Battle of Leyte Gulf - Part 12 of 12

by land-based aircraft, their opponents had won undisputed command of the sea. When Admiral Ozawa was questioned after the war he replied 'After this battle the surface forces became strictly auxiliary, so that we relied on land forces, special [Kamikaze] attack, and air power there was no further use assigned to surface vessels, with the exception of some special ships'. And Admiral Yonai, the Navy Minister, said that he realised that the defeat at Leyte 'was tantamount to the loss of ...

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