Isoruku+Yamamoto

=Isoruku Yamamoto= (Born on April 4, 1884- Died On April 18, 1943,) His first name "Isoroku" translates into the number "56", which was his father's age when he was born. (1) Planned most of his future battles with the US according to poker strategy and percentage play.

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=Biography= (2) Isoroku Yamamoto was born as Isoroku Tokano and he changed his name after being adopted by the Yamamoto family. He entered the Naval Academy and graduated in 1904, and participated against Russia. Yamamoto was nicknamed "80 sen" by some of his favorite geisha girls because he lost two fingers from the said battle (at the time, a geisha manicure cost 100 sen, or 1 yen). He was American educated (Harvard University, 1919-1921);, and became a junior naval attaché to several nations. In 1924, at age 40, he changed his specialty from gunnery to aviation, recognizing the upcoming trend in naval warfare.

=Attack on Pearl Harbor= ___

Pearl Harbor: (3)As diplomatic relations continued to break down, Yamamoto began planning his strike to [|destroy the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor], HI. On November 26, 1941, six of Yamamoto's carriers sailed for Hawaii. Approaching from the north they attacked on December 7, sinking four battleships and damaging an additional four beginning [|World War II]. While the attack was a political disaster for the Japanese, it provided Yamamoto with six months (as he anticipated) to consolidate and expand their territory in the Pacific without American interference.. (4) T he surprise was complete. The attacking planes came in two waves; the first hit its target at 7:53 AM, the second at 8:55. By 9:55 it was all over. By 1:00 PM the carriers that launched the planes from 274 miles off the coast of Oahu were heading back to Japan.

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(5)The **Battle of Midway** is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the [|Pacific Campaign] of [|World War II]. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, approximately one month after the [|Battle of the Coral Sea] and six months after [|Japan]'s [|attack on Pearl Harbor], the [|United States Navy] decisively defeated an [|Imperial Japanese Navy] (IJN) attack against [|Midway Atoll], inflicting irreparable damage on the Japanese. The Japanese plan was to lure the United States' few remaining [|aircraft carriers] into a trap. The Japanese also intended to occupy Midway Atoll as part of an overall plan to extend their defensive perimeter in response to the [|Doolittle Raid]. This operation was considered preparatory for further attacks against [|Fiji] and [|Samoa]. The plan was handicapped by faulty Japanese assumptions of American reaction and poor initial dispositions. Most significantly, American [|codebreakers] were able to determine the date and location of the attack, enabling the forewarned U.S. Navy to set up an ambush of its own. Four Japanese aircraft carriers and a [|heavy cruiser] were sunk in exchange for one American aircraft carrier and a [|destroyer]. The heavy losses in carriers and aircrews permanently weakened the Imperial Japanese Navy. Japan's shipbuilding and pilot training programs were unable to keep pace in replacing their losses, while the U.S. steadily increased output in both areas.

(1) @http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945426/bio (2) @http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=1 (3)@http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/naval/p/Yamamoto.htm (4)@http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pearl.htm (5)@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway