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2 unusual facts about Navy General Staff


Navy General Staff

The Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff, the highest organ within the Imperial Japanese Navy, in charge of planning and operations, active from 1893 to 1945

The Hellenic Navy General Staff, the general staff of the Hellenic Navy, the naval component of the Greek Armed Forces, active from 1907 to 1941 and since 1944



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Shiro Kawase

Kawase began another tour of duty with the Navy General Staff in Tokyo on 15 February 1944, then moved briefly to the position of assistant chief of staff of the Southwest Area Fleet – which coordinated naval, air, and ground forces for the occupation and defense of the Philippine Islands, French Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, and the Netherlands East Indies – on 5 June 1944.