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Mitsumasa Yonai (米内 光政, Yonai Mitsumasa, 2 March 1880 – 20 April 1948) was a Japanese navy officer and politician. He served as admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, Minister of the Navy, and Prime Minister of Japan in 1940.
Mitsumasa Yonai, 1880–1948, Japanese naval officer and political leader, b. Morioka. He attended the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy (grad. 1901) and the Naval War College, served in the Russo-Japanese War, and was a naval attaché to Russia (1915–17 and Poland (1921–22).
This web page is part of a series of historical essays by the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) on the end of World War II. It covers the Japanese decision to surrender, the role of Emperor Hirohito, and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Mitsumasa Yonai was a Japanese admiral and prime minister who served in various naval and political roles during WW2. He was a moderate who opposed alliance with Germany and sought to preserve the emperor, but he resigned in 1940 due to army pressure.
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Mitsumasa Yonai knew that he had in him the genes of command. Nearly six feet tall, weighing 188 pounds, with airplane shoulders and a tri-motor voice, big of hands and feet and manner, he had...
Yonai Mitsumasa (1880-1948) Yonai Mitsumasa was born in Iwate prefecture and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1901 and the Naval Staff College in 1914. He was a language officer in Russia and Germany before commanding several battleships.
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Mitsumasa Yonai The 37th Prime Minister. Born : March 2, 1880, Iwate Prefecture Deceased : April 20, 1948: Tenure of office as Prime Minister: January 16, 1940 - July ...
