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Isoroku Yamamoto (1April 4, 884-1April 80943 180943) was a Japanese naval officer and the 26th and 27th commander of the Japanese Joint Fleet. When he died in battle, he was a naval general and was posthumously awarded the title of Marshal.

Isoroku Yamamoto was born in1April 4, 884, the sixth son of Japanese Nagaoka warrior Masaya Takano. Because Takano Sadako is 56 years old this year, she named her son "Takano 56".

Influenced by Bushido and military affairs since childhood, he has a strong will and enterprising spirit of being competitive. 190 1 year-old, he was admitted to Jiangtian Island Naval School. 1904 After graduation, he served as a second lieutenant trainee gunner on the armored cruiser "Golden Sun", participated in the Russo-Japanese War from 1904 to 1905, and participated in the naval battle between Japan and Russia against Ma Haixia. As he had only eight fingers left, his colleagues nicknamed him "eighty cents". 1908 entered the naval artillery school, 19 14 entered the naval university for further study with the rank of captain, and 19 15 was promoted to Shaozuo.

19 16, after graduating from naval university, he changed his surname to "Yamamoto" and changed his name to "Isoroku Yamamoto". He is a dutiful son. After becoming an officer, he often went back to his hometown to visit the graves of Takano and Yamamoto. Most of his salary is sent to his mother to help his younger brothers and sisters, and sometimes he pays tuition for the children of relatives and teachers. It is said that this is an important reason for his delay in getting married. In August, Yamamoto and his hometown milkmaid Lizi held a wedding in Tokyo. After marriage, they have two men and two women. 19 19, Yamamoto was ordered to study in the United States. After returning to China, he became a teacher in Ren Haijun University.

Isoroku Yamamoto is only 1.59 meters tall, as tall as his idol Tougou Heihachirou. He is gentle in appearance, melancholy in expression and full of worries, but stubborn and vigorous in heart, bold and prudent, far-sighted, able to lead troops to fight, and highly trusted by subordinates and colleagues. 1924, when Yamamoto was transferred to Xiapu Air Force as vice captain, the pilots here were disheveled and lax in military discipline. He is determined to correct it. But at first, these rambling pilots simply looked down on this ugly amateur officer. Yamamoto, 40, not only strictly requires his subordinates to perform their duties, but also takes the initiative to receive several hours of flight training every day. Soon, his flying skills surpassed many young students and reached the level of a solo coach. With his will and talent, he established his prestige among pilots. Under the organization and command of Yamamoto, the training and military discipline of Xiapu Air Force have taken on a new look. When Yamamoto moved to America, the players were very sorry. When Yamamoto's "Tianyang Maru" set sail, a squadron plane appeared on the ship, and the pilots swooped over to bid farewell to their respected boss.

1925, yamamoto became the naval attache of the Japanese embassy in the United States. 1928, Yamamoto returned from the United States and served as the captain of the cruiser Isuzu and the aircraft carrier Akagi. 1930, yamamoto was promoted to major general, and served as technical director of naval aviation department and commander of the first air force. 1929 and 1934 went to London twice to attend the conference on the limitation of naval armaments. 1934, yamamoto was promoted to lieutenant general, 1935, he became aviation minister. During this period, Yamamoto was most interested in airplanes. Yamamoto came into contact with airplanes for the first time after being transferred to Xiapu Air Force. He found that airplanes would have a far-reaching impact on the navy. He preached "air force departmentalism" and "offensive warfare based on aircraft carriers" and raised objections to Japan's strategy of building the battleship "Yamato" and waging war against the United States.

1 September, 9391day, on the day when Germany invaded Poland, Yamamoto became the commander of the Joint Naval Fleet and the First Fleet. From then on, he can basically put down his point of view and focus on aviation based on aircraft carriers. Yamamoto was awarded the rank of general on 1940. 1940 In July, Japan signed the Axis Treaty with Germany and Italy. Yamamoto knows that 80% of Japan's strategic materials must be supplied from the British and American controlled areas, so he thinks that the treaty is not conducive to Japan and resolutely opposes the military alliance between Japan, Germany and Italy. And warned Premier Fumimaro Konoe that if he went to war with Britain and the United States, he could hold out for the first six months, and then he lost confidence.

In a spring exercise of 1940, he saw that the aviation had achieved ideal results in the training and said to the chief of staff, "The training was very successful, and I think it is possible to attack Hawaii." From this time on, Yamamoto began to imagine the Battle of Pearl Harbor. Based on Tougou Heihachirou's strategic thought of success in one fell swoop, he believed that if we want to win the war with the powerful United States and Britain, we must make a surprise attack and pre-empt the other side to collapse at the beginning of the war. The bold idea of attacking Pearl Harbor came out, which is the inevitable product of Yamamoto's strategic thinking.

194165438+in the early morning of February 7, the first attack wave of 183 aircraft taking off from six aircraft carriers broke through the clouds and rushed to pearl harbor. At 7: 53, the signal of "Tiger, Tiger, Tiger" came back, indicating that the surprise attack was successful. Since then, the second wave of attack 168 aircraft attacked again. The American troops who rushed to fight suffered heavy losses. Of the eight battleships, four sank, one ran aground and the rest suffered heavy losses. Six cruisers and three destroyers were injured, and the 188 plane was destroyed, resulting in thousands of casualties. Japan lost only 29 planes and 55 pilots.

After the Pearl Harbor incident, American President Roosevelt declared 65438+February 7th as "National Shame Day", and Japan and Isoroku Yamamoto on the other side of the ocean immediately became household heroes. Yamamoto is famous for planning and creating the miracle of long-range sneak attack in the history of world naval warfare. Facing the most proud work of his life, Yamamoto didn't lose his mind. He knows that the production capacity of the United States is several times that of Japan. Once the American war machine starts, Japan will never win. Yamamoto felt that it was necessary to quickly eliminate the remaining main force of the US Navy, and envisaged attacking Midway Island, which is nearly 1300 miles northwest of Pearl Harbor, to fight a decisive battle with the US Navy. However, this time, because the US military cracked the Japanese code, won the battle preparation time, dispatched troops, set traps to ambush the Japanese army, sank four Japanese aircraft carriers and 1 heavy cruisers with inferior strength, seriously injured 1 heavy cruisers and two destroyers, and the Japanese army lost 332 planes and thousands of Japanese officers and men were killed. The US military only lost 1 aircraft carrier, 1 destroyer and 147 aircraft. This setback led to the decline of the Japanese navy.

1April 943, American intelligence personnel cracked the Japanese code again and learned that Yamamoto would take a medium bomber and be escorted by six Zero fighters in April1August to inspect the front line. President Roosevelt personally made a decision: "intercept Yamamoto." The US military sent warplanes to ambush in the air and shot down Isoroku Yamamoto's plane in the air of bougainville island. A few days later, the Japanese found the wreckage of the plane. Isoroku Yamamoto's body was still tied to the seat, and he was shot in the head, still holding his sword. This incident was called "Navy A Incident" by the Japanese military. Isoroku Yamamoto was the only commander and officer of the Joint Fleet who died in battle.