In other words, there were many powerful people in World War II, and Yamamoto Isoroku was one of them.
However, no matter how rampant, Yamamoto eventually ended up being killed.
01
The origin of the name Yamamoto Isoroku is very interesting, his real name is Takano Isoroku, and he is the sixth child of the samurai Takano Sadayoshi.
When he was born in 1884, Takano Sadayoshi was 56 years old, so he gave his child such a strange name.
Until the age of thirty, Takano Fifty-Six followed his righteous father Yamamoto with a knife and changed his surname to Yamamoto, so it was changed to Yamamoto Fifty-Six.
The children of the samurai family had the wish of joining the army from an early age, but Yamamoto Fifty-Six did not enter the Army Academy, but entered the Navy.
In 1901, Yamamoto was admitted to the 32nd class of the Eda School in Japan with the second place, and three years later, this person graduated with a good grade of seventh place.
At this time, he even served as a second lieutenant trainee gunner and participated in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904.
On his first battlefield, Yamamoto's left index and middle fingers were blown apart, leaving him with a permanent disability. Hence the nickname "eight cents".
The saying "eight cents" was first spread at the Wind Moon Place, when Japanese geisha would trim the nails of guests, one finger for one dime.
For ordinary people, ten fingers are a dollar, but Yamamoto fifty-six is less than two, and only need to pay eight cents.
Later, when this matter reached the troops, everyone laughed at Yamamoto Fifty-Six, so they gave him the nickname of "Eight Cents".
That's why Yamamoto wore gloves wherever he went.
02
In addition to frequently going in and out of fireworks Willow Lane, this person is also a gambler, and his gambling nature is beyond ordinary people's imagination.
He likes to use various things around him as chips, gambling, such as betting on whether it will rain tomorrow and so on.
Yamamoto fifty-six divided his life into large and small gambling, and gambling was not so much a hobby for him as an ability.
After graduation, he entered the army with poor military discipline, but since Yamamoto Fifty-Six came, no one dared to gamble anymore, because the money was won by him.
Looking through the records of a well-known casino, we can see that Yamamoto was the second Japanese to be ordered to be banned from entering.
The reason: he's so good at winning.
Yamamoto, on the other hand, is quite confident in his gambling skills, having said:
If you have a year to gamble, you will definitely win an aircraft carrier to Japan.
At this time, Yamamoto's ideal is to open a casino of his own and earn everyone's pockets.
It can be said that such a personality will also affect his future military strategy.
If you play exciting, what could be more exciting than putting the fate of two countries in the Pacific Ocean and gambling once?
03
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese, represented by Yamamoto, suddenly attacked the U.S. military base Pearl Harbor.
As a result, the "Pearl Harbor incident" broke out in an all-round way and became the "opening dish" of the Second World War.
After the outbreak of the incident, the United States caused heavy losses, and Yamamoto's prestige rose suddenly.
However, at this time, Japan was already in the mud of World War II, and Yamamoto still fantasized that he could do a good job with the United States.
One day, the staff officer of the U.S. Pacific Fleet held a cracked document full of Yamamoto's whereabouts.
Upon learning of the situation, Commander Nimitz frowned and decided to kill the executioner.
He relayed the news to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but did not respond because assassination could not be used to eliminate the enemy.
At this time, the admiral was working with the president to see the president's doubts, and the admiral said:
Yamamoto fifty-six this time to go to the front line of the war, once the first line, whether it is a general or officers and soldiers, are the target of legal shooting.
Roosevelt was determined to get rid of Yamamoto, and after approval, he relayed the news to General Nimitz.
On April 18, the sky was cloudless, and Yamamoto's plane, escorted by six planes, flew over northern Bouin.
Forty minutes later, Yamamoto's planes met in the air with 18 fighter jets sent by the United States, and the two sides fought for life and death.
In the end, Yamamoto's aircraft was defeated by the U.S. military, fully exposed to the "machine guns" of the American fighters.
In an instant, Yamamoto's plane spewed flames and fell directly into the depths of the forest, and the search team searched the air for two days and found a scattered bomber.
A corpse sat straight on the left side of the plane, and not only that, but there were two gunshot wounds on the mountain itself, and the U.S. military made a bold judgment: Yamamoto was dead long before the crash.
Yamamoto's death shocked the Japanese military and dealt a considerable blow to the morale of the Japanese army.
The top generals had to block the news, and even doubted whether Yamamoto's final whereabouts had been cracked.
Later, the Japanese military once again sent the commander of the Southeast Fleet, Kusuru, to inspect it, but at this time, the US military had already seen through japan's tricks.
On the route mentioned in the cable, there was not a single American plane, so the Japanese firmly believed that Yamamoto's whereabouts would never be revealed, and that his death was accidental.
It was not until May 21, 1943, that Japan released the news of Yamamoto's death.
He was posthumously awarded the title of Admiral of the Navy and held a state funeral for him attended by millions of people.
With the departure of Yamamoto Isoroku, the "imperial dream" of Japanese militarism was completely shattered.
epilogue
Overall, Yamamoto was a very powerful general in Japan.
But the evil war, after all, can not escape the punishment of justice, Yamamoto's fate, is the best answer.
Author: Lollipop
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