<prompt> Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kumhara paLeyte  <response>: Musi wa17 Gumiguru, mauto eJapan akatanga Operation Shō-Gō 1, kurwisa kwakaoma kwaisanganisira zvikepe zvina zvakasiyana-siyana zvaisangana nezvikepe zveAllied kuti zviparadze. 1st Mobile Fleet, zvino yakanyorwa kuti Northern Force, yakanga yakaderedzwa zvikuru musimba nemakore matatu ekurwa uye yaida kushanda chete sechinhu chinotsausa kukwezva boka rebasa reAmerica rinokurumidza kutakura kubva kumhenderekedzo yekupinda. Munguvayi, Vice Admiral Takeo Kuritas Center Force yaizopfuura neSan Bernardino Strait ndokurwisa ngarava dzokupinda. Zvisinei, vaAmerica vakaona Kurita achiuya, uye vatakuri vakatanga kurwisa zvikuru ngarava dzake dzaipfuura nomuGungwa reSibuyan. Pashure pokurasikirwa nengarava yehondo ine simba muHondo yeGungwa reSibuyan musi wa 24 October, Kurita akatsiva nzira kwenguva pfupi. Ikoku kwakapwisa Halsey, zvino mutungamiriri weTatu Fleet, kutumira boka rinotakura nokukurumidza kuparadza 1st Mobile Fleet, iyo yakanga yaonekwa panguva iyoyo. 