USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Leyte Gulf commemorates the largest naval battle in modern history, fought 23-26 October 1944 in the Philippines, this battle virtually ended the Japanese Navy’s capacity to fight as an organized force.

Detailed explanation-2: -Salamis, September 480 BCE. A fleet of 371 Greek ships defeated 600–900 Persian ships in this decisive battle off the coast of Athens. The high-end estimate of 1271 ships involved is the largest number of ships involved in a single battle.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Battle of Cape Ecnomus or Eknomos (Ancient Greek: ) was a naval battle, fought off southern Sicily, in 256 BC, between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic, during the First Punic War (264–241 BC). It was the largest battle of the war and one of the largest naval battles in history.

Detailed explanation-4: -Leyte Gulf is a gulf in the Eastern Visayan region in the Philippines. The bay is part of the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean, and is bounded by two islands; Samar in the north and Leyte in the west. On the south of the bay is Mindanao Island, separated from Leyte by the Surigao Strait.