Admiral+Yamamoto's

= Admiral Yamamoto =

====Isoroku Yamamoto was born on April 4, 1884 in Nagaoka, Niigata. Isoroku's original birth name was Isoroku Takano but his name changed when he was adopted by the Yamamoto family. Isoroku was a smart person and he once studied at Harvard. He was an ensign on a cruiser during the Russo-Japanese war in which he lost two fingers. Isoroku married Reiko in 1918 and later he had two sons and two daughters. ====

====Yamamoto was responsible for planning the attack on Pearl Harbor. According to some people the attack was a success. Isoroku wanted to sink at least four battleships which would prevent the US from interfering in Japan's advance south. In the end Japan sank five American battleships, three were damaged, and eleven other cruisers, destroyers etc. were damaged severely or sunk.====

====On April 18, 1943 Admiral Yamamoto died while he was flying over the Soloman Islands when his plane was shot down by an American ambush. Operation Vengeance was the name of the operation to assassinate Yamamoto. Yamamoto's death was a hard blow to Japan and everyone will remember his name.====