Sho-1 called for V. Adm. Jisaburo Ozawa's force to use an apparently vulnerable carrier force to lure the U.S. 3rd Fleet away from Leyte and remove air cover from the Allied landing forces, which would then be attacked from the west by three Japanese forces: V. Adm. Takeo Kurita's force would enter Leyte Gulf and attack the landing forces; R. Adm. Shoji Nishimura's force and V. Adm. Kiyohide Shima's force would act as mobile strike forces. The plan was likely to result in the destruction of one or more of the Japanese forces, but Toyoda justified it by saying that there would be no sense in saving the fleet and losing the Philippines.
পরিকল্পনার নাম কি ছিল যেখানে ওজাওয়ার বাহিনী মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের তৃতীয় নৌবহরকে লেইটের কাছ থেকে দূরে প্রলুব্ধ করবে?
Sho-1