Admiral Kurita

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military officer
gptkbp:awards Order of the Golden Kite
Order of the Rising Sun
gptkbp:birthDate 1889-08-02
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Tama_Reien_Cemetery
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Mikuma
gptkb:Atago
gptkb:Mutsu
Yamato
Kumano
Takao
gptkbp:deathDate 1977-04-18
gptkbp:education gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Naval_Academy
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Samar
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Java_Sea
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle of Surigao Strait
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Takeo_Kurita
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Leadership in naval battles
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Admiral Kurita
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Isoroku_Yamamoto
gptkb:Heihachiro_Togo
gptkbp:influenceOn Japanese_naval_strategy
gptkbp:knownFor Naval tactics
gptkbp:legacy Controversial figure in naval history
gptkbp:nationality Japanese
gptkbp:navalFleet gptkb:Center_Force
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Operation_Shō-Gō_2
gptkb:Operation_Shō-Gō_1
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Kumamoto,_Japan
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Tokyo,_Japan
gptkbp:postWarCareer gptkb:Japanese_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force
author
Japanese_government_advisor
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Kuzō_Sōda
gptkbp:rank Admiral
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:serviceYears 1909-1945
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Yoshiko_Kurita
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Takeo_Takagi