USN: Nimitz, Fletcher, Spruance IJN: Yamamoto, Nagumo, Kondo
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto commanded the Imperial Japanese Navy and was responsible for the plan to attack and invade Midway. Admiral Chuichi Nagumo commanded the aircraft carrier strike force that was responsible for destroying any U.S. naval forces that intervened and the military installations on Midway. There was no Japanese general involved in the battle.
Midway Islands (island group, the Pacific/United States) Battle of Midway (History)
Three times the USN's flattops had interferred with the IJN's plans; the first time was at Pearl Harbor, by not being there. The second time was at the Coral Sea, when carriers duelled for the first time. Midway was to settle the issue; Yamamoto wanted to eliminate the US carriers in a "Tsushima style" encounter (Yamamoto had fought at Tsushima as a young Lieutenant), just as his Admiral had done to the Russian battleships in 1905.
Take Midway Island & destroy US fleet at sea.
Aircraft carriers.
Isoroku Yamamoto planned the attacks on PEARL HARBOR and MIDWAY ISLAND
Midway.
Isoroku Yamamoto ; see related link below .
USN: Nimitz, Fletcher, Spruance IJN: Yamamoto, Nagumo, Kondo
Gen MacArthur
The United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy. Yamamoto and Halsey
Isoroku Yamamoto .
Nimitz from Pearl Harbor; Yamamoto afloat aboard battleship "Yamato."
Nimitz directed the fight from Pearl Harbor; Yamamoto directed it from his flagship, the battleship YAMATO; "Yamato" and the other battleships were trailing the carriers by several hundred miles during the sea battle. Midway was a carrier engagement.
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto commanded the Imperial Japanese Navy and was responsible for the plan to attack and invade Midway. Admiral Chuichi Nagumo commanded the aircraft carrier strike force that was responsible for destroying any U.S. naval forces that intervened and the military installations on Midway. There was no Japanese general involved in the battle.
Midway Islands (island group, the Pacific/United States) Battle of Midway (History)