What is Battle of Leyte Gulf?
{{Infobox Military Conflict |conflict=Battle of Leyte Gulf | image=USS Princeton (CVL-23) 1944 10 24 1.jpg | caption=The [[light aircraft carrier]] [[USS Princeton (CVL-23)|USS Princeton]] afire, east of [[Luzon]], 24 October 1944. |partof=the Pacific War, [[World War II]] | date=23–26 October 1944 | place=[[Leyte Gulf]], The Philippines |result=Decisive Allied victory | combatant1={{Flag|United States|1912}}<br />{{flag|Australia}} | combatant2={{Flag|Empire of Japan}} | commander1={{Flagicon|United States|1912}} [[William Halsey, Jr]]<br />([[United States Third Fleet|3rd Fleet]])<br />{{Flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Thomas C. Kinkaid]]<br /> ([[United States Seventh Fleet|7th Fleet]]) | commander2={{Flagicon|Japan|naval}} [[Takeo Kurita]] (Center Force)<br />{{Flagicon|Japan|naval}} [[Shōji Nishimura]]{{KIA}} (Southern Force)<br />{{Flagicon|Japan|naval}} [[Kiyohide Shima]] (Southern Force)<br />{{Flagicon|Japan|naval}} [[Jisaburō Ozawa]] (Northern Force)<br /> {{Flagicon|Japan|naval}} [[Yukio Seki]] {{KIA}} (''Kamikazes'') | strength1=8 fleet [[aircraft carrier|carrier]]s<br />8 [[Light aircraft carrier|light carrier]]s<br />18 [[escort carrier]]s<br />12 [[battleship]]s<br />24 [[cruiser]]s<br />141 [[destroyer]]s and [[destroyer escort]]s<br />Many [[PT boat]]s, [[submarine]]s, and fleet auxiliaries<br />About 1,500 [[Aircraft|planes]] | strength2=1 fleet [[aircraft carrier|carrier]]<br />3 light carriers<br />9 battleships<br />14 heavy cruisers<br />6 light cruisers<br />35+ destroyers<br />300+ planes (including land-based aircraft) | casualties1=~2,800 dead; <br/>1 light aircraft carrier,<br/>2 escort carriers, <br/>2 destroyers,<br/> 1 destroyer escort sunk <br/> 200+ planes <ref name=EncyclopediaOfModernWar>{{cite book |title = Encyclopedia of modern war |first = Roger |last = Parkinson |date= March 1977 |page = 132 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Ipc9AAAAIAAJ&dq=Battle%20of%20Leyte%20Gulf%20US%20Losses%202800&pg=PA132 |isbn=0-586-08321-9}}</ref> | casualties2=~10,500 dea