Click on the pictures below to learn about those who directed
the planning and execution of the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

The Americans

The Japanese

Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague

Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita

Admiral William F. (“Bull”) Halsey

Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura

General Douglas MacArthur

Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid

President Franklin D. Roosevelt