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Battle Of Leyte Order Of Battle
On 20 October 1944, troops of the Sixth United States Army, United States Sixth Army under the direct command of Lieutenant General Walter Krueger, invaded the Philippine Battle of Leyte, island of Leyte. This operation was the beginning of General Douglas MacArthur's fulfillment of his Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines, promise in March 1942 to the Filipino people that he would liberate them from Japanese occupation of the Philippines, Japanese rule. The choice of Leyte was the result of heated discussion at the highest levels of the US military and government. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Ernest J. King had forcefully advocated for an invasion of the island of Formosa, about north of the Philippines, insisting that it would both bolster the morale of the Nationalist Chinese, then fighting the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japanese occupation of their country, and provide a much closer base for military operations against the Japanese home islands. In the event, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacArthur Manila
MacArthur or Macarthur may refer to: Places * Macarthur, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra, Australia * Macarthur, New South Wales, a region of Metropolitan Sydney, Australia ** Division of Macarthur ** Macarthur railway station * Macarthur, Victoria, Australia * MacArthur, Leyte, Philippines * MacArthur, West Virginia, U.S. Other uses * MacArthur (surname) * Douglas MacArthur, a U.S. General of the Army * Clan Arthur (also known as Clan MacArthur), a Scottish clan * ''MacArthur'' (1977 film), a movie biography of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur *MacArthur (1999 film), a two-part television documentary film about Douglas MacArthur * INSS MacArthur, a fictional starship featured in the science fiction novel ''The Mote in God's Eye'' * Fort MacArthur, a former military base in Los Angeles * Long Island MacArthur Airport, Suffolk County, New York * ''Macarthur'' (novel), a novel by Bob Ong * MacArthur Center, shopping mall in Norfolk, Virginia * MacArthur Fell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
