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...that an attacking fleet would be spotted and badly mauled. As late as October, Yamamoto learned that the staff admirals, determined to concentrate on the drive into Southeast Asia, wanted to take away two or three of his six carriers. The First Air Fleet's own commander, Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, supported that decision. "The success of our surprise attack on Pearl Harbor," Nagumo predicted dolefully, "will prove to be the Waterloo of the war to follow." Yamamoto sent an aide to inform the navy's high command that if his Pearl Harbor plan was rejected, "he will have...
Yamamoto, who had stayed in Japan during Pearl Harbor, took personal command of this huge armada. His flagship was the largest battleship in creation, the 64,000-ton Yamato, whose 18.1-in. guns had a range of more than 25 miles. His carrier chief was once again Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, the Pearl Harbor commander who had gone on to wreak havoc on the British fleet. With virtually no losses, Nagumo's planes had bombed British bases at Darwin, Australia, and Colombo, Ceylon; sunk the carrier Hermes and two cruisers; and driven the Royal Navy all the way across...
However these arguments may sort out in light of the new discoveries, the most serious error was committed by the Japanese. Prange points out that Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, commander of the Pearl Harbor strike force, had many misgivings about the attack and ultimately failed to exploit its success after carrying out his original orders. When the initial two waves of planes returned to their carriers, Nagumo ordered the task force home. Because the U.S. carriers Lexington and Enterprise were still somewhere at sea, the admiral was concerned about protecting his fleet. Had he sent in another wave of attackers...
...dispatched to another relocation camp i,n Montana, the father has abdicated his paterfamilias function. Instead, Fumiko, an older married sister, tries to hold the assorted family together: Ruby, a 13-year-old kid sister who becomes pregnant; Napoleon, her kid brother who dreams of becoming a Navy bombardier; Chuichi, a bitter boy who has been summarily dropped out of an American Army paratroop unit. Harold, a literate older brother, irreverently sabotages the ultra-patriotic camp newspaper by inventing a comic-strip character known as "the Nippon Pimpernel." Against an otherworldly background of Screenland magazines, Baby Ruth candy bars...
Above the Smokestack. It was indecision that cost Japan the battle. Carrier Force Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo delayed too long before ordering up a strike on the American ships. While his carrier aircraft were loading up, Nimitz's admirals launched their own air strikes, and within hours, the carriers Akagi, Kaga and Soryu were sunk...