Leyte Gulf was more than a single battle it was the moment the Imperial Japanese Navy ceased to be an effective fighting ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Leyte was “the last great naval battle” of World War II. It broke the back of Japanese sea power, finishing what the Philippine Sea started. It forced the IJN into ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: At stake would be the survival of the Japanese Empire. In late October 1944, the United States and Japan fought what was, by the most useful metrics, the largest naval ...