Tuesday, March 5, 2013

The Invasion of Leyte: King Two






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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