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  2. Chūichi Nagumo - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Indian Ocean raid - Wikipedia

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    Japanese aircraft carriers under Admiral Chūichi Nagumo struck Allied shipping and naval bases around British Ceylon, but failed to locate and destroy the bulk of the British Eastern Fleet. The Eastern Fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir James Somerville , was forewarned by intelligence and sailed from its bases prior to the raid; its attempt to ...

  4. Battle of Midway - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  5. Japanese cruiser Tone (1937) - Wikipedia

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    Rear Admiral Chuichi Hara assumed command of CruDiv 8 from 14 July 1942. With the US invasion of Guadalcanal , Chikuma and Tone were ordered south again on 16 August with the aircraft carriers Shōkaku , Zuikaku , Zuihō , Jun'yō , Hiyō and Ryūjō .

  6. Battle of Midway order of battle - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Attack on Pearl Harbor order of battle - Wikipedia

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    Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa 2 Kongo-class fast battleships (8 × 14-in. main battery) Hiei, Kirishima 8th Cruiser Division Rear Admiral Hiroaki Abe [1] 2 Tone-class heavy cruisers (8 × 7.9-in. main battery) Tone, Chikuma 1st Destroyer Squadron Rear Admiral Sentarō Ōmori 1 Nagara-class light cruiser (7 × 5.5-in. main battery) Abukuma

  8. Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands - Wikipedia

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    The damaged carriers Zuihō and Shōkaku, with Nagumo still on board, retreated from the battle area, leaving Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta in charge of the Zuikaku and Jun'yō aircraft forces. At 13:06, Jun'yō launched her second strike of seven torpedo planes led by Lieutenant Yoshiaki Irikiin, which were escorted by eight Zeros led by ...

  9. Santa Cruz Islands order of battle - Wikipedia

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    Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo. Carrier Group Vice Admiral Nagumo 2 fleet carriers Shōkaku 20 Mitsubishi A6M "Zeke" fighters (Lt. Hideki Shing ...