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. Toyoda was born in what...

professional wrestler Shirō Toyoda (1906–1977), Japanese film director Soemu Toyoda (1885–1957), Japanese admiral of World War II Teijirō Toyoda (1885–1961), Japanese...

Yamamoto was succeeded by Admiral Mineichi Koga (1943–44) and Admiral Soemu Toyoda (1944–45). The General Staff (参謀本部, Sanbō Honbu) of the Imperial Japanese...

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Navy General Staff: Admiral Koshirō Oikawa (later replaced by Admiral Soemu Toyoda) All of these positions were nominally appointed by the Emperor and their...

Army General Staff, Yoshijirō Umezu. Chief of the Navy General Staff, Soemu Toyoda. From November 1937 onward, following Emperor Shōwa's order, the Gunji...

The American options were apparent to the IJN. Combined Fleet Chief Soemu Toyoda prepared four "victory" plans: Shō-Gō 1 (捷１号作戦, Shō ichigō sakusen) was...

Sea in June. A new commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Soemu Toyoda, was appointed, and he finalized the Japanese plans known as Plan A-Go...

cabinet that Hiroshima was indeed destroyed by a nuclear weapon. Admiral Soemu Toyoda, the Chief of the Naval General Staff, estimated that no more than one...

everyone in No. 1 secondary battery. Nishimura issued a telegram to Admiral Soemu Toyoda at 20:13: "It is my plan to charge into Leyte Gulf to [reach] a point...

not announced until May 1944 when he was formally replaced by Admiral Soemu Toyoda. From page 20 of I Was A Kamikaze, by Ryuji Nagatsuka: After describing...

restore morale, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet Admiral Soemu Toyoda flew out to the front in early October to rally the troops behind Sho...

enemy contact reports on this fleeting marauder so frightened Admiral Soemu Toyoda that he believed Tawi-Tawi to be surrounded by submarines. As a result...

War Minister Korechika Anami, General Yoshijirō Umezu, and Admiral Soemu Toyoda opposed accepting the declaration, argued that the terms were "too dishonorable...

consisted of General Korechika Anami, General Yoshijirō Umezu, and Admiral Soemu Toyoda and were led by Anami. The "doves" consisted of Prime Minister Kantarō...

Minister Korechika Anami and Chief of Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff, Soemu Toyoda, Umezu opposed surrender in August 1945; he believed that the military...

decisive battles of the Pacific war. After the loss of the plans, Admiral Soemu Toyoda, Koga's successor, rewrote the plans in a more aggressive manner and...

the direction of the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Soemu Toyoda, called for Yamato and her escorts to attack the U.S. fleet supporting...

port bilge righted the ship. Nishimura issued a telegram to Admiral Soemu Toyoda at 20:13: "It is my plan to charge into Leyte Gulf to [reach] a point...

Americans would not even come close to the beaches, using kamikazes under Soemu Toyoda to stem the tide. The suicide bombers proved effective, sinking 34 ships...

greater strategic importance was the ensuing decision by Japanese Admiral Soemu Toyoda to abandon Tawi Tawi anchorage as too exposed to enemy submarines, a...

of Saipan. Instead of attacking the troop transports off Saipan, Admiral Toyoda chose to engage the American carrier forces in what he intended to be the...

Yamashita José P. Laurel Akira Mutō Sōsaku Suzuki † Shizuo Yokoyama Soemu Toyoda Takeo Kurita Jisaburō Ozawa Sanji Iwabuchi † Units involved 6th Army...

before it reached Guam. The new commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Soemu Toyoda, was uncertain if the Americans were merely attacking the Japanese facilities...

to prepare for combat by the commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Soemu Toyoda. Two days later, the 634th Naval Air Group was reassigned to the Second...

of the Philippine Sea, the commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Soemu Toyoda, prepared various contingency plans: Shō-Gō 1 (捷１号作戦 Shō ichigō sakusen)...

of valuable naval experience and leadership. When ordered by Admiral Soemu Toyoda to take his fleet through the San Bernardino Strait in the central Philippines...

Mogami returned to Singapore a week later. On 13 June 1944, Admiral Soemu Toyoda, CINC, Combined Fleet, activated the "A-Go" plan for the defense of the...

English chemist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877) 1957 – Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (b. 1885) 1961 – Marion Davies, American actress and...

Navy Engagements World War II Invasion of Thailand Battle honours Pacific War Commanders Notable commanders Kamimura Hikonojo Soemu Toyoda Seiichi Ito...