The Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff was the highest organ within the Imperial Japanese Navy. In charge of planning and operations, it was headed by an Admiral headquartered in Tokyo.
Imperial Japanese Navy HQ, 1930s
Ito Toshiyoshi
Inoue Yoshika
Kuranosuke Nakamuta
Osami Nagano
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Osami Nagano was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of the leaders of Japan's military during most of the Second World War. In April 1941, he became Chief of the Imperial Japanese
Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff
…1930 2 February 1932 1 year, 236 days 14 Admiral Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu 伏見宮博恭王 (1875–1946) 2 February 1932 9 April 1941 9 years, 66 days 15 Admiral Osami Nagano 永野修身 (1880–1947) 9 April 1941 21 February 1944 2 years, 318 days 16 Admiral Shigetarō Shimada 嶋田繁太郎 (1883–1976) 21 February 1944 2 August 1944 163 days…
Osami Nagano (c. 1943–45)
Osami Nagano, c. 1940