Re: Aleutian campaign

According to 'Shattered Sword (pp. 37-38),' it was General Shinichi Tanaka
on the Army General Staff. Perhaps more info can be found in the book cited
as in the footnotes as the source: "Hawaii Under the Rising Sun" by John
Stephan, Univ of Hawaii Press, 1984, p. 95.


"redvet" <redvet@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:25:38 -0500, "Mike Piacente"
<mpiacente@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Not really. As a matter of fact, in the book, "Shattered Sword," about
the
Midway battle, there is discussion in the book about the invasion of the
Aleutians. Several Japanese staff officers and other officers questioned
the wisdom of seizing Midway and the Aleutians (1500 and 2500 miles from
Japan) and being able to defend/resupply both islands. One Japanese
general
REFUSED to supply troops for either invasion.



Mike, do you recall the name of the Japanese general who refused to
send troops for those campaigns? I'm thinking that someone with that
foresight might have done other interesting things. - redvet


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