Composition of First Strike Force



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The Battle Off Samar -
Taffy III at Leyte Gulf
4th Edition (2006)
by Robert Jon Cox

U.S. Archives photograph

"Opponent at Samar"
October 25, 1944

Vice Admiral
Takeo Kurita
Imperial Japanese Navy

First Strike Force "A" and "B"
later designated as Centre Force

"BY HEAVEN-SENT OPPORTUNITY WE ARE DASHING
TO ATTACK THE ENEMY CARRIERS"

Radio communiqué between VADM Takeo Kurita, IJN and the Imperial GHQ
upon issuing the order "General Attack" against Taffy III

Imperial Japanese Navy
First Strike Force

Battleship Divisions
One and Three

Cruiser Divisions
Five and Seven

Destroyer Squadrons
Two and Ten

Composition of Centre Force
when it attacked Taffy III


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