| NOUN | act | Philippine Sea, battle of the Philippine Sea | a naval battle in World War II (1944) |
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| Meaning | A naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops / troops on Leyte. | |
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| Synonym | battle of the Philippine Sea | |
| Instance of | naval battle | A pitched battle between naval fleets |
| Part of | World War II, World War 2, Second World War | A war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945 |
| Region | Pacific, Pacific Ocean | The largest ocean in the world |
| Catalan | Batalla del Mar de les Filipines | |
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