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Withdrawal from Samar

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

Takeo Kurita25 October 1944

Samar · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Kurita breaks off the attack off Samar and withdraws instead of continuing toward the Leyte transport anchorage.

Names involved

Takeo Kurita

Provenance

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