Organization of the Imperial Japanese Navy Alaskan Strike Group

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Organization of Japanese Alaskan Strike Group (Aleutians)

Japanese Navy units in the Alaskan Operation

=Commander in Chief, Navy Alaskan Strike Group=

  • Boshiro Hosogaya:-Commander-in-Chief, Navy Alaskan Strike Group, Aleutian Campaign{{Cite book |last=Perras |first=Galen Roger |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aBRyTgbw_jMC |title=Stepping Stones to Nowhere: The Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American Military Strategy, 1867-1945 |date=2003 |publisher=UBC Press |isbn=978-0-7748-0990-0 |pages=100 |language=en}}

=1st Support Group Commander=

=2nd Carrier Squad Commander=

  • Kakuji Kakuta:-Lead, Escort Carriers Ryujo (37 aircraft) (among its fighter pilots aboard were Tadayuki Koga), and Junyo (45 aircraft).{{Cite book |last=Garfield |first=Brian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9_bgaZyjnJkC |title=Thousand-Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians |date=2010-04-15 |publisher=University of Alaska Press |isbn=978-1-60223-117-7 |pages=10–42 |language=en}} Both Carriers were equipped with Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" fighters, Aichi D3A1 "Val" Dive-bombers and Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" Torpedo-bombers.

=3rd Cruiser Division (2° Section)=

  • Comprising the Cruisers Maya, Takao, and three destroyers

=Navy Aleutian Occupation force=

=Attu Group Commander=

  • Sentaro Omori:-led Light Cruiser Abukuma, four destroyers, one minelayer, one transport (1,200 soldiers)

=Kiska Group Commander=

  • Takeo Ono:-Guiding the light cruisers Kiso, Tama, one auxiliary cruiser (Asaka Maru), three destroyers, two minelayers, two transports (1,250 soldiers)

=Navy Hidro Fighter unit in Aleutian Operation=

Japanese Army Units in the Alaskan Operation

=North Seas Detachment Commanders=

  • Matsutoshi Hozumi:-He led one infantry battalion whose mission was to occupy the islands of Attu, Kiska, and Adak, in conjunction with naval units.
  • Juichiro Mineki:-he replaced at Hozumi in command of unit and receiving command of a reinforced group, grown to three infantry battalions, under Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Fleet.

=Last Japanese Navy Infantry Commander in Alaskan Campaign=

  • Yasugo Yamazaki:-commander of last Japanese Navy infantry group in Attu Japanese held island

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