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Gunichi Mikawa (三川 軍一, Mikawa Gun'ichi, 29 August 1888 – 25 February 1981) was a vice-admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Mikawa was the commander of a heavy cruiser force that defeated the U.S. Navy and the Royal Australian Navy at the Battle of Savo Island in Ironbottom Sound on the night of 8–9 August 1942.
Gunichi Mikawa, en japonais : 三川 軍一, né le 29 août 1888 et mort le 25 février 1981, a été un vice-amiral de la Marine impériale japonaise durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Learn about Admiral Gunichi Mikawa, who led the Japanese naval force that defeated the U.S. Navy in the first battle of Savo Island in 1942. Find out how he planned, executed, and survived the daring night attack on the Allied invasion fleet off Guadalcanal.
On the night of 11 October, Japanese naval forces in the Solomon Islands area—under the command of Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa —sent a major supply and reinforcement convoy to their forces on Guadalcanal.
Gunichi Mikawa, en japonais : 三川 軍一, né le 29 août 1888 et mort le 25 février 1981, a été un vice-amiral de la Marine impériale japonaise durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Gunichi Mikawa. Contributor: C. Peter Chen. ww2dbase Mikawa was born on 29 August 1888. He graduated from the Japanese Naval Academy in 1910 at the age of 22, and went on to serve aboard the cruiser Asama, battleship Satsuma, and later the battlecruiser Kongo.
Gunichi Mikawa. Jonathan Parshall: Victor at the Battle of Savo Island, the worst defeat ever suffered by the United States Navy. With a 'pickup team' of mostly aging cruisers and a lone destroyer, Mikawa sortied down 'The Slot' shortly after the U.S. Marine Corps landed on Guadalcanal.
