Soemu Toyoda (豊田副武 Toyoda Soemu, May 22, 1885 - September 22, 1957) was a Japanese Navy admiral in World War II. May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead: 50,000,000 Military dead: 8,000,000 Civilian dead: 4,000,000 Total dead 12,000,000 World War II (abbreviated WWII), or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict...

He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1905 and joined the Imperial Japanese Navy. By 1941 he had reached the rank of admiral and was commander of the Kure Naval Station. 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍   or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun), officially Navy of Empire of Greater Japan, also known as the Japanese Navy or Combined Fleet was the Navy of Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japans constitutional renunciation of the use of force... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ...

In November 1942 he became a member of the Supreme War Council and in May 1943 he took command of the Yokosuka Naval Base. Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Supreme War Council was de-facto inner cabinet of Japan prior and during World War II. Among memberes were Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of War, the Minister of the Navy, the chiefs of the General Staffs of both the Army and the Navy. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Categories: Cities in Kanagawa Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ...

After the death of Admiral Mineichi Koga, Toyoda was appointed Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet on May 3, 1944. In June of the same year he drafted and implemented Plan A-Go but it resulted in a decisive defeat of the Japanese Navy under the command of Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Mineichi Koga (1885-March 31/April, 1944) was a Japanese admiral and successor to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto as commander of the Imperial Japanese Navys Combined Fleet. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Jisaburo Ozawa (小沢治三郎 Ozawa Jisaburō, October 2, 1886 – November 9, 1966) was a Japanese admiral during World War II. He was the last Commander-in-Chief of Combined Fleet. ... Combatants United States Navy Imperial Japanese Navy Commanders Ray Spruance Jisaburo Ozawa Strength 7 heavy carriers, 8 light carriers, 7 battleships, 79 other ships, 28 submarines, 956 planes 6 heavy carriers, 3 light carriers, 5 battleships, 43 other ships, 450 carrier-based planes, 300 land-based planes Casualties 123 planes...

As a member of the Supreme War Council, Toyoda argued against Emperor Hirohito's desire for a negotiated peace after the dropping of the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Hirohito (裕仁), the Shōwa Emperor (昭和天皇), (April 29, 1901 - January 7, 1989) reigned over Japan from 1926 to 1989. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ... For other uses, see Hiroshima (disambiguation). ... Nagasaki (Japanese: 長崎市, Nagasaki-shi  , long peninsula) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...

Soemu Toyoda died in 1957 at the age of 73.

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Midshipman - 28 November 1905

Ensign - 20 December 1906

Sublieutenant - 25 September 1908

Lieutenant - 1 December 1911

Lieutenant Commander - 1 April 1917

Commander - 1 April 1921

Captain - 1 December 1925

Rear Admiral - 1 December 1931

Vice Admiral - 15 November 1935

Admiral - 18 September 1941