US NAVY'S BLOODIEST DAY On this day, 80 years ago, the largest naval battle in world history began with naval forces of 210,000 sailors and naval airmen engaging in fierce combat. In total, over 1,500,000 combatants were in this single theater-of-war. The naval action part of Battle of Leyte Gulf in WW II was so large that nearly 400 ships and nearly 2,000 aircraft engaged each other for 96 hours over a battle theater 100,000 square miles in area. This was literally War of The Worlds as it was The Empire of Japan's Navy's Last Stand. This naval engagement also has the grim detail of being the single deadliest naval battle in the world's history. Although too many single actions to detail in this post, it is notable that the last great battleship duel took place during Leyte Gulf with America bringing to bear six battleships which absolutely decimated Japanese battleships and their escorts at the Surigao Straits. Japan suffered tremendous losses of over 419,000 killed and injured while the United states suffered over 7,000 sailors and naval airmen killed along with 16,000 soldiers killed. Today, We remember the over 7,000 US sailors and airmen and 16,000 soldiers killed along with the many others who sacrificed all so we would not be conquered by the Evil Japanese.
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1 个月A few years ago, I read The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer. It was a great book, and I'd absolutely recommend it for anyone interested in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.