed undetected toward Samar, where they would meet the vastly outmatched TAFFY-3.
14 paź 2021 · 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 Americans had stymied Vice Admiral Kurita’s intent to destroy U.S. landing forces in the Leyte Gulf.
17 paź 2024 · The Battle off Samar was fought at Leyte Gulf when Task Unit 77.4.3—a miniscule, haphazardly assembled group of 13 ships—went up against a major Imperial Japanese Navy Task Force twice its size with 31 ships. That Task Unit’s nickname was Taffy 3.
