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Soemu Toyoda (豊田 副武, Toyoda Soemu, 22 May 1885 – 22 September 1957) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II.
May 22, 2011 · Learn about the life and career of Soemu Toyoda, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Navy during the Pacific War. Find out his role in the Pearl Harbor attack, the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf battles, and the Yamato's final mission.
- 22 May 1885
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The web page recounts the U.S. Navy's worst 19 hours of World War II during the Okinawa operation in April 1945, when Admiral Soemu Toyoda launched a massive kamikaze attack. It describes the background, the preparations, the battles, and the aftermath of the kamikaze raids that sunk or damaged several American ships.
Korechika Anami, Yoshijirō Umezu, and Soemu Toyoda. Without the acquiescence of these three men, no surrender offering had the true backing of the Japanese Government. As the Emperor became more and more behind the idea of making peace, junior Hawks began organizing a coup attempt, though Umezu was rather specifically against it.
Admiral Soemu Toyoda replaced Admiral Koshiro Oikawa on 29 May 1945, following the first serious formal discussion about ending the war. Oikawa believed the war was clearly lost and...
Three members held out for three additional terms: Army Minister General Korechika Anami and the Chiefs of Staff of the Army, General Yoshijiro Umezu, and Navy, Admiral Soemu Toyoda. These additional terms included: 1) Japan would disarm her own forces; 2) Japan would conduct any “so-called” war crimes trials of her own nationals; and 3 ...
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After Koga’s death, Admiral Soemu Toyoda became commander in chief of the Combined Fleet, and developed Plan A-Go, a variation of Plan Z. Toyoda was considered by the United States to be...
