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Chester Nimitz
Chester Nimitz - (United States)

Admiral Chester Nimitz served as Commander-in-Chief US Pacific Fleet from just after Pearl Harbor until the end of the war. He planned the attack against Yamamoto's fleets at the Battle of Midway Island and naval offensive operations in the Pacific for the remainder of the war.


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