Takeo Takagi

Takagi Takeo (Japanese高木 武雄; born January 25, 1892 in Fukushima prefecture, † July 8th, 1944 on Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands ) was a Vice Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1911 Takeo Takagi 1921 was commander of a submarine. Early 1930s he undertook a study trip to the United States and Europe. After a brief teaching at the Japanese Navy Staff College, he took some commands as a sea captain. He served as the commander of the battleship Mutsu.

At the beginning of the Pacific War Takeo Takagi was the commander of a small fleet, with which he supported the landing troops in the Philippines and the Sunda Islands. This battle group, which consisted of several cruisers, destroyers, and escort aircraft carriers, also drove escorts for the land units on 27 February 1942 were as Java Ostkampfgruppe under Rear Admiral Shoji Nishimura to invade the go. In the Battle of the Java Sea succeeded them make an important victory over the Allied fleet lying there.

At the Battle of the Coral Sea had its fleet but suffered a crushing defeat in May of the same year. The same thing happened when he. , As commanding Vice Admiral at the Battle of Midway, who led 5th Cruiser Division

1943 Takeo Takagi was given command of the 6th U-boat fleet. At the beginning of 1944 he moved their headquarters from Truk on the Mariana Island of Saipan. After the American landing there in June 1944, quickly drew from the Japanese defeat and Takeo Takagi took under the rules of Bushido life.

• Admiral ( Imperial Japanese Navy)
• Person in the Pacific War
• Of the Order of the Rising Sun
• Japanese
• Born in 1892
• Died in 1944
• Man