Yamamoto

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:32 pm

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Yamamoto

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:08 am

Isoroku Yamamoto began his naval career as an ensign amid the Russo-Japanese War, serving at the unprecedented devastation of the Russian Fleet at Tshushima. A visionary of naval warfare, it was Admiral Yamamoto who spearheaded Japan's development of an aircraft carrier complement. Despite his opposition to war with America, Yamamoto oversaw the Japanese fleet in the early years of WWII. _{Axis and Allies RTS}

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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:57 pm

Japanese Naval Marshal General and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II, a graduate of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and a student of Harvard University (1919–1921).
Yamamoto held several important posts in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and undertook many of its changes and reorganizations, especially its development of naval aviation. He was the commander-in-chief during the decisive early years of the Pacific War and so was responsible for major battles such as Pearl Harbor and Midway. He died during an inspection tour of forward positions in the Solomon Islands when his aircraft (a Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bomber) was shot down during an ambush by American P-38 Lightning fighter planes. His death was a major blow to Japanese military morale during World War II. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoroku_Yamamoto