Answer:
The correct answer is D. Kamikazes and the Japanese army remained as a threat to Americans after the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Step-by-step explanation:
The Battle of the Gulf of Leyte took place from October 23 to 26, 1944 during the Pacific War in World War II in the waters of the Philippines. 173 Allied and 63 Japanese warships took part in it, not including transporters and smaller ships as destroyers. The battle marked the last serious attempt by Japan to halt the Allied advance in the Pacific. The Imperial Japanese Navy attempted to repel the landing operation of Allied troops in the Philippines, which began on October 17th, with a massive attack on the Allied fleet.
The result of this confrontation was an American victory and the practical destruction of the Japanese fleet, which from that moment could not counteract the Allied dominance in the Pacific. In addition, from that moment on the Japanese began to depend almost exclusively on their army and their air force as a defense method, beginning to use the kamikaze strategy to inflict damage on the enemy.