Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
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Isoroku Yamamoto, Masafumi
Anyone who has read the history of World War II is familiar with the name Isoroku Yamamoto and knows his own affairs. Isoroku Yamamoto was a prominent admiral in modern Japanese history, the mastermind and organizer of the Japanese fleet's attack on Pearl Harbor to provoke the Pacific War, and was once known as the "god of war" Yamamoto by The Japanese militarists, and was born on April 4, 1884 in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, to an old samurai family. His father was a shabby scholar who had been the principal of a primary school for many years, and his family had been poor due to the large number of children. In November 1901, Yamamoto was admitted to the Edajima Naval Officer School with honors. After graduating in November 1904, he served as a second lieutenant cadet on the ship Kasuga. In 1905, he was transferred to the panzer cruiser "Hysin" as a second lieutenant trainee gunnery officer, and participated in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. During the Battle of Tsushima on 27 May 1905, The Mountain itself was seriously wounded and lost two fingers, and was later dubbed the "Eight-Fingered General". At that time, Yamamoto admired Togo Heihachiro and longed for one day when he could ascend to the throne of the commander of the combined fleet and establish a "great achievement" like Togo.
In December 1916, Yamamoto graduated from the Japanese Naval University and subsequently served as a staff officer in the Fleet and Naval Headquarters. In April 1919, he went to Boston, USA to study fuel for an optional English course. In 1921, he returned to China as an instructor at the Naval University. In June 1923, he was ordered to investigate the current situation in Europe and the United States after the Washington Conference, and embarked on a journey to Europe.
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In 1924, Yamamoto became the chief instructor and deputy captain of the KasumiTsugu Air Force. In 1925, he was appointed Military Attaché of the Japanese Navy to the United States. In 1928, he returned to Japan and served as the captain of the battleship Isuzu and the aircraft carrier Akagi. He was promoted to rear admiral in November 1929 and in 1930 he was appointed head of the Technical Department of the Naval Aviation Headquarters. In October 1933, he was transferred to the 1st Air Force Commander. In September 1934, Yamamoto accompanied the Japanese military delegation to London to attend the Naval Reserve Conference. During the meeting, he was promoted to vice admiral. In 1935 he was promoted to Minister of Naval Aviation, and in 1936 he was appointed Vice-Secretary of the Navy.
He was promoted to commander of the Combined Fleet in August 1939 and to admiral in 1940. While studying and teaching at the Naval University, Yamamoto began to discuss and study the use of aircraft in naval warfare and the role of naval aviation, and at that time, the "giant ship cannon" doctrine that dominated the world's naval community was the battleship as the core, but Yamamoto was different and expressed many different views. He firmly believed that "the most important warship in the future is the warship carrying aircraft" and proposed that "naval aviation will play a leading role in future wars." These claims of his attracted the special attention of the upper echelons of the Imperial Navy. In the study of naval aviation, Yamamoto is even more practical and unrelenting. In 1930, after he was promoted to the head of the Technical Department of the Naval Aviation Headquarters, he made a major effort for the construction and development of the Japanese naval aviation, and he proposed that in future naval battles, the aviation corps would become the main force of operations; He also believes that "air supremacy precedes sea control, and if you do not control the air, you will not be able to control the sea." In 1935, after he became the head of the Naval Aviation Headquarters, he was even more successful, making full use of this position to strengthen the construction of aircraft carrier units and naval shore-based aviation, thus bringing the development of Japanese naval aviation into a new stage. A few years later, Japan's aircraft carriers were launched one after another, and the tactical and technical level of naval aviation also made great progress. For this, Yamamoto received the title of "Founder of the Japanese Naval Aviation Corps".
Yamamoto has traveled to the United States several times, or studied abroad, or visited, or served in the United States, and has a very profound research and understanding of the economic strength and war potential of the United States. In dealing with the United States as war or peace, his approach before and after was very different. At the beginning of the war, Yamamoto, based on his knowledge of the United States, vigorously opposed war with the United States. He believes that Japan will find it difficult to win a full-scale war with the United States. However, after he became commander of the Combined Fleet and confirmed the inevitableness of a war between Japan and the United States, he actively planned and proposed a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Yamamoto personally organized and led the large air raid that shocked China and foreign countries. After the attack, the whole country of Japan rejoiced. But Yamamoto was overjoyed to realize that the Battle of Pearl Harbor did not destroy an American aircraft carrier, and the powerful United States would continue to build a large number of aircraft and warships. Therefore, when his men congratulated him, he simply said lightly: We have only awakened a sleeping giant. This prompted him to actively argue that the Combined Fleet must once again launch a fierce offensive before the reorganization of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, in order to completely destroy it based on the understanding of speed, and Yamamoto organized and planned the capture of Midway in the spring of 1942 in an attempt to entice the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Unexpectedly, however, the intelligence services of the U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in deciphering the coded telegrams he had dispatched and gained insight into his entire battle plan. Admiral Nimitz adopted the countermeasure of "setting traps and making plans", which resulted in a major victory for the U.S. army at the Battle of Midway, and a crushing defeat for the Combined Fleet. Yamamoto's self-esteem was hit hard, and his prestige was damaged.
After the setback at the Battle of Midway, Yamamoto lost again in the battle against the Americans for Guadalcanal and was forced to evacuate Guadalcanal in February 1943. At this time, Yamamoto painfully realized that the huge war machine of the United States was advancing from east to west in an overwhelming situation. On 18 April of that year, in order to cheer up the Japanese troops at the front line of solomon, he personally led his staff from Rabaul to Bougainville Island. As a result of the interception and deciphering of the coded telegrams about his inspection routes and schedules, his landline was intercepted by American aircraft over the island of Bougainville. The plane was shot down and Yamamoto was killed at the age of 55. After his death, the Empire of Japan held a state funeral for him and posthumously awarded him the title of Marshal.
Isoroku Yamamoto was one of the most prominent generals in the Japanese Navy after Heihachiro Togo. For this unjust war launched by the Japanese fascists, he can be said to have bowed down and died, and he has an unshirkable guilt. However, as an admiral, he enjoyed great prestige in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He was the founder of the Japanese Naval Aviation Corps and ushered in a new era of aircraft carrier warfare; He was cool-headed and insightful, advocating a surprise attack to win the victory in the military, "a general with a pawn"; Emphasize training in the management of the army and strictly manage subordinates; He was far-sighted and bold in his use of troops, and created a good record of winning consecutive battles in the early stages of the Pacific War. After the war, even his old rival, Admiral Nimitz, commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, honored the sea tyrant with respect.
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