Mezue ahịrịokwu a: "Alabama" kwadoro
na-agbadata na Leyte na 15 Ọktọba tupu ịlaghachi na ihuenyo ụgbọelu iji duru ha maka usoro ọzọ nke mwakpo ikuku na agwaetiti niile dị na Philippines na 21 Ọktọba, site na ugbu a ebugharịla na TG 38.4. Ịkwada ụgbọ mmiri na Leyte dugara n'ọrụ nke Operation Shō-Gō 1, ndị agha mmiri nke ndị Japan zubere ịzaghachi na Allied landing na Philippines. Atụmatụ ahụ bụ ọrụ dị mgbagwoju anya nke nwere ụgbọ mmiri atọ dị iche iche: 1st Mobile Fleet, nke a na-akpọzi Northern Force n'okpuru Vice Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa, Center Force n'okpuru Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita, na Southern Force n'okpuru Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura. Ndị na-ebu ụgbọ mmiri Ozawa, nke ọtụtụ ụgbọelu ha agwụla ugbu a, ga-eje ozi dị ka ọnyà maka ndị agha Kurita na Nishimura, bụ ndị ga-eji ihe ndọpụ uche ahụ wakpo ndị agha mwakpo ahụ ozugbo.