In 1944 on this day,
October 20 2015, marked the return of General Douglas MacArthur in Philippines,
particularly in Leyte. It would be marked as the bloodiest war in the Pacific
and also marking an end to the Japanese forces invasion. During the war, the
Japanese making an action towards it launching operation Sho-go an attempt to
take away the 3rd U.S fleet north towards the fighting. The American
and Japanese fleet have faced together in October 23 days after the landing in
Leyte Gulf.
In Leyte Island, the Americans take on the Japanese
garrisons. It took them almost 70 days before completing the annihilation of
the Japanese troops, all in all the Japanese lost about 80,000 troops compared
to Americans who only lost about 3,500 troops. In the Leyte Gulf a lot of
destruction has cost both sides, after 3 days of sea battle, the Americans lost
only 3 battle ships compared to a lot more for the Japanese which has 36
battleships destroyed. The battle ended at about 5,000 Kamikaze pilots died and
managed to take down 34 ships.
Until the end the Japanese troops hold its resistance til the
end of the battle, they have not given up an easy war. They give all there
power to fire up the Americans, but in the end, they really cannot with stood
the mighty power of the Americans , they were just really outnumbered, out
smarted to the extent that the war was ended because of that. Its one of the greatest
highlights of every Filipino until now, and it would remain to be the
liberation day of the entire country and regained our own strength as one
nation on this day exactly 71 years ago.
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