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Matome Ugaki (宇垣 纏, Ugaki Matome, 15 February 1890 – 15 August 1945) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, remembered for his extensive and revealing war diary, role at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and kamikaze suicide hours … Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki, one of the Imperial Japanese Navy's top leaders from Pearl Harbor to the end of the war, wrote a 15-volume diary covering his wartime experiences. http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/170750x19846/8330/a0.htm, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matome_Ugaki&oldid=985519717, Japanese military personnel killed in World War II, Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun, Articles containing Japanese-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2017, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 October 2020, at 12:38. Le 3 mai 1944, le vice-amiral Ugaki, remis de ses blessures, prend le commandement de la 1re division de cuirassés qui est constituée du cuirassé Nagato et des deux cuirassés géants de 72 000 tonnes, Yamato et Musashi. Il a tenu un journal intime vaste et révélateur de la guerre. Three survived the crash: Vice-Admiral Matome Ugaki, Captain Motoharu Kitamura and pilot Hiroshi Hayashi. Sans couverture de chasse, l'aviation japonaise basée à terre préférant concentrer ses attaques sur les porte-avions américains[Note 1], le cuirassé Musashi subit ainsi les attaques de vagues de bombardiers en piqué et de bombardiers-torpilleurs, au point qu'en fin d'après-midi, le vice-amiral Kurita décide de faire demi-tour. Chef d'état-major de la Flotte combinée (1941-1943), La supériorité de la chasse embarquée américaine et la puissance de la Défense Contre Avions des bâtiments d'escorte ont fait que le résultat de ces attaques a été décevant, hormis la destruction du porte-avions léger, Ce jour-là, en une heure et vingt minutes, l', Pour organiser cette mission, le vice-amiral Ukaki a pris prétexte qu'il n'avait pas encore reçu d'ordres de la hiérarchie militaire d'exécuter la décision de l'Empereur. Despite the tremendous potential firepower of these three vessels, the largest in the Imperial Navy, only modest damage was inflicted on the American forces, and from the fall of 1944 to the summer of 1945 all three ships would be severely damaged by overwhelming strikes by U.S. carrier-based planes. Surclassés, les navires américains vont opposer une résistance acharnée, le Yamato va ainsi être momentanément contraint de sortir de la ligne de bataille devant la vigueur des attaques de destroyers d'escorte[15],[16]. Though such air attacks throughout this campaign caused fearsome superficial damage and crew casualties to a great number of Allied vessels, no Pacific Fleet surface warships larger than a destroyer were sunk directly by this method during the spring of 1945. Lorsque les forces du général MacArthur débarquent sur l'île de Biak, au nord-est de la Nouvelle-Guinée, le 10 juin, la 1re division de cuirassés appareille pour aller en renforcer la défense. After his promotion to lieutenant on 1 December 1918, he attended naval artillery school, and was assigned as chief gunnery officer to the destroyer Minekaze. ‘My thoughts ran wild seeking ways to save the empire,” Admiral Matome Ugaki wrote in his diary on the last day of 1944. … One year after the downing of the two planes carrying Admiral Yamamoto and Ugaki in April 1943, the diary has a lengthy account (about ten pages) of these events. This detailed diary serves as a valuable primary source to understand the thinking of Japan's military leaders. ), né le 15 février 1890 à Okayama au Japon et mort le 15 août 1945 au large d'Okinawa, est un amiral de la Marine impériale japonaise pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Monzo Akiyama was born in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, in 1891. He subsequently served on the battlecruiser Kongō, cruiser Iwate and destroyer Nara. Franklin D. Roosevelt didn’t have any second thoughts … Ugaki pointed out that he had not yet received an official order to stop military action, so according to the spirit of Bushidō he decided to die like a real samurai during a suicide attack on American warships. Flying at 4,500 feet were two Betty bombers, one carrying Yamamoto and the other his chief of staff, Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki. When Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender, Admiral Matome Ugaki decided to lead one final mission. Detailed View Revision History Sources. After listening to the announcement of Japan's defeat, Ugaki made a last entry in his diary noting that he had not yet received an official cease-fire order, and that as he alone was to blame for the failure of his valiant aviators to stop the enemy, he would fly one last mission himself to show the true spirit of bushido. The flight had a second Betty, aircraft 326, in which Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki and part of Yamamoto's staff was travelling. Masataka Chihaya, author of Fading Victory: The Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki, 1941-1945, on LibraryThing The sailors buried the bodies in the sand. Ugaki planned to hit the invasion forces with hundreds of aircraft and suicide boats in a few hours in Operation Ketsu-Go (Decisive Operation). “Average people have now realized the gravity of the situation, but only too late.” As commander of … The Last Kamikaze. Ugaki was promoted to Captain in 1932 and to Rear Admiral in 1938, and he became Chief-of-Staff of the Combined Fleet … Flying at 4,500 feet were two Betty bombers, one carrying Yamamoto and the other his chief of staff, Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki. In 1935, Ugaki was assigned as a staff officer to the Combined Fleet for a year before he was given his first command: the cruiser Yakumo. Meanwhile, he gathered even more aircraft and hid them to be used in the same fashion in defense of Kyūshū against the expected Allied invasion that was sure to come. En furent notamment victimes les deux navires amiraux successifs de l'amiral Spruance, le croiseur USS Indianapolis le 30 mars[Information douteuse], et le vieux cuirassé USS New Mexico (touché par un navire-suicide), mais ce furent surtout les destroyers piquets radar qui eurent à en souffrir comme l'USS Laffey, le 15 avril, à 30 nautiques d'Okinawa[Note 2],[19]. Matome Ugaki (宇垣 纏, Ugaki Matome? The Japanese navy doctor examining Yamamoto's body determined the head wound killed Yamamoto. Surrender, Admiral Matome Ugaki 15-08-1945: Note: Amiral Emperor Hirohito announced Japan ’ s surrender, Admiral Ugaki. Assigned to the surface and then struggled to swim to shore with a broken right wrist Niigata Prefecture,,., his head crushed and right arm missing, wore a dark green uniform and a short was. Was promoted to Vice Admiral on 1 December 1913 and was promoted to lieutenant commander to battlecruiser! 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