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	Jisaburo Ozawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ozawa graduated from the Japanese Naval Academy in 1909.
		Ozawa was one of leading advocates of naval aviation in the Imperial Japanese Navy.
		Ozawa, nicknamed 'The Gargoyle' by his men, was commonly regarded as one of the three ugliest admirals in the Navy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jisaburo_Ozawa (420 words)

	Ozawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jisaburo Ozawa, a Japanese admiral during World War II Seiji Ozawa, a Japanese conductor
		Kenji Ozawa, a Japanese musician, nephew of Seiji Ozawa
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ozawa (104 words)

	Battle of the Philippine Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Japanese fleet, commanded by Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa, consisted of six fleet carriers (Taiho, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Junyo, Ryuho, and Hiyo), three light carriers (Chitose, Chiyoda, and Zuiho), five battleships (Yamato, Musashi, Kongo, Haruna, and Nagato) and supporting cruisers, destroyers, and oilers.
		Ozawa had transferred to the destroyer Wakatsuki after Taiho had been hit, but the radio gear onboard was not capable of sending the number of messages needed, so he transferred again, to Zuikaku, at 13:00.
		Ozawa had been able to put up very few fighters to intercept—no more than 35 according to later estimates, but these few were skilfully handled, and the Japanese ships' anti-aircraft fire was intense.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea (2297 words)

	Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa
		Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa was a senior officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War Two.
		Ozawa commanded the Japanese fleet that fought and was defeated at the Battle of the Philippine Sea and he fought at Leyte Gulf.
		However, the damage done to Ozawa's fleet in June 1944 was too great, especially as Japan had so few resources that she could not fully replace what had been lost - be it planes or carriers.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /vice_admiral__jisaburo_ozawa.htm (380 words)

	A Go: Another Battle for Sapian
		Ozawa's forces had only half the number of carrier planes - 430 against 891 - Mitscher did and this disadvantage was aggravated by the relative inexperience of most of the air crews.
		Ozawa wanted to strike with a massive assault from all his carriers early the next morning, before any of his groups came within range of the American planes, whose range was only about 280 miles, while the range of the Japanese planes exceeded 300 miles.
		Ozawa was able to put up only seventy-five planes from his new flagship, Zuikaku, but these were brushed swiftly aside, and in a short time, the carrier Hiyo was mortally hit and sinking; the Zuikaku was badly damaged and set ablaze, as was the light carrier Chiyoda.
	home.att.net /~sallyann2/saipan-battle.html (3863 words)

	World War II - MSN Encarta
		The Japanese ships were then ordered to turn north and join the First Mobile Fleet of Admiral Ozawa Jisaburo, which was heading out of the Philippines towards the Marianas.
		Ozawa had five heavy and four light carriers; Mitscher had nine heavy and six light carriers.
		While the air battle was going on, US submarines sank Ozawa's two largest carriers, one of them his flagship; and on the second day, dive-bombers sank a third big carrier.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761563737_10/World_War_II.html (1034 words)

	Glorious Death: The Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 23rd -- 25th, 1944 by Tim Lanzendörfer
		Ozawa’s role was sad: under the SHO plans, he would serve as a bait to draw the U.S. carrier forces away from the landing they were to cover, to allow Admiral Kurita and Shima to strike the landing forces and deliver a stunning defeat to them.
		The role that Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa had been supposed to play in the SHO-Plan was in itself considerable cause for worry to the fleet under his command.
		Ozawa had sailed from Kure naval base on the 20th of October, keeping to the south of the Ryukyu island chain, and heading for the Philippines.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/battles/leyte_gulf.htm (6554 words)

