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Key facts
- Native name
- 南雲 忠一
- Born
- 25 March 1887, Yonezawa , Yamagata , Empire of Japan
- Died
- 6 July 1944 (1944-07-06) (aged 57) , Saipan , South Seas Mandate
- Allegiance
- Empire of Japan
- Branch
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Service years
- 1908–1944
- Rank
- Admiral (posthumous)
- Conflicts
- World War II Pacific War Attack on Pearl Harbor Bombing of Darwin Indian Ocean raid Battle of Midway Battle of the Eastern Solomons Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Battle of Saipan ‡‡
- Awards
- Order of the Rising Sun (3rd class) , Order of the Rising Sun (4th class) , Order of the Golden Kite (3rd class) , Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure (1st class)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Yamagata
- Place of death
- Saipan
- Occupation
- naval officer
- Educated at
- Imperial Japanese Naval Academy
- Employer
- Naval War College
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Conflict
- Battle of the Eastern Solomons
- Military branch
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Military rank
- admiral
- Image
- Chuichi Nagumo.jpg
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- Commons category
- Chūichi Nagumo
- date of death
- 1944-07-06
- date of birth
- 1887-03-25
- name in kana
- なぐも ちゅういち
- name in native language
- 南雲忠一
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- allegiance
- Empire of Japan
- start of work period
- 1908-00-00
- end of work period
- 1944-07-06
- place of burial
- Engaku-ji Temple
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Encyclopedic overview
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 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.
Early life
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