1,558
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 1:
Line 1: + +
Early career
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.
Isoroku Yamamoto was a young naval officer during the [[Russ-Japanese War]], and lost a leg at the [[Battle of Tsushima]].
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.
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.