Change of surname storm
Many people will wonder whether Isoroku Yamamoto is the son of Yamamoto Kwonbei, the "father of the Japanese Navy", but in fact there is no dime relationship between them.
Admiral: Yamamoto Kwonbei
Yamamoto was born into the "Takano" family in Niigata Prefecture (xīn xì xiàn) in Nagaoka City, Japan, the father of Takano Sadayoshi was a down-and-out teacher, and he was tireless for half his life, and the family had five sons and a daughter under the knees of Ding Xingwang. Takano Sadayoshi was overjoyed at the age of fifty-six, so he took his sixth son as Takano Fifty-Six.
So why did the good Takano Fifty-Six change his surname to Yamamoto?
The Japanese, who had not been Westernized until the mid-19th century, were heavily influenced by the Confucian culture of the great powers and were very traditional and conservative. They firmly believe that "only sons are the continuation of the family, no filial piety has three, no queen is greater." (Even now the status of women in their country is not high)
In fact, Takano Isoroku's father was the "son-in-law" of the Takano family named Hasegawa Sadayoshi. The elder Taishan Takano Masatsuki was childless under his knees, and specially summoned the eldest son-in-law to join the family, and from then on, Hasegawa Sadayoshi was called Takano Sadayoshi.
In 1867, the young British lord Muhito (Meiji) waved the flag of Emperor Muhito and carried out the "Curtain Fall Movement" under the slogan of "Great Government and Return". The Nagaoka Clan's "Makino Clan", as die-hard loyalists of the "Sakuma", resolutely supported the shogun Tokugawa Keiki, and a war between the "fall of the curtain" and the "samu" was inevitable.
In the "Battle of Boshin", the Nakayamamoto clan, the Takano clan and other Nagaoka army attached to the lord of makino domain were defeated by the emperor's army, and the 77-year-old Takano Masatsuru (Takano's grandfather) and the 24-year-old Yamamoto with a knife were killed in battle.
After the death of Takano Fifty-Six's parents in 1913, Fifty-Six's mother's mother's family (surnamed Yamamoto) had no heirs, and the 29-year-old Fifty-Six inherited her mother's surname and changed her name to Yamamoto Fifty-Six.
In 1916, at the age of 32, Yamamoto was promoted to Shōsa (the 32-year-old Yamashita Bōfumi had been promoted to major general, which was really more popular than the popularity of the people), and was introduced by Viscount Makino Tadatoshi (a descendant of the Makino clan of the old Nagaoka domain) and succeeded to the old Yamamoto clan of the old Nagaoka clan, nominally becoming Yamamoto's sword-wielding yoshiko.
A Japanese samurai dressed in samurai costumes
Unlike the lucky Yamashita Bongwen Pacific War Famous General Chapter: The Malay Tiger Yamashita Bongwen can inherit the political mantle of the old father-in-law, and he can achieve his career at an early age. Yamamoto Fifty-Six can inherit his righteous father Yamamoto's sword is probably only an old samurai suit, and nagaoka's villagers hope that the young Shosa will "turn into a dragon at the first sight of the storm", lead the Yamamoto family to restore the glory of samurai, and revitalize Nagaoka's momentum...
Haiguo Boy: A hero of wine-colored wealth and wealth, a man who is not a mischievous teenager
In the old Nagaoka, although the Takano family was not as famous as the Yamamoto family, it was also considered to be a well-to-do family in the local area. After the Battle of Botatsu, the Takano family was destitute, so Yamamoto Wasoroku suffered a lot in his childhood. However, "the children of the poor have long been in charge", Yamamoto Fifty-six has developed a spirit of hard work and hard work at a very young age, and he is also quite sensible. Academic performance is even better, and almost every year can get the school's financial awards.
Yamamoto graduated with the 7th place in the Edajima Naval Academy at the age of 56 and later became a second lieutenant on the armored cruiser Hysin.
Yamamoto took part in the Russo-Japanese War, where he was seriously wounded in the Battle of Tsushima, leaving his left middle and index fingers flying, leaving him with a lifelong disability, but in this naval battle he gained his own "spiritual deity" - the Japanese military god, Admiral Togo Heihachirō, since then he has always taken Togo Heihachiro as his idol and example, always spurring himself, pushing himself and alerting himself.
Japanese military god: Togo Heihachirō
After the Meiji Restoration, Japan vigorously advocated "rich countries and strong soldiers", and the progressive young Yamamoto Fifty-six was sent to study in the United States, so that he could travel to the United States and Europe to broaden his horizons, and the strong industrial strength of the United States and a thriving scene made Yamamoto suffer a huge impact.
When Japan joined the Axis Three-Power Alliance (Germany, Italy, and Japan) in 1940, Yamamoto expressed strong opposition to the naval iron triangle composed of Mitsumasa Minouchi and Inoue Seimei, and resolutely resisted war with Britain and the United States. Being able to have such a clear understanding and judgment as a senior general is not unrelated to the early study tour experience of Isoroku Yamamoto.
