October 1944 – Leyte Philippines: Battle for Leyte Gulf between the Allied naval-air forces and the Japanese naval-air forces in region of Philippine island of Leyte during World War II

The Largest Sea Battle in History

Terrifying History on Instagram: "On November 25, 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Pacific Theater of World War II, the United States Navy faced one of the most intense and concentrated kamikaze attacks of the war. Japanese pilots, as part of a desperate, last-ditch strategy, deliberately crashed their aircraft—often laden with bombs—into Allied ships. The footage and reconstructions from that day show waves of Japanese planes diving through heavy anti-aircraft fire toward U.S. aircr