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[[Image:Chuichi Nagumo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Vice-Admiral Chūichi Nagumo, Commander in Chief of the First Air Fleet, the Imperial Japanese Navy's main Carrier battle group]]

[[Image:Chuichi Nagumo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Vice-Admiral Chūichi Nagumo, Commander in Chief of the First Air Fleet, the Imperial Japanese Navy's main Carrier battle group]]

'''Chūichi Nagumo''' (南雲 忠一, Nagumo Chūichi) (25 March 1887 - 06 July 1944), was the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese First Air Fleet, the Imperial Japanese Navy's main Carrier battle group and the man who planned the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]].<ref>http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs-for/japan/japrs-n/c-nagmo.htm</ref>

'''Chūichi Nagumo''' (南雲 忠一, Nagumo Chūichi) (25 March 1887 - 6 July 1944), was the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese First Air Fleet, the Imperial Japanese Navy's main Carrier battle group and the man who planned the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]].<ref>http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs-for/japan/japrs-n/c-nagmo.htm</ref>

He also led Japan's early forays into the South Pacific and Indian Oceans, but his force was defeated on 4 June 1942, when during the [[Battle of Midway]], he lost all four carriers in his battle-fleet.

He also led Japan's early forays into the South Pacific and Indian Oceans, but his force was defeated on 4 June 1942, when during the [[Battle of Midway]], he lost all four carriers in his battle-fleet.

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[[category:World War II]]

[[Category:World War II]]