BattleofLeyteand LiberationofthePhilippines

As shots were fired from airplanes and military-grade weaponry from both ends of the sky and the oceans. History saw massive smoke that obscured the blueness of the sky, as well as slaughter and loss of many individuals. As the first battle occurred, Japanese aircrafts organized kamikaze attacks towards American navy ships which greatly damaged their supplies and killed individuals in the seas of Leyte, Philippines though America contested further, possessing a more offensive position in the war with their great deal of aggressive weaponry (Mahnken, n.d.) . As the U.S. Navy carriers constantly attacked Japan with aircrafts launching bullets from the air, Japan was running low on weaponry and more significantly, crippled the Japanese Fleet In reflection to the gulf war, there were tantamounts of outcomes for the states of the Philippines, Japan, and the United States of America as there were grave effects in terms of politics, economics, and infrastructure In the view of politics, the loss of Japan in the war resulted in enabling the United States to invade and occupy the Philippines which in known history of the Philippines resulted in improving the educational system of the state but also contributed further to the psycho-cultural marginality and loss of one culture (CSUN University, 2022) Though, it is also important to recognize the economic effects of the overall altercations in the battle of leyte and world war II in this aspect The Philippines greatly was affected in terms of property destruction as there were various attacks which hit areas of Leyte (Straczek, n.d.). Thus, requiring rehabilitation and rebuilding of the land which required natural resources and monetary resources which the Philippines lacked and thus, they became more dependent towards colonizing powers like America to aid the state in fixing the land and infrastructure they damaged significantly.

As students looking and studying through the broader picture, the World War II battle of Leyte Gulf is considered to be still impacting the nation and teaching society a few lessons in the contemporary age. First and foremost, as previously stated, the overall outcome of the war, being that America won, enabled colonization in the Philippines with American rule, which, in the twenty-first century, enabled the creation of a colonial mentality and a significant shift in the culture becoming more westernized, thereby weakening the original Filipino identity among the citizens of the nation These consequences may still be felt now, since Filipinos have a xenophobia against their own culture Overall, It is crucial to acknowledge this period of history as World War II events: the battle of Leyte still has political ramifications, as we can see the westernization of the Filipino point of view, as well as the ramifications of economic problems and damage to infrastructure and resources As the people who have come after the aforementioned events of world war II; it is deemed our responsibility to our history to shed light on the brutalities that occurred in the past.