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Jisaburo Ozawa

Jisaburo Ozawa (2 October 1886 – 9 November 1966) was the Vice-Chief of Naval General Staff of Japan and a Vice-Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

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Ozawa commanded the Mobile Fleet from 1942 until 1945 but did not take charge of the fast-dwindling carrier force until March 1944. He saw the loss of three carriers and virtually all of their aircraft at the battle of the Philippine Sea the following June and saw the destruction of what remained at the battle of Cape Engano on 25 October.

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