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b'The WW2 battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval encounter in history and probably the most decisive naval battle of the entire Pacific War, and one that saw the Imperial Japanese Navy eliminated as an effective fighting force and forced to resort to suicide tactics.

Leyte was a huge and complex action, actually consisting of four major battles. And much of the accepted wisdom of the battle has developed from the many myths that surround it, myths that have become more firmly established over time, such as the \\u201clost victory\\u201d of the Japanese advance into Leyte Gulf that never happened. To explore this battle is today\\u2019s guest, Mark Stille, author of \\u201cLeyte Gulf: A New History of the World\\u2019s Largest Sea Battle.\\u201d'