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MINORU GENDA

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
MINORU GENDA
He planned the attack on Pearl Harbor

(1904 - 1989) Japanese military aviator and politician, best known for planning the Pearl Harbor attack. He recommended Mitsuo Fuchida, his classmate at the Japanese Naval Academy, to lead the Pearl Harbor attack, and was responsible for much of the training, especially in the new tactics of shallow-water torpedo use, effective use of level-bombing by tactical aircraft, and coordinating several aircraft carriers simultaneously. Rare T.L.S. on his House of Councilors letterhead, 1p. 4to., Tokyo, Oct. 27, 1970, in part: "...I agree [with] you that the greatest misery of the world derives from the spread of Communism. We, the free nations, must defend the spread of it solidifying our unity for the benefit of ourselves and our descendants...". Fine.

Estimate: $200 - 300.

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