Supreme War Council (Japan) - Supreme Council For The Direction of The War

In 1944, Prime Minister Kuniaki Koiso established the Supreme Council for the Direction of the War (Saikō sensō shidō kaigi), which replaced the earlier Supreme War Council. At the end of the war on August 14, 1945, it consisted of:

Prime Minister: Admiral Suzuki Kantarō
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Togo Shigenori
Minister of War: General Anami Korechika
Minister of the Navy: Admiral Yonai Mitsumasa
Chief of the Army General Staff: General Yoshijirō Umezu
Chief of the Navy General Staff: Admiral Toyoda Soemu

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