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Maeda Minoru was a rear admiral in
charge of N-3, the Japanese
Imperial Naval
Staff intelligence
section, at the outbreak of
war. However, he had no particularly expertise on the United States, having made only
three brief visits to the country. Prange (1988) describes him as
"clever, cagey, and closed-mouthed."
He subsequently led 24 Air Flotilla at Midway and served in staff and diplomatic posts in China. By the time of the Okinawa campaign in April 1945 he was a vice admiral and commander of 10 Air Fleet, a training formation.
| 1893-2-10 | born | |
| 1913-12-19 |
Midshipman | Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 3rd in a class of 118. Assigned to CL Asama |
| 1914-8-11 | BB Kawachi |
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| 1914-12-1 | Ensign |
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| 1915-6-30 | Awaiting assignment |
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| 1915-9-8 | BB Fuso |
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| 1916-12-1 | LTJG | Torpedo School Basic Course |
| 1917-6-1 | Gunnery School Basic Course | |
| 1917-12-1 | CL Asama |
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| 1918-7-16 | BB Ise |
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| 1918-12-1 | DD Amatsukaze |
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| 1919-4-5 | Naval College Selective Course | |
| 1919-12-1 | Lieutenant |
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| 1921-3-19 | BB Mikasa |
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| 1921-11-20 | Resident officer, Poland | |
| 1924-6-10 | DD Hamakaze |
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| 1924-12-1 | Lieutenant
commander |
BB Yamashiro |
| 1925-10-20 | Navy General Staff |
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| 1928-11-1 | PG Hira |
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| 1929-11-30 | Commander | |
| 1930-5-1 | Staff, Chinkai Guard
District |
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| 1931-5-1 | Attache, USSR | |
| 1934-9-1 | Navy General Staff |
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| 1934-11-15 | Captain | Chief, S7, N3, Navy General Staff |
| 1938-1-25 | CL Yakumo |
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| 1938-7-11 | Attache, USSR / Attache, Finland | |
| 1938-11-14 | Navy General Staff |
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| 1939-1-18 | Staff, 5 Fleet |
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| 1939-11-15 | Chief, Kainan I Naval Special Task Office | |
| 1940-2-15 | Navy General Staff |
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| 1940-4-15 | 1 Naval District |
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| 1940-6-1 | Chief of staff, Training Fleet | |
| 1940-10-15 | Chief, N3, Navy General Staff |
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| 1940-11-15 | Rear armiral |
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| 1940-12-6 | Chief, N3, Navy General Staff | |
| 1942-5-15 | Staff, 11 Air Fleet |
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| 1942-6-1 | Commander, 24 Air
Flotilla |
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| 1943-2-1 | Staff, China
Area Fleet |
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| 1943-2-10 | Attache, China
(Nanking
Government) |
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| 1943-11-1 | Vice admiral |
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| 1944-1-14 | Staff, China Area Fleet | |
| 1944-7-20 | Attache, China (Nanking Government) | |
| 1945-2-10 | Naval Air Command |
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| 1945-3-1 | Commander, 10 Air Fleet |
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| 1945-10-10 | Retires |
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| 1946-3-25 | Recalled and assigned to Department of
2nd Demobilization |
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| 1946-6-15 | Director, Bureau of 2nd Demobilization, Demobilization Agency | |
| 1948-1-1 | Retires | |
| 1990-4-3 | Dies |
References
Materials
of IJN (accessed 2008-5-17)
Prange
(1981)
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