Shigeyoshi Miwa
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Shigeyoshi Miwa (三輪 茂義, Miwa Shigeyoshi, May 15, 1892 – February 27, 1959), was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He commanded the Japanese submarine forces during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Biography
Miwa was a native of
In 1924, Miwa was given his first true command, that of Submarine No. 45 (the future Ro-26). He became commanding officer of the submarine Ro-60 in 1925. From 1925 to 1932, Miwa served in various staff positions on the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff and as an instructor at the Naval Staff College on submarine warfare issues. He was promoted to captain in 1932, and assigned command of the 30th Submarine Group.[3]
From 1935 to 1936, Miwa was captain of the
Miwa returned to the Naval General Staff in April 1942 and was promoted to vice admiral and placed in charge of the Naval Shipbuilding Command. In July 1944, he became commander-in-chief of the 6th Fleet, in charge of all submarine operations for the Imperial Japanese Navy, and served in this capacity during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944.[7][8]
With his forces taking increasing casualties due to the increasing numbers of American warships and aircraft with increasingly effective anti-submarine warfare equipment, Miwa (although initially opposed[9]) became a strong proponent of the Kaiten suicide submarine program.[10] He was relieved of this command and returned to the Navy General Staff in May 1945.
Miwa went into retirement after the surrender of Japan in September 1945. He died in 1959 at age 66.
Notes
- ^ Nishida, Hiroshi, Imperial Japanese Navy
- ^ Nishidah, Imperial Japanese Navy
- ^ Miwa Shigeyoshi Pacific War On-Line Encyclopedia
- ^ IJN KINU: Tabular Record of Movement, combinedfleet.com
- ^ Prange. At Dawn We Slept. Page 339
- ^ Goldstein. The Pearl Harbor Papers, page 272
- ^ Morison. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 12: Leyte. page 151
- ^ Padfield. War Beneath the Sea. Page 454
- ^ Dunnigan. Victory at Sea. Page 454
- ^ Sheftal. Blossoms in the Wind. page 438
References
- Fuller, Richard (1992). Shokan: Hirohito's Samurai. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 1-85409-151-4.
- Boyd, Carl; Yoshida Akihiko (2002). The Japanese Submarine Force and World War II. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-080-0.
- Dunnigan, Gordon (1982). Victory at Sea: World War II in the Pacific. Harper. ISBN 0-688-14947-2.
- Goldstein, Donald M (1999). The Pearl Harbor Papers: Inside the Japanese Plans. Potomac Books. ISBN 1-57488-222-8.
- Morison, Samuel Eliot (2002). History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 12: Leyte, June 1944-January 1945. Chicago: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-07065-8.
- Prange, Gordon (1982). At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-015734-4.
- Sheftal, MG (2005). Blossoms in the Wind: Human Legacies of the Kamikaze. NAL Hardcover. ISBN 0-451-21487-0.
- Wheeler, Keith (1980). War Under the Pacific. Time-Life Books. ISBN 0-8094-3375-3.
External links
- Nishida, Hiroshi. "Imperial Japanese Navy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-14.
- Pacific War On-Line Encyclopedia