Isoroku Yamamoto was the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Imperial Navy during the Second World War. He was a veteran of the Russo-Japanese war of 1905 and commanded the attacking fleet during the, ...

On April 18, 1943, American P-38 Lightnings carried out one of the most daring interception missions of the Pacific War.

(See Cover) A humble wireless set trembled last week with quasi-divine vibrations as the Son of Heaven himself sent Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander in Chief of the Combined Imperial Fleets, ...

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (April 4, 1884-April 18, 1943) is a notorious military figure, as he was the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet during much of World War II. Yamamoto was responsible for ...

Only the bare fact that Japan’s U.S.-hating Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander in Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, had died “in combat with the enemy” was admitted by Tokyo two years ago (TIME, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the first time, two letters written by Japanese Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto — the architect behind the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl ...

Key Point: America had broken Tokyo’s codes and was able to prepare an ambush. This time, the target wasn’t a terrorist. It was the Japanese admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor operation. But the ...

Key Point:Yamamoto’s death was significant on the symbolic level. This time, the target wasn’t a terrorist. It was the Japanese admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor operation. But the motive was the ...

Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, Japan’s chief naval strategist during World War II, was a gambler who “won large sums on poker, bridge, shogi—Japanese chess—and the Japanese game of stones known as ‘go.’” He ...

The film stars Toshiro Mifune as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II.

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