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During World War II, the famous Japanese general Isoroku Yamamoto preemptively planned and commanded the Battle of Pearl Harbor against the U.S. Navy, causing the United States to suffer huge losses. After becoming famous in World War I, Yamamoto became a popular enemy of the Americans, and was eventually killed by the Americans over the bougainville rainforest on April 18, 1943, and the Emperor of Japan posthumously awarded him the title of Admiral. Today, I don't want to repeat the glorious achievements of Yamamoto Fifty-Six, but I want to introduce this Japanese general who is regarded as the number one public enemy of the United States from different angles.
01. Disabled soldier Yamamoto Fifty-six
When he was young, Yamamoto Isoroku (also known as Takano Isoroku at the time) had a very loud nickname: "Eight Cents". It was given to him by a geisha and his colleagues. Why? Because Yamamoto Wasoroku was hit by artillery in the 1904-1905 Battle of Tsushima between Japan and Russia, he exploded the index and middle fingers of his left hand and became a disabled soldier.
Yamamoto was in his early twenties and had no wife, and liked to go to the land of fireworks for fun. At that time, Japanese geisha had the service of repairing nails for customers, and they charged according to the number of fingers, one finger was one dime, and ten fingers were just one yen. Yamamoto fifty-six only has eight fingers, and the Japanese can't be flexible, so they only charge Yamamoto fifty-six eight cents each time. After the incident was spread by the geisha, Yamamoto's colleagues followed suit, calling Yamamoto Fifty-Six "eight cents". It is said that until Yamamoto Wasoroku was promoted to Daisaku, some colleagues dared to tease him in person.
02, the most unpopular gambler in European casinos, Yamamoto Fifty-Six
Yamamoto is a great lover of gambling, and gambles very seriously.
When I was a nakasaki, I once made a bet with a good friend for 3,000 yen for "just kidding". What is the concept of 3,000 yen, at that time in Japan you can buy a villa. Isoroku Yamamoto lost his bet and was required to pay 3,000 yen to the friend as agreed. At that time, a senior officer's salary was only 100 yen a month, how could Yamamoto Fifty-Six come up with it. Friends said forget it, it was a joke. But Yamamoto Fifty-Six did not joke with this friend, betting that after losing, he would lose part of his salary to his friend every month, and he had been losing money for several years before he paid it off. This shows Yamamoto Isoroku's gambling and gambling nature, which is very serious and persistent.
In 1929, Yamamoto was transferred to the European military attaché abroad. After going to Europe, Yamamoto Isoroku, who was skilled in gambling and dared to take risks, simply fell into the hen's nest, winning many casinos to tremble and panic, thus becoming the second person in Japanese history to be listed as undesirable by European casinos (the first Japanese gambler listed as unpopular by European casinos was Japanese Army General Motojiro Akashi, who when he was an intelligence officer in Europe, he could accurately calculate the number of points in the roulette wheel, won the casino to be miserable, and finally listed him as an unpopular gambler and turned him away). Yamamoto was not impressed by this, and triumphantly told his colleagues that if the emperor approved him to gamble for a year, he could win back a battleship.
After Yamamoto became a general, in addition to gambling with his colleagues, he also liked to gamble with geisha. Out of respect and sympathy for them, Yamamoto Tookroku gambled very low every time, pure entertainment, and even if he won money, he would not ruin his family. Gambling money also became one of Yamamoto's most leisurely ways to relax before he died in battle.
03. Yamamoto Fifty-Six, who performs Chaplin on the street for his lover
Many people don't believe it, but Yamamoto Isoroku, who only got married at the age of 34 and was already a shosa officer, actually took a village girl as his wife. After marriage, the military life of gathering less and more made him develop the habit of looking for flowers and asking for willow (Mitsumasa Minouchi and Yamamoto Isoroku are both amorous seeds in the Navy's iron triangle). In addition to the geisha of The Edge of Dew, Yamamoto has at least three or more confidants who have been in long-term relationships.
In 1935, Yamamoto wrote a love letter to his lover Chiyoko Kawai, the content of which was so sweet that even today's ignorant teenagers could not copy it.
In 1940, Masako, another red-faced confidant of Yamamoto Fifty-Six, rushed to Beppu Port, where the headquarters of the Japanese Combined Fleet was located, in order to see him, and complained to his lover about the pain of lovesickness. After Seeing the affectionate Masako at the gate of the headquarters, Yamamoto was so happy that he was like a child, and when he performed on the street, the famous British film actor Charlie. Chaplin's classic "Outer Eight Steps". Although there were few people at that time, the commander's frivolous behavior was still seen by several passing naval soldiers. The soldiers were so shocked to see that the commander, who had always been so serious that he had dressed as a clown for a woman, was so shocked that he bowed his head and did not dare to face it, but Yamamoto Fifty-Six did not care, and coaxed Masako to laugh.
After Yamamoto's death in 1943, these confidants did not have trouble finding their families, unlike the eldest brother Mitsumasa Minouchi, who broke the threshold of his home after his death. It can be seen from this that Yamamoto's character and emotional intelligence are not comparable to those of traditional Japanese soldiers.