Examples of using Leyte in English and their translations into Hebrew
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Leyte Island.
We're running as fast as we can in the opposite direction of Leyte.
To the south, Leyte is separated from Mindanao by the Surigao Strait.
Buna- Gona the Tarawa the Philippine Sea Leyte Gulf Iwo Jima Okinawa.
The U.S. forces landed on Leyte on 20 October, only ten days after Yamashita's arrival at Manila.
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I'm betting they willsend every warship they have got to stop those Leyte landings.
World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
Leyte is most famous for its role in the reconquest of the Philippines in World War II.
Although fierce fighting continued on Leyte for months, the U.S. Army was always in control.
After about two and a half hours in action with Taffy 3, Kurita ordered his force to regroup on a northerly course,away from Leyte.
What was left of Ozawa's fleet fought on at the Battle of Leyte Gulf[5] against the forces of Admiral William Halsey.
The Imperial Japanese Navy's 1st Air Fleet, based at Manila, was assigned the task of assisting the Japanese ships whichwould attempt to destroy Allied forces in Leyte Gulf.
The Japanese had used kamikaze tactics since the Battle of Leyte Gulf, but for the first time, they became a major part of the defense.
Leyte, one of the larger islands of the Philippines, has numerous deep-water approaches and sandy beaches which offered opportunities for amphibious assaults and fast resupply.
Mila Ward, an Australian citizen and Filipino by birth who was in Leyte on vacation visiting her family, said she saw hundreds of bodies on the streets.
Kurita's retreat saved Yamato and the remainder of the IJN 2nd Fleet from certain destruction, but he had failed to complete his mission,attacking the amphibious forces in Leyte Gulf.
The island is separated from Leyte by the San Juanico Strait, which at its narrowest point is only about 2 kilometres(1.2 mi) across.
Nevertheless, the Battle of Samar on October 25, 1944,during the Battle of Leyte Gulf proved that battleships still were a lethal weapon.
The only time she fired her main guns at enemy surface targets was in October 1944, when she was sent to engageAmerican forces invading the Philippines during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Australian ships also participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, with Shropshire and Arunta engaging Japanese ships during the Battle of Surigao Strait on 25 October.
Halsey actually recommended that the landings on Peleliu and Angaur be canceled, too,and their Marines and soldiers be thrown into Leyte Island instead, but was overruled by Nimitz.
In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan stirred up a storm surge in Leyte Gulf, resulting in massive loss of lives, agricultural land and property along Leyte's shores.[4].
A map of the Visayas color-coded according to the constituent regions as of May 2015 The major Visayan islands, from west to east, are Panay, Negros, Cebu,Bohol, Leyte and Samar.
Preliminary operations for the Leyte invasion began at dawn on 17 October with minesweeping tasks and the movement of the 6th Rangers toward three small islands in Leyte Gulf.
The only time she fired her main guns at enemy surface targets was in October 1944, when she was sent to engageAmerican forces invading the Philippines during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
However, American battlefield successes in Europe and the Pacific during the campaign, such as the liberation of Paris in August 1944 andthe successful Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines in October 1944, made Roosevelt unbeatable.
Jesse Barrett"Oley" Oldendorf(16 February 1887- 27 April 1974) was an admiral in the United States Navy,famous for defeating a Japanese force in the Battle of Leyte Gulf during World War II.
Arima personally led an attack by about 100 Yokosuka D4Y Suisei("Judy") dive bombers against a large Essex-class aircraft carrier,USS Franklin, near Leyte Gulf, on or about 15 October 1944.