War Stories with Oliver North
Battle for Leyte Gulf
2004 • E50 May 30, 2004 60m
In October 1944, Americans fought the ultimate battle on the high seas. The Battle for Leyte Gulf was a desperate gamble by the Japanese navy to stop America’s march towards Tokyo. This battle would mark the moment when the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was truly avenged, when like ghosts rising, some of the ships resurrected from the bottom of Pearl Harbor took on the Japanese fleet with devastating results.