Individual #Leyte_invasion__Leyte__Leyte_Island a battle in World War II; the return of US troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944; first use of Kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese
instance of: #amphibious_assault
part of: #World_War_II__World_War___Second_World_War a war between the Allies (Australia Belgium Bolivia Brazil Canada China Colombia Costa-Rico Cuba Czechoslovakia Dominican-Republic El-Salvador Ethiopia Greece Guatemala Haiti Honduras India Iran Iraq Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands New-Zealand Nicaragua Norway Panama Philippines Poland South-Africa United-Kingdom US USSR Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania Bulgaria Finland Germany Hungary Italy Japan Rumania Slovakia Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
part of: #Philippines__Philippine_Islands an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands
part of: #Pacific_Ocean__Pacific the largest ocean in the world
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