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...

familiarity with naval aviation. Nagumo's friend and fellow admiral Nishizō Tsukahara would say that: "He (Nagumo) was wholly unfitted by background, training...

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...

likely in response to a request from the naval commander at Rabaul, Nishizō Tsukahara, for help from the combined fleet in neutralizing Henderson Field...

command, given his lack of familiarity with naval aviation. Admiral Nishizō Tsukahara would say that: "He (Nagumo) was wholly unfitted by background, training...

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...

Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (d. 1956) 1887 – Nishizō Tsukahara, Japanese admiral (d. 1966) 1888 – Thomas C. Kinkaid, American admiral...

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. &...

Netherlands  United States Japan Commanders and leaders Karel Doorman Nishizō Tsukahara Strength 4 cruisers 7 destroyers 37–45 planes (Allied estimate) 60...

1933) March 25 – Chūichi Nagumo, Japanese admiral (d. 1944) April 3 – Nishizō Tsukahara, Japanese admiral (d. 1966) April 10 – Bernardo Houssay, Argentine...

General Hideyoshi Obata, Vice Admiral Ibō Takahashi and Vice Admiral Nishizo Tsukahara. These plans called for air attacks against the Philippines, beginning...

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...

S. Marchant Isoroku Yamamoto † Chūichi Nagumo † Shigeyoshi Inoue Nishizo Tsukahara Takeo Kurita Kiyohide Shima Jinichi Kusaka Shōji Nishimura † Gunichi...

aviation and surface units. L, Klemen (1999–2000). "Vice-Admiral Nishio Tsukahara". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942. L, Klemen...

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...

actress December 27 - Masahiro Fukuda, former footballer January 10 - Nishizō Tsukahara, admiral (b. 1887) March 6 - Michitaro Totsuka, admiral (b. 1890)...

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...

Jarada) I-166 (Lt. Cmdr. Makio Tanaka) Eleventh Air Fleet Vice Admiral Nishizo Tsukahara at Tinian Midway Expeditionary Force (Capt. Chisato Morita) 36 Mitsubishi...

Navy Academy in Etajima, Hiroshima, and was commanded by Captain Nishizō Tsukahara from November 1929 to December 1930 and by Captain Masaichi Niimi...

destroyers (6 × 5-in. main battery): Amatsukaze, Tokitsukaze Vice Admiral Nishizo Tsukahara Outer South Seas Force Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa Reinforcement Group...

1908. His classmates included future admirals Chuichi Nagumo and Nishizō Tsukahara. He served his midshipman duty on the cruiser Soya, battleship Katori...

Russell R. Waesche Navy: Isoroku Yamamoto Hiroaki Abe Nobutake Kondō Nishizo Tsukahara Takeo Kurita Jinichi Kusaka Shōji Nishimura Gunichi Mikawa Raizō Tanaka...

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...

(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...

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...

Fleet Dissolved Preceded by Yoshida Zengo Yokosuka Naval District Commander-in-chief 2 August 1944 - 15 September 1944 Succeeded by Tsukahara Nishizō...

the Base Air Force, also called the 11th Air Fleet, commanded by Nishizo Tsukahara that, at this time, was headquartered on Tinian. Combat Narrative...

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...

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...

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...