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Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
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Akagi
(force flagship)Commanding officer: Capt. Kiichi Hasegawa-
27 A6M2
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18 D3A1
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27 B5N2
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Rear-Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi
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Hiryu
(flagship)Commanding officer: Capt. Kaku-
21 A6M
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21 D3A
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21 B5N
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SoryuCommanding officer: Capt. Ryusaku Yanagimoto
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21 A6M
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21 D3A
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21 B5N
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Rear-Adm. Hara
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ZuikakuCommanding officer: Capt. Ichibei Yokokawa
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18 A6M
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27 D3A
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27 B5N
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ShokakuCommanding officer: Capt. Takatsugu Jojima
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18 A6M
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27 D3A
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27 B5N
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Rear-Adm. Sentaro Omori
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Abukuma
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UrakazeCommanding officer: Cmdr. Nagayoshi Shiraishi
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TanikazeCommanding officer: Cmdr. Motoi Katsumi
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IsokazeCommanding officer: Cmdr. Shunichi Toshima
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HamakazeCommanding officer: Cmdr. Tsuneo Orita
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KasumiCommanding officer: Cmdr. Kiyoshi Tomura
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ArareCommanding officer: Cmdr. Tomoe Ogata
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KageroCommanding officer: Cmdr. Terumichi Arimoto
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ShiranuhiCommanding officer: Cmdr. Jisuo Akasawa
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AkigumoCommanding officer: Cmdr. Shoohei SoomaNotes: Attached directly from Cardiv 5, 1st Airfleet.
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Vice-Adm. Jisaburo Ozawa
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Chokai(force flagship)
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Yura
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FubukiCommanding officer: Cmdr. Masao Yamashita
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ShirayukiCommanding officer: Lt. Cmdr. Rokorou Sugawara
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HatsuykiCommanding officer: Lt. Cmdr. Junnari Kamiura
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MurakumoCommanding officer: Cmdr. Hideo Azuma
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I-2
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I-3
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I-4
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I-6
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I-7
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Vice-Adm. Sir James Sommerville
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Rear-Adm. D. W. Boyd
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Indomitable
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9 Sea Hurricanes
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12 Fulmars
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24 Albacores
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Formidable
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16 Martlets
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21 Albacores
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1 Swordfish
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Cornwall
(sunk)Commanding officer: Capt. Manwaring -
Dorsetshire(sunk)Commanding officer: Capt. Agar
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Vice Adm. Willis
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Aux. Cruiser Hector(sunk)
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DD Tenedos(sunk)
- Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War by E. LaCroix & H. Wells II
- Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945 by J. Rohwer & G. Hummelchen
- A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945) by P. Dull
- Nihon Kaigun website