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Tamon Yamaguchi (山口 多聞, Yamaguchi Tamon, 17 August 1892 – 5 June 1942) was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and in the Pacific War during World War II.
Jul 26, 2017 · Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi, who served as commander-in-chief for the 2nd Carrier Division, met his end during the Battle of Midway six months after the Pearl Harbor attack. His aircraft was shot down during what is often considered the turning point of the Pacific war.
Feb 21, 2013 · Tamon Yamaguchi was born in the Shimane prefecture in Japan in 1892, and graduated from the Japanese Naval Academy in 1912. In 1918, as a navigation officer, he was exposed to naval aviation while escorting German submarines en route to be delivered as repatriation payments.
By recklessly pursuing the two remaining U.S. aircraft carriers with a force that included the last Japanese carrier, Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo (left) and Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi placed their tactical decisions above the broad Japanese effort to win the war.
Jul 14, 2020 · After Japan's defeat at Midway, admiral Tamon Yamaguchi chose to stay behind and go down with the ship. Was this a regular occurence for Japanese officers, and if so, did the loss of capable officers due to honorrable suicides have a significant negative effect on the Japanese war effort?
May 27, 2024 · About 10:50 am, as the other three Japanese carriers burned, Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi, commander of the battle group which included the Soryu and the Hiryu, ordered a hastily assembled attack force into the air.
Feb 2, 2023 · Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi KIA Midway, June 5, 1942. Born Aug. 17, 1892 in Koishikawa Tokyo, Tamon Yamaguchi came from a samurai family and was given the childhood name of a legendary 14th century samurai, Kusunoki Masashige. In 1912 he graduated 21st out of 144 cadets from the Naval Academy.
Dec 10, 2023 · Born on the 17th of August in the 25th year of the Meji Emperor 1892), Tamon Yamaguchu was a native of the Tokyo district of Koishikawa. The scion of a Samurai clan, he would show promise in school, and in 1912 graduated from the Imperial Naval Academy, and soon found hiself serving on the cruiser Tskuma when the Great War broke out.
Seventy-five years ago, with three of four Japanese aircraft carriers smashed, Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo and Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi rolled the dice at the Battle of Midway. Despite the threat of more U.S. carrier plane strikes, Nagumo assembled his heavy warships and steamed toward the enemy in a bid to bring on a surface engagement.
Yamaguchi Tamon (1892-1942) CombinedFleet.com. Yamaguchi Tamon was born in Shimane prefecture and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1912. He graduated from the Naval Staff College in 1924 and attended the London Naval Conference of 1929-1930.
