Word: oikawa
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...same strain ran through the other appointments. Admiral Koshiro Oikawa, who had accomplished nothing in ten months as chief of naval staff, was kicked upstairs to an ornamental advisory role; fat, ugly Admiral Soemu Toyoda moved up from commander in chief of the fleet to chief of naval staff, opening the way for Ozawa. And into Ozawa's place, as vice chief of staff, came Vice Admiral Takijiro Onishi, who was the "originator as well as one of the persons who perfected the air special-attack [Kamikaze] corps...
Strike One on Oikawa. Before Oikawa, who self-consciously calls war an art, had time to prove his artistry, the U.S. Pacific Fleet had humiliated him even more than his predecessors had been. A fast carrier task force bored into the Bonin Islands-closer to Tokyo than ever before-destroyed a Jap convoy and plastered Empire military and naval works less than 600 miles from Imperial Headquarters...
...heavily escorted convoy. They sank four cargo ships, three naval escort craft, four barges. Then, for the first time in the new island campaign, U.S. surface ships closed in for the kill with their guns. They sank a large destroyer, a cargo ship, other miscellaneous items of Oikawa's auxiliary navy...
Guess Which, Oikawa. On the Bonin strike, Jap shore establishments caught it, too. From Muko Jima, 580 miles from Tokyo, all the way down the 80-mile chain, cruisers and destroyers thoroughly and thoughtfully shelled every Jap base that looked worthwhile...
...Admiral Oikawa could try to figure it out. Was this just a raid? Or did it mean that Americans were dropping their plan to take the Philippines in favor of a drive up through the Bonins? Or were they going to fight both ways at once...