Talk:Fall 2017 Event/@comment-31314029-20171101153742/@comment-32647310-20171101185442

@OtakuMage:

I would disagree about Leyte.

Looking at the historical aspect, the IJN was already going down by this point. This wasn't the starting point, this was nailing the lid on the coffin.

The fact of the matter is that Leyte was little more than a roflstomp.

I say this because not only was the IJN horribly outnumbered, but they had no real air-power to speak of. They were already feeling the burn on the lack of fuel and other resources by this point and thier pilots were just inexpereinced.

I mean, the IJN  consisted of less than 67 ships + support vs. the Allies having about 300 ships + support and out of those 67 ships that went out, 26 were lost in the battle, while others were sunk en-route back to Japan...while the Allies lost a total of 6 ships.

Afterwards, the IJN  was unable to commit to any significant combat actions as most of their force was confined to port due to lack of fuel.

...this all being said, I can't help but agree with you that I have a feeling that this whole thing (both Fall and Winter) are going to be all kinds of brutal...