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The Battle of Leyte Gulf started on October 23. It was the largest naval battle ever fought ending in eclipse of the Imperial Japanese Navy and it's sortie in force [1]. This was the battle where the Japanese unleashed something that no one had ever seen before. While still fighting the Allies, Japan used a method of attack that was new to everyone. This method is known as the Kamikaze attack [2]. The Kamikazes were Japanese suicide bomber pilots [3]. They filled their planes with explosives and navigated into Allied ships to sink them, giving their own lives in the process [4]. Even though they sank a lot of ships this didn't get them the win they hoped for [5]. This was a painful defeat for the Japanese Navy. Since this happened the war was predicted being over by Christmas of 1944.



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