Word: sibuyan
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Against U.S. landings on Leyte, the Japanese had prepared a plan known as SHO-1, aimed at bringing "general decisive battle." SHO1 called for a pincers movement against the U.S. landing forces in Leyte Gulf. The strongest Japanese force, under Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita, was to steam through the Sibuyan Sea, debouch through San Bernardino Strait (see maps) and head south to Leyte Gulf. Two smaller forces, operating independently under Vice Admirals Shoï Nishimura and Kiyohide Shima, were to come through Surigao Strait, move north and close the pincers with Kurita. Meanwhile, a fleet under canny old Vice Admiral...
...Americal Division smashed their way onto Ticao and Burias Islands in the Sibuyan Sea, to build a springboard for an eventual jump against the Japanese penned up in Luzon's Bicol Peninsula...
...another convoy was spotted by the Japs as it pushed into the Sibuyan Sea. This might have been heading for southeastern Luzon. But again the move was of a preliminary nature: Marinduque, a small island within ten miles of Luzon, was quickly occupied. Soon there would be more fields for Kenney's flyers...
Admiral Halsey disposed his Third Fleet to the east of the central Philippines-off southern Luzon, Samar and Leyte. Long-range scouts from Mitscher's carriers spotted the Japs' central and southern forces, ploughing through the Sibuyan and Sulu Seas. The central force was spearheaded by two new battleships of more than 40,000 tons, the Yamato and Musahi; three oldsters, the Nagato and the durable Kongo and Haruna. Shepherding them were eight cruisers and 13 destroyers. To the south were the 29,000-ton Huso and Yamasiro, going on 30 years old, four cruisers and seven...