Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa

The Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 1944

Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 23-26, 1944

United States Army General Douglas MacArthur had fought a hard campaign up the back of New Guinea, only to see his greatest successes eclipsed in the press by the invasions in the central Pacific and Europe. Privately, he was considering a run for US President against Roosevelt, and he did not get along with United States Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz.

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