	USS Tennessee (BB-43) Part 4
		Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa[?]'s force was toothless since prolonged heavy casualties and an inadequate pilot training program had left the Imperial Navy with few experienced carrier pilots.
		The carrier force advancing southward from Japan carried only enough planes to make a convincing decoy; its job was to lure Admiral "Bull" Halsey's Third Fleet to the north while the converging surface forces did their job.
		During the morning, Ozawa's reconnaissance planes sighted Halsey's carriers; and an unproductive air strike was launched against Task Force 38 at 1145.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Tennessee_(BB-43)_Part_4.html (2116 words)

	Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa was the only Japanese Admiral who successfully carried out his mission at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
		Ozawa was one of leading advocates of naval aviation in the Japanese Navy.
		Of all the senior Japanese commanders at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Ozawa escaped the Japanese debacle with honor.
	www.battle-of-leyte-gulf.com /Leaders/Japanese/Ozawa/ozawa.shtml (296 words)

	WW2DB: Jisaburo Ozawa
		Ozawa, who's nickname was "The Gargoyle", was commonly regarded as one of the three ugliest admirals in the Navy.
		He also happened to be a fine commander, compassionate towards his men, and unselfish in his operational planning.
		Nevertheless, Ozawa played his role intelligently and professionally until the end.
	ww2db.com /person_bio.php?person_id=40 (184 words)

	Battle of Leyte Gulf Writing @ TheHumanFigure.com (The Human Figure)
		The crew of Zuikaku salute as the flag is lowered, and the Zuikaku ceases to be the flagship of the Japanese Navy.
		On the evening of October 24, Ozawa intercepted a (mistaken) American communication of Kurita's withdrawal, and began to withdraw as well.
		Signals from Ozawa had disabused him of the notion that he was attacking the whole of the 3rd Fleet, which meant that the longer he continued to engage, the more likely it was that he would suffer devastating air strikes from Halsey's carriers.
	www.thehumanfigure.com /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf (2695 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ozawa had five carriers and four light carriers to oppose the seven carriers and eight light carriers in the American order of battle.
		However, Ozawa felt that the longer range of his lighter, unarmored aircraft and the addition of hundreds of shore-based planes canceled out the American advantage.
		Ozawa’s third raid lost only seven aircraft as most of the pilots returned having not located Task Force 58.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/jun_04_46.php (776 words)

	Operation A-Go: Greatest Aircraft Carrier Duel
		Ozawa also counted on help from at least 500 land-based aircraft, which were expected to destroy one-third of the enemy's carriers before Ozawa even steamed into battle.
		Ozawa's counterpart, Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, planned to deploy his fleet in a conservative manner.
		Ozawa hoped that Spruance's planes and ships would be lured west by Kurita's van, giving Ozawa a chance to crush him with his two lurking carrier groups.
	www.thehistorynet.com /wwii/bl-aircraft-carrier-duel (2763 words)

	Carrier Battles in the Pacific - 1942 ... and other WWII battles in the Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ozawa reflected upon the mistake of Admiral Kurita during the Battle of Midway (June 4, 1942) of not sending enough scout planes to search for the enemy fleet and sent 16 floatplanes from cruisers and battleships in his task force to search for the US fleet at 0445 (30 minutes after the sunrise).
		Ozawa received the additional sighting reports from his scouts, and after launching two waves decided to launch yet another wave.
		By nightfall on 20 June Ozawa had therefore lost three carriers, including two of his finest ships, and of the 430 aircraft which had been available to his force on the morning of 19 June only 35 were still operational.
	www.everblue.net /1942/philippinesea.php (3323 words)

