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Koga Mineichi vor 1945. Koga Mineichi ( jap. 古賀 峯一; * 25. September 1885 im Nishimatsuura-gun, Präfektur Saga, Japan; † 31. März 1944 im Pazifik) war ein japanischer Großadmiral ( Gensui) und Kommandeur der Kombinierten Flotte ( 聯合艦隊, Rengō Kantai) im Zweiten Weltkrieg .
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Koga was born in the ceramics center of Arita in Nishimatsuura County of Saga Prefecture in 1885. He entered the 34th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academyand graduated in 1906, ranked 14th of 176 cadets. He served as midshipman on the cruiser Matsushima on its long-distance navigational training cruise to Honolulu, Hilo, Wellington, Brisbane, Palm Island, Queensland, Batavia, Singapore, Mako, Qingdao, Port Arthur, Dairen, Chemulpo, Chinkai, Busan and Kagoshima. On his return, he was c...
Koga was killed when his plane, a Kawanishi H8K ("Emily") flying boat, crashed during a typhoon between Palau and Davao while he was overseeing the withdrawal of the Combined Fleet from its Palau headquarters on March 31, 1944. His Chief of staff, Vice Admiral Shigeru Fukudome, survived ditching in a second airplane off Cebu and was held captive by...
Books
1. D'Albas, Andrieu (1965). Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II. Devin-Adair Pub. ISBN 0-8159-5302-X. 2. Dupuy, Trevor N. (1992). Encyclopedia of Military Biography. I B Tauris & Co Ltd. ISBN 1-85043-569-3. 3. Fuller, Richard (1992). Shokan: Hirohito's Samurai. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 1-85409-151-4. 4. Morison, Samuel Eliot (2002). History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. VI: Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, 22 July 1942 – 1 May 1944. Chica...
Nishida, Hiroshi. "Imperial Japanese Navy". Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2007.Budge, Kent. "Pacific War Online Encyclopedia". Retrieved August 8, 2007."TIME Magazine Cover: Admiral Mineichi Koga". Time Magazine. November 8, 1943. Archived from the original on July 13, 2007. Retrieved June 3, 2013."Koga's End". Time Magazine. May 15, 1944. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved August 10, 2008.- 古賀 峯一
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Admiral Koga Mineichi. Die Operation Z ( 新Z号作戦 shin-Z-gō sakusen, wörtlich etwa „Strategie Nr. Neu-Z“) war ein Plan der japanischen Streitkräfte im Pazifikkrieg während des Zweiten Weltkriegs zur Verteidigung der Marianeninseln und insbesondere von Saipan. Der Oberbefehlshaber der Kombinierten Flotte, Admiral Koga ...
Als Nachfolger für den japanischen Oberbefehl wurde Admiral Koga Mineichi bestellt. Auch die USA gaben den erfolgreichen Abschuss zunächst nicht bekannt, um den Japanern nicht preiszugeben, dass sie ihre verschlüsselten Funksprüche dekodieren konnten.
6. Feb. 2023 · One of them carried Adm. Mineichi Koga, commander in chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet. Another carried Koga's chief of staff, Rear Adm. Shigeru Fukudome. Carrier strikes by American forces in late March prompted Koga to abandon Palau as his headquarters. Now he planned to set up operations at Davao, where he would prepare the ...
role in World War II. …sponsor of the plan, Admiral Koga Mineichi (Yamamoto’s successor), and his staff were killed in an air disaster. When, on June 15, two U.S. Marine divisions went ashore on Saipan Island in the Marianas, the 30,000 Japanese defenders put up so fierce a resistance that an army division was needed….
Koga, Mineichi (古賀 峯一) Date of birth: September 28th, 1885 (Arita, Saga, Japan) Date of death: March 31st, 1944 (Near Davao, Philippines, Pacific Ocean) Buried on: Tama Cemetery. Nationality: Japanese (1868-1945, Empire)
