The 1st Air Fleet, under the command of the Southwest Area Fleet, was stationed in the Philippines, with headquarters at Manila. Admiral Soemu Toyoda, commander in chief of the Combined Fleet with headquarters at Tokyo, controlled the entire naval forces, including the Southwest Area Fleet.[35]
MAP 4 C. A. Frost
SITUATION IN THE PACIFIC
Mid-October 1944
Chart 3—Japanese Army Organization of Major Units for the Leyte Operation