Second Battle of the Philippine Sea
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:marine
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
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| gptkbp:combatant |
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Navy |
| gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:Jisaburō_Ozawa
gptkb:Kiyohide_Shima gptkb:Shoji_Nishimura gptkb:Takeo_Kurita gptkb:William_Halsey_Jr. |
| gptkbp:date |
October 23–26, 1944
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| gptkbp:followedBy |
gptkb:Battle_of_Mindoro
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Second Battle of the Philippine Sea
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Leyte_Gulf,_Philippines
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| gptkbp:objective |
To cut off Allied forces from Leyte
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| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Pacific_War |
| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
|
| gptkbp:result |
Decisive Allied victory
Destruction of much of the Japanese fleet |
| gptkbp:significance |
First use of kamikaze attacks
Largest naval battle of World War II |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf_(1944)
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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