" THE BATTLE OF LEYTE " 1944 INVASION OF THE PHILIPPINES GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR LEYTE GULF 25844
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Made by the U.S. Army in 1949, this black & white documentary film is about the 1944 Battle Of Leyte and the naval Battle of Leyte Gulf during World War II. The Battle of Leyte was an amphibious invasion of the Philippines by American forces and Filipino guerrillas under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, against the Imperial Japanese Army led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita. The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the first battle in which Japanese aircraft carried out organized kamikaze attacks, and the last naval battle between battleships in history.
Opening titles: United States Army presents The Battle Of Leyte (:06-:34). At his Australian Headquarters, General MacArthur reviews paperwork and plans for the invasion of the Philippines. Map shows the United States in proportion to area occupied by Japanese Empire. Summer of 1944, American fighter planes take off from an aircraft carrier. Areas shown: Mindanao, Ryukyu, Formosa, all under assault by the U.S. Navy (:35-1:53). General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz discuss the plan. Staging area was Humboldt Bay, off the coast of New Guinea. Troops get ready in transports. Huge fleets of ships and landing craft head for their target. U.S. soldiers are prepared. Anchor of the ship is hosed off. General MacArthur salutes as he boards a battleship or cruiser, possibly USS Phoenix. Armada at sea. American soldiers sit, waiting, resting, as they head for their destination (1:54-3:30). A church service on the ship before the battle. Map of the Philippines. Island of Leyte. Battleships, cruisers and other ships start firing at enemy positions as the invasion of the Philippines begins. Planes run close fire support on enemy installations (3:31-5:16). The landing begins as troops packed into LCIs head for the shore. The Japanese are dug in; they begin to fire as the G.I.s storm the beaches. (5:17-7:15). The battle rages. Americans take cover. Tanks are on the move, and G.I.s move forward with fixed bayonets. One soldier raises an American flag. Grenades are tossed. KIA Japanese soldier is shown. A wounded American is moved. Flamethrower spews fire.
Now (9:29) the film focuses on the naval battle, as the desperate Japanese prepare to launch their fleet against the invasion force at Leyte Gulf. This will be the largest naval battle of World War II and one of the largest naval battles in history, 23-26 October 1944. The battle consisted of four main engagements: the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, the Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle off Cape Engaño and the Battle off Samar.
A shadow on a map shows Japan's plan. U.S. submarines are placed strategically in a picket line. They sink several Japanese ships (9:30-11:43). Maps are examined by U.S. officers. Battleships, including survivors of Pearl Harbor, are ready. Fighter planes take off, the U.S. fleet is ready. Radio orders are relayed. (11:44-13:24). Japanese ships on fire, huge smoke plumes. The Japanese fleet strikes in an unexpected direction, and all that is between it and the landing force is a group of small vessels including destroyers and escort carriers. American troops are shown on the beaches as the heavy Japanese dreadnoughts engage in a pitched battle with the U.S. Navy's light carrier force. (13:25-15:15). Ships and planes at sea. A plane is shot down and crashes into the sea. The U.S. radios in an SOS. Hands circle and draw on a map. Battle at sea rages on. Some Navy planes land on Leyte. Injured pilots treated on Leyte. Japanese suicide planes crash into American ships (15:16-17:17). Damaged American planes crash land on carriers. Odds favor the Japanese. Numerous American ships are lost in the Battle of Samar, but unexpectedly the Japanese task force pulls back, allowing a respite for the Americans. U.S. troops march forward while Admiral Halsey plans to meet the Japanese fleet in what would be called the Battle off Cape Engaño. (17:18-20:20). Battle in the sky and on the sea between Japan and America. Most of the surviving Japanese surface fleet is destroyed in the battle. Thousands of Japanese survivors floating at sea were rescued by Americans. Soldiers dig on the island (20:21-22:06). Battle continues to rage on Leyte. More troops storm the beaches for the U.S. (22:07-23:29). Japanese are forced to retreat and Leyte is declared secure. The film ends with images of a burial at sea, and footage of a KIA pilot placed in a damaged plane, which is pushed off the side of a carrier into the sea, in final tribute.
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My Dad was in the first waves of the invasion on Red Beach where MacArthur landed. He moved thru the troops after his famous speech. 34th Regiment 24th Infantry Division.
