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Admiral of the Fleet '''Isoroku Yamamoto''' (1884-1943) was Commander in Chief of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] during the early years of the [[Second World War]], and author of the Japanese attack of [[Pearl Harbor]] in 1941, although he personally considered the decision to attack the [[United States]] to be a grave error.

Admiral of the Fleet '''Isoroku Yamamoto''' (1884-1943) was Commander in Chief of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] during the early years of the [[Second World War]], and author of the Japanese attack of [[Pearl Harbor]] in 1941, although he personally considered the decision to attack the [[United States]] to be a grave error.

He was killed on 18 April 1943 while on an inspection tour of Japanese positions in the [[Solomon Islands]], when his aircraft was ambushed and shot down by American P-38 Lightning fighters.

He was killed on 18 April 1943 while on an inspection tour of Japanese positions in the [[Solomon Islands]], when his aircraft, a [[Mitsubishi G4M|G4M bomber]], was ambushed and shot down by American [[P-38 Lightning]] fighters.

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