Animation shows Allied Naval Air attack over the Philippines island of Leyte during the Battle for Leyte Gulf against the Japanese Naval Air Forces in October 1944. The battle is fought around a chain of islands such as Luzon, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao. Allied 3rd and 7th naval fleet launch a massive attack and cripple the Japanese naval-air support. Results show heavy damage inflicted to Japanese Naval Air Forces. (World War II period).
Philippines Campaign in Philippines during World War II. The U.S. invasion fleet underway at sea. The fleet shells the beach of Leyte. Smoke rising from the shelling. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Mitscher views the shelling. U.S. battleships in view. General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Mitscher talking to each other. Smoke rises from the areas along the beach. Infantry aboard landing crafts reach the Leyte beach. The troops disembark the crafts and move towards the beach. The soldiers take their position. The soldiers with guns in prone position under cover of bushes. The soldiers advance among the trees in the beach.
United States troops fight the Japanese forces in the Philippines during World War II. A group of fighters in flight east of Luzon Island in the Philippines. A fighter is strafed and shot down. Aerial view of a dogfight between American and Japanese fighters. A Japanese fighter bursts into flames. A Japanese submarine being strafed. Floating wreckage in the sea. Some Japanese pilots and sailor cling onto wreckage in sea. Japanese soldiers on a lifeboat. United States Navy ships docked on the beachhead of Leyte. United States troops move inland into Leyte Island. Soldiers marching in the mountainous jungles. Troops carrying supplies wade through a swamp. Food is served on a plate to a soldier standing in mud. Soldiers with plates walk on muddy soil. A bored soldier smokes, takes out tissue, while resting in mud. Another soldier smiles and laughs. A soldier crawls into a small tent in muddy terrain to sleep. Muddy boots of sleeping soldiers sticking out of tent. Medics carry an injured patient on a stretcher. Medics walk through muddy terrain. Medics treat a wounded soldier, wrapping his head with gauze. A soldier holds the helmet of his deceased comrade over his face, having just succumbed to injuries. A distraught soldier sits in mud, covering his face as a dead comrade is looked over by medics.
General MacArthur returns to the Philippines in World War II. Gun footage show Allied airplanes bombard Japanese ships in Mindanao, Philippines. Allied airplane in dogfight with a Japanese airplane. Japanese airplane gets hit and goes down. Allied airplanes attack a Japanese anti-aircraft tower. Allied airplanes bombard Japanese airfield on Mindanao. Allied ships bombard Leyte in Philippines and carrier-based plane bombard the Island. United States prisoners of war captured by the Japanese. General Douglas MacArthur and General Jonathan Mayhew 'Skinny' Wainwright VI and Admiral William Frederick Halsey can be seen. General Douglas MacArthur and his men after landing on Leyte beach.
A group of United States Marines dressed in khaki and WAC (Women's Army Corps) stand in front of Army Headquarters at Leyte Island during World War II. A Marine talk to a WAC. WAC personnel smiling while talking to the Marine. Tropical trees in the background.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group at a beach on Leyte Island, Philippines during World War II. Leyte beach in the Philippines. Soldiers unload supplies and equipment from an LST (Landing Ship Tank). A fuel truck hauls a trailer on the beach. Men in a well bail out surface water. The soldiers gather around the new well site. A tractor hauls a fuel truck along the beach. The wheels of the tractor. The soldiers weld holes in oil drums for showers. A welder welds a drum. A soldier fits pipes into the well. The soldiers work on a pipe in the shower well. A latrine tent. Trucks in a motor pool. A scraper on the beach. The soldiers unload equipment from a landing craft onto a truck. They use a crane for carrying supplies. A ship convoy and the landing craft underway at sea.
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