Battle of Leyte Gulf Timeline
October 20- General Douglas MacArthur lands on Leyte Island and begins to achieving his long-held goal to liberate the Philippines.
October 23- American submarines ambush the Japanese Center Force in Palawan Passage.
October 24-Japanese aircraft attack the American Third Fleet. The light carrier Princeton is lost.
October 24-The Battle of the Sibuyan Sea. The Japanese lose the battleship Musashi.
October 24-25- The Battle of Surigao Strait. The American Navy defeats the Japanese Southern Force.
October 24-25- The Japanese Northern Force lures all of Admiral Halsey’s Task Force 38 north, leaving the San Bernardino Strait unguarded.
October 25- Admiral Shima’s cruiser force fails to support the Japanese Southern Force and instead retreats.
October 25-The Battle off Samar. American planes and ships defeat the Japanese Center Force in air and surface battles.
October 25-The Battle off Cape Engaño. The Northern Force is destroyed.
October 23- American submarines ambush the Japanese Center Force in Palawan Passage.
October 24-Japanese aircraft attack the American Third Fleet. The light carrier Princeton is lost.
October 24-The Battle of the Sibuyan Sea. The Japanese lose the battleship Musashi.
October 24-25- The Battle of Surigao Strait. The American Navy defeats the Japanese Southern Force.
October 24-25- The Japanese Northern Force lures all of Admiral Halsey’s Task Force 38 north, leaving the San Bernardino Strait unguarded.
October 25- Admiral Shima’s cruiser force fails to support the Japanese Southern Force and instead retreats.
October 25-The Battle off Samar. American planes and ships defeat the Japanese Center Force in air and surface battles.
October 25-The Battle off Cape Engaño. The Northern Force is destroyed.
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