Although he was initially opposed to attacking the United States, Isoroku
Yamamoto was the commander of Japan’s Command Fleet before the Pacific War erupted, and was responsible for the planning of the attack on Pearl Harbor and most other major operations. Due to superior American intelligence,
Yamamoto’s planned invasion of Midway went disastrously wrong, costing the Japanese four aircraft carriers and signaling the beginning of the end of Japanese naval influence in the Pacific. In 1943, American intelligence learned that a convoy of airplanes would be escorting
Yamamoto on an inspection tour; sixteen P-38 fighters were sent to intercept the convoy, and were successful in shooting down
Yamamoto’s plane.
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