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commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Chūichi Nagumo

Battles of Chūichi Nagumo

Japanese admiral, 1887 to 1944

Chūichi Nagumo is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1941 and 1944: 4 battles, 2 naval actions and 3 campaigns across 3 present-day countries, most in United States (3), Solomon Islands (3), Australia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 25,462 km apart end to end, 3,183 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (9).

Bombing of DarwinBattle of the Eastern SolomonsBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsMariana and Palau Islands campaignAttack on Pearl HarborSolomon Islands CampaignBattle of MidwayGuadalcanal campaignBattle of SaipanAttack on Pearl HarborSolomon Islands CampaignBattle of MidwayBattle of SaipanBuenos AiresŌsakaSeoulChicagoLimaTehranKinshasaTaipeiBengaluruMiami5000 km0.000N, 0.000E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1941: 1 engagements1942: 6 engagements6 in 19421944: 2 engagements19411944
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941Solomon Islands Campaign, 1942Bombing of Darwin, 1942Battle of Midway, 1942Guadalcanal campaign, 1942Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 1942Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 1942Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, 1944Battle of Saipan, 194419411944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
7 December 1941Attack on Pearl HarborPearl Harbor, Hawaii, United StatesJapanese victory
1942Solomon Islands CampaignSolomon Islands5,745 km SWAllied victory
19 February 1942Bombing of DarwinDarwin, Australia3,178 km WJapanese victory
4 June 1942Battle of MidwayMidway Atoll, United States7,229 km NEAmerican victory
1942Guadalcanal campaignGuadalcanal, Solomon Islands4,975 km SWAllied victory
24 August 1942Battle of the Eastern SolomonsSolomon Islands322 km EAmerican victory
25 October 1942Battle of the Santa Cruz IslandsSanta Cruz Islands439 km EBoth sides claim victory; see Aftermath
1944Mariana and Palau Islands campaignMicronesia2,813 km NWAmerican victory
15 June 1944Battle of SaipanSaipan, United States763 km NWAmerican victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.