	PARKER INFORMATION RESOURCES
		Ozawa sent a second wave of aircraft toward the 5th Fleet and another debacle ensued; ninety-eight of 128 aircraft were splashed before reaching the ships.
		In addition to the aircraft destroyed, Ozawa lost the carriers Taiho (the newest and largest of Japans carriers, thought to be unsinkable) and the veteran carrier Shokaku.
		During the early evening of the 19th, Ozawa began withdrawing from the battle but was pursued by Mitscher all that night and all the next day, further decimating Ozawas carrier aircraft.
	www.parkerinfo.com /ap40.htm (3745 words)

	ipedia.com: Battle of Leyte Gulf Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Japanese ships also had to evade aircraft from the escort carriers and were soon spread out and were in some confusion while Kurita, who still thought he was engaging the Third Fleet, expected a massive air strike.
		He received a message from Ozawa that he was engaging the Third Fleet, which further confused the action, and turned north.
		He felt that the Fast Carrier Task Force was close by and that he could engage the fast carriers while their aircraft were busy with Ozawa.
	www.ipedia.com /battle_of_leyte_gulf.html (659 words)

	Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The idea was to lure the unsuspecting Americans into a trap, but the U.S. had already intercepted and decoded the A-GO plan, and had destroyed the land-based aircraft it depended on.
		When Ozawa launched his first strike, the Americans quickly detected it and launched a cloud of Hellcats that ripped into the Japanese air flotilla before most of it could get close.
		Ozawa retired with the remnant of his fleet, but the Japanese carrier air arm was finished as a fighting force.
	www.microsoft.com /GAMES/combatfs2/battles_philippinesea.asp (250 words)

	Barking Moonbat Early Warning System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		To face this armada, the calm and capable Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa (who had replaced Nagumo as commander of the Imperial Navy Carrier Strike Force in late 1943), had only nine fast carriers with some 450 planes, five battleships, 12 cruisers, and 27 destroyers.
		Moreover, Ozawa’s pilots were largely green and untested, and he would have to rely as much as possible on land-based air from neighboring islands.
		Nor were aircraft Ozawa’s only losses; the Yankee submarines that had been plaguing him since Tawitawi now cost him HJMS Taiho, newest and largest of his carriers, and HJMS Shokaku, veteran of the Pearl Harbor and Coral Sea campaigns, among others.
	www.barking-moonbat.com /index.php/weblog/turkey_and_dressing_june_19_20_1944 (2008 words)

	Japanese Navy Ships--Zuikaku in the Battle off Cape Engano
		During the Japanese Navy's "Sho-Go" operation that produced the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Zuikaku was flagship of Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa, commander of the operation's northern force.
		Ozawa's was a desperate mission -- provide an attractive target for U.S. Admiral William F. Halsey's Third Fleet, hopefully pulling the powerful American "fast carriers" north so that Japanese surface ships could slip in and attack U.S. invasion forces off Leyte.
		Ozawa's ships, Zuikaku and the light carriers Zuiho, Chitose and Chiyoda, two battleships, three light cruisers and a modest number of destroyers, steamed south from Japan on 20 October.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-xz/zuikak-k.htm (1027 words)

	Battle of Leyte Gulf - Wikigadugi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Shō-1 called for Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa's force to lure the US Third Fleet away from the landings using an apparently vulnerable force of carriers.
		With Halsey away in pursuit of Ozawa, the forces supporting the landing were vulnerable to daylight attack.
		On October 24, Ozawa's force was not spotted until 16:40.
	www.merkeylaw.com /wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf (3366 words)

	The world's top battle of the philippine sea websites
		At 8:16AM the US submarine Albacore sighted Ozawa's own carrier group, and began an attack on the easiest carrier to reach.
		Ozawa had transferred to the destroyer Wakatsuki after the Taiho had been hit, but the radio gear onboard was not capable of sending the number of messages needed, so he again transferred to the carrier Zuikaku at 1:00PM.
		Ozawa had been able to put up very few fighters to intercept - no more than 35 according to later estimates, but these few were skilfully handled, and the Japanese ships' anti-aircraft fire was intense.
	www.websbiggest.com /wiki-article-tab.cfm/battle_of_the_philippine_sea (2033 words)

