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Battle of Ormoc Bay

11 Nov 1944 – 21 Dec 1944 · 10.98° N, 124.58° E

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When
11 Nov 1944 – 21 Dec 1944
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
10.98° N, 124.58° E
Description
1944 battle in the Philippines during World War II
War
World War II

Battle of Ormoc Bay

1944 battle in the Pacific theater of WW2

The Battle of Ormoc Bay was a series of air-sea battles between Imperial Japan and the United States in the Camotes Sea in the Philippines from 9 November to 21 December 1944, at Ormoc, part of the Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II. The battles resulted from Japanese operations to reinforce and resupply their forces on Leyte and U.S. attempts to interdict them.

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