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Chūichi Nagumo (南雲 忠一, Nagumo Chūichi, 25 March 1887 – 6 July 1944) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II.Nagumo led Japan's main carrier battle group, the Kido Butai, in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and over the next months in successful raids on Darwin in Australia and in the Indian Ocean.
The Central Pacific Area Fleet was a short-lived operational headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Navy, established on March 4, 1944. With United States Navy forces having driven the Japanese out of the Marshall Islands and Caroline Islands in late 1943 to early 1944, the remnants of Japanese naval forces from those areas regrouped under the direction of Admiral Chuichi Nagumo.
Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo [c] 1st Carrier Division Vice Admiral Nagumo Carrier Akagi Mitsubishi A6M "Zeke" fighter Akagi (Captain Kiichi Hasegawa Air Officer (Commander Shogo Masuda) VF Leader (Lieutenant Commander Shigeru Itaya) 1st FCU Wave 1: 9 × A6M2 "Zero" (Lieutenant Commander Itaya) (one aircraft lost)
Japanese Vice Adm. Chuichi Nagumo was reportedly “incensed” that the US warship was spotted within 16 miles of his forces and ordered them immediately to intercept, according to the NHHC ...
However, in death there is life. I will advance with you to deliver another blow to the American devils and leave my bones on Saipan as a fortress of the Pacific". [2] By 7 July, the Japanese had nowhere to retreat. [3] Over Nagumo's objections, Saito made plans for a final suicidal banzai charge. On the fate of the remaining civilians on the ...
Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo in fleet carrier Shokaku Carrier Group Vice Admiral Nagumo 2 Shōkaku-class fleet carriers Shōkaku (Capt. Masafumi Arima) 27 Mitsubishi A6M "Zeke" fighters (Lt. Hideki Shingo) 27 Aichi D3A "Val" dive bombers (Lt. Cdr. Mamoru Seki) 18 Nakajima B5N "Kate" torpedo bombers (Lt. Cdr. Shigeharu Murata) Zuikaku (Capt ...
This mobile task force was created for the attack on Pearl Harbor under Vice-Admiral Chūichi Nagumo in 1941. [24] For the attack, the Kidō Butai consisted of six aircraft carriers (commanded by Chūichi Nagumo, Tamon Yamaguchi and Chūichi Hara ) with 414 airplanes, two battleships , three cruisers , nine destroyers, eight tankers , 23 ...
Avicii was found dead in the afternoon hours of April 20, 2018, according to a statement from his rep. His tragic death came two years after he announced his retirement from touring in March 2016.