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    Nobutake Kondō (近藤 信竹, Kondō Nobutake, 25 September 1886 – 19 February 1953) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. As commander...
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  • Natsue Kondo (近藤 奈津枝, born 1966), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force admiral Nobutake Kondō (近藤 信竹, 1886–1953), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral Seiya Kondō (近藤...
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    task group approached Guadalcanal, his Japanese counterpart, Admiral Nobutake Kondō steamed to meet him with his main bombardment force, consisting of the...
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    Japanese Navy under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chūichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondō north of Midway Atoll, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese...
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  • Ōsumi: Chief Secretary of Supreme War Council Supreme War Councilor Nobutake Kondō: Appointed to the Supreme War Council Mitsumasa Yonai: Supreme War Councilor...
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    needed to pass through Thailand. Ships from IJN 2nd Fleet under Admiral Nobutake Kondō provided support and cover for the landings in Thailand and at Kota...
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    Islands, before sailing as part of a bombardment force under Admiral Nobutake Kondō during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. On the evening of 13 November...
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    Hironosuke Ueda) AO Kokuyo Maru (Capt. Toraji Hidai) Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō in Atago 3rd Battleship Division less 2nd Section Vice Admiral Gunichi...
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    the Battle of Midway, she sailed in the Invasion Force under Admiral Nobutake Kondō, before being redeployed to the Solomon Islands during the Battle of...
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    and third of those conducted by vessels detached from Vice admiral Nobutake Kondō's Advance Force. Starting midnight on 14 October, another major convoy...
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    Under Yamamoto's able subordinates, Vice Admirals Jisaburō Ozawa, Nobutake Kondō, and Ibō Takahashi, the Japanese swept the inadequate remaining American...
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    additional day before heading towards Guadalcanal. Yamamoto ordered Nobutake Kondō to assemble another bombardment force using warships from Truk and Abe's...
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    the U.S. force. Shortly before noon, Yamamoto ordered Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō, commanding the Second Fleet at Truk, to form a new bombardment unit...
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    of technology. When Admiral Lee engaged the Japanese Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō's battleship Kirishima on the evening of 14 November 1942 in the waters...
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    searchlights were fitted to her superstructure in January 1932, and Captain Nobutake Kondō assumed command of the vessel in December. In 1933, aircraft catapults...
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  • Admirals Nagumo and Yamaguchi of the Japanese carrier force and Admiral Kondo of the invasion force. After the inconclusive Battle of the Coral Sea, Rochefort...
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    Takahashi Hitoshi Imamura Shōji Nishimura Jisaburō Ozawa Takeo Takagi Nobutake Kondō Strength 148,000 100,000 local forces 40,000 Dutch regulars 8,000 Anglo-American...
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    task group approached Guadalcanal, his Japanese counterpart Admiral Nobutake Kondō steamed to meet him with his main bombardment force, consisting of the...
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    (Malay) Force's Main Body, under the overall command of Vice-Admiral Nobutake Kondō. On 4 December 1941, the Main Body arrived off the coast of Southern...
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    shipping in the Bay of Bengal. During the Battle of Midway (serving under Nobutake Kondō), he lost the cruiser Mikuma. Kurita was promoted to vice admiral on...
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  • Roberto María Ortiz, President of Argentina (d. 1942) September 25 – Nobutake Kondō, Japanese admiral (d. 1953) September 26 – Archibald Hill, English physiologist...
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    with Operation C to the IJN's southern force, commanded by Admiral Nobutake Kondō, on 9 March 1942. By 16 March, the plan was to depart from Staring Bay...
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    Chūichi Nagumo, and the surface and occupation forces under Admiral Nobutake Kondō and others. Admiral Yamamoto commanded the combined invasion fleet from...
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  • battleships to the Southern Solomons area under the command of Admiral Nobutake Kondō. Under Kondo, Admiral Nagumo was responsible for the three fleet carriers...
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    the battleship Mutsu and three destroyers, commanded by Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō. Finally, a force of about 100 IJN land-based bombers, fighters, and...
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    Takuro Matsui Takuma Nishimura Renya Mutaguchi Michio Sugawara [jp] Nobutake Kondō Jisaburō Ozawa Shintarō Hashimoto Ibrahim Yaacob Units involved Far...
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  • Admiral Shirō Takasu (Commander-in-Chief of the 1st Fleet) Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō (Commander-in-Chief of the 2nd Fleet) Vice Admiral Ibō Takahashi (Commander-in-Chief...
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    Matsuji Ijuin, and on 29 November was made flagship of Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō's Sentai-4, along with sister ships Maya, Chōkai, and Takao. At the time...
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    formed part of the Southern Force under the command of Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō based in Taiwan in 1941. In January and February 1942, this force was...
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    Kraft, Canadian-American entrepreneur, inventor (b. 1874) February 19 – Nobutake Kondō, Japanese admiral (b. 1886) February 20 – Francesco Saverio Nitti, Italian...
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