Chuichi Nagumo

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Imperial Japanese Navy officer Japanese admiral person

Chuichi Nagumo was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy best known for leading the carrier strike force that launched the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II.

Aliases (3)

Chūichi Nagumo ×2
Chuichi Nagumo (Japanese carrier force commander) ×1
南雲忠一 ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy officer → Japanese admiral → person →
academyClassRank	Graduated 8th of 191 from the 36th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy →
allegiance	Empire of Japan →
awarded	Order of the Golden Kite → Order of the Rising Sun → Order of the Sacred Treasure →
birthDate	1887-03-25 →
birthPlace	Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan →
causeOfDeath	suicide →
commandedShip	IJN battleship Yamashiro → IJN cruiser Naka →
commandedUnit	First Air Fleet → First Carrier Division →
conflict	Russo-Japanese War → Second Sino-Japanese War → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan →
deathDate	1944-07-06 →
deathPlace	Saipan, Mariana Islands →
educatedAt	Imperial Japanese Naval Academy →
gender	male →
knownFor	commanding the Kido Butai carrier strike force → leading the attack on Pearl Harbor →
languageSpoken	Japanese →
mannerOfDeath	seppuku →
militaryBranch	Imperial Japanese Navy →
militaryRank	Admiral → Vice Admiral →
name	Chuichi Nagumo →
nativeName	南雲忠一 →
notableBattle	Attack on Pearl Harbor → Battle of Midway → Battle of Saipan → Battle of the Eastern Solomons → Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands →
operationCommanded	Attack on Pearl Harbor → Battle of Midway → Battle of the Eastern Solomons → Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands → Indian Ocean Raid →
placeOfBurial	Tama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan →
positionHeld	Commander of Central Pacific Area Fleet → Commander of First Air Fleet → Commander of Kido Butai → Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth Fleet → Commander-in-Chief of the Third Fleet →
serviceEndYear	1944 →
serviceStartYear	1908 →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Saipan → Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ("Chuichi Nagumo (Japanese carrier force commander)") → First Air Fleet → First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy → Indian Ocean raid → Kido Butai →	commander
Combined Fleet → Commander of First Air Fleet ("Chūichi Nagumo") → First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy → First Carrier Division → Imperial Japanese Navy →	notableCommander
Imperial Japanese Naval Academy → Naval War College (Japan) →	notableAlumni
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign →	axisCommander
Operation Z →	commandedBy
Battle of Midway →	commanderJapan
Commander of First Air Fleet ("Chūichi Nagumo") →	firstHolder
Chuichi Nagumo →	name
Chuichi Nagumo ("南雲忠一") →	nativeName
Operation MI →	navalForceCommander
Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet →	notableOfficeHolder
attack on Pearl Harbor →	operationalCommanderAttacker