Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Late in 1944, American forces landed on the Japanese-occupied Philippines, covered by the US Navy's Third Fleet under Admiral William "Bull" Halsey. The battered Imperial Japanese Navy prepared to throw everything it had left at the Americans in an attempt to thwart the American invasion. They mustered three fleets to attack the American landing forces, with the most powerful Center Fleet led by Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita. The scene was thus set for the largest naval battle of World War II.
Late in 1944, American forces landed on the Japanese-occupied Philippines, covered by the US Navy's Third Fleet under Admiral William "Bull" Halsey. The battered Imperial Japanese Navy prepared to throw everything it had left at the Americans in an attempt to thwart the American invasion. They mustered three fleets to attack the American landing forces, with the most powerful Center Fleet led by Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita. The scene was thus set for the largest naval battle of World War II.
