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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 following is a list of the Admirals of the Imperial Japanese Navy during its existence from 1868 until 1945. [1] [2] [3] ... Nagumo Chūichi: 8 July 1944*
The Japanese force, commanded by Admiral Chūichi Nagumo, had a core of five aircraft carriers; Akagi, Shōkaku and Zuikaku in Carrier Division 5, and Sōryū and Hiryū in Carrier Division 2. [1] The carriers were accompanied by all four Kongo -class battleships, and both Tone -class cruisers.
This is a list of Japanese naval commanders. ... World War II. Hiroaki Abe (1889–1949) ... Chūichi Nagumo (1886–1944) Shōji Nishimura ...
Pages in category "Japanese admirals of World War II" The following 107 pages are in this category, out of 107 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The title was used as a term of convenience; it was not a formal name for the organization. It consisted of Japan's six largest carriers, carrying the 1st Air Fleet. This mobile task force was created for the attack on Pearl Harbor under Vice-Admiral Chūichi Nagumo in 1941. [24]
The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands was fought 25–27 October 1942 in the waters northwest of the Santa Cruz Islands by forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy's (IJN) Combined Fleet and the United States Navy's (USN) Pacific Fleet. The battle resulted from a major Japanese offensive with the goal to drive the US forces from Guadalcanal.
Japanese leadership on the island suffered from poor command coordination. [85] 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]