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Toyoda Soemu (Japanese
豊田副武) (May
22,
1885 -
September 22,
1957) was a
Japanese
admiral of
World War II.
He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1905 and joined the Japanese
Navy and by 1941 had reached the rank of admiral and was commander of the
Kure Naval Station.
In November 1942 he became a member of the Supreme War Council and in
May 1943 he took command of the Yokosuka Naval Base.
After the death of Admiral Mineichi Koga Toyoda was appointed Commander
in Chief of the Combined Fleet in May 1944. The following month he
implemented Plan A-Go but it resulted in the heavy defeat of Jisaburo
Ozawa in the Battle of the Philippine Sea (19-20 June).
As a member of the Supreme War Council Toyoda argued against Emperor
Hirohito desire for a negotiated peace after the dropping of the atom
bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Soemu Toyoda died in 1957
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