Intense fighting on Leyte island in 1944 |
MacAurthurs operations on Leyte island |
Under the command of MacAurthur the the invasion of Leyte (code named King Two) began on October 20 1944 and ended on December 31 1944. The invasion was the first step to freeing the entire Philippene archipelago from 3 years of Japanese occupation.There is now a memorial on Paolo beach in Leyte.
The memorial on Paolo beach |
The emblem of one of the warships that attacked Leyte |
The allied forces heavily bombed several areas in the pacific |
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