Picture No | 10653136 |
Date | 23-24 October 1944 |
Description | Battle of the Philippines by G. H. Davis |
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The crushing rout of the Japanese Navy in the Battle of the Philippines during the Second World War. A map of the operations. An Allied victory in which 58 out of 60 enemy warships were sunk or damaged by the 3rd and 7th US fleets, compared with an Allied loss of six.
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Source | Illustration by George Horace Davis in The Illustrated London News, 4 November 1944, pp518-9 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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