Jinichi Kusaka
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| Jinichi Kusaka | |
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| December 7, 1888 – August 24, 1972 | |
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| Place of birth | Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Battles/wars | World War II oNew Guinea campaign oGuadalcanal campaign oSolomon Islands campaign |
Jinichi Kusaka, December 7, 1888 – August 24, 1972,[1] was a commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
At the beginning of the war Kusaka commanded the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy. On September 28, 1942 he took command of the 11th Air Fleet located at the major Japanese base of Rabaul on New Britain in the South Pacific.[2] Throughout the Guadalcanal campaign Kusaka's air units battled the Allied Cactus Air Force for control of the air around Guadalcanal, a battle that the Allied air forces eventually won.
Later in the Solomon Islands campaign, Kusaka also directed the employment of naval ships and combat personnel involved in the fighting against Allied forces advancing up the Solomon Islands chain towards Rabaul. On September 6, 1945, Kusaka, acting as the senior officer for Japanese naval forces in the Rabaul area, along with Lieutenant General Hitoshi Imamura, the senior Imperial Japanese Army commander for the area, surrendered Rabaul to Allied forces.[3]
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- Altobello, Brian (2000). Into the Shadows Furious. Presidio Press. ISBN 0-89141-717-6.
- Bergerud, Eric M. (2000). Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific. Boulder, CO, USA: Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-3869-7.
- D'Albas, Andrieu (1965). Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II. Devin-Adair Pub. ISBN 081595302X.
- Frank, Richard B. (1990). Guadalcanal : The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle. New York: Penguin Group. ISBN 0-14-016561-4.
- Gailey, Harry A. (1991). Bougainville, 1943-1945: The Forgotten Campaign. Lexington, Kentucky, USA: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-9047-9. - neutral review of this book here:[2]
- Miller, Thomas G. (1969). Cactus Air Force. Admiral Nimitz Foundation. ISBN 0-934841-17-9.
- Morison, Samuel Eliot (1958). The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942 – February 1943, vol. 5 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-58305-7. Online views of selections of the book:[3]
- Morison, Samuel Eliot (1958). Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, vol. 6 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Castle Books. 0785813071.
- Sakaida, Henry (1996). The Siege of Rabaul. St. Paul, MN, USA: Phalanx. ISBN 1-883809-09-6.
[edit] Web
- Naval History via Flix. Kusaka Jinichi. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- Nishida, Hiroshi. Imperial Japanese Navy. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- Rentz, John (1952). Marines in the Central Solomons (English). Historical Branch, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Retrieved on May 30, 2006.
