Organization of the Imperial Japanese Navy Alaskan Strike Group
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Organization of Japanese Alaskan Strike Group (Aleutians)
Japanese Navy units in the Alaskan Operation
[edit]Commander in Chief, Navy Alaskan Strike Group
[edit]- Boshiro Hosogaya:-Commander-in-Chief, Navy Alaskan Strike Group, Aleutian Campaign[1]
1st Support Group Commander
[edit]- Boshiro Hosogaya:-command Heavy Cruiser Nachi and two destroyers
2nd Carrier Squad Commander
[edit]- Kakuji Kakuta:-Lead, Escort Carriers Ryujo (37 aircraft) (among its fighter pilots aboard were Tadayuki Koga), and Junyo (45 aircraft).[2] Both Carriers were equipped with Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" fighters, Aichi D3A1 "Val" Dive-bombers and Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" Torpedo-bombers.
3rd Cruiser Division (2° Section)
[edit]Navy Aleutian Occupation force
[edit]Attu Group Commander
[edit]- Sentaro Omori:-led Light Cruiser Abukuma, four destroyers, one minelayer, one transport (1,200 soldiers)
Kiska Group Commander
[edit]- Takeo Ono:-Guiding the light cruisers Kiso, Tama, one auxiliary cruiser (Asaka Maru), three destroyers, two minelayers, two transports (1,250 soldiers)
Navy Hidro Fighter unit in Aleutian Operation
[edit]- 5th Air Fleet:-equipped with Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" floatplane fighters, support operations from Kiska aquatic base, Aleutian islands.
Japanese Army Units in the Alaskan Operation
[edit]North Seas Detachment Commanders
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Yasugo Yamazaki:-commander of last Japanese Navy infantry group in Attu Japanese held island
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.