Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor can be called the biggest "bright spot" of Japan in The Second World War, and it is also the key reason why the Japanese army was able to take the initiative in the early stage of the Pacific War.
When people talk about this sneak attack, most people attribute it to Yamamoto's fifty-six gambler-style combat philosophy, but in fact, nearly half of the credit goes to Yoshikawa.
Are you a bit blindfolded? Who is this Yoshikawa? A person who has never even heard of a name, where is the capital to grab half of the credit?
Don't worry, let's slowly talk about who this Yoshikawa Is.
The reason why Yoshikawa is not famous is mainly related to his profession - spying. After all, espionage has always been known for its secrecy, and it's common to change names and surnames, so it's no surprise that many people haven't heard of his name.
In fact, Yoshikawa was an important pawn installed by the Japanese army in the United States, and it was also an important factor in the Successful Attack of the Japanese Army on Pearl Harbor.
As early as March 1941, Yoshikawa arrived in Honolulu as secretary to the U.S. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and began secretly spying on U.S. military intelligence.
In order to grasp the detailed information of the US military in Pearl Harbor, Yoshikawa Can say that he did everything to the extreme, and even risked his life to personally jump into the sea to reconnoiter the US warships. It was under his efforts that the deployment of U.S. troops on the island and combat firepower were all controlled by the Japanese army. It is said that in order to report the results of his more than 200 days of reconnaissance, Yoshikawa Talked for a whole night.
To what extent? All the types, names, and locations of U.S. warships!
It was precisely because he had completely understood the old bottom of the Americans that Yamamoto Fifty-Six dared to launch a sneak attack. There are large armies outside the territory, there are spies inside, if the Japanese army can not win the battle of Pearl Harbor, then it is really a joke!
After the outbreak of Pearl Harbor, the United States and Japan immediately entered the stage of war, and the diplomats sent by both sides naturally became hostages of the other side, including Yoshikawa, who had not yet had time to slip away. However, as a senior intelligence officer, Yoshikawa Makoto did a seamless job, and the Americans did not find any cats at all, so when the United States and Japan formally exchanged hostages, Yoshikawa was able to return home safely.
In this way, Yoshikawa immediately became "popular" in China and became a heroic spy vigorously touted by the Japanese military. Only then did the Americans react, and it turned out that one of the culprits of Pearl Harbor was sent back by their hands!
However, at the same time that "blessings and misfortunes are ambushed", at the same time as it is vigorously touted, the problem of Yoshikawa Isio also comes, that is, he is targeted by the Americans, and he wants to pay his blood debt!
With the continuous reversal of the situation in the Pacific War, watching the Japanese army begin to decline, Yoshikawa, who knew that he would not escape punishment, simply slipped away in advance. In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, Yoshikawa Mamoo incarnated as a cultivator in the temple, and also called himself "Bizhou Resident", all in all, all of which was to be sentenced to a few years less after the war.
Not to mention, this trick really worked, at the beginning of the war, Yoshikawa Washio had long faded from people's sight, coupled with the fact that he traveled around on weekdays without leaving a trace, he was not arrested for a while.
When he made a difficult appearance, the United States, Britain, France and other countries jointly issued a statement in San Francisco that they would no longer pursue Japanese war criminals, and Yoshikawa became a free body and was able to return to his hometown of Matsuyama City, until he died of illness in 1993, which was also a good ending for himself.