Admiral Yamamoto, commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Combined Fleet, was the Harvard-educated, poker-playing mastermind of the December 7, 1941… After the admiral’s death, Japan never again won a major battle in the Pacific War.
Morality and warfare may at first appear to be an oxymoron to many, and though war is unarguably horrible, it is not unarguably immoral. Thrown clear of the wreckage, he had been hit twice in the fighting. Did Yamamoto’s death affect the war? He had the highest possible rank in the Japanese Imperial Navy – the “fleet admiral” i.e. American intelligence officers planned to launch the attack 10 minutes before Yamamoto arrived. To be clear, there is no doubt that assassinating Yamamoto was … Death by P-38: When America Killed Japan’s Top Admiral. 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) and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II until his death. Admiral Yamamoto, commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Combined Fleet, was the Harvard …
A Lockheed P-38G Lightning of the 339th Squadron, 347th Fighter Group, shoots down a Mitsubishi G4M1 bomber carrying Pearl Harbor mastermind Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto on April 18, 1943. A Lockheed P-38G Lightning of the 339th Squadron, 347th Fighter Group, shoots down a Mitsubishi G4M1 bomber carrying Pearl Harbor mastermind Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto on April 18, 1943. By 1943, he was a sick and exhausted man.
Flying at 4,500 feet were two Betty bombers, one carrying Yamamoto and the other his chief of staff, Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki.
This day in 1943 marked the death of the man who was probably the most famous Japanese admiral of World War II – the renowned Isoroku Yamamoto. Yamamoto’s assassination is still significant because it has been cited as a precedent for today’s drone strikes. In the lead up to Yamamoto’s death, the Admiral was scheduled to arrive at about 9:45 on April 18. A coordinated effort by the U.S. military in April 1943 resulted in the death of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. singling out Yamamoto for death: revenge for Pearl Harbor; punishment for the war crimes he was ultimately responsible for; and tactical reasons. Conversely, his demise put a spring in the step of most Americans. As it carried on board Yamamoto across a 507-kilometer journey, the Admiral was accompanied by six Mitsubishi A6M Zeroes. The plane that Yamamoto was in was a Mitsubishi G4M bomber. No band of brothers ever worked together better than the men who planned, supported, and flew the Yamamoto mission. Yamamoto’s death presented Japan with an immense strategic loss and a severe blow to national morale – the death of a naval commander considered by the public to be a military genius was a bitter pill to swallow. “marshal-admiral” (Japanese: Gensui Kaigun Taishõ). ©2013 Jack Fellows/ASAA. —and set a precedent—by deliberately targeting. Mitchell’s P-38s intercepted and shot down the Mitsubishi G4M “Betty” bomber carrying Yamamoto. After the admiral’s death, Japan never again won a … Death by P-38: When America Killed Japan’s Top Admiral. DEATH BY P-38: The Shootdown of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, by Don Hollway.