Yamamoto's Death -- The Interesting Details

Find out the interesting details surrounding the death of Japan's Admiral Yamamoto in World War II. See what his aircraft wreckage looks like today in the South Pacific.

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[louisavondart]

The Japanese were evacuating their troops from Guadacanal. Involved in this evacuation was the IJN submarine I 1. As the submarine tried to enter a bay to unload it's cargo of barges and troops, it was spotted and attacked by two New Zealand converted trawlers. The ship " Kiwi " dropped depth charges which disabled the submarines electric engines and forced it to remain on the surface. The other ship, the " Moa ", illuminated the scene from a short distance and shot up the deck crew, while " Kiwi " rammed the submarine twice. The captain had promised the crew a weeks leave for each ramming. The submarine beached on a reef and what was left of the crew abandoned ship, taking with them what they thought were all of the reserve code books, which formed part of the cargo. However, while inspecting the wrecked submarine the next day, New Zealand sailors found some of the code books and handed them to the crew of an American PT boat. THIS.... is how the Americans were able to intercept Admiral Yamamoto. The actions of these two tiny ships probably shortened the war by...who knows how long ! Lest you forget !

[jerryumfress]

Nimitz did not want Yamamotos death broadcast right away, he knew that the Japanese would change the code, knowing that it had been compromised. The Japanese military did not want it broadcast either, fearing a national catastrophe

[ihavenoname]

I have never believed the Japanese account of Yamamoto's injuries and thought it to be more of a propaganda by them, for them, to make it sound like he died a glamorous, heroic death. No way would he be "grasping the hilt of his sword" and a .50 round to his head would have removed it from his body completely.

[tundraoutlander]

The facts remain... America was saved by the best generation ever. Thanks Dad.

[Bunn]

Yamamoto was an honorable Naval Officer. He didn't want war with the US or any western countries, but he had to follow orders. Even though Pearl Harbor was initially a success for the Japanese, Yamamoto knew it only bought them a little time (maybe 6 months or so) until the 'sleeping giant arose"

[franciscosaez]

Hey, I just noticed that Yamamoto's death was exactly one year later after the Doolittle's raid (april 18th 1942). Very symbolic

[annalorree]

Toward the end of his life I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Lieutenant Lawrence Graebner, one of the brave American pilots sent on Operation Vengeance, he engaged the Zeros. He told me that many of the American pilots knew that they would likely run out of fuel before they made it back, and that turned out to be the case. Fortunately, most who ran out of fuel on the return were rescued.

[timinla]

Interesting that Japan didn’t at least suspect their code had been broken after midway.

[catsnow]

Japanese military were happy to die for the emperor...Our guys worked long and hard to make so many of them happy.

[JamesSmith-nocm]

Yamamoto didn't just want to get a few battleships at Pearl harbor....

The flat tops were doing training He expected them to be there and take out our carriers too...

[GermanShepherd]

Lanphir was a glory seeker who lied about his involvement just to make himself look good. I'm glad history fully recognizes Rex Barbour as the pilot who really shot down Yamamoto.

[kylestauffer]

Thomas Lamphier was not given or taking official credit at the time that Yamamoto was shot down for one very specific reason...his brother was being held in a Japanese POW camp and would almost surely would have suffered reprisals at the hands of the Japanese. Might want to consider these facts.

[richpontone]

A couple of points.
Japanese Naval strategy had developed since the Russo-Japanese war a "Grand Battle" strategy where the massed Japanese surface fleet would overwhelm and destroy the much smaller US fleet and cause the US to sue for peace. To insure this, the Japanese had produced two Super Battleships that were superior to any warship that the US had at this time. Of course, if the Japanese had sunk several of the US aircraft carriers at Pearl Harbor, that would greatly help ensure the Japanese naval victory.
The Doolittle Raid while not destroying much of Japanese assets did produce two things. The Japanese military demanded "payback" and forced the battle of Midway which resulted in their defeat. Both the death of Yamamato and the defeat at Midway were produced by the fact that the US had "cracked" the Japanese Naval code and knew exactly where to find the enemy. The Doolittle raid also caused the Japanese to greatly strengthen and protect their outlying island bases so as to prevent another US air raid on their home islands. The US military suffered greatly in troop and naval losses in conquering those military bases and to start their air raids on Japan itself. The Doolittle raid also caused the Japanese to kill hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians whom they thought aided in the rescue of Doolittle's air crews.

[jasonjames]

Your missing One very important detail, that I feel should be added...
When Barber fired on Yammamoto's plane, he fired at the Rigth engine, and when it began to smoke he kept firing, and banked slightly putting some shots into the fuselage...
Why do I tell you this?..
Because he actually hit Yammoto twice...
One through the shoulder, and then fatally, a shot went through his jaw, and exited above his right eye...
He was dead before the plane even crashed...
Barber wasn't playing games lol...

[Solitude]

Outstanding information regarding the incident. Crash site photos are of important history

[stanwooddave]

If your interested in the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and how Japan did it, you may want to check out the movie "Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, " staring American actor Gary Cooper.

Hint: World War I (one) hero Brigadier General Billy Mitchell died in 1936, did not live long enough in time, to see his vindication five years later. But he is remembered now as the real founder of the modern American Air Force ...

He is court-martialed after questioning the loyalty of his superiors for allowing the air corp to deteriorate.

[EmersusTech]

Hey, folks! Check out these cool videos!

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[rodortiz]

Intelligence is even more critical than weapons in war time.

[mizzoupatriot]

16 P-38's against 5 or 6 Zero's. Outnumbered 3 to 1 pretty much They never stood a chance and were caught completely off guard even tho Yamamoto's staff was telling him not to go for fear of ambush. Ouch...

[SgtBooker]

The wreckage is still on Bougainville and you can visit it.