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COMMANDER // 1886–1953

Nobutake Kondō

admiralJapanJapan3 battles1 war

Lifespan

1886 – 1953

1890190019101920193019401950World War II · 1939–1945 (1941–1945 U.S. combat role)Battle of the Eastern Solomons — August 24, 1942 · Japan · World War IIGuadalcanal — 1942–1943 · Japan · World War IIMidway — 4–7 Jun 1942 · Japan · World War II

Active service 1942 — 3 battles across 1 war; first command at age 56.

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Nobutake Kondō was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. As commander of IJN 2nd Fleet, the Navy's principal detached force for independent operations, Kondō was regarded as second in importance only to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.

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Battles (3)

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