VADM Fukudome and Plan “Z”

                                                   1 APRIL 1944                                  VADM FUKUDOME AND PLAN “Z” After diverting to Cebu to escape the path of a violent storm, VADM Shigeru Fukudome’s “Emily” seaplane still found itself in dire straits.  On the approach to Cebu’s harbor this dark night the Read More

The Disappearance of Admiral Koga

                                         31 MARCH-1 APRIL 1944                          THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ADMIRAL KOGA With the death of ADM Isoruku Yamamoto on 18 April 1943 command of the Imperial Japanese Combined Fleet passed to ADM Mineichi Koga.  In February 1944 Koga was forced by American air Read More