Battle Of Leyte 1941 Japan To 1944 US
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, who fought against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita. The operation, codenamed King Two,[11] 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.
Army:
United States Douglas MacArthur
United States Walter Krueger
United States Franklin C. Sibert
United States John R. Hodge
Navy:
United States Thomas C. Kinkaid
Army Air Force:
United States George C. Kenney
Civilian Government:
Commonwealth of the Philippines Sergio Osmeña
Guerrillas:
Commonwealth of the Philippines Ruperto Kangleón
Army:
Empire of Japan Tomoyuki Yamashita
Empire of Japan Sōsaku Suzuki
Empire of Japan Shiro Makino
Empire of Japan Tsunehiro Shirai
Empire of Japan Yoshimi Adachi
Empire of Japan Kyoji Tominaga
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