Philippines Naval Campaign 1944-1945. The Battles After Leyte Gulf/Морская кампания на Филиппинах 1944-1945 гг.. Сражения после битвы за залив Лейте

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The forgotten story of the major naval operations conducted in the Philippines by the US and Japanese navies after Leyte Gulf up to the US invasion of Luzon in January 1945. The events that took place in the aftermath of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944 are often overlooked by military historians. An impressive array of naval operations continued in the Philippines up to January 1945, which included (on the Japanese side) the largest convoys to a contested island during the war, the first kamikaze campaign, and the second largest Imperial Japanese Navy surface operation during the last nine months of the conflict. On the American side, US forces were involved in efforts to cut off Leyte from enemy reinforcement, a massive amphibious invasion off Luzon, and large-scale operations by the Fast Carrier Task Force (TF 38).

Contents
Origins of the campaign
Chronology
Opposing commanders
United States Navy. Imperial Japanese Navy
Opposing forces
United States Navy. Imperial Japanese Navy. Orders of battle
Opposing plans
United States. Japanese
The campaign
TF 38 operations, October-November 25, 1944. The Japanese TA operation
The battles for Ormoc Bay. The landing at Ormoc. TF 38 operations, November 1944
The invasion of Mindoro. The San Jose Intrusion Force. TF 38 operations, December
1944-January 10, 1945. The invasion of Luzon. Halsey's rampage
Aftermath and analysis
Bibliography
Index