Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1

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World War II operation military operation naval operation

Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 was a major Imperial Japanese Navy plan in late 1944 to mount a decisive counteroffensive against U.S. forces during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Pacific War.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Operation Sho-Go	2
Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 canonical	1
Japanese Sho-Go (Victory) Operation	1
Operation Shō-Gō	1
Sho-Go 1 (Operation Victory One)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II operation ⓘ military operation ⓘ naval operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sho-Go 1 ⓘ surface form: Sho-1 Sho-Go 1 ⓘ surface form: Shō-1
belligerent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
commandStructure	Combined Fleet ⓘ
component	Center Force ⓘ Northern Force ⓘ Southern Force ⓘ
conflict	Pacific War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
consequence	destruction of much of remaining Japanese surface fleet ⓘ loss of Japanese ability to conduct large-scale carrier operations ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
fleetCommander	Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita ⓘ surface form: Admiral Takeo Kurita Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa ⓘ surface form: Vice Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima ⓘ Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ Battle of the Sibuyan Sea ⓘ Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ Battle off Samar ⓘ
historicalSignificance	central Japanese plan for the Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
location	Leyte Gulf ⓘ
mainCommander	Admiral Soemu Toyoda ⓘ
objective	decisive counteroffensive against U.S. forces at Leyte ⓘ destruction of U.S. invasion fleet off Leyte ⓘ
opposedBy	Allied forces ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Operation Shō-Gō
plannedBy	Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff ⓘ
relatedTo	Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 2 ⓘ Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 2 ⓘ surface form: Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 3 Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 2 ⓘ surface form: Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 4
result	Japanese defeat ⓘ heavy Japanese naval losses ⓘ
startEvent	U.S. landings on Leyte in October 1944 ⓘ
strategicGoal	defend the Philippines from U.S. invasion ⓘ inflict heavy losses on U.S. Navy ⓘ
tactic	converging surface attacks on U.S. landing area ⓘ use of carrier force as decoy ⓘ
theater	Philippines ⓘ western Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Western Pacific Ocean
timePeriod	late 1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Surigao Strait → partOfOperation → Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 ⓘ

Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy → notableOperation → Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Sho-Go

Northern Force → partOfOperation → Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sho-Go 1 (Operation Victory One)

Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita → participantIn → Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 ⓘ

subject surface form: Takeo Kurita

this entity surface form: Operation Sho-Go

Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 → partOf → Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Shō-Gō

First Striking Force → operation → Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Sho-Go (Victory) Operation