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Battle of Pearl Harbour

Japan · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1941Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1941

Chuichi Nagumo7 December 1941

Pearl Harbour · Warfare / World War, 2nd

does not follow the battle up with an air strike & the base remains intact. Dive bombers take off from Nagumos task force 250 miles north of the US Pacific Fleet. Commands the Japanese carriers

Hiroaki Abe1941

Pearl Harbour · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Commander of Eighth Cruiser Division in the Pearl Harbour Strike Force

Isoroku Yamamoto1941

Pearl Harbour · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Help plan Pearl Harbour

Names involved

Chuichi NagumoHiroaki AbeIsoroku Yamamoto

Provenance

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