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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.
Nagumo Chūichi: 8 July 1944* Takagi Takeo: ... Itō Seiichi: 7 April 1945* Tsukahara Nishizō: 15 May 1945 Inoue Shigeyoshi: 15 May 1945 Vice Admirals
At the crucial Battle of Midway, Tone and CruDiv 8 was part of Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo's Carrier Striking Force. On 4 June, Tone and Chikuma each launched two "Jakes" to search out 300 miles (480 km) for American carriers.
Tamon Yamaguchi (山口 多聞, Yamaguchi Tamon, 17 August 1892 – 5 June 1942) was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and in the Pacific War during World War II.
Although Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo, Commander of the Central Pacific Area Fleet, had nominal oversight of the defenses in the Central Pacific, Obata refused to subordinate his army command to a naval officer. [86]
Critically, Yamamoto's supporting battleships and cruisers trailed Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo's carrier force by several hundred miles. They were intended to come up and destroy whatever elements of the American fleet might come to Midway's defense once Nagumo's carriers had weakened them sufficiently for a daylight gun battle. [ 22 ]
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 ...
Chuichi Nagumo Deck scene on carrier Akagi in Indian Ocean Carrier Kaga showing small superstructure and downward pointing funnel Carrier Hiryu on fire after US air attacks at Midway Carrier Soryu pre-war Mitsubishi A6M "Zeke" fighter Aichi D3A "Val" dive bomber NakajimaB5N "Kate" torpedo bomber. Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo [c] in Akagi. 1st ...