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1942
Battle of Midway
5th May Midway
Japan
loses its initiative in the Pacific
5th May Midway
Japan
must now concentrate on defending the Southern Resources Area
4th June Midway
By 5:00PM
Japan
had lost her entire carrier force
4th June Midway
Launches the
Midway
invasion
believing there are no
USA
carriers in the central Pacific
4th June Midway
Orders a 2nd attack when the
Japan
es are caught with their decks crowded with planes
1941
Battle of Pearl Harbour
7th Dec Pearl Harbour
Commands the
Japan
ese carriers
7th Dec Pearl Harbour
Dive bombers take off from Nagumo's task force 250 miles nth of the
USA
Pacific Fleet
7th Dec Pearl Harbour
does not follow the battle up with an air
strike
& the base remains intact
1942
Capture of Dutch East Indies
Provides air cover for the
capture
of the
Dutch
East Indies
1941
Commander 1st Air Fleet
Appointed
Commander
of the 1st Air Fleet
Appointed
Commander
of the 1st Air Fleet
1942
Commander Pacific Fleet
Appointed
Commander
of the
Central
Pacific Fleet
Appointed
Commander
of the
Central
Pacific Fleet
1944
Death of Nagumo, Chuichi
6th July
Committs suicide during the defence of
Saipan
1942
Invasion of Midway
4th June Midway
Launches the
Midway
invasion
believing there are no
USA
carriers in the central Pacific
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