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A Dictionary of American History
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Nimitz, Chester William
Nimitz, Chester William (b. Fredericksburg, Tex., 23 February 1885; d. San Francisco, Calif., 20 February 1966) Nimitz graduated from Annapolis in 1905 and performed duty in the submarine service in World War I. In World War II, he assumed command of the Pacific after Admiral Husband Kimmel was relieved in December 1941. He directed the advance upon Japan via the central Pacific and by campaigns in the Solomon, Gilbert, Marshall, and Mariana Islands, Peleliu, and Okinawa. At the end of the war, he commanded the largest naval force ever collected for warfare: 6,256 ships and 4,847 combat aircraft. He became special assistant for the Navy Department in 1947 and chief of the UN team mediating the Kashmir dispute in 1949.
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Chicago:
Thomas L. Purvis, "Nimitz, Chester William," A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed July 13, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=95KBZQT44JSPNHE.
MLA:
Purvis, Thomas L. "Nimitz, Chester William." A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 13 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=95KBZQT44JSPNHE.
Harvard:
Purvis, TL, 'Nimitz, Chester William' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 13 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=95KBZQT44JSPNHE.
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