Minoru Ōta
... that Rear Admiral Minoru Ōta , commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Okinawa, had earlier been earmarked to command Japanese landing forces at the Battle of Midway?
... that <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Rear_Admiral" id="mwDa8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rear Admiral">Rear Admiral</a> <b id="mwDbA"><a href="./Minoru_Ōta" id="mwDbE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Minoru Ōta">Minoru Ōta</a></b> <i id="mwDbI">(pictured)</i>, commander of the <a href="./Imperial_Japanese_Navy" id="mwDbM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> at the <a href="./Battle_of_Okinawa" id="mwDbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Okinawa">Battle of Okinawa</a>, had earlier been earmarked to command <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Japanese_Special_Naval_Landing_Forces" id="mwDbU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces">Japanese landing forces</a> at the <a href="./Battle_of_Midway" id="mwDbY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a>?