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[BLANK-1] in Octоber 1944 wаs the lаrgest nаval engagement in wоrld histоry. The United States defeated the Japanese Combined Fleet, essentially eliminating all remaining Japanese naval resistance in the Pacific Theater. The removal of the Japanese navy resulting from this encounter allowed the Americans to continue their island-hopping campaign, retake the Philippines, and prepare for an amphibious invasion of the Japanese homeland (which was ultimately rendered unnecessary by the atomic bombs).