Chūichi Nagumo Military person

Chūichi Nagumo (南雲忠一, Nagumo Chūichi, March 25, 1887 – July 6, 1944) was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II and onetime commander of the Kido Butai (the carrier battle group). He committed suicide during the Battle of Saipan.

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Birth date	March 25, 1887
Birth place	Yonezawa Yamagata
Date of death	July 06, 1944
Place of death	Northern Mariana Islands , Saipan

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award	Order of the Rising Sun Order of the Golden Kite Order of the Sacred Treasure
military operations	Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Attack on Pearl Harbor Battle of Midway World War II Battle of the Eastern Solomons Bombing of Darwin Indian Ocean raid
military command	11th Destroyer Division 8th Cruiser Division 3rd Cruiser Division Kido Butai 1st Carrier Division First Air Fleet IJN 3rd Fleet Sasebo Naval District Kure Naval District First Fleet Central Pacific Area Fleet Fourteenth Air Fleet
military unit	1st Air Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)
service start	1908
service end	1944

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