	Philippine Sea: June 19 - 20, 1944
		Stingray and Ozawa's fleet somewhat further east than expected, decided to continue on to the east, stating that an "end run by other carrier groups remains possibility and must not be overlooked." At 0100,
		According to Ozawa's battle plan, all carrier aircraft launched after 1600 were to land at Guam.
		Ozawa's intention for the night of 18-19 June was to keep his main body 400 miles and his van 300 miles from Task Force 58.
	www.cv6.org /1944/marianas (2618 words)

	WW2DB: Leyte Campaign
		Basically, Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa's depleted Mobile Force, it's carriers practically denuded of aircraft, would come down from Japan in an attempt to draw US naval might northward, away from Leyte.
		Dutifully, Ozawa complied, launching almost all of his planes against Halsey's TF 38, which was approaching from the south.
		Ozawa's own aircraft did precious little damage in return, most of them being destroyed by the Americans CAP, and the murderous anti-aircraft Gun Line strung out once again in front of TF 38.
	ww2db.com /battle_spec.php?battle_id=5 (3235 words)

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		Their world is divided, and the Ozawas, who had built up a trading empire, are everywhere, rubbing the natives’ noses in their affluence.
		The Kuritas believed their family honor was stained by the Ozawas in that conflict, when Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa’s fleet was destroyed at the battle of Leyte Gulf, leaving Admiral Takeo Kurita unsupported and forced to retreat in the face of an American task force.
		The Ozawas, after all, were a power to be reckoned with throughout the quadrant.
	www.wizkidsgames.com /mechwarrior/courier/pda.asp?a=37524&frame=aroundthesphere (1484 words)

	Battle of Leyte Gulf Article, BattleLeyteGulf Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Japanese ships also hadto evade aircraft from the escort carriers and were soon spread out and were in some confusion while Kurita, who still thought hewas engaging the Third Fleet, expected a massive air strike.
		He received a message from Ozawa that he was engaging the ThirdFleet, which further confused the action, and turned north.
		He felt that the Fast Carrier Task Force was close by and that he could engage the fast carriers while theiraircraft were busy with Ozawa.
	www.anoca.org /force/carriers/battle_of_leyte_gulf.html (857 words)

	Ozawas Worldwide
		So I e-mailed Ryan Ozawa at LightFantastic.Org and he said he'd get back to me about his family's geneology to see if we may have some common ancestors.
		Maybe he'll answer and maybe he won't, but so far he's the closest person to knowing if the Ozawas in Honolulu are related to me. Anyway, he should be able to put me in touch with someone who'd know, but we'll see.
		Toshiro Ozawa, Ambassador of Japan to the United Nations, at the Meeting of the Second Committee at the Fifty-ninth Session of the General Assembly
	ozawas.blogspot.com /2005_02_01_ozawas_archive.html (2220 words)

	Articles - Toyoda Soemu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		After the death of Admiral Mineichi Koga, Toyoda was appointed Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet on May 3, 1944.
		The following month he implemented Plan A-Go but it resulted in the heavy defeat of Jisaburo Ozawa in the Battle of the Philippine Sea (19-20 June).
		As a member of the Supreme War Council Toyoda argued against Emperor Hirohito´s desire for a negotiated peace after the dropping of the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
	www.techize.com /articles/Toyoda_Soemu (176 words)

	Wasp (CV-18)
		Meanwhile, Japan-determined to defend Saipan, no matter how high the cost-was sending Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa's powerful First Mobile Fleet from the Sulu Islands to the Marianas to sink the warships of Admiral Spruance's 5th Fleet and to annihilate the American troops who had fought their way ashore on Saipan.
		The Japanese strategy called for Ozawa's carriers to act as a decoy to lure TF 38 north of Luzon and away from the Leyte beachhead.
		Since Hals ey had dashed north in pursuit of Ozawa's carriers, only three 7th Fleet escort carrier groups and their destroyer and destroyer escort screens were available to challenge Kurita's mighty battleships and heavy cruisers and to protect the American amphibio us ships which were supporting the troops fighting on Leyte.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/carriers/cv18.htm (8279 words)

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