<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Zombili lezi zikebhe zazilungiswe ngesikhathi ukuze zibambe iqhaza ekuhlaseleni okukhulu okulandelayo, umkhankaso wasePhilippines owaqala ngo  <response>: ukuhlasela iLeyte ngo-October 1944. Zombili lezi zikebhe zasekela ukufika, okwabangela amaJapane ukuba aqale i-Operation Shō-Gō 1, ukuhlasela okukhulu kwasolwandle okwaholela eMpini yaseLeyte Gulf ngo-23 kuya ku-26 Okthoba. I-California ne-Tennessee, njengengxenye yeqembu lokuqhumisa ngaphansi kuka-Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, bathatha ingxenye eyodwa yempi eyinkimbinkimbi, isenzo se-Surigao Strait, ngobusuku buka-24 kuya ku-25 Okthoba. Lapho, imikhumbi yeZizwe Ezihlangene yabhubhisa iJapane Southern Force eyayihlanganisa imikhumbi yempi emidala emibili, umkhumbi owodwa osindayo, nemikhumbi yempi emine; umkhumbi owodwa kuphela waseJapane owabalekela imikhumbi yeZizwe Ezihlangene. I-California ne-Tennessee zadubula isikhashana ngesikhathi sokulwa, njengoba ukungaxhumani kahle phakathi kwabaholi bazo kwacishe kwaholela kokunye ukushayisana, okwabaphonsa ngaphandle kwesikhundla sokudubula. Noma kunjalo babekhona empini yokugcina yempi emlandweni. 