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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, was in overall control of planning for the 1941 surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.

Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo was commander specifically of the Pearl Harbor Striking Force.

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