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Battle of Leyte Gulf

Japan · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1944

Kuniaki Koiso24 October 1944

Tokyo · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Koiso's government treats the struggle for the Philippines as strategically decisive, but Japan suffers a major naval defeat at Leyte Gulf.

Names involved

Kuniaki Koiso

Provenance

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