Operation Z (1944)
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Operation Z was a defensive plan put into place by the Japanese during World War II to defend the Mariana Islands, and in particular, Saipan.
Fukudome and Koga in summer of 1943.
Shigeru Fukudome
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Shigeru Fukudome was an admiral and Chief of Staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet during World War II.
Operation Z (1944)
…1944, when Mineichi Koga and some of his staff were killed in two separate plane crashes, while the remainder were captured. Among those captured was Shigeru Fukudome, who was in the second plane (not Koga's). After extricating himself from the wreckage, he was able to locate land and began to swim ashore. After…
Shigeru Fukudome