Organization of the Imperial Japanese Navy Alaskan Strike Group

Organization of Japanese Alaskan Strike Group (Aleutians)

Japanese Navy units in the Alaskan Operation

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Commander in Chief, Navy Alaskan Strike Group

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1st Support Group Commander

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2nd Carrier Squad Commander

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3rd Cruiser Division (2° Section)

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  • Comprising the Cruisers Maya, Takao, and three destroyers
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Attu Group Commander

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  • Sentaro Omori:-led Light Cruiser Abukuma, four destroyers, one minelayer, one transport (1,200 soldiers)

Kiska Group Commander

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  • Takeo Ono:-Guiding the light cruisers Kiso, Tama, one auxiliary cruiser (Asaka Maru), three destroyers, two minelayers, two transports (1,250 soldiers)
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Japanese Army Units in the Alaskan Operation

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North Seas Detachment Commanders

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  • Matsutoshi Hozumi:-He led one infantry battalion whose mission was to occupy the islands of Attu, Kiska, and Adak, in conjunction with naval units.
  • Juichiro Mineki:-he replaced at Hozumi in command of unit and receiving command of a reinforced group, grown to three infantry battalions, under Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Fleet.

Last Japanese Navy Infantry Commander in Alaskan Campaign

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  • Yasugo Yamazaki:-commander of last Japanese Navy infantry group in Attu Japanese held island

References

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  1. ^ Perras, Galen Roger (2003). Stepping Stones to Nowhere: The Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American Military Strategy, 1867-1945. UBC Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-7748-0990-0.
  2. ^ Garfield, Brian (2010-04-15). Thousand-Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians. University of Alaska Press. pp. 10–42. ISBN 978-1-60223-117-7.