Biggest Naval battle in history- Battle of Leyte Gulf WW2

[Psychic]

it is very detailed to make it as close to real life tank battles as possible

Not at all close to real life tanks. It's an arcade game, not a simulator.

If someone wants a realistic WW2 tank experience then go for "T34 vs Tiger" game or another one if you want to play online is "Red orchestra 2 , (you can play as a tanker in it).

 

[Spectre]

Not at all close to real life tanks. It's an arcade game, not a simulator.

If someone wants a realistic WW2 tank experience then go for "T34 vs Tiger" game or another one if you want to play online is "Red orchestra 2 , (you can play as a tanker in it).

You are probably right, I was speaking from my limited perspective on these matters.

Regards

 

[meghdut]

In this battle the goal of Japanese Navy was not to ambush and destroy US Carrier Group as you state. That would be impossible given the near total air superiority achieved by US Navy. The battleships would never get closer to their gun range to sink the carriers. Rather the aim was to lure Halsey's carriers away from the landing zones where they were providing air cover. That was Ozawa's task. Admiral Kurita was then to overwhelm the weak escort carriers and destroyers with his superior force and attack the landing zones inflicting massive loss in men and material to the US forces; the Japanese hoped that they would get about a year of reprieve by which they could rebuild their depleted defence. He was just a hairs breadth away from achieving this objective. The torpedo bombers of escort carriers would not be able to cripple the large battleships and cruisers without dive bomber support; and the destroyers were no match for them either. It's indeed a mystery why Admiral Kurita turned away when he was about to cripple the American landings decisively. I read speculations that the Admiral Kurita was suffering from dengue fever during the whole operation and also when his flagship was sunk. This may well have effected his judgement.

 

[Levina]

. It's indeed a mystery why Admiral Kurita turned away when he was about to cripple the American landings decisively. I read speculations that the Admiral Kurita was suffering from dengue fever during the whole operation and also when his flagship was sunk. This may well have effected his judgement.

Admiral Kurita was a brave man indeed.
During battle of Leyte Kurita was forced to transfer to Yamato. Later he was attacked by U.S. carrier planes which damaged several other ships, including Yamato. Constant air attacks from Admiral William "Bull" Fleet scored a number of torpedo and dive bomber hits on Yamato and Mushashi mortally wounding the latter.
This attack forced Kurita to call off his attack and turn his fleet away.

@Nihonjin1051
May be you missed this thread.

 

[Aepsilons]

Great thread.

 

[Levina]

Great thread.

I had tagged you when I created this thread,but I guess those days you were busy with your work.

 

[meghdut]

Admiral Kurita was a brave man indeed.
During battle of Leyte Kurita was forced to transfer to Yamato. Later he was attacked by U.S. carrier planes which damaged several other ships, including Yamato. Constant air attacks from Admiral William "Bull" Fleet scored a number of torpedo and dive bomber hits on Yamato and Mushashi mortally wounding the latter.
This attack forced Kurita to call off his attack and turn his fleet away.

Well not exactly. Musashi was sunk during the battle of Sibuyan Sea during the Leyte Campaign which occurred on the 24th October 1944 around 10:30 hours. Kurita's Center Force fought the decisive battle on the 25th October morning which is called Battle of Samar. During this encounter Center Force faced off against a motley group of USN escort carriers, destroyers and destroyer escorts. No Japanese ship took critical damage during this particular battle, as the US aircraft and ships present were not particularly well equipped to deal with the massive Japanese Battleships. During this battle Kurita missed his chance of bulldozing through the weak US escorts and engage and destroy the landing crafts at the landing zones (which were his primary targets). It seems that Kurita received a message from SW Fleet HQ that a larger US task force was located only 30 nautical miles from Kurita's present position. It can be presumed that this information effected Kurita's judgment to abandon destroying the weak escorts and attack the landing crafts and to engage the 'real' targets worthy of his fleet; presumably the main US force of Halsey. Kurita broke off the attack and started searching for the Task Force which was nowhere to be found afterwards he turned his force away from the battle zones.
Kurita did not know that Halsey's carriers were lured away from the landing zones by Admiral Ozawa's decoy force so he may have presumed that the Carrier Groups were still present. Later on Kurita himself said "What had we come this far for? Bringing so many ships, and also losing so many ships - wasn't it in order to win a victory at Leyte?" and "I thought it went without saying to steer towards the enemy force that was stronger." Perhaps he did not consider the landing crafts worthy targets?

Image of Yamato, Musashi and other ships of Center Force being attacked during the battle of Sibuya Sea.

USS Essex struck by Lt. Yoshinori Yamaguchi's special attack D4Y3 Model 33 aircraft, at 1256 hours on 25 Nov 1944, photo 07 of 10

Yamato hit by a bomb in Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944

 

[Levina]

Well not exactly. Musashi was sunk during the battle of Sibuyan Sea during the Leyte Campaign which occurred on the 24th October 1944 around 10:30 hours. Kurita's Center Force fought the decisive battle on the 25th October morning which is called Battle of Samar. During this encounter Center Force faced off against a motley group of USN escort carriers, destroyers and destroyer escorts. No Japanese ship took critical damage during this particular battle, as the US aircraft and ships present were not particularly well equipped to deal with the massive Japanese Battleships. During this battle Kurita missed his chance of bulldozing through the weak US escorts and engage and destroy the landing crafts at the landing zones (which were his primary targets). It seems that Kurita received a message from SW Fleet HQ that a larger US task force was located only 30 nautical miles from Kurita's present position. It can be presumed that this information effected Kurita's judgment to abandon destroying the weak escorts and attack the landing crafts and to engage the 'real' targets worthy of his fleet; presumably the main US force of Halsey. Kurita broke off the attack and started searching for the Task Force which was nowhere to be found afterwards he turned his force away from the battle zones.
Kurita did not know that Halsey's carriers were lured away from the landing zones by Admiral Ozawa's decoy force so he may have presumed that the Carrier Groups were still present. Later on Kurita himself said "What had we come this far for? Bringing so many ships, and also losing so many ships - wasn't it in order to win a victory at Leyte?" and "I thought it went without saying to steer towards the enemy force that was stronger." Perhaps he did not consider the landing crafts worthy targets?

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Image of Yamato, Musashi and other ships of Center Force being attacked during the battle of Sibuya Sea.

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USS Essex struck by Lt. Yoshinori Yamaguchi's special attack D4Y3 Model 33 aircraft, at 1256 hours on 25 Nov 1944, photo 07 of 10
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Yamato hit by a bomb in Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944

thanks!!!

I had posted those pictures in my original post.

 

[meghdut]

thanks!!!

I had posted those pictures in my original post.

You did indeed! Well do tag me in some other thread on similar topics if you could. I don't get much time to spend on the forum.

 

[Levina]

You did indeed! Well do tag me in some other thread on similar topics if you could. I don't get much time to spend on the forum.

Okay then let me tag you in one..