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Overview:A desperate Gamble to Protect Japan
Admiral Soemu Toyoda, the commanding officer of Japan's Combined Fleet, made up his mind on October 18, 1944 to send his three separate naval forces to destroy the two U.S. fleets and animmense invasion convoy heading for Leyte. The decision, he said, was "as difficult as swallowing molten iron" --and for good reason. The admiral's battle plan, outlined on the map shown below, was designed to neutralize the air superiority of the American Third Fleet, whose 800 carrier-based planes outnumbered all of the Japanese aircraft within range of Leyte Gulf. Toyoda knew that even if the plan was successful, it would probably cost him half of his warships. But with the security of the home islands at stake, Toyoda's admirals welcomed the mission. Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita, commanding the main force of battleships and cruisers, felt that the fleet had "the suicide spirit." Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura, whose only son had recently been killed in action, was eager to join him in patriotic death. Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa volunteered to sacifice his entire force to lure the Third Fleet away for Leyte Gulf.
Icons- short
Dar- Sector bars only
Fuel- Normal
Unlimited lives
Use the following planes
Japanese - Ki61 and Niki and Ju88 for Japanese land bases. Zeke for IJN CV's
American - F4UD and P-38 and B26 for land bases. F6F and TBM for CV's.
Both - PT boats, M16's.
