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“Special Force” of two tenders carrying midget submarines, plus a supply ship.
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    First Carrier Strike Force (The Kido Butai) (4 carriers, 2 battleships, 2 cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 12 destroyers)
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    Commander, First Carrier Strike Force, VADM Nagumo Chūichi, IJN
Chief of Staff, RADM Kusaka Ryūnosuke, IJN
Senior Air Officer, CDR Fuchida Mitsuo, IJN
    Commander, Carrier Division 1, VADM Nagumo
    CV Akagi (flagship), CAPT Aoki Taijirō, IJN
    Commander, Akagi Air Group, CDR Fuchida
    Commander, Fighter Planes (Kansen Buntai), LT Itaya Shigeru, IJN
    Commander, Bombing Force (Kanbaku Buntai), LT Chihaya Takehiro, IJN
    Commander, Torpedo Planes (Kanko Buntai), LCDR Murata Shigeharu, IJN
    Plus 6 fighters intended for Midway garrison
    CV Kaga, CAPT Jisaku Okada, IJN
    Commander, Kaga Air Group, LCDR Kusumi Tadashi, IJN
    Commander, Fighter Planes (Kansen Buntai), LT Satō Masao, IJN
    Commander, Bombing Force (Kanbaku Buntai), LT Ogawa Shō-ichi, IJN
    Commander, Torpedo Planes (Kanko Buntai), LT Kazuraki Masuhiko, IJN
    Plus 9 fighters and 2 bombers intended for Midway garrison
    Commander, Carrier Division 2, RADM Yamaguchi Tamon, IJN
Air Officer, LCDR Egusa Takashige, IJN
    CV Hiryū (flagship), CAPT Kaku Tomoeo, IJN
    Commander, Hiryu Air Group, LT Tomanga Joichi, IJN
    Commander, Fighter Planes (Kansen Buntai), LT Mori Shigeru, IJN
    Commander, Bombing Force (Kanbaku Buntai), LT Kobayashi Michio, IJN
    Commander, Torpedo Planes (Kanko Buntai), LT Kikuchi Rokurō, IJN
    Plus 3 fighters intended for Midway garrison
    CV Sōryū , CAPT Yanagimoto Ryusaku, IJN
    Commander, Soryu Air Group, LCDR Egusa, IJN
    Commander, Fighter Planes (Kansen Buntai), LT Suganami Masaji, IJN
    Commander, Bombing Force (Kanbaku Buntai), LT Ikeda Masatake, IJN
    Commander, Torpedo Planes (Kanko Buntai), LT Abe Heijiro, IJN
    Plus one reconnaissance plane and 3 fighters intended for Midway garrison
    Commander, Cruiser Division 8, RADM Abe Haroaki, IJN
    CA Tone (flagship), CAPT Okada Tametsugu, IJN
    CA Chikuma , CAPT Komura Keizō, IJN
    Battleship Division 3
    BB Haruna , CAPT Koma Tamotsu, IJN
    BB Kirishima , CAPT Iwabughi, IJN
    Commander, Destroyer Squadron 10, RADM Kimura Susumu, IJN
    CL Nagara (flagship), CAPT Naoi Toshio, IJN
    Commander, Destroyer Division 4, CAPT Ariga Kosaku, IJN
    DD Nowaki , CDR Yoshida Masayoshi, IJN
    DD Arashi , CDR Watanabe Yasumasa, IJN
    DD Hagikaze , CDR Iwagami Juichi, IJN
    DD Maikaze , CDR Nakasugi Seiji, IJN
    Commander, Destroyer Division 10, CAPT Abe Toshio, IJN
    DD Kazagumo , CDR Yoshida Masayoshi, IJN
    DD Yugomo , CDR Semba Shigeo, IJN
    DD Makigumo , CDR Fujita Isamu, IJN
    Commander, Destroyer Division 17, CAPT Kitamura Masayuki, IJN
    DD Urakaze , CDR Shiraishi Nagayoshi, IJN
    DD Isokaze , CDR Toshima Shunichi, IJN
    DD Tanikaze , CDR Katsumi Motoi, IJN
    DD Jamakaze , CDR Orita Tsuneo, IJN
    Plus 5 small oilers escorted by DD Akigumo , CDR Soma Shohei
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    Close Support Group (4 cruisers, 2 destroyers)
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    Commander, Close Support Group, VADM Kurita Takeo, IJN
Commander, Cruiser Division 7, VADM Kurita
    CA Kumano (flagship), CAPT Tanaka Kikumatsu, IJN
    CA Suzuya , CAPT Kimura Masatomi, IJN
    CA Mikuma , CAPT Sakiyama Shakao, IJN
    CA Mogami , CAPT Soji Akira, IJN
    Commander, Destroyer Division 8, CDR Ogawa Nobuki, IJN
    DD Asashio , CDR Yoshii Gorō, IJN
    DD Arashio , CDR Kuboki Hideo, IJN
    Plus an oiler, the Nichiel Maru
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    Midway Invasion Force (1 small carrier, 2 battleships, 4 cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 8 destroyers)
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    Commander, Midway Invasion Force, VADM Kondō Nobutake, IJN
Chief of Staff, RADM Shiraishi Kazutaka, IJN
    Commander, Battle Division 3, Section 1, RADM Mikawa Gunichi, IJN
    BB Kongo (flagship), CAPT Koyanagi Tomiji, IJN
    BB Hiei , CAPT Nishida Masao, IJN
    Cruiser Division 4, Section 1
    CA Atago (invasion force flagship), CAPT Ijuin Matsuji, IJN
    CA Chokai , CAPT Hayakawa Mikio, IJN
    Commander, Cruiser Division 5, VADM Takagi Takeo, IJN
    CA Myoko (flagship), CAPT Miyoshi Teruhiki, IJN
    CA Haguro , CAPT Mori