Tag Archives: Nagumo

This week in the War, 26 Oct–1 Nov 1942: Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

Posted on October 31, 2014 by secondbysecond

East of the Solomon Islands, on 26 October 1942, American naval forces commanded by Admiral William F. Halsey engaged a superior Japanese force with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in overall command from Truk. The battle became known as the Battle of … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 1–7 June 1942: The Battle of Midway

Posted on June 3, 2014 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, 4–7 June 1942, only one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, American and Japanese carrier task forces again locked horns in what would become one of the most decisive battles of the war … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 30 March–5 April 1942: Preserving the Eastern Fleet

Posted on March 31, 2014 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, 31 March 1942, having been warned of an imminent Japanese attack, Admiral James Somerville sailed his fleet—the British Eastern Fleet—out of Colombo, Ceylon, to a secret base at Addu Atoll in the Maldives. His intent … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 16–22 February 1942: The bombing of Darwin

Posted on February 21, 2014 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, on 19 February 1942, fighters and bombers from the carrier force of Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo—who in November had launched his planes against Pearl Harbour—attacked Darwin, the largest city of northern Australia. The bombing of Darwin … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 1–7 December 1941: Pearl Harbour

Posted on December 6, 2013 by secondbysecond

7 December 1941: “A date which will live in infamy.” The morning of Sunday 7 December 1941 was clear and sunny in Hawaii. US Army radar operators located a flight of incoming planes but, instead of recognizing them as Japanese, … Continue reading →

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