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Opposing forces

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Theatre commander
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Ground, naval and air force commanders
for the recapture of the Philippines
Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger
Vice Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid
Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney

United States

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Southwest Pacific Area[1]
General Douglas MacArthur in light cruiser Nashville

Ground forces

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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
Left: 7th Infantry ("Bayonet") Division
Right: 96th Infantry ("Deadeye") Division
Reserve: 11th Airborne ("Angels") Division
Reserves
Landed 14 Nov: 32nd Infantry ("Red Arrow") Division
Landed 23 Nov: 77th Infantry ("Statue of Liberty") Division
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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

Fifth Air Force
Thirteenth Air Force

Japan

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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

Fourteenth Area Army[b]
General Tomoyuki Yamashita[c]
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
  1. ^ All information from Morison 1958 or Chun 2015 unless otherwise noted.
  2. ^ Chun, p. 23


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