Shoji Nishimura25 October 1944
Nishimura presses into Surigao Strait, where his force is shattered by the waiting Allied battle line.
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Nishimura presses into Surigao Strait, where his force is shattered by the waiting Allied battle line.
Nishimura leads the Southern Force through Surigao Strait, where most of his ships are destroyed by the American Seventh Fleet.
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