![]() The 'Battle off Samar' has been cited by historians as one of the greatest last stands in naval history, and ultimately the US forces prevailed over a massive armada, the Imperial Japanese navy’s 5 th Fleet, 1 st Strike Force, Main Body under the command of Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita, despite their very heavy casualties and odds that were overwhelmingly in favour of the Japanese. This was the only major action in the larger battle in which the US forces were largely unprepared. The 'Battle off Samar' was the central element of the 'Battle of Leyte Gulf', the largest naval battle in history, which was fought between US and Japanese naval forces in the Philippine Sea off Samar island in the Philippine islands group (25 October 1944).
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