Nobutake Kondo was born in 1886 and graduated from the Japanese Naval Academy in 1907. His career included extensive service at sea and ashore. He was President of the Japanese Naval Staff College and Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet during the 1930s. During the first part of the Pacific War, he commanded the Second Fleet, participating in the invasions of Malaya, the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies. During the Battle of Midway, VAdm. Kondo commanded the Midway Occupation Force and Covering Group. Subsequently, he played a leading role during the Guadalcanal campaign, commanding Japanese naval forces present in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 23-25 August 1942, the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 26-27 October and the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal's battleship action on 15 November 1942.
This page features our only pictures of Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondo, IJN.
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Photo #: NH 63696 Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondo, Imperial Japanese Navy Portrait photograph, taken during the World War II era. Original photograph was in the files of Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison, USNR. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 64KB; 585 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 79962 Admiral Osami Nagano, IJN, Chief of the Japanese Navy General Staff (seated in the center of the front row) Souvenir photograph of attendees at a luncheon given by Admiral Nagano for foreign military and naval attaches and their assistants, at the Tokyo Naval Club on 6 May 1940. Those present are listed in Photo # NH 79962 (complete caption). Courtesy of Captain H.H. Smith-Hutton, USN (Retired), via Captain Paul B. Ryan, USN, 1975. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 143KB; 740 x 600 pixels |
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Page made 4 May 1999
Coding updated 3 May 2009