Isamu Kashiide (樫出 勇, Kashiide Isamu; February 1915 – May 2003) was a Japanese army aviator and flying ace known for…
Isamu Kashiide (樫出 勇, Kashiide Isamu; February 1915 – May 2003) was a Japanese army aviator and flying ace known for achieving the highest number of victories over Boeing B-29 Superfortresses. He claimed to have shot down 26 of the heavy bombers; 7 were later confirmed.
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Lieutenant Colonel Inaba Masao (稲葉 正夫, Inaba Masao; May 1, 1908 - October 10, 1973) was a Japanese officer during World…
Lieutenant Colonel Inaba Masao (稲葉 正夫, Inaba Masao; May 1, 1908 - October 10, 1973) was a Japanese officer during World War II of the Military Affairs Bureau. In 1945, after the Emperor and his ministers were seeking to surrender, he urged Korechika Anami, the War Minister, that the soldiers be told to keep fighting, especially with the Soviet Union massing its forces. He prepared a statement urging soldiers to fight to the bitter end, without reference to surrender. Two lieutenant colonels, one of them Masahiko Takeshita, came to tell him that the Cabinet was about to issue a statement hinting at surrender, and they hastened to broadcast his message without Anami's approval. The Director of the Information Bureau, Hiroshi Shimomura, concluded that without its broadcast, Anami might be assassinated by younger officers, and so broadcast it. This caused consternation in the government, which feared that his statement would provoke a third atomic bomb, and arranged for the message to be sent as a news broadcast, in English and Morse code, to escape military censors and so arrive in time. When the Kyūjō Incident was plotted, to prevent the emperor's declaration of surrender from being broadcast, Inaba refused to join the conspiracy and told the conspirators that the attempt was useless.
Sanji Iwabuchi (岩淵 三次, Iwabuchi Sanji; 2 March 1895 – 26 February 1945) was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese…
Sanji Iwabuchi (岩淵 三次, Iwabuchi Sanji; 2 March 1895 – 26 February 1945) was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Pacific War of World War II. He committed suicide after facing imminent defeat during the Battle of Manila. Units under his command committed the Manila massacre.
🎓 Imperial Japanese Naval Academy🏫 Sanjo High School📅 Born March 2🎂 Born 1895📍 From Sanjō, Niigata💼 Military Officer
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Tomiji Koyanagi (小柳 富次, Koyanagi Tomiji; 16 July 1893 – 6 August 1978), was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy…
Tomiji Koyanagi (小柳 富次, Koyanagi Tomiji; 16 July 1893 – 6 August 1978), was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Kakuji Kakuta (角田 覚治, Kakuta Kakuji; 23 September 1890 – 2 August 1944), was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy…
Kakuji Kakuta (角田 覚治, Kakuta Kakuji; 23 September 1890 – 2 August 1944), was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He is noted for his role in commanding Japanese naval aviation units in the Pacific War.
🎓 Imperial Japanese Naval Academy🏫 Sanjo High School📅 Born September 23🎂 Born 1890📍 From Sanjō, Niigata💼 Military Officer
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Masaharu Homma (本間 雅晴, Homma Masaharu; November 27, 1887 – April 3, 1946) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial…
Masaharu Homma (本間 雅晴, Homma Masaharu; November 27, 1887 – April 3, 1946) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Homma commanded the Japanese 14th Army, which invaded the Philippines and perpetrated the Bataan Death March. After the war, Homma was convicted of war crimes relating to the actions of troops under his direct command and executed by firing squad on April 3, 1946.
🎓 Imperial Japanese Army Academy🏫 Sado High School📅 Born November 27🎂 Born 1887📍 From Sado, Niigata💼 Military Officer
Isoroku Yamamoto (山本 五十六, Yamamoto Isoroku; April 4, 1884 – April 18, 1943) was an admiral of the Imperial Japanese…
Isoroku Yamamoto (山本 五十六, Yamamoto Isoroku; April 4, 1884 – April 18, 1943) was an admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander of the Combined Fleet during World War II. He commanded the fleet from 1939 until his death in 1943, overseeing the start of the Pacific War in 1941 and Japan's initial successes and defeats before his plane was shot down by U.S. fighter aircraft over New Guinea. Yamamoto graduated from the Imperial Naval Academy in 1904 and served in the Russo-Japanese War, where he lost two fingers at the Battle of Tsushima. He later studied at Harvard University in the United States and was appointed naval attaché to the Japanese embassy in Washington. His experiences convinced him that naval power depended on access to oil and industrial capacity, and that Japan thus had little hope to defeat the U.S. in a war. He was one of the first naval leaders to conclude that naval aviation and aircraft carriers would play a decisive role in any future conflict. In 1936, Yamamoto was appointed navy vice minister, and opposed Japan's alliance with Germany and Italy in the Tripartite Pact of 1940. In 1939, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, and was tasked with creating a strategy for war with the United States; Yamamoto favored a surprise attack, which was carried out at the start of the war with an attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. In the early months of the war, the Japanese fleet scored a series of decisive naval victories. These gains were halted at the Battle of Midway in June 1942, in which four Japanese carriers were sunk. Yamamoto committed to the defense of the Solomon Islands in the Guadalcanal campaign, but was unable to prevent their capture. In April 1943, Yamamoto was killed after American code breakers intercepted his flight plans, enabling the United States Army Air Forces to shoot down his aircraft.
🎓 Imperial Japanese Naval Academy🏫 Nagaoka High School📅 Born April 4🎂 Born 1884📍 From Nagaoka, Niigata💼 Military Officer
Koshirō Oikawa (及川 古志郎, Oikawa Koshirō; 16 February 1883 – 9 May 1958) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and…
Koshirō Oikawa (及川 古志郎, Oikawa Koshirō; 16 February 1883 – 9 May 1958) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and Naval Minister during World War II.
🎓 Imperial Japanese Naval Academy🏫 Morioka First High School📅 Born February 8🎂 Born 1883📍 From Nagaoka, Niigata💼 Military Officer
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Yoshitsugu Tatekawa (建川 美次, Tatekawa Yoshitsugu; 3 October 1880 – 9 September 1945) was a lieutenant-general in the…
Yoshitsugu Tatekawa (建川 美次, Tatekawa Yoshitsugu; 3 October 1880 – 9 September 1945) was a lieutenant-general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He played an important role in the Mukden incident in 1931 and as Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union he negotiated the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact in 1941.
🎓 Imperial Japanese Army Academy🏫 Niigata High School📅 Born October 3🎂 Born 1880📍 From Niigata(city), Niigata Prefecture💼 Military Officer💼 Diplomat
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