I just found my Grandfather’s Discharge and record at his after war hometown courthouse. This is where I learned he was with 356th AAA Searchlight Bn that defended Leyte against Japanese counter attack by paratroopers. Actually found information online about his unit, though not as much as I would like. Thank you for your service Grandad.
Hey ..Go to Australia at War website... I've found out so much info on my Dad's unit...the 32nd Division 126th Combat Infantry Regiment after BUNA GONA SANANANDA he transferred into 2nd Engineers Special Brigade Amphibious 592nd Boat and Shore Regiment
My Father was at LEYTE too...The 592nd came up by way of Corrigador and Bataan through Manilla on to Leyte then Luzon...
That website you should be able to track your Grandfather's unit from Stateside! Yup ...The USS INDIANAPOLIS escorted the 32nd to Australia...half the 32nd companies A thru M were trained for open country warfare but last minute decision put the 126th in the Jungles of New Guinea...learn as you go ...the Japs had been there long enough for the jungle to overgrow the fortified pill box positions..
They played hell!
Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High school CA ✌️❤️🇺🇸🗽
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Came across this the other day... bout fell out of my chair!
That's my Dad at 1:11 seconds napping against that Palm Tree...look at the base of the tree! It tells a thousand words!
Can't believe my dad survived this battle only to almost be killed by a typhoon right after. RIP Robert L. Young Lt. Jg
My dad was there also. He was in the Army 24th Division.
My dad was in the army and on this Island in 1944/1945
My grandfather was too. Artillery 155s
@@JimD410 My dad was in the 24th Infantry Division.
@@theborg my grandfather was 23rd americal he died before I was born. I was deployed to Iraq after my experience I wanted to learn more about his but apparently he never talked about it and all Ive discovered is he was on 155 crew and I have his list of metals. Them men truly were ( the greatest generation) at least so far.
@@JimD410 pray to God we are never asked to fill their shoes ( boots) on this scale ever again! ❤️🇺🇸
Will If we have to! 🤷✌️
To all Filipino people were are proud to all allied forces. American soldiers to supporting Filipino
We proud to all American soldiers during world war 2
Thank you for uploading this.
i need more details of this battle
My grandpa was a USS Mahan survivor that sank 7DEC1944 in the Battle of Ormoc Bay.
This film describes the northern decoy force as the main force of the Japanese attack.Ｉwonder if people still considered the northern force as the main attack when this was made, or if this was done intentionally to preserve the reputation of Halsey and his "daring and spectacular plan."
Good question. I suspect they still did not have the main overall picture yet.
That's what the Northern Force was, and what anybody would have considered the main force of the Japanese at the time. It was NEVER a decoy force. There are strange revisionist fantasies today that claim that these Japanese carriers were "empty"....uh, NO, these carriers had squadrons, including a fully complemented Zuikaku. Do you know what the Japanese called the "Northern Force"? Only pseudo historians call it the "Northern Force". The Japanese Commanders at the time called it exactly what they intended it to be: "Main Force". There is only POST HOC claims that this was supposed to be a "Decoy Force" - know who originates that? The American media (and Communists). It's POSSIBLE that it was an "eventuality", but there is NO evidence that it was actually planned from the get go to be a "sacrifical pawn". It is far more likely that Ozawa was simply RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE after all his pilots got shot out of the sky (again). If it were a "Decoy", the Japanese would NEVER have stocked the Carriers with what PRECIOUS FEW PILOTS AND CREW THEY HAD LEFT. But they DID stock the Carriers. They were simply bested (again) by American carrier planes. The reason many of these Japanese carriers at Leyte didn't have their FULL complements was because the US Navy destroyed many of those Carrier plane squadrons (and killing their pilots) in a sweep through Formosa weeks before the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Of course, the US Navy and Halsey could not have known that so many of those planes (and pilots) were slated to be assigned to Japan's carriers which would show up at Leyte.
When Ozawa's Carriers lost to Halsey's Carriers at Leyte, the Japanese lost HUNDREDS of trained pilots (and their planes, but the pilots were more important - THAT is what doomed the Japanese the Kamikaze tactics at Okinawa), THOUSANDS of aircraft crew, and thousands more of trained sailors! This was the LAST of their bread-and-butter training from the past year of schools....
...."Decoy"?
Yeah, right.
A lot of the revisionist history is plagued by post-war politics, unfortunately.
