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Mineichi Koga Biography and Timeline

Follow Mineichi Koga through 4 dated historical records for Japan.

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Mineichi Koga, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

4Distinct records

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1943–1944Years on this page

1943

18 April 1943

Commander in Chief

Commander of Combined Fleet · Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander in Chief, Combined Fleet

18 April 1943

Commander in Chief

Commander of Combined Fleet · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander in Chief, Combined Fleet

Role range: 1939-1945

1944

8 March 1944

Plan Z

Commander of Combined Fleet · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Finalizes Plan Z using Hollandia in New Guinea to launch an attack on the US forces

Role range: 1939-1945

31 March 1944

Death of Mineichi Koga

Commander of Combined Fleet · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Death of Mineichi Koga, in an aircrash

Role range: 1939-1945

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.