The Biggest Naval Battle in History: Leyte Gulf 1944 (WW2 Documentary)

Get Nebula with 40% off annual subscription with my link: https://go.nebula.tv/realtimehistory Watch 16 Days in Berlin: https://nebula.tv/videos/16-days-in-berlin-01-prologue-the-beginning-of-the-end In Fall 1944, Japan is set on stopping the US from re-capturing the Philippines, a vital trade route between the Japanese home islands and the resource rich occupied territories to the south. With a complex plan they want to strike the US Navy as it's landing on Leyte island. The resulting series of battles is today known as the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the biggest naval battle in history. » SUPPORT US https://patreon.com/realtimehistory https://nebula.tv/realtimehistory » THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Rose Flaglor, Reed Spilmann, Jim Frame, Erik Ritter, Cardboard, Ken Brownfield, David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Vego, Milan. “The Battle for Leyte, 1944: Allied and Japanese Plans, Preparations, and Execution” Naval Institute Press. 2006 Stille, Mark E. “Leyte Gulf: A New History of the World's Largest Sea Battle” Osprey Publishing. 2023 Toll, Ian W. “Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944 – 1945” W. W. Norton & Company. 2020 Symonds, Craig L. “World War II at Sea: A Global History” Oxford University Press. 2018 Solberg, Carl. “Decision and Dissent: With Halsey at Leyte Gulf” Naval Institute Press. 1995 Thomas, Evans. “Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945” Simon & Schuster. 2006 »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Mark Newton Director: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Florian Wittig Fact checking: Florian Wittig Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster Contains licensed material by getty images, picture alliance, and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 Music Library: Epidemic Sound All photos and film in our documentaries are authentic historical footage. We do not use generative AI to create new assets. However, we may use AI tools to upscale or clean up certain assets without distorting or compromising the original image. All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2025