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Parent topics
- History of the U.S. Navy [r]: History of operations of the United States Navy, 1775 to the present [e]
- World War Two in the Pacific [r]: The part of World War II (1937-45) fought in Asia and the Pacific Ocean between Japan and the U.S., China, Britain, Australia, and other Allies. [e]
Subtopics
Japan
Personalities
- Isoroku Yamamoto [r]: Admiral, Imperial Japanese Navy, Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet; planned the attack on Pearl Harbor although opposed to war with the United States; shot down and killed March 1943 [e]
- Matome Ugaki [r]: Vice Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, who commanded surface forces through the Battle of Leyte Gulf, then in defense of the home islands, largely with kamikazes; he died in the last kamikaze mission [e]
- Chuichi Nagumo [r]: {1887-1944) Vice Admiral, Imperial Japanese Navy; commanded the attack on Pearl Harbor force primarily through seniority but was not considered innovative or aggressive; early successes fell to failures from mid-1942 such as losing four carriers at the Battle of Midway; committed suicide while part of the defense in the Battle of Saipan [e]
- Tamon Yamaguchi [r]: Rear admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy,(1892-1942) an aviation specialist and diplomat expert on the United States, considered exceptionally able but choosing to go down with his ship at the Battle of Midway. [e]
Major ships
- IJN Sōryū [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Kaga [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Akagi [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Hiryū [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Yamato [r]: Lead ship of the class of the biggest battleships ever built; sunk by U.S. carrier aircraft in 1945, while on a "do-or-die" tokko mission to reinforce Japanese forces at the Battle of Okinawa [e]
- IJN Nagato [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Mutsu [r]: Add brief definition or description
Aircraft and weapons
- B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bomber [r]: Add brief definition or description
- D3A1 "Val" dive bomber [r]: Add brief definition or description
- A6M "Zero" fighter [r]: Add brief definition or description
United States
Personalities
- Chester W. Nimitz [r]: United States Navy admiral (1885-1966) who was Commander in Chief, Pacific and Pacific Ocean Areas in World War II [e]
- Frank Jack Fletcher [r]: Admiral, United States Navy, who commanded carrier task forces in 1942, but was transferred to a less critical command after heavy losses in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, and some concerns about his aggressiveness [e]
- Raymond Spruance [r]: Admiral of the United States Navy in the Pacific theater of World War II, commanding the Fifth United States Fleet; a reserved and intellectual officer on whom Chester Nimitz depended always to bring back the fleet [e]
- Marc Mitscher [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Edwin Layton [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Joseph Rochefort [r]: Add brief definition or description
Major ships
- USS Yorktown (CV-5) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Enterprise (CV-6) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Hornet (CV-8) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. WW2 torpedoes [r]: Add brief definition or description
Aircraft and weapons
- TBD Devastator [r]: Add brief definition or description
- F4F Wildcat [r]: Add brief definition or description
- SBD Dauntless [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Aircraft carrier [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Anti-surface warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Battle of the Coral Sea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bomber aircraft [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Doolittle Raid [r]: Add brief definition or description
- William Halsey [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guadalcanal campaign [r]: Add brief definition or description