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COMMANDER // 1887–1944

Chūichi Nagumo

admiralJapanJapan4 battles1 war

Lifespan

1887 – 1944

189019001910192019301940World War II · 1939–1945 (1941–1945 U.S. combat role)Pearl Harbor — 7 Dec 1941 · Japan · World War IIBattle for Australia — February 1, 1942 · Axis Powers · World War IIBattle of the Eastern Solomons — August 24, 1942 · Japan · World War IIMidway — 4–7 Jun 1942 · Japan · World War II

Active service 1941–1942 — 4 battles across 1 war; first command at age 54.

Profile

Chūichi Nagumo 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 following months in successful raids on Darwin in Australia and in the Indian Ocean. In June 1942, he participated at the Battle of Midway, where his strike force suffered a crushing defeat. Nagumo was re-assigned to another fleet during the Guadalcanal campaign, and later stationed in the Japanese home islands. In 1944, he was deployed to a naval command in the Mariana Islands, where he committed suicide during the Battle of Saipan.

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Battles (4)

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