Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - N'echi ya, ndị ọrụ ụgbọelu ahụ laghachiri ịwakpo Luzon, n'otu ụbọchị ahụ ndị agha nke isii gara n'ikpere mmiri na Leyte; mwakpo na Luzon gara n'ihu na 19 Ọktọba. Ịkwada ụgbọ mmiri ahụ na Leyte
butere mmalite nke Operation Shō-Gō 1, atụmatụ ndị agha mmiri nke ndị Japan maka ịbata ndị Allied na Philippines. Atụmatụ ahụ bụ ọrụ dị mgbagwoju anya nke nwere ụgbọ mmiri atọ dị iche iche: 1st Mobile Fleet, ugbu a akpọrọ Northern Force n'okpuru Jisaburō Ozawa, Center Force n'okpuru Takeo Kurita, na Southern Force n'okpuru 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.