- Date
- October 17, 1944 – December 26, 1944
- Location
- Leyte Island, Philippines
- Result
- Allied victory
- Part of
- Philippines campaign of 1944–1945
- Conflict
- World War II
About the battle
The Battle of Leyte (Filipino: Labanan sa Leyte; Waray: Gubat ha Leyte; Japanese: レイテの戦い) in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the amphibious invasion of the island of Leyte in the Philippines by American forces and Filipino guerrillas under the overall command of General Douglas MacArthur. The combined forces fought against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita. The operation, codenamed King Two, launched the Philippines campaign of 1944–45 for the recapture and liberation of the entire Philippine Archipelago and to end almost three years of Japanese occupation.
From the Wikipedia article “Battle of Leyte”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Result, date and location from the article’s infobox and Wikidata.
