Sokichi Takagi
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Sokichi Takagi Rear Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, principally a staff officer and research analyst, whose studies, as early as February 1944, projected a poor outcome for Japan in World War Two in the Pacific.
He led a Naval General staff study group, raised misgivings about the outcome of the war in February 1944. [1]
According to the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, events in his career were:[2]
- 1893 -- Born, Kumamoto, Kyushu.
- 1915 -- Graduate, Naval Academy.
- 1928 -- Went to France to study.
- 1930 -- Assistant Adjutant and Chief Secretary to the Navy Minister.
- 1933 -- Instructor in Naval War College
- -- Commander.
- 1936 -- Member, Naval General Affairs Bureau, and research staff of same.
- 1937 -- Chief of research section, Naval General Affairs Bureau.
- -- Captain.
- 1939 -- Instructor of Naval Administration at the Naval War College.
- 1940 -- Once more Chief of research section of the Naval General Affairs Bureau; attached to the Ministerial Secretariat.
- Jun 1942 -- Chief of Staff, Maizuru Naval Station.
- 1943 -- Attached to Naval General Headquarters.
- -- Rear admiral.
- Mar 1944 -- Chief, Education Bureau, Navy Ministry.
- Sep 1944 -- Again attached to Navy General Headquarters.
- 15 Sep 1945 -- Retired.
References
- ↑ Merion and Susie Harris (1991), Soldiers of the Sun: the Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army, Random House, p. 451
- ↑ Chairman's Office (1 July 1946), Japan's Struggle to End the War, United States Strategic Bombing Survey, p. 33