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Matome Ugaki (宇垣 纏, Ugaki Matome, 15 February 1890 – 15 August 1945) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, remembered for his extensive and revealing war diary, role at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and kamikaze suicide hours after the announced surrender of Japan at the end of the war.
Admiral Ugaki fractured an arm and suffered a broken artery; fleet paymaster Admiral Kitamura and pilot Hayashi also survived. Assistant air staff officer Muroi Suteji apparently died from bullet wounds as American fighters attacked.
Aug 26, 2017 · In Oct 1944, he commanded the First Battleship Division, which included Yamato and Musashi, in the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea. Near the end of the war, Ugaki was the commanding officer of the 5th Air Fleet, directing the kamikaze special attacks against Allied ships off Okinawa.
Aug 20, 2018 · When Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender, Admiral Matome Ugaki decided to lead one final mission. ‘My thoughts ran wild seeking ways to save the empire,” Admiral Matome Ugaki wrote in his diary on the last day of 1944.
The combined Fleet cruised to the east of the Solomons intending to pounce once the Japanese army had advanced. Of course the plans had been brainstormed by Yamamoto; Rear Admiral Matome Ugaki, his chief of staff; plus the specialist planners at headquarters.
Jan 26, 2021 · Fading victory : the diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki, 1941-1945. Ugaki, Matome; Prange, The National Museum of the Pacific War, located in Fredericksburg, TX, tells the human story of World War II in the Pacific in more than 55,000 sq ft of….
Sep 1, 1994 · Vice-admiral Matome Ugaki of the Japanese navy kept a diary of his experiences during World War II down to his own fruitless suicide run after peace had been declared. It is this diary that forms the basis of Hoyt's book.
