Today is LEAP DAY (or February 29) the additional date of the month that happens every 4 years. Let's explore the historical attractions here in Ormoc City
INFORMATION
Ormoc (IPA: [ʔoɾˈmok]), officially the City of Ormoc (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Ormoc; Waray: Syudad han Ormoc; Filipino: Lungsod ng Ormoc), is a 1st class independent component city in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 230,998 inhabitants, making it the second most populous city in the province of Leyte after the provincial capital of Tacloban. Ormoc is the economic, cultural, commercial, and transportation hub of western Leyte.
THE HISTORY OF THE BATTLE OF ORMOC BAY
The Battle of Ormoc Bay was a series of air-sea battles between Imperial Japan and the United States in the Camotes Sea in the Philippines from 9 November-21 December 1944, at Ormoc, part of the Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II. The battles resulted from Japanese operations to reinforce and resupply their forces on Leyte and U.S. attempts to interdict them.
After gaining naval control over the Western Pacific in mid-1944, the Allies attacked the Philippines in October, landing troops at Leyte Gulf on the east side of Leyte on 20 October 1944. The island of Leyte was defended by about 20,000 Japanese; American General Douglas MacArthur thought that the occupation of Leyte would be only a prelude to the major engagement on Luzon. For the Japanese, maintaining control of the Philippines was essential because their loss would enable the Allies to sever their oil supply lines from Borneo and Sumatra.
The Imperial Japanese Navy responded to this attack with a combined fleet attack that led to the Battle of Leyte Gulf from 23 to 26 October. In this massive naval engagement, the Japanese Navy was destroyed as a strategic force. However, this was not at first clear, and the Japanese commander in the Philippines, General Tomoyuki Yamashita, believed that the United States Navy had suffered severe casualties and that the Allied land forces might be vulnerable. Accordingly, he began to reinforce and resupply the garrisons on Leyte; throughout the battle the Japanese ran nine convoys to the island, landing around 34,000 troops from the 1st, 8th, 26th, 30th, and 102nd divisions. Ormoc City at the head of Ormoc Bay on the west side of Leyte was the main port on the island and the main destination of the convoys.
The decryption of messages sent using the PURPLE cipher alerted the Allies to the concentration of Japanese shipping around Leyte, but they initially interpreted this as an evacuation. However, by the first week of November, the picture was clear, and the Allies began to interdict the convoys.
The Bonus Clip at the end of this video is that we spotted the motorcade procession of Dinosaur's Alive from Robinsons Ormoc Mall
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Preview
0:43 Burgos St
3:01 Aviles St
4:42 Sts Peter & Paul Parish Church
7:14 Ormoc City Rizal Park
7:57 Ormoc Art Museum
9:03 Ormoc Bayfront Walking Plaza
11:08 History of the Battle of Ormoc Bay
12:05 Ormoc Bay
13:57 Shipspotting at Ormoc Bay
16:34 Motorcade of Dinosaurs Alive
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🎬 Date recorded: January 18, 2024
📍 Location: Ormoc Bayfront Walking Plaza
☀️ Weather: Partially Cloudy ⛅
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