BIGGEST NAVAL BATTLE OF WWII (Part 1): The Battle of Leyte Gulf | Battle 360 | History

The biggest navy battle happened in my country

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THE MAN

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If it wasn't for this battle, i wouldn't exist

This is awesome. When the history channel was actually about History!

This video is misleading. Jutland was the largest ever Naval Battle and it was WW1 with no American involvement. It was between the Germans and the British.
Leyte Gulf was the largest Naval action but it wasn't a single battle.

My cousin graduated in leyte

My grandfather fought in this battle, he got blown up by a torpedo hitting the side of the ship he was on and developed a shaky hand all the way up until his passing at the fantastic age of 97.

I was there and saw everything live on my canoe. It was incredible!

My grand father is a WW2 US veteran he changed his surname in order to protect our family from Japanese soldiers. 😂❤

Utter rubbish. The biggest naval battle was the Battle of the Atlantic. In terms of tonnage, ships involved, casualties, nations involved, everything, the BOTA makes Leyte Gulf look like a kindergarten quarrel.

Last sentence is wrong. Largest naval battle by far was the Battle of Jutland (Skagerakschlacht) in WWI

Both the Germans and the Japanese added to their gross criminality by not surrendering when they had no further real chance of victory.

My father's carrier the Bataan was there. He never said much about it.

The uss north carolina needs help, she is dieing. The uss nc needs to be floating. She helped us win a few wars

As a Filipino, i did not knew that almost all of the land here in Samar and Leyte were covered with coconut trees. Also, amazingly, that late former Pres. Osmeña had establish a new cabinet in Leyte. Although i live in Northern Samar, not Leyte, the place was an interesting place of the history of WW2 in the Philippines.

Japan had very disciplined and bright soldiers & their plan of attack was always complex & well thought out. I hate to use that old cleshe but they were playing chess on the checkers board...
But... wth was their plan for pearl harbor? Just blow up Hawaii and then just chill? 😮

Yamato
greatest battleship ❌
Perfect target practice for naval planes✅

Yes. Yamato was the biggest ship of her time but it was greatly inferior to that of the iowa-class battleship which had more accurate guns quicker reloads and or muzzle velocity which means more damage better radar

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2015 2023 revulsion

I remember watching these shows when I was a kid . I didn’t care about cartoons or anything like that. Now Im on my way to MEPS and hopefully become a sailor.

The Japanese soldier wanted to die for the emperor, thinking he is a God, the American soldier wanted to come home alive

I remember watching these shows when I was like 10 with Dad. By far the best way to visualize what was going on in ww2. We would record every episode and watch them when he came from work. Very cool and I wish they brought it back

Yamato,Musashi,USS iowa,Bismark 4 of the best warships ever.

I wonder what if submarine excursions to the Leyte Gulf was a real thing...

A battleship is no much with an aircraft carrier, before the battleship could hit an aircraft carrier with its powerful guns, the carrier's bees are already around it.

needs more megalodon

I've always been IMPRESSED with the Pair of Yamato battleships; the Musashi & the Yamato. They were the LARGEST Battleships EVER Produced. I've owned one of the LARGEST Plastic kit models of these ships in 1/250 scale with some Extra Cool goodies such as: Metal barrel guns, metal propellers, and a Laser-ecthed real wood adhesive main deck.....Just Way Cool!! But here's the REAL Takeaway; building these 2 Literal monster's by the Japanese Naval Command was a Complete Waste of Money, Materiel, & Manpower. They were BOTH SUNK inside of their 5 year build dates by Carrier based US Naval warplanes!!! Any & All of their Massive armour could not withstand the Aerial bombardment nor the Torpedo strikes that they were Subjected too. So, all-in-all, because of just how Valuable they were to the Japanese Admiralty, both ships were primarily KEPT OUT OF MOST ACTION to "Preserve & Protect" them!! But in the end they were BOTH found and Destroyed. Hitler took the same attitude towards Bismarck's sister ship, the Tirpitz.....but she was also sunk...at her ANCHORAGE!!

How big is the canon

I wish they make movies on this

if only the battleships had lasers proximity fuses and radar. and guided missiles. and tomahawks.

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Yamato and musashi

Shows the model of yamato for both of them

My Uncle, U W Todd was a Pvt in the Armies 38th infantry Div . He had served in New Guinea and he was sent to Leyte Gulf as a follow on wave of infantry. He won a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. The later cost him his life.

He was on a ship in Leyte Gulf on December 10th 1944 when the first organized, purposeful Kamikaze attack of WWII was launched against US force. His ship was hit and he was burned horribly. He died three days later and was buried at sea. I know he won a Bronze Star but don’t know why. many of his records burned in the early 70’s in the fire in (I think -St. Louis).

I never met him. It is terrifying to think of how he died though doubtless he was administered huge quantities of morphine- there was nothing else to be done. I remember him always but especially on Memorial Day

Yamato and Mushashi were big yes.
But I bet toe to toe with two Iowas?
They have 50/50 chance of being sunk.

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no wonder why yamato was found in phillipines

im in the pilapins

Largest naval battle in History!