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    Nishizō Tsukahara (塚原 二四三, Tsukahara Nishizō, April 3, 1887 – January 10, 1966), was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Tsukahara...
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    familiarity with naval aviation. Nagumo's friend and fellow admiral Nishizō Tsukahara would say that: "He (Nagumo) was wholly unfitted by background, training...
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    likely in response to a request from the naval commander at Rabaul, Nishizō Tsukahara, for help from the combined fleet in neutralizing Henderson Field...
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    supported by the land-based aircraft of 11th Air Fleet of Vice Admiral Nishizo Tsukahara. The 14th Army had two first-line infantry divisions, the 16th (Susumu...
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    command, given his lack of familiarity with naval aviation. Admiral Nishizō Tsukahara would say that: "He (Nagumo) was wholly unfitted by background, training...
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  • Navy Air Fleet Matome Ugaki: Commander of the Fifth Navy Air Fleet Nishizō Tsukahara: Commander of the 11th Navy Air Fleet Jinichi Kusaka: Commander of...
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  • Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (d. 1956) 1887 – Nishizō Tsukahara, Japanese admiral (d. 1966) 1888 – Thomas C. Kinkaid, American admiral...
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  • Douglas MacArthur Lewis H. Brereton Manuel L. Quezon Basilio J. Valdez Nishizō Tsukahara Strength 35 bombers 117 fighters ~155 older aircraft 15,000 U.S. &...
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  • 1933) March 25 – Chūichi Nagumo, Japanese admiral (d. 1944) April 3 – Nishizō Tsukahara, Japanese admiral (d. 1966) April 10 – Bernardo Houssay, Argentine...
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    Netherlands  United States Japan Commanders and leaders Karel Doorman Nishizō Tsukahara Strength 4 cruisers 7 destroyers 37–45 planes (Allied estimate) 60...
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    command was the Eleventh Naval Air Fleet, commanded by Vice Admiral Nishizō Tsukahara. Land based aircraft provided the bulk of Japan's naval aviation up...
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  • aviation and surface units. L, Klemen (1999–2000). "Vice-Admiral Nishio Tsukahara". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942. L, Klemen...
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    S. Marchant Isoroku Yamamoto † Chūichi Nagumo † Shigeyoshi Inoue Nishizo Tsukahara Takeo Kurita Kiyohide Shima Jinichi Kusaka Shōji Nishimura † Gunichi...
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    1908. His classmates included future admirals Chuichi Nagumo and Nishizō Tsukahara. He served his midshipman duty on the cruiser Soya, battleship Katori...
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    destroyers (6 × 5-in. main battery): Amatsukaze, Tokitsukaze Vice Admiral Nishizo Tsukahara Outer South Seas Force Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa Reinforcement Group...
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    reported to the 11th Air Fleet (also called the "Base Air Force"), under Nishizo Tsukahara. On the morning of 7 August, the 5th's air strength consisted of 39...
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    General Hideyoshi Obata, Vice Admiral Ibō Takahashi and Vice Admiral Nishizo Tsukahara. These plans called for air attacks against the Philippines, beginning...
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    Navy Academy in Etajima, Hiroshima, and was commanded by Captain Nishizō Tsukahara from November 1929 to December 1930 and by Captain Masaichi Niimi...
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    Rokurō Horie 15 November 1935 Rear-Admiral on 1 December 1936 3 R.ADM Nishizō Tsukahara 1 December 1937 4 R.ADM Teizō Mitsunami 15 December 1937 5 R.ADM Tomoshige...
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    Henderson Field. Rear Admiral Tanaka received a signal from Vice Admiral Nishizō Tsukahara's 11th Air Fleet HQ to turn his convoy about and head north to avoid...
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    Russell R. Waesche Navy: Isoroku Yamamoto Hiroaki Abe Nobutake Kondō Nishizo Tsukahara Takeo Kurita Jinichi Kusaka Shōji Nishimura Gunichi Mikawa Raizō Tanaka...
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    Jarada) I-166 (Lt. Cmdr. Makio Tanaka) Eleventh Air Fleet Vice Admiral Nishizo Tsukahara at Tinian Midway Expeditionary Force (Capt. Chisato Morita) 36 Mitsubishi...
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    (1843-1902), a Japanese politician and admiral in the Meiji period Admiral Tsukahara Nishizō (1887-1966), a senior commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy during...
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    Tomoo Nakamura (group's Hikōtaichō). With them came also Vice Admiral Nishizō Tsukahara, the commander of the 11th Air Fleet. The unit first saw action on...
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  • actress December 27 - Masahiro Fukuda, former footballer January 10 - Nishizō Tsukahara, admiral (b. 1887) March 6 - Michitaro Totsuka, admiral (b. 1890)...
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    the Base Air Force, also called the 11th Air Fleet, commanded by Nishizo Tsukahara that, at this time, was headquartered on Tinian. Combat Narrative...
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  • led 18 medium bombers to Rabaul, and he also brought Vice Admiral Nishizō Tsukahara, the commander of the 11th Air Fleet. The following day, he led 17...
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    Fleet Dissolved Preceded by Yoshida Zengo Yokosuka Naval District Commander-in-chief 2 August 1944 - 15 September 1944 Succeeded by Tsukahara Nishizō...
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  • Vice-Admiral Sonosuke Kobayashi (15 Nov 1938 – 15 Apr 1940) Admiral Nishizo Tsukahara (15 Apr 1940 – 1 Sep 1941) Vice-Admiral Ikuta Sakamoto (1 Sep 1941...
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    July 1944* Takagi Takeo 8 July 1944* Yamagata Seigō 17 March 1945* Itō Seiichi 7 April 1945* Tsukahara Nishizō 15 May 1945 Inoue Shigeyoshi 15 May 1945...
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