Battle Of Leyte Gulf
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25 October 1944
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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8 of 16 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Burma
NCAC offensive continues against light resistance. 29th Brig of Br 36th Div, which has progressed 23 miles from Namma against negligible opposition, skirmishes with enemy in Mawpin area.
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Italy
AAI: In U.S. Fifth Army area, elements of S African 6th Armd Div wade Setta Creek and take Hill 501, below M. Sole. In II Corps area, further efforts to deepen M. Grande salient, night 25-26, are costly failures.
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Overview On 15 October 1944, the Japanese Imperial Navy’s First Mobile Fleet launched Operation Shō, a last-ditch attempt to engage Allied naval forces off Leyte in the central Philippines decisively.
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Three distinct air engagements in the Battle of Leyte Gulf take place as U.S. Navy carrier-based planes destroy many Japanese ships in the waters off the Philippines.
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Romania is fully liberated by Red Army and Romanian troops.
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The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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UK Parliament
Italian Prisoners of War (House of Lords)
Official record of proceedings in the House of Lords, sitting of 1944-10-25: "Italian Prisoners of War." The Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for War (Lord Croft): "My Lords, approximately 70 per cent.
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