Isoroku Yamamoto
Isoroku Yamamoto Senior Third Rank | |
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Admiral Yamamoto, c. 1940 | |
| Native name | 山本 五十六 |
| Born | April 4, 1884 Nagaoka, Niigata, Empire of Japan |
| Died | April 18, 1943 (aged 59) near Panguna, Bougainville, Territory of New Guinea |
| Buried | Tama Cemetery, Tokyo[1] |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Branch | Japanese Navy |
| Years of service | 1904–1943 |
| Rank | Marshal Admiral (posthumous) |
| Commands | Isuzu, Akagi, 1st Carrier Division, Naval Aviation Bureau, 1st Fleet, Combined Fleet, 1st Battleship Division[2] |
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| Awards | |
| Alma mater | Imperial Japanese Naval Academy Harvard University |
| Spouse(s) |
Reiko Mihashi (m. 1918) |
| Other work | Vice-Minister of the Navy |
Isoroku Yamamoto (山本 五十六, Yamamoto Isoroku, April 4, 1884 – April 18, 1943) was a Japanese Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). He was the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II.
He was the commander-in-chief during the early years of the Pacific War and was in charge during the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway.
Yamamoto was killed on April 18, 1943 after American forces shoot down his aircraft near Panguna, Territory of New Guinea. American forces were able to discover his flight plans through codebreakers.[4]
References
- ↑ Ryfle & Godziszewski 2017, p. 294.
- ↑ Yamamoto Isoroku Archived April 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. navalhistory.flixco.info
- ↑ Yamamoto Isoroku. navalhistory.flixco.info
- ↑ Maffeo, Steven (2015). U.S. Navy codebreakers, linguists, and intelligence officers against Japan, 1910–1941 : a biographical dictionary. Lanham, MD. p. 493. ISBN 978-1442255647. OCLC 914224225.
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