Operation Vengeance #shorts

On April 18th 1943, the United States successfully carried out its plan to take out Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, the mastermind behind the attack on Pearl Harbor. #shorts

[aegontargaryen]

Yamamoto sternly advised the Japanese government not to go to war with the States . He had lived there for a time before the war and saw America’s industrial might at first hand and if it was turned to war production he knew Japans military might would’ve soon dwarfed.
They didn’t listen and his prediction of how the war would play out was 100% correct ( aside from the A-bomb )

[kennysherrill]

One P-38 pilot is still missing from this mission, Ray Hines is his name, let's not forget him.😔🙏👍❤️🇺🇸⚘️

[davidcarmack]

" I fear that we have awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve ". Adm. Yamamoto

[l.garcia]

The "Sleeping Giant" Struck and Never Stopped. 🇺🇸 Our Greatest Generation will NEVER be Forgotten.

[richardrybarczyk]

I read about this raid. American intelligence had intercepted the message saying Yamamoto would be inspecting this base and knowing he was very punctual they decided to try and intercept his plane. Most pilots thought this was impossible because trying to pick a spot in time and place where he should be was crazy. The P-38’s couldn’t just fly and wait for him, their time on this area was limited because they needed fuel to get home too. You might say Yamamoto’s punctuality led to his death because he was there when they thought he would be and shot him down to his death.

[eileengernet]

If you ever get the chance to go to Pearl Harbor please do it. When I went there Japanese and Americans were there crying. We comforted each other. God bless those lost on both sides

[netgnostic]

I'm glad it was the P-38s that came after him, they were so unique and recognizable even at a distance. He knew exactly who was taking him down.

[bryonslatten]

Two of the P-38 pilots argued for the rest of their lives about who actually shot down Yamamoto.

[BobDog]

He is the only Japanese soldier from the second world war that I have any kind of respect for he was a brave honorable man who tried to keep that war from happening but the emperor and the rest of the military would not listen to him

[emit]

It's when you are comfortable that you are vulnerable.

[andrewdavid]

I read Yamamoto's biography. A brilliant and truly good man caught in the crossfire of history.

[daveb.]

My family knew Rex Barber, the pilot that shot down Yamamoto. Super nice guy that was also shot down and landed in China, with broken leg, in WW2. After that the U.S. wisely brought him back to the states. For if Rex was shot down in subsequent missions and captured, he might give up the fact that we had broken their code and the Japanese would have changed it.

[stevedeleon]

The worst feeling in the world is thinking everything is fine & having a false sense of security..

[anthonyparra]

Yamamoto is one of those instances of a good and honourable man being on the wrong side of history.

Yamamoto did not want a war with the US.He had spent time in the US. Yamamoto knew full well that eventually the industrial strength of the United States would overwhelm Japan.

However he was a patriot and as a naval officer did his best for his country.

[RamblingMann]

As a 63yr old American
I approve this moment in history

[johnnywad]

Cracking the Japanese code was the key to this missions success. Some genius figured out they would send out fake messages and then wait to see how the Japanese responded. One message that I recall was " Wake Island low on drinking water" . Then painstakingly figure out the code for each word. Thereby getting enough information to know of Yamamoto's trip. Also if memory serves me, the Japanese never caught on that their code had been deciphered. And never changed their code for the duration of the war.

[blairmiller]

And nothing was said about it other than a routine ' Shot down 2 Betty's and 5 Zeros'.
Couldn't let out that we got Yamamoto or they would know we broke their code.

[jojokeane]

My Japanese Grandfather was a general in the Sino-Japanesr war. He knew Pearl Harbor was coming because he had a ball bearing factory and knew that the Americans would bomb his factory first as part of the retaliation. The point is the attack was not a secret. Im not sure how Roosevelt didn't know what Yamamoto was planning if my grandfather knew. None of the factory workers were killed as Grandpa let everyone go about two weeks before the factory was destroyed. He gave everyone as much money as possible and told them all he would see them after the war. P.S. He indeed did see most of them. He was instrumental in keeping a lot of his neighbors safe as he knew how the Americans would fight. P.P.S. He let my Mother marry an American as he held no grudges. Here I is.

[aikalahamjie]

People like Yamamoto and Rommel are those who is loyal and serve their countries, despite knowing how bad the politics are.

[salinagrrrl]

I saw an article back in the 1970s showing the crash remains in the jungle.