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Before and during the war Yamamoto frequently corresponded with Hori, these personal letters would become the subject of the NHK documentary The Truth of Yamamoto. [40] The claim that Yamamoto was a Catholic [41] is likely due to confusion with retired Admiral Shinjiro Stefano Yamamoto, who was a decade older than Isoroku, and died in 1942. [42]
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy, scheduled an inspection tour of the Solomon Islands and New Guinea.He planned to inspect Japanese air units participating in Operation I-Go that had begun 7 April 1943; in addition, the tour would boost Japanese morale following the disastrous Guadalcanal campaign and its subsequent evacuation during January and February.
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"Combined Fleet Commander Isoroku Yamamoto: Truth of the Pacific War 70 Years Ago") is a 2011 Japanese biographical film about Isoroku Yamamoto, the Imperial Japanese Navy's (IJN) Marshal Admiral and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II. Other English home media titles of the film are The Admiral, [5] and Admiral ...
On 12 February 1942, Yamato became the flagship of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's Combined Fleet. [ 13 ] [ 19 ] A veteran of Japan's crushing victory over Russia at the Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War , the Pearl Harbor victor was planning a decisive engagement with the United States Navy at Midway Island .
Isoroku Yamamoto's sleeping giant quotation is a film quote attributed to Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto regarding the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by forces of Imperial Japan. "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve"
In the aftermath of the attack, General Short and Admiral Kimmel receive Marshall's telegram warning of impending danger. Aboard his flagship, Admiral Yamamoto informs his staff that their primary target – the American aircraft carriers – were not at Pearl Harbor, having departed days previously to search for Japanese vessels in the Pacific.
Isoroku Yamamoto (1884–1943), Japanese admiral in World War II, also called "General Yamamoto" Yamamoto Kansuke (general) (1501–1561) List of Soul Reapers in Bleach#Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto , fictional character, also called "captain" and/or "general" Yamamoto