Yamamoto was a gambler who loved to gamble, and his superb gambling skills were famous. Go, shogi, solitaire, mahjong, roulette, etc. He is also omnipotent. During his travels to Europe, Yamamoto was refused admission to the Casino Monte Carlo in Monaco due to his excessive profits, and he was the second Japanese in history to receive this "honor".
In contrast, if Yamamoto Could have known about Nimitz's stinky gambling skills and provoked the Marines to laugh at their own generals, would Yamamoto's heart have any comfort?
Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco: Only visitors are 21 years of age or older, tickets are €10 and require passport registration.
People after the Yamamoto game said: "The general likes to open up and win with surprise when he plays chess, and if he is not careful, he may be defeated by it", from this point of view, it is similar to Yamamoto's command art, from the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Midway, and then to the Battle of Guadalcanal, etc. This style is everywhere, either a big loss or a big win, refusing peace.
Yamamoto is also famous for his fondness to go in and out of The Flower Street Willow Lane. Compared with the rude and wandering "ronin" officers, the mild-mannered, deep and subtle Yamamoto Isoroku was very popular with geisha. People go to this kind of fireworks land is generally a pastime of dragonflies to taste the water and stop, but Yamamoto Fifty-Six does not make a scene, as long as both sides feel that the call is coming, he will devote himself to the truth and go all out.
During his life, Yamamoto fifty-six, who had a rich emotional line, was most deeply entangled with each other with two geisha.
Yamamoto's first love, Masako Tsurushima, is a geisha, and yamamoto, the pride of the Nagaoka people, cannot insult the glory of the Yamamoto and Takano families, and marrying a geisha is a disgrace to the family. This pair of bitter Mandarin ducks fell in love and could not end well, which was helpless. Masako Tsurushima was obsessed with not marrying Yamamoto all her life, while Yamamoto Igoro named her favorite daughter Masako Yamamoto. I think it's the best annotation the two of them have made for their relationship (people in town really play it).
The second most intimate was chiyoko Kawai, who by this time Wasoro Yamamoto had already entered the ranks of senior officers. However, he did not care about the opinion of his subordinate officers, as soon as Yamamoto's flagship, the Nagato, returned to Yokosuka, Chiyoko Kawai would board the battleship to meet with the Acacia People. Yamamoto also wrote this love letter with Chiyoko Kawai:
"Whenever I think of your delicate and colorful figure, I can't suppress the feeling of longing in my heart, and I can't wait to fly into your arms and relieve the pain of loneliness for you...".
Such a heart-wrenching and kidney-walking soft text which little sister can stand ah, then Yamamoto, you did not forget to write a letter to your wife Reiko Mitsuhashi???
Isaichi Yamamoto And Their Children Reiko Sanko
"A kind greeting from blunt pen... If you agree, I will not have any other love in the future, and I have poured out my heartfelt words to you, and I hope that you will be as I am, and you will do what you want, and you will not be shy, and if you can do so, it will be in accordance with my heart."
A good sentence "I will not have another love in the future", the man's mouth deceives the ghost.
The Tragedy of the Times: A Discredited Celebrity
Yamamoto Reached the pinnacle of his life after the "Attack on Pearl Harbor" Japanese army victory, and public opinion in Tokyo even compared the two most respected military gods of the Japanese (Nogi Nogi Andei and Togo Heihachirō) to Yamamoto Fifty-Six. As commander of the Combined Fleet, he could give direct orders to the generals in Tokyo. This peak power fell to the bottom with the fiasco of the Japanese army at the Battle of Midway, and he returned to the pure commander of the combined fleet.
Is6 Yamamoto
It is undeniable that Yamamoto's forge ahead, reform and innovation have brought great progress to the Japanese Navy, but its tyrannical acts of violating the flower growers will be spurned by the flower growers for generations. The Pacific War that broke out after the "attack on Pearl Harbor" dragged the United States into the war...
In the Pingyang War, the United States gave birth to three five-star generals (Nimitz, MacArthur, and Halsey) who had distinguished themselves in the annals of history on this battlefield; the United States did not have the post of Grand Marshal, and the five-star general was the hall of honor for the highest commander of the army. From this point of view, Yamamoto Fifty-Six should be nailed to the pillar of shame forever for posterity to wake up. If he had not hated Yamamoto to the bone, Roosevelt would have brazenly ordered, "Kill Yamamoto," in spite of his chivalry.
However, as a tragic figure of the times, Yamamoto Isoroku's "decent sacrifice" can also be regarded as a deserved death. The mental blow caused by Yamamoto's death is immeasurable. The Japanese government was forced to acknowledge that the U.S. military's war capabilities were rapidly recovering, and even began to fight back. The Japanese authorities posthumously awarded Yamamoto the rank of Grand Order, the First Rank of Meritorious Service, the Third Rank of Shōgun, and the title of Marshal.
Can we afford to be able to afford the word "famous general" for the benevolent and the wise, just as our after-dinner talking points do not need to be so rigorous, after all, we are not scholars engaged in historical research, then do you think Yamamoto Isoroku can be called a famous general?