largest tank battle in ww2 battle of leyte gulf

The press caption read, 'Pied Piper of Leyte: A boy from the Bronx, S/Sgt, Howard Preube, acts as the Pied piper of Leyte leading little Filipino evacuees from an operationl area to the town of Dulag after Japs defending village had been cleared out. It was very dangerous for Filipinosto be in combat ares becuse the Japanese considered them loyal to the americans and not uncommonly would retilate for their losses by killing villagers.

The Filipinos were caught in the crossfire. The Japanese were using it as an observation and firing poition to target the beachead and landing craft. The 96th Infantry Division targeted Catmon, a 1,400 ft (430 m) promontory, the highest point in the beachhead area. The Americans also moved to seie the highground ovelooking the beahead near Dulag-Catmon Hill. A major objective of the landings were to seize the Japanese airfields in the Central Valley a few miles west of the coast. The Sixth Army from the beginningof the Liberation effort was alkso fced wita humnitarian mission. Liberation of the Philippines: Fighting on Leyte (October-December 1944)įigure 1.-Dulag was a town in the south of the immediate beachead area when the Americans landed on Leyte (October 20).

War and social upheaval: World War II Pacific Theater - the Philippines liberation Leyte landings

Largest tank battle in ww2 battle of leyte gulf