Chūichi Nagumo

Chūichi Nagumo
Chūichi Nagumo
	Vice Admiral Nagumo (circa 1941–42)
Native name	南雲忠一
Born	25 March 1887; Yonezawa, Yamagata, Empire of Japan
Died	6 July 1944 (aged 57); Saipan, South Seas Mandate
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service	1908–1944
Rank	Admiral (posthumous)
Commands	Kisaragi, Momi, Saga, Uji, Naka, 11th Destroyer Division, Takao, Yamashiro, 1st Destroyer Squadron, 8th Squadron, Naval Torpedo School, 3rd Squadron, Naval War College, 1st Air Fleet, 1st Carrier Division, 3rd Fleet, Sasebo Naval District, Kure Naval District, 1st Fleet, Central Pacific Area Fleet, 14th Air Fleet
Battles / wars	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)

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 next 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.