Battle of Ormoc Bay
1944 battle in the Pacific theater of WW2 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Ormoc Bay was a series of air-sea battles between Imperial Japan and the United States in the Camotes Sea in the Philippines from 9 November-21 December 1944, at Ormoc, part of the Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II. The battles resulted from Japanese operations to reinforce and resupply their forces on Leyte and U.S. attempts to interdict them.
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Battle of Ormoc Bay | |||||||
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Part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II | |||||||
Leyte campaign, November–December 1944 | |||||||
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United States | Japan | ||||||
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Douglas MacArthur | Tomoyuki Yamashita | ||||||
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6 ships sunk |
29 ships sunk 1 submarine sunk 1 patrol boat sunk |
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