Pseudo historians disgrace themselves by insisting that Halsey should have considered the Japanese Carriers as "not a threat".
It's BS.
NO REASONABLE COMMANDER SHOULD OR WOULD CONSIDER FLEET CARRIER UNITS TO BE ANYTHING BUT THE PRIMARY THREAT. Yes, Carrier units were roundly considered FAR more dangerous than a full-on Battleship force - and they WERE.
Consider: Which is actually more dangerous to Taffy 3, for example?
Force A with Kurita's Battleships?
Or the Main Force with Ozawa's "half-strength" Fleet Carriers?
And it's obvious: EVEN with half-strength, the Japanese Fleet Carriers would have devastated Taffy 3 - in reconnaissance ALONE it would have obviated many of the problems that Kurita faced at the subsidiary Battle of Samar.
(Once again: The Japanese Battleship Force was NEVER called the "Center Force" by the Japanese. That's just a pseudo-historian lie - the Japanese called it "Force A". Their "Main Force" was ALWAYS the JAPANESE CARRIER FORCE coming from the North)
That's why Kurita withdrew from Samar - HIS AIR COVER FAILED TO SHOW UP. It's one of the factors a lot of pseudo historians fail to mention, partially because so many don't understand basic military doctrine, American OR Japanese. (And initially because many were Communists trying to smear war heroes like William Halsey - you notice most of these journalists never dared show their faces in front of Halsey at the time when they made their claims and accusations).
In the final analysis, Halsey assumed what any reasonable Commander would have assumed - being threatened by a Fleet Carrier force from his flank (which is always considered a Main Force - no scare quotes - because any modern Navy it was now understood HAD to be under air cover or it would fail), those were the primary threats and danger to the invasion force. In such a situation, staying tied and stationary to an immobile invasion force is suicide - he could NOT use the Invasion force and landing zones as a DECOY to absorb hits from the Japanese Carrier Planes, as Fletcher had done successfully at Midway (with Midway taking serious damage). So for Halsey, the best thing to do was to take his Main Forces OUT to MEET Ozawa's Main Force, allowing his ships to maneuver and dodge incoming air attacks since they were about to become targets in place of the invasion force, and push the Japanese carriers outward, keeping Japanese planes outranged from the Invasion force.
Once again: there is NO CONTEMPORANEOUS EVIDENCE that the Japanese ever considered the Carriers a "Decoy Force" - there are only POST-HOC CLAIMS LONG AFTER THE JAPANESE LOST...
....RATIONALIZING AFTER THE FACT that it was a Decoy Force.
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somone here is mad...
nimitzs; remarks to reporter surveying pearl and the salvaging operation underway after the 7 dec attack,,'the japanese made 3 errors,,our carriers were out at sea,most personnel were not present on base on sunday,, our large oil storage facilities,,they missed these too,
I've been to Leyte many times over the past 10 years. And every time I meet a new family or a new person and I tell them my name is Douglas, the first thing they say is "Douglas MacArthur". To this day, they haven't forgotten.
Thanks for this 👍
Proud of my grandfather he was there and took down the japaneese flag and raised the Philippine and American flags returning the captured flag to Major Balderian who presented it General Bonifacio.
22:12 Is that a Sikorsky R-4 helicopter flying in the top middle of the frame? I wonder what they were doing with it, scouting ahead or medical evacs... it's so interesting.
My dad was awarded a bronze star and First Oak Leaf Cluster for risking his life to save a wounded man. He was with the Eighth Army, Medical Department. I would ask him questions about the war and he wouldn’t talk about it.
My great grandfather was there and was shot and wounded, he would later come home and had a kid, my grandma, who knows maybe your dad saved my great grandpa johnie saving my entire bloodline… but thats a big shot lots of people were saved
Can i use this video for my youtube channel and i will place that this is not mine and it is to you it is ok or not
I don't know why u would, so many boastful comments, propaganda and falsehoods from the narrator.
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A long as u credit the source, it would be ok to use this video.
Where did I find a video about battle of breakneck ridge in capoocan LEYTe and buga buga hills in villaba LEYTe general Suzuki last stand
CZcams video about the 24th Infantry Division shows it. The 24th fought the battle of Break Neck Ridge.
Wow. Not sure what to make of this video.
Damn
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Didn’t think so.
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