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Opposing forces
[edit]Theatre commander
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Ground, naval and air force commanders
for the recapture of the Philippines
for the recapture of the Philippines
Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger
Vice Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid
Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney
United States
[edit]Southwest Pacific Area[1]
General Douglas MacArthur in light cruiser Nashville
Ground forces
[edit]
US Sixth Army
Lieutenant General Walter Krueger
Approx. 202,500 total officers and enlisted
- Northern landing area
X Army Corps- Lieutenant General Franklin C. Sibert
- Left: 24th Infantry ("Taro") Division
- Right: 1st Cavalry Division
- Southern landing area
XXIV Army Corps- Lieutenant General John R. Hodge
- Reserves
- Landed 14 Nov: 32nd Infantry ("Red Arrow") Division
- Landed 23 Nov: 77th Infantry ("Statue of Liberty") Division
Naval and air forces
[edit]US Seventh Fleet
Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid in amphibious command ship Wasatch
- Central Philippines Attack Force (Task Force 77)
- Vice Admiral Kinkaid
- Northern Attack Force (Task Force 78)
- Rear Admiral Daniel E. Barbey in amphibious command ship Blue Ridge
- Embarking Maj. Gen. Franklin C. Sibert's X Army Corps
- Southern Attack Force (Task Force 79)
- Vice Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson in amphibious command ship Mount Olympus
- Embarking Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge's XXIV Army Corps
Allied Air Forces
Lieutenant General George C. Kenney, USAAF
Japan
[edit]Japanese commanders concerned in Leyte campaign
Count Hisaichi Terauchi
General Tomoyuki Yamashita
Lieut. Gen. Sosaku Suzuki
Southern Army (Southeast Asia)[2]
Field Marshal Count Hisaichi Terauchi[a] at Manila
- Thirty-Fifth Army[d]
- Lieutenant General Sosaku Suzuki[e]
- Leyte Defense Forces
- 16th Division
- Lieutenant General Shiro Makino[f]
- Air Forces
- Fourth Air Army at Manila
- IJN Fifth Base Air Force under on Formosa
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