Leyte

Definition: Leyte

Leyte

Noun

1. A battle in World War II; the return of US troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944; first use of Kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese.

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Synonyms: Leyte

Crosswords: Leyte

The Raiders of Leyte Gulf (1963)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Battle of Leyte Gulf: 23-26 October 1944 (Bluejacket Books) (reference)

• Afternoon of the Rising Sun: The Battle of Leyte Gulf (reference)

• La bataille des Philippines : Leyte, 1944 (reference)

• Leyte (reference)

• The Battle of Leyte Gulf (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Battle for Leyte Gulf (reference)

• Showdown at Leyte Gulf (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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[U.S. Army Field Hospital No.73, Tacloban, Leyte, P.I.] : [Filipino nurses receive certificates].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Leaves USS Wasatch (AGC-9), flagship of Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid (Commander, Seventh Fleet), immediately prior to the launching of the Mindoro invasion. Probably taken off Leyte, Philippines, circa 12 December 1944. Rear Admiral Struble commanded the Mindoro operation. This photograph was released for publication on 16 December 1944, the day after the Mindoro landings.Credit: NAVY.

Refueling from USS Wachapreague (AGP-8) on 20 October 1944 while enroute from Palau to Leyte Gulf.Credit: NAVY.

Photographed just prior to the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Ships are, from left to right: Musashi, Yamato, a cruiser and Nagato.Credit: NAVY.

Pencil sketch made at Leyte, Philippines, in 1945 by Commander Dwight Shepler, USNR.Credit: NAVY.

Attend a meeting of senior officers of the Third and Seventh Fleets, at Seventh Fleet Headquarters, to plan the invasion of Leyte. The photograph was released for publication on 20 October 1944, the first day of the Leyte landings. It was taken sometime earlier.Credit: NAVY.

Watches landing operations in Lingayen Gulf, Leyte, from the bridge of his flagship, USS Wasatch (AGC-9), circa 9 January 1945.Credit: NAVY.

On combat air patrol over USS Santee (CVE-29), during the Leyte Invasion, 20 October 1944.Credit: NAVY.

General Douglas MacArthur and aides wading ashore on Leyte, Philippine Islands.Credit: Library of Congress.

Rescue workers aboard a cruiser directing streams of water at the light carrier U.S.S. "Princeton," hit by Japanese bombs during the battle of Leyte gulf, in Oct. 1944, and later sunk.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Economic History

Philippines

Douglas MacArthur landed on Leyte on October 20, 1944. Filipinos and Americans fought together until the Japanese surrender in September 1945. Much of Manila was destroyed during the final months of the fighting, and an estimated 1 million Filipinos lost their lives in the war. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "Leyte": leyte invasion ♦ leyte Island. Additional references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: eely, leet, teel, tele, tyee.

-2 letters: eel, eye, lee, let, ley, lye, tee, tel, tye, yet.

-3 letters: el, et, ye.

+1 letter: eyelet, gleety, meetly, sleety, steely.

+2 letters: erectly, eyebolt, eyelets, fleetly, layette, peytrel, restyle, steeply, sweetly, tensely, tersely, velvety.

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