Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military officer
gptkbp:awards Order of the Rising Sun
gptkbp:birthDate 1887-03-25
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Saipan_American_Memorial
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Akagi
gptkb:Kido_Butai
Hiryu
Kaga
Soryu
gptkbp:culturalImpact Books
Films
Video games
Documentaries
Portrayed in media
gptkbp:deathDate 1944-07-06
gptkbp:education gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Naval_Academy
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Key_figure_in_Pacific_Theater
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
gptkbp:influence Japanese_naval_strategy
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Pearl_Harbor_attack
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle of Coral Sea
gptkbp:knownFor Carrier_operations
gptkbp:leadership Aggressive
Decisive
Controversial decisions
gptkbp:legacy Influence on naval aviation
gptkbp:militaryRank Air superiority
Carrier warfare
gptkbp:nickname The_'Kido_Butai'_Commander
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of Midway
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_II
Second Sino-Japanese War
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Kōchi,_Japan
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Saipan,_Northern_Mariana_Islands
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition Military honors
gptkbp:postWarCareer Controversial figure
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Admiral_Isoroku_Yamamoto
gptkbp:rank Vice Admiral
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:serviceYears 1906–1944
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Yoshiko_Nagumo
gptkbp:strategicGoals Carrier strike force commander
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Jisaburo_Ozawa