Chester W. Nimitz

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United States Navy admiral fleet admiral human military leader

Chester W. Nimitz was a United States Navy fleet admiral who played a pivotal role in World War II as the leading naval commander in the Pacific, overseeing key victories against Japan.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chester William Nimitz	4
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz	3
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz	3
Chester W. Nimitz Jr.	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Navy admiral ⓘ fleet admiral ⓘ human ⓘ military leader ⓘ
academyClass	United States Naval Academy class of 1905 ⓘ
awardReceived	Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ surface form: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour Order of the Bath ⓘ surface form: Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Navy Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ surface form: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
birthDate	1885-02-24 ⓘ
burialPlace	Golden Gate National Cemetery ⓘ
conflict	Pacific War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1966-02-20 ⓘ
educatedAt	United States Naval Academy ⓘ
familyName	Nimitz ⓘ
fullName	Chester W. Nimitz self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chester William Nimitz
givenName	Chester ⓘ
hasPartNamedAfter	Nimitz Highway ⓘ Nimitz Library at the U.S. Naval Academy ⓘ Nimitz-class aircraft carrier ⓘ Nimitz ⓘ surface form: USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
knownFor	leading U.S. naval forces to victory over Japan in the Pacific Theater ⓘ strategic use of aircraft carriers in naval warfare ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	Admiral ⓘ Fleet Admiral ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Battle of Midway ⓘ Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ island-hopping campaign in the Pacific ⓘ
notableWork	command of U.S. naval forces in the Pacific during World War II ⓘ
numberOfChildren	4 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Fredericksburg, Texas, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	San Francisco ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
positionHeld	Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet ⓘ surface form: Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet
religion	Methodist churches ⓘ surface form: Methodism
residence	Berkeley ⓘ surface form: Berkeley, California, United States
serviceEnd	1947 ⓘ
serviceStart	1905 ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
signature	signature of Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ
spouse	Catherine Vance Freeman ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mariana and Palau Islands campaign → alliedCommander → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Fredericksburg, Texas, United States → birthplaceOf → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

subject surface form: Fredericksburg, Texas

Nimitz → child → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

subject surface form: Chester W. Nimitz

this entity surface form: Chester W. Nimitz Jr.

Operation Forager → commandedBy → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Operation Galvanic → commandedBy → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Ryukyu Islands campaign → commandedBy → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Battle of Okinawa → commander → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Battle of Saipan → commander → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas → commander → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign → commander → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Operation Detachment → commander → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Operation Iceberg → commander → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Pacific Ocean Areas → commander → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Battle of Midway → commanderUnitedStates → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas → firstCommander → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Chester W. Nimitz → fullName → Chester W. Nimitz self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chester William Nimitz

Nimitz → fullName → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

subject surface form: Chester W. Nimitz

this entity surface form: Chester William Nimitz

Golden Gate National Cemetery → hasGraveOf → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Nimitz → hasNotableBearer → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chester William Nimitz

Nimitz → hasNotableBearer → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chester W. Nimitz Jr.

Fleet Admiral (United States Navy) → holder → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Allied High Command → keyMilitaryLeader → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Fleet Admiral (United States Navy) → lastLivingHolder → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Catherine Vance Freeman → lifePartner → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chester William Nimitz

Nimitz Highway → namedAfter → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Nimitz Library at the U.S. Naval Academy → namedAfter → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier → namedAfter → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet → notableCommander → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Pacific theater commands → notableCommander → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

United States Armed Forces in World War II → notableCommander → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area → parallelCommandHeldBy → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Downfall → plannedBy → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Japanese Instrument of Surrender → signedBy → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Catherine Vance Freeman → spouse → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Catherine Vance Freeman → spouseOf → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Battle of Peleliu → theaterCommander → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign → theaterCommander → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ

Pacific War → theaterCommander → Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