Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei:
O le Taua i le Fagaloa o Leyte, e masani ona manatu o le taua sili ona tele i le talafaasolopito, na faia i le 24-25 Oketopa 1944 i vai o le Atu Filipaina e vaega o le Imperial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet (faʻatasia le IJN's 2nd Fleet, 3rd Fleet ma le 5th Fleet) ma le United States Navy's Pacific Fleet (faʻatasia le USN's 3rd Fleet ma le 7th Fleet). I taua eseese e lima na faia aʻe ai le taua atoa, o loo lisiina i inei malosiaga na aafia i taua autū e tolu.