Battle of Leyte 1944
![U.S. Army Signal Corps officer Gaetano Faillace [1]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Douglas_MacArthur_lands_Leyte1.jpg){kind=link}
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 17 October 1944 – 26 December 1944 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1944 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
| Era | World War II era (1939–1945) | derived from year |
| Location | Philippines | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Philippines campaign of 1944–1945 | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | United States | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 11.1722, 125.0122 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Leyte (Filipino: Labanan sa Leyte; Waray: Gubat ha Leyte; Japanese: レイテの戦い) in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the amphibious invasion of the island of Leyte in the Philippines by American forces and Filipino guerrillas under the overall command of General Douglas MacArthur. The combined forces fought against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita. The operation, codenamed King Two, launched the Philippines campaign of 1944–45 for the recapture and liberation of the entire Philippine Archipelago and to end almost three years of Japanese occupation.
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