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Parent topics
- World War II, Pacific [r]: The part of World War II, 1937-45, with Japan defeated by the U.S., China, Britain, Australia, the Soviet Union and other Allies. [e]
- Battle of Leyte Gulf [r]: The largest naval battle in history, fought in October 1944 to reconquer the Phillipines from Japanese occupation [e]
- Battleship [r]: A heavily-armored, warship optimized for fighting other warships using large-caliber guns; certain armor requirements differentiated from cruisers; obsolete by end of World War II. [e]
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- Thomas Kinkaid [r]: Add brief definition or description
- William Halsey [r]: Fleet admiral of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater of World War II, commanding the Third United States Fleet; a colorful and inspirational fighting leader with some limitations in strategy and large fleet command [e]
- Shogi Nishimura [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Torpedo [r]: A naval weapon that travels underwater, using its own propulsion, to attack its target, minimally with onboard mechanisms to keep it on a straight course. Modern torpedoes are underwater guided missiles that can track their target and adjust their course to hit it [e]
- Fast attack craft [r]: Small naval craft, used in coastal waters, which rely on speed and maneuverability to survive to deliver heavy weapons (e.g., torpedoes, anti-shipping missiles) against warships, or to make gunfire attacks on merchant ships and landing craft [e]
- Swarming (military) [r]: A method of military attacking using multiple attack forces against an opponent, which act in an autonomous but synchronized manner, with real-time communications for their coordination [e]
