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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:marine
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gptkbp:aircraftLost
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Allies: over 200
Japan: over 300
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gptkbp:casualties
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Allies: over 2,800 killed
Japan: over 10,000 killed
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Jisaburō_Ozawa
gptkb:Kiyohide_Shima
gptkb:Shoji_Nishimura
gptkb:Takeo_Kurita
gptkb:Thomas_C._Kinkaid
gptkb:William_Halsey_Jr.
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gptkbp:date
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23–26 October 1944
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Battle_of_Mindoro
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Leyte_Gulf,_Philippines
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gptkbp:mediaType
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books
documentaries
photographs
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gptkbp:notableFor
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first organized use of kamikaze attacks
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gptkbp:objective
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liberation of the Philippines
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
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gptkbp:relatedEvent
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gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Engaño
gptkb:Battle_of_Sibuyan_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait
gptkb:Battle_off_Samar
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Philippine_campaign_(1944–45)
gptkb:Douglas_MacArthur
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:shipsSunk
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gptkb:Gambier_Bay
gptkb:Hatsuzuki
gptkb:Hoel
gptkb:Nowaki
gptkb:Samuel_B._Roberts
gptkb:St._Lo
gptkb:Princeton
gptkb:Chiyoda
gptkb:Johnston
gptkb:Yamashiro
gptkb:Zuikaku
gptkb:Chikuma
gptkb:Musashi
gptkb:Suzuya
gptkb:Fusō
Chitose
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gptkbp:significance
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largest naval battle in history
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gptkbp:strategicImportance
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decisive blow to Japanese Navy
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Chester_W._Nimitz
gptkb:ship
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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