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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:marine
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
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gptkbp:casualties
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Allied: 1 destroyer escort lost
Allied: 1 light carrier lost
Allied: 2 destroyers lost
Allied: 2 escort carriers lost
Japanese: 10 cruisers lost
Japanese: 11 destroyers lost
Japanese: 3 battleships lost
Japanese: 4 aircraft carriers lost
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:Naval_battles_of_World_War_II
Battles involving the United States
Battles involving Japan
1944 in the Philippines
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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_F._Halsey_Jr.
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gptkbp:date
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October 23–26, 1944
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Invasion_of_Leyte
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Leyte Gulf 1944
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gptkbp:involvedIn
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over 300 ships
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Leyte_Gulf,_Philippines
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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_Surigao_Strait
gptkb:Battle_off_Samar
gptkb:Battle_off_Cape_Engaño
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Sibuyan_Sea
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Douglas_MacArthur
gptkb:Philippine_campaign_(1944–1945)
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:shipsInvolved
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over 1,500 aircraft
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gptkbp:significance
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largest naval battle of World War II
decisive defeat for Japanese Navy
last major naval engagement between battleships
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gptkbp:strategicOutcome
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gptkb:crippled_Japanese_Combined_Fleet
ensured Allied control of the Pacific
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:HMS_Shropshire
gptkb:HMAS_Shropshire
gptkb:HMAS_Warramunga_(I)_(I44)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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