Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

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flag officer post military rank naval command position

The Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet was the top operational commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s main battle fleet, responsible for planning and directing major naval operations, especially during World War II.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	flag officer post → military rank → naval command position →
abolished	1945 →
appliesToJurisdiction	Imperial Japanese Navy →
country	Empire of Japan →
hasCommandOver	Combined Fleet → main battle fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy →
JapaneseName	Rengō Kantai Sanbōchō →
languageOfWorkOrName	Japanese →
locatedIn	Japan →
militaryBranch	navy →
notableOfficeHolder	Chuichi Nagumo → Gengo Hyakutake NERFINISHED → Heihachiro Togo → Hitoshi Imamura NERFINISHED → Isoroku Yamamoto → Jisaburo Ozawa → Matome Ugaki → Mineichi Koga NERFINISHED → Mitsumasa Yonai NERFINISHED → Nobutake Kondo NERFINISHED → Sadayoshi Yamada NERFINISHED → Sankichi Takahashi NERFINISHED → Shigeru Fukudome NERFINISHED → Shigetarō Shimada NERFINISHED → Shigeyoshi Inoue NERFINISHED → Soemu Toyoda → Sotaro Takeda NERFINISHED → Takeo Kurita →
partOf	Imperial Japanese Navy →
responsibleFor	directing major naval operations → operational control of fleet units → planning major naval operations → strategic deployment of the Combined Fleet →
roleInOrganization	top operational commander of the Combined Fleet →
scopeOfAuthority	operational command of Japan’s main battle fleet →
serviceBranch	Imperial Japanese Navy →
subordinateTo	Imperial General Headquarters → Navy Minister of Japan →
timePeriod	late 19th century to 1945 →
typicalRank	admiral → vice admiral →
usedInConflict	First Sino-Japanese War → Pacific War → Russo-Japanese War → Second Sino-Japanese War → World War II →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Isoroku Yamamoto → Jisaburō Ozawa → Mineichi Koga → Soemu Toyoda →	positionHeld