Crossword clues for leyte
leyte
- Island in the Philippines
- One of the Visayan Islands
- Island of MacArthur's return
- Island in the Pacific
- Where MacArthur's "I shall return" promise was fulfilled
- Where MacArthur returned in 1944
- Tacloban's island
- Site of a MacArthur victory
- Philippine province
- Philippine gulf
- Pacific battle site of 1944
- P.I. island
- Isle of MacArthur's return
- Island where MacArthur fulfilled his promise to return
- Island south of Luzon
- Island near Mindanao
- Island between Cebu and Samar
- Gulf in a 1944 battle
- Famous U. S. carrier
- Battle of ___ Gulf (largest naval engagement of WWII)
- 1944 Philippines invasion site
- ____ Gulf: WWII site
- ___ Gulf, in the Philippines
- 1944 battle site
- Island of W.W. II fighting
- Eastern Hemisphere island visited by Magellan, 1521
- First use of Kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese
- A battle in World War II
- The return of US troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944
- Gulf south of Samar
- Philippine island discovered in 1521 by Magellan
- Philippine invasion site
- One of the Visayans
- Visayan island
- Tacloban's locale
- Pacific battle site: 1944
- Gulf in the Philippines
- Philippine invasion point: 1944
- Where Tacloban is
- One of the Philippines
- P.I. invasion site: 1944
- Samar's neighbor
- Ormoc's locale
- Battle of ___ Gulf: 1944
- MacArthur victory site
- Philippines island
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leyte \Leyte\ prop. n. The name of an island in the Pacific Ocean and of a battle in World War II, at which the American forces experienced the first use of Kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese. The return of U. S. troops to the Philippines after their expulsion by the Japanese began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944.
Syn: Leyte Island, Leyte invasion, Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Wikipedia
Leyte is an island in the Visayas group of the Philippines.
Politically, the island is divided into two provinces: (Northern) Leyte and Southern Leyte. Territorially, Southern Leyte includes the island of Panaon to its south. To the north of Leyte is the island province of Biliran, a former sub-province of Leyte.
The major cities of Leyte are Tacloban, on the eastern shore at the northwest corner of Leyte Gulf and Ormoc, on the west coast. The island was once the location of Mairete, a historic community which was ruled by Datu Ete. Before being colonized by Spain, the island was once home to indigenous animist Warays to the East and other indigenous animist Visayan groups to the west.
Leyte today is notable for the geothermal electric power plants near Ormoc.
However, Leyte is most famous for its role in the reconquest of the Philippines in World War II. On 20 October 1944, General Douglas MacArthur waded ashore on Leyte, saying, "I have returned", but the Japanese did not give up so easily, as the ensuing Battle of Leyte proved, and convergence of naval forces resulted in the four-day Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history.
Leyte (also Northern Leyte; ; ; Waray-Waray: Norte san Leyte/Amihanan Leyte) is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region, occupying the northern three-quarters of Leyte Island. Its capital is the city of Tacloban. Leyte is situated west of Samar Island, north of Southern Leyte and south of Biliran. To the west of Leyte across the Camotes Sea is Cebu Province.
The historical name of the Philippines, "Las Islas Felipenas", named by Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos in honor of Prince Philip of Spain, used to refer to the islands of Leyte and Samar, until it was adopted to refer to the entire archipelago.
Leyte is also known as the site of the largest naval battle in modern history, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, which took place during the Second World War.
On 8 November 2013, the province was largely destroyed by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), killing a reported 10,000 people, having previously suffered similar destruction and loss of life in 1991 during Tropical Storm Thelma.
Leyte is an island in the Visayas group in the Philippines.
Leyte may also refer to:
Usage examples of "leyte".
The divided command problem between MacArthur and Nimitz haunted the Pacific war and resulted in the stupendous botch at Leyte Gulf.
ARRIVED IN LEYTE at 1000 the next day, and after fueling and provisioning, the crew went to work repairing the wear and tear of the month of intensive operations in the China Sea.
A check of the chart showed Biak as about 1, I 00 miles southeast of Leyte at the mouth of the great gulf that almost severs the island of New Guinea at its western end.
In the middle of the year it advanced to Biak, a small island north of New Guinea, where it was nearly strangled by the thick jungle, and it went ashore on Leyte about five days after the first wave of invasion troops.
But on the day of the big battle, it embarked 2000 troops in destroyer-transports at Cagayan, Mindanao, and landed them next morning at Ormoc on the back of Leyte.
North Fleet had also gained a victory, in a manner of speaking, for Admiral Ozawa Jisaburo had tricked Admiral Halsey into running far to the north to take the bait which the Japanese had dangled before him, leaving the Leyte landings unprotected.
Getting to Leyte from Japan itself, counterattacking Japanese units could steam down the eastern side of the archipetago and head straight in.
When it was surprised, Taffy Three was eighty miles north of the entrance to Leyte Gulf, doing the donkeywork of amphibious warfare.
The 6th Ranger Battalion, activated on 13 January 1941 at Fort Lewis, Washington, was assigned to the Pacific theatre and participated in battles in New Guinea, Leyte, and Luzon.
He could see in a nearby anchor berth the bow of the light cruiser Kalamazoo, which had been hit by a suicide plane at Leyte.
Not since the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944 have there been any naval forces of this magnitude in opposition to each other.