March 31, 1944(1944-03-31) (aged 58)[1] near Davao, Second Philippine Republic
Allegiance
Empire of Japan
Service/branch
Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service
1906–1944
Rank
Marshal Admiral (posthumous)
Commands held
Aoba, Ise, Naval Intelligence Bureau, Weapons and Mobilization Bureau, 7th Squadron, Training Fleet, Vice-chief of Navy General Staff, 2nd Fleet, China Area Fleet, Yokosuka Naval District, Combined Fleet
Battles/wars
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II
Pacific War
Battle of Hong Kong
Awards
Order of the Sacred Treasures, 1st class Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class Order of the Golden Kite, 1st class Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Mineichi Koga (古賀 峯一, Koga Mineichi, 25 September 1885 – 31 March 1944) was a Japanese Marshal Admiral and commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet.
MineichiKoga (古賀 峯一, KogaMineichi, 25 September 1885 – 31 March 1944) was a Japanese Marshal Admiral and commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese...
Mineichi (written 峯一) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: MineichiKoga (古賀 峯一, 1885–1944), Japanese fleet admiral...
Combined Fleet Matome Ugaki: Vice-Chief of General Staff of Combined Fleet MineichiKoga: Chief of General Staff of Combined Fleet Shigeru Fukudome: Vice-Chief...
S. fighter planes in April 1943. Yamamoto was succeeded by Admiral MineichiKoga (1943–44) and Admiral Soemu Toyoda (1944–45). The General Staff (参謀本部...
1943. The following day, Admiral MineichiKoga succeeded Yamamoto as commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, and Koga wanted the Imperial Japanese Navy...
was succeeded as commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet by Admiral MineichiKoga. In the years following Yamamoto's death, debate arose regarding whether...
was uncertain. The commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Admiral MineichiKoga, flying his flag aboard the battleship Musashi from Truk Lagoon, sent...
Council to command of Yokosuka Naval District. After the death of Admiral MineichiKoga, Toyoda was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet on 3...
later, where she resumed her position as fleet flagship for Admiral MineichiKoga. In mid-October, in response to suspicions of planned American raids...
served as Chief of Staff under Admiral Yamamoto's successor Admiral MineichiKoga from May 1943 to March 1944, On 31 March 1944, while traveling by air...
Yamamoto had been killed on April 18, 1943. The following day, Admiral MineichiKoga succeeded Yamamoto as Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet. In May...
After the Gilberts fell to the Americans in late November 1943, Admiral MineichiKoga of the Japanese Combined Fleet was unsure of which islands the Americans...
Gilbert Islands had caught the Japanese command by surprise. Admiral MineichiKoga, in desperation, issued orders to recall four Japanese submarines southwest...
Austrian-born motion picture actor, director (d. 1957) September 25 – MineichiKoga, Japanese admiral (d. 1944) September 27 – Harry Blackstone Sr., American...
capture of the "Koga Papers" by Cebuano guerrillas led by Lt. Col. James M. Cushing on April 1, 1944. Named after Admiral MineichiKoga, these papers contained...
Yamamoto (1884–1943) 21 June 1943 – Osami Nagano (1880–1947) 31 May 1944 – MineichiKoga (1885–1944) Yi Sunsin (1545–1598) List of Ottoman Kapudan Pashas 1967...
(b. 1885) 1939 – Ioannis Tsangaridis, Greek general (b. 1887) 1944 – MineichiKoga, Japanese admiral (b. 1885) 1945 – Frank Findlay, New Zealand banker...
Toyoda was made Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet, replacing MineichiKoga who was killed March 31. The American destroyer escort USS Donnell was...
Global Information
Empire of Japan
Imperial Japanese Navy
Marshal Admiral (posthumous)