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...pattern of these skirmishes, both naval and verbal, indicated that both sides have some pretty heavy plans for the South Pacific. On the Japanese side, the man responsible for plans was the man who had Secretary Knox on the edge of his chair-Chief of Staff Osami Nagano. He must orient his plans, whatever they may be, to the situation in which Japan now finds herself. It is an excellent defensive position. To the east there is a stretch of Pacific across which the U.S. would hesitate to send an all-out amphibian invasion, knowing what carrier and land-based...
...Admiral Osami Nagano knew the 5-5-3 ratio well. He was instrumental in Japan's defying...
...ratio was invented at the Washington Naval Conference of 1921-22. At the Geneva conference in 1932, Japan's delegate Osami Nagano proposed the abolition of aircraft carriers, long-range submarines, limitation of large offensive capital ships. If his proposals had been accepted, Japan would have been safe from transpacific attack, and could have pursued her ambitions in the China seas without fear...
...Officer Mentality. Osami Nagano represents the most aggressive, hearty, popular officer type Japan possesses: he is a kind of Greater East Asian Halsey. He is big for a Japanese-about 5 ft. 9 in., and built like a barrel. He is famous for being able to roll liquor past his tongue without loosening it. He is, as all Japanese warriors should be, a good family man: at the age of 62 he is presently engaged in raising a family with his third wife. He laughs with his belly and his guts are tough...
...Osami Nagano, the bluff, hearty sailor, became Chief of Naval General Staff in charge of operations on April 9, 1941. He still held the job on Dec. 7, 1941. What happened that day was not an accident...