-Chuichi Nagumo.

Admiral Nagumo is there at the beginning of the war. He is the one who commands the attack on Pearl Harbor and it he is the one who gives the order to cancel the second wave attack. Returning from Pearl Nagumo lends part of his fleet to Yamamoto so that he can conquer Wake. In 1942 Nagumo goes to the Indian Ocean where he attack admiral Somerville of the British navy who has to take refuge in Africa. While being in the region he attacks Ceylon and the other islands around but without success. Finally Nagumo falls under the orders of Yamamoto at the head of the carrier fleet to attack Midway. But Midway is a big defeat and so Nagumo is dismissed.

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