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Japanese Navy Ministry
Takasu Shiro had commanded a Japanese carrier
division in the Shanghai
battle of 1937 and had subsequently served as president of the Naval
War College. He was in
command of 1 Fleet when war broke
out in the
Pacific. His ships sat at anchor during most of the early
months of the war,
held in reserve for the Decisive Battle that dominated Japanese naval
strategic
thinking. However, he sortied to provide distant cover to the
Aleutian
invasion force during
the Midway
campaign.
By late 1942 Takasu had been relegated to command
of
Southwest Area
Fleet. Returned to Tokyo in mid-1944, he died in September of
that year from "disease contracted at the front".
| 1884-10-27 |
Born | |
| 1907-11-20 | Midshipman |
Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 10th in a class of 172. Assigned to CL Itsukushima |
| 1908-7-28 | CL Akashi |
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| 1908-12-25 | Ensign | |
| 1910-12-1 | Lieutenant junior grade |
Gunnery School Basic Course |
| 1911-4-20 | Torpedo School Basic Course | |
| 1911-8-4 | BB Aki |
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| 1912-5-22 | CL Adzuma |
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| 1913-5-1 | BC Tsukuba |
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| 1913-12-1 | Lieutenant | Naval College B-Course |
| 1914-5-27 | Gunnery School Advanced Course | |
| 1914-12-1 | BB Kawachi |
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| 1915-12-7 | CL Tokiwa |
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| 1916-12-1 | Instructor, Gunnery School |
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| 1917-12-1 | Naval College A-Course | |
| 1919-12-1 | Lieutenant
commander |
1 Naval District |
| 1920-12-1 | Staff, Bureau of Personnel, Navy Ministry |
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| 1922-2-15 | Resident in United Kingdom |
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| 1923-6-1 | Assistant Attache, United Kingdom | |
| 1923-12-1 | Commander | |
| 1924-11-1 | Executive officer, CL Iwate | |
| 1926-9-15 | Instructor, Naval College | |
| 1928-12-10 | Captain | |
| 1929-11-27 | Commander, CL Isuzu |
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| 1930-12-1 | Attache, United Kingdom | |
| 1933-3-10 | Navy General Staff |
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| 1933-11-15 | Chief of staff, 3 Fleet |
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| 1934-11-15 | Rear admiral |
Chief, N3, Navy General Staff |
| 1936-12-1 | Commander, Carrier Division 1 |
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| 1937-12-1 | Commander, Training FLeet |
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| 1938-8-1 | Commander, Manchuria Expeditionary Force |
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| 1938-11-15 | Vice admiral |
Director, Naval College |
| 1939-9-29 | Commander, 5 Fleet |
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| 1939-11-15 | Commander, 2 China
Fleet |
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| 1940-11-15 | Commander, 4 Fleet |
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| 1941-8-11 | Commander, 1 Fleet |
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| 1942-7-14 | Navy General Staff |
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| 1942-9-15 | Commander, Southwest Area Fleet |
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| 1944-3-1 | Admiral | |
| 1944-6-18 | Supreme War Council |
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| 1944-9-2 | Dies from disease contracted at the front |
References
Materials
of IJN (accessed 2008-4-2)
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