Isoroku Yamamoto, Grand Admiral Imperial Japanese Navy

After pearl harbor

Time magazine cover of Yamamoto

Yamamoto joined the navy in 1901. As a child he was in a poor family and was brought up in very traditional ways, including obedience to the Emperor who was considered a god.

Yamamoto fights with Japan against Russia in 1905. He was badly injured, losing two fingers on one hand. In 1918 he got married. He then spent some time in America learning English and learning about America.

He actually said that he knew Japan could not defeat America in a war due to the vast industrial power that America had at the time.

In 1923 he became involved with Naval aviation and was a firm believer in air power.

In 1931 Japan attacked and seized Manchuria with the full agreement of Hirohito, the Emperor.

The film interviews some people who knew Yamamoto personally, including his son.

In 1937 Japan invaded China. Yamamoto was against this. He also said a war with America would be a disaster for Japan, and that Japan should not be in alliance with Germany. The right-wing groups of the time did not like what he was saying. Some on the right wrote that Yamamoto should be killed.

Even though that Yamamoto did not want a war with America, when he was told to plan the war he carried out his orders in the role of the traditional samuari bushido spirit.

The film then talks about the actual attack on Pearl Harbor.

The Dolittle raid.

The film then goes into the battle of Midway.

Then the film goes into how the war of the Pacific proceeded, and how Yamamoto was tired. Then it goes into how Yamamoto's flight path was determined and an ambush was set up which ended up killing Yamamoto.



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