Khác biệt giữa bản sửa đổi của “Ozawa Jisaburō”

In October, what was left of Ozawa's carrier fleet fought at the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]]<ref name="Klemen" /> against the forces of Admiral [[William Halsey]]. Although he was the senior admiral at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Ozawa was not given a leading command position since the Japanese battle plan was to sacrifice his force as a decoy so Admiral [[Takeo Kurita]]'s Center Force could traverse [[San Bernardino Strait]] and freely fall upon [[Douglas MacArthur|MacArthur]]'s invasion forces on the Leyte beaches. Nevertheless, Ozawa played his role intelligently and professionally until the end, although his carrier fleet ended its combat career off of the [[Philippines]] as little more than a bait force, flight decks empty for lack of planes and pilots. Despite the loss of all of his carriers, including his flagship the ''Zuikaku'', Ozawa survived the battle along with most of his fleet.

 

 

Ozawa mất năm 1966 lúc 80 tuổi.