Here’s What You Need to Remember: The battleship was seriously damaged during the attack and soon sank in the days that followed. However, her salvage, repair and modernization were completed by the ...

Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Rothman is managing editor at TIME. In 1959, reflecting on the Battle of Leyte Gulf from a distance of 15 years, TIME declared that the World War II engagement — ...

Although of tremendous material consequence, the Battle of Leyte Gulf did not leave a lasting tactical or operational legacy. Some things became clear: The destruction of HIJMS Musashi confirmed that ...

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 ...

Leyte Gulf was the greatest naval battle of the modern era, involving some 370 ships and over 200,000 personnel, primarily from the United States and Japan. But in both Japan and the United States, ...

It was one of the most dramatic moments of World War II. On Oct. 20, 1944, Gen. Douglas MacArthur waded ashore on the beach at the island of Leyte in the Philippines, declaring: “To the people of the ...

The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier held a ceremony at sea Monday to remember the sailors who fought in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, which is considered to be the largest naval contest of World War II. The ...

Almost seven decades after the largest naval battle in American history, a handful of aging veterans of the Battle of Leyte Gulf gathered Monday to recall the sinking of their destroyers and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval engagement in history, a sprawling affair that lasted from Oct. 23 to 26, 1944, ...

STORM OVER LEYTE: THE PHILIPPINE INVASION AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JAPANESE NAVY By John Prados NAL Caliber, $28, 400 pages I didn’t much care for John Prados’ “Vietnam: An Unwinnable War,” from the ...