Admiral Husband E. Kimmel who was Commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet .
Battle Of Midway
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Admiral Chester Nimitz along with his men attacked Japanese-held islands in the Pacific through what is termed a "leap frog" or "island hopping" manner.
The two main leaders were Isoroku Yamamoto for the Japanese and Chester Nimitz for the Americans.
Nimitz was in overall command of all aspects of strategy (Island-Hopping) in the Pacific theater of war between the Japanese and the Americans .
The Pacific Theater of Operations was so large it required two US/Allied supreme commanders: Navy-Admiral Nimitz/Army-General MacArthur.
Their best pilots and aircrewmen were destroyed at Midway.
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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.
Leyte Gulf just about finished Japan as a naval power.
Commander of American naval forces in the Pacific.