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The Japanese navy doctor examining the body determined that the head wound had killed Yamamoto. The more violent details of Yamamoto's death were hidden from the Japanese public. The medical report was changed "on orders from above", according to biographer Hiroyuki Agawa. [32] [33] Yamamoto's death was a major blow to Japanese military morale.
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.
Isoroku Yamamoto's sleeping giant quotation is a film quote by Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto regarding the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by forces of Imperial Japan. The quotation is portrayed at the very end of the 1970 film Tora!
Thomas George Lanphier Jr. (November 27, 1915 – November 26, 1987) was a Panama-born American colonel and fighter pilot during World War II who was first given sole credit, then later partial credit shared with Rex T. Barber, for shooting down the plane carrying Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander in chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy. [1]
"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 ...
Historians Herbert P. Bix and John W. Dower criticize the work done by General MacArthur and his staff to exonerate Emperor Hirohito and all members of the imperial family from criminal prosecutions. According to them, MacArthur and Brigadier General Bonner Fellers worked to protect the Emperor and shift ultimate responsibility to Tojo. [119 ...
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
Nagashino 1575; his sons followed Takeda Katsuyori until his death at Temmokuzan in 1582 [2] Yamagata Masakage – fought at Mikatagahara and Yoshida, d. Nagashino 1575 [2] Yamamoto Kansuke - strategist of the fourth battle of Kawanakajima in 1561, died in that battle [3] Yokota Takatoshi – d. Siege of Toishi 1550 [3]