Sho-Go 1

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Japanese naval operation World War II military operation

Sho-Go 1 was a major Japanese naval operation in World War II intended to counter the American invasion of the Philippines by luring and destroying U.S. carrier forces.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sho-Go 1 canonical 2
Sho-1 1
Shō-1 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese naval operation ⓘ
World War II military operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Victory One NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sho-1 ⓘ
commandedBy Jisaburō Ozawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kiyohide Shima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shōji Nishimura NERFINISHED ⓘ
Takeo Kurita NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toyoda Soemu NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
date 1944-10-23 ⓘ
1944-10-24 ⓘ
1944-10-25 ⓘ
1944-10-26 ⓘ
followedBy subsequent Sho operations in other theaters ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Leyte Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Surigao Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of the Sibuyan Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle off Cape Engaño NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle off Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Philippine Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sibuyan Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Surigao Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ
off Cape Engaño ⓘ
waters around Leyte ⓘ
objective counter the American invasion of the Philippines ⓘ
destroy U.S. carrier task forces ⓘ
lure U.S. carrier forces away from the Leyte landing area ⓘ
opposedBy Thomas C. Kinkaid NERFINISHED ⓘ
William F. Halsey Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Australian Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Operation Sho-Go NERFINISHED ⓘ
result decisive American victory ⓘ
heavy losses for the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
significance last major fleet action of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
part of the largest naval battle in history by tonnage engaged ⓘ
startTime 1944-10 ⓘ
strategy converging surface attacks on U.S. invasion fleet at Leyte ⓘ
use of carrier decoy force to draw off U.S. fast carriers ⓘ
theater Pacific War ⓘ
Philippines campaign (1944–1945) NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Japanese Center Force → operation → Sho-Go 1 ⓘ
Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 → alsoKnownAs → Sho-Go 1 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shō-1
Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 → alsoKnownAs → Sho-Go 1 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sho-1
Center Force → operation → Sho-Go 1 ⓘ