The Battle of Leyte Gulf was fought near the Philippines over several days with a number of different engagements. The combined conflict made it the largest naval battle of the Second World War, and by some estimates, the largest naval battle in history. More than 200,000 naval soldiers, auxiliary personnel, and officers were involved in the conflict between October 23d and 26th of 1944. The forces were mostly American and Australian on the Allied side against Imperial Japanese on the Axis side.

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PALO: Twice Capital of Leyte Palo was made capital of Leyte, twice. When Leyte and Samar were separated into two provinces,Catbalogan became the capital of Samar in 1768 and Palo the capital of Leyte, after Carigara which was the capital of the two-island province since 1735. The second time was during the Revolution, when General Vicente Lukban took possession of Leyte and Civil Government was established on April 22, 1901. The town of Palo was first placed under the patronage of the Transfigur