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Loss of Taiho and Shokaku

Japan · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1944Date range
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Chronological records

1944

Jisaburo Ozawa19 June 1944

Philippine Sea · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Ozawa loses fleet carriers Taiho and Shokaku to American submarines during the first day of the Philippine Sea battle.

Names involved

Jisaburo Ozawa

Provenance

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