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Death of Seiichi Ito

Japan · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1945

Seiichi Ito7 April 1945

East China Sea · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Ito cancels the failed Ten-Go mission after catastrophic air attacks and dies aboard Yamato when the battleship sinks.

Names involved

Seiichi Ito

Provenance

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