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The crash site and body of Yamamoto were found on 19 April, the day after the attack, by a Japanese search-and-rescue party led by army engineer Lieutenant Tsuyoshi Hamasuna. The crash site was located in the jungle north of the coastal site of the former Australian patrol post and Catholic mission of Buin (which was re-established after the ...
Isoroku Yamamoto (山本 五十六, Yamamoto Isoroku, April 4, 1884 – April 18, 1943) was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II.
The list of Aviation accidents in Japan involving U.S. military and government aircraft post-World War II provides a non-exhaustive list of incidents that occurred following Japan's defeat in World War II, when the United States established a substantial military presence with various air bases in Japan. The operations of U.S. military and ...
List of Japanese operations during World War II Operation Year Description Operation FU: 1940: invasion of French Indo-China Operation AI: 1941: attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States Operation DE: 1941: invasion of Dutch East Indies Operation T: 1941: invasion of Thailand Operation E: 1941: invasion of China and Northeast British Malaya ...
Japanese Navy Secret Service units. Isoge Taro:- Operative leader of Joho Kyoko (Japanese naval intelligence) and Tokeitai (naval military police) Captain Onoda: Navy figure, in the Second Bureau (Intelligence Division), Japanese Army; Kanyei Chuyo: Commander in Japanese Navy Secret services. Directed the 8th Section "Yashika".
Hiroo Onoda (Japanese: 小野田 寛郎, Hepburn: Onoda Hiroo, 19 March 1922 – 16 January 2014) was a Japanese soldier who served as a second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. One of the last Japanese holdouts, Onoda continued fighting for nearly 29 years after the war's end in 1945, carrying out guerrilla warfare ...
Tamon Yamaguchi (山口 多聞, Yamaguchi Tamon, 17 August 1892 – 5 June 1942) was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and in the Pacific War during World War II.
This is a list of United States Armed Forces general officers and flag officers who were killed in World War II. The dates of death listed are from the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 to the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945, when the United States was officially involved in World War II. Included are generals and admirals who ...