Who killed Isoroku Yamamoto?

President Roosevelt ordered Isoroku Yamamoto to die in a plane crash.

1at dawn on April 7, 943, Isoroku Yamamoto appeared at the rabaul airport in New Britain, Bismarck Islands. He wore a clean white navy uniform and kept waving his military cap at the departing pilot.

Yamamoto mistakenly thought that the war situation had undergone a major reversal. Therefore, he decided to visit bases such as Maine and Shortland Island to boost morale and win the final victory.

The US military has intercepted Yamamoto's telegram, and the translation soon appeared in the hands of Nimitz, commander of the Pacific Fleet. Nimitz immediately asked President Roosevelt, and then ordered the killing of Yamamoto.

The US Air Force in Guadalcanal accepted the task of assassinating Yamamoto, made an attack plan overnight, and decided to take the plan of intercepting the landline in the air and use the P-38 lightning fighter to carry out the attack mission.

Yamamoto 1 aircraft had nowhere to hide among the large number of shells fired by Lanfeier Group. The plane caught fire, burning all the way, and plunged into the dense rain forest in bougainville island.

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Isoroku Yamamoto anecdotes:

/kloc-at the end of 0/940, Isoroku Yamamoto, who was promoted to admiral, became the commander of the Japanese joint fleet. His lover, 40-year-old Masako, runs a pub called Dongxiang. In order to meet Yamamoto, she rushed to Beppu Port from sasebo. ?

Yamamoto was surprised by the arrival of Masako. Although Isoroku Yamamoto was racking his brains for the attack on Pearl Harbor at that time, he still took time to accompany Masako.

One day, when Yamamoto and Masako came out for dinner from a roasted eel shop, Yamamoto was suddenly full of youthful vitality. He spread his feet into a figure of eight, hunched his legs, and learned Chaplin's walking posture in front of Masako.

At that time, several naval soldiers happened to pass by, and one of the sailors whispered to the others, "Hey, look, isn't that our commander?" ! " ?

Several sailors stared at Yamamoto, and one of them couldn't believe his eyes: "Don't talk nonsense, how could it be Yamamoto?" Our commander won't make a fool of himself in the street, will he? "

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