While commanding this force, Nagumo executed the brilliant attack on Pearl Harbor, and fought brilliantly in the 1942 campaigns in the Pacific Theatre.
After this, he was criticized, placed in command of naval forces in the Marianas, and in the final stages of the US capture of Saipan, committed suicide rather than surrender.
ChuichiNagumo (åé² å¿ ä¸, Nagumo ChÅ«ichi, March 25, 1887–July 6, 1944) was a Japanese Vice Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) of Imperial Japan under Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto during World War II.
Although Nagumo had plenty of critics in the navy, his seniority landed him the job of the commander of the mobile fleet that had been tagged for the task of attacking Pearl Harbor.
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