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Take Ichi convoy

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/May 6, 2024  by Gog the Mild (talk) 21:37, 20 March 2024 (UTC)



The Take Ichi convoy was a Japanese convoy of World War II. The convoy, under the command of rear admiral Sadamichi Kajioka (pictured), left Shanghai on 17 April 1944, carrying two infantry divisions to reinforce Japan's defensive positions in the Philippines and western New Guinea. United States Navy submarines attacked the convoy on 26 April and 6 May, sinking four transports and killing more than 4,000 soldiers. These losses caused the convoy to be diverted to Halmahera, where the surviving soldiers and their equipment were unloaded. The failure to bring the two divisions to their destination without loss contributed to the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters' decision to move Japan's defensive perimeter back by 600 mi. The divisions' combat power was also blunted by their losses, and while they both saw action against United States Army forces, they contributed little to Japan's attempt to defend its empire.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Western Australian emergency of March 1944 is a WWII article involving the Japanese navy, which will be TFA on March 6
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 * Promoted: April 26, 2009
 * Reasons for nomination: 6 May is the 80th anniversary of one of the attacks on the convoy. It could also run on 9 May, when the convoy arrived in New Guinea.
 * Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 02:55, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Support as the main editor: this article remains at FA standard IMO. Nick-D (talk) 09:37, 16 February 2024 (UTC)