Leyte Gulf at 80
Join the U.S. Naval Institute on 11 September 2024 at 1100 EST at the Jack C. Taylor Conference Center, in Annapolis, MD. The topic of the discussion will be Leyte Gulf at 80.
Often appropriately described as the “greatest naval battle in history,” the battle of Leyte Gulf (23–26 October 1944) was actually a series of battles in which both sides exhibited courage and resourcefulness yet suffered from confusion born of poorly conceived command relationships and ineffective communications. Marked by awe-inspiring heroism, failed intelligence, brilliant deception, flawed strategy, effective tactical planning, great controversies, and a host of lessons learned, this gargantuan battle involved hundreds of ships, included nearly 200,000 participants, spanned more than 100,000 square miles, and resulted in the deaths of thousands of sailors from both sides. Every facet of naval warfare at the time was involved, it is clearly one of the great naval battles in history and has been the subject of countless books and articles in the 80 years since those massive fleets clashed in the Western Pacific.
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