CHUICHI NAGUMO
(Chūichi Nagumo)
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The Japanese saw their growth and standard of living dependent on foreign governments as the Japanese, then as now, imported the bulk of their raw materials, energy and much food. As a result of the Japanese aggression and invasion of China the United States and other nations began to cut off sales to Japan. Rather than curtail the aggression in China, Pearl Harbor was the tragic Japanese response.
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Chūichi Nagumo was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Nagumo led Japan's main carrier battle group, the Kido Butai, in the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Indian Ocean raid and the Battle of Midway. He committed suicide during the Battle of Saipan.
