Battle of Leyte

Battle of Leyte
	Part of the Philippines campaign (1944–1945) of the Pacific Theater of World War II
	; General Douglas MacArthur and staff, accompanied by Philippine president Sergio Osmeña (left), land at Red Beach, Leyte, 20 October 1944.
Date	17 October – 26 December 1944 (initial phase involving Sixth Army); Guerrilla phase under Eighth Army continued until March 1945
Location	Leyte Island, Philippines11°10′20″N 125°00′44″E / 11.17222°N 125.01222°E
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
United States Commonwealth of the Philippines; Australia	Japan Republic of the Philippines;
Commanders and leaders
Army:; Douglas MacArthur; Walter Krueger; Franklin C. Sibert; John R. Hodge; Navy:; Thomas C. Kinkaid; Army Air Force:; George C. Kenney; Civilian Government:; Sergio Osmeña; Guerrillas:; Ruperto Kangleón	IJA:; Hisaichi Terauchi; Tomoyuki Yamashita; Sōsaku Suzuki; Shiro Makino † ; Tsunehiro Shirai † ; Yoshimi Adachi †; Kyoji Tominaga
Units involved
Ground elements: Sixth Army (Final phase) X Corps; XXIV Corps; Eighth Army (Final phase) Aerial elements: Fifth Air Force Naval elements: Seventh Fleet UDT 8, UDT 9;	Fourteenth Area Army 35th Army;
Strength
Sixth Army:; ≈200,000; Air and naval forces: ≈120,000; 3,000 guerrillas	70,100 (including reinforcements); 246 artillery pieces; 33 mortars; 37-41 tanks
Casualties and losses
Battle casualties:; 3,504 killed; 11,991 wounded; 183 missing; Non-battle casualties (after 25 Oct.):; 119 dead; 6 missing; 36,791 sick/other	65,000 dead; 714–828 captured

The Battle of Leyte (Filipino: Labanan sa Leyte; Waray: Gubat ha Leyte; Japanese: レイテの戦い) in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the amphibious invasion of the island of Leyte in the Philippines by American forces and Filipino guerrillas under the overall command of General Douglas MacArthur, who fought against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita. The operation, codenamed King Two, launched the Philippines campaign of 1944–45 for the recapture and liberation of the entire Philippine Archipelago and to end almost three years of Japanese occupation.