Posted on Oct 26, 2016
Lightning Strike: When the Americans Killed Japanese Admiral Yamamoto and Avenged Pearl Habor
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Not only did the US decipher Japanese code, but they used it to hunt down and kill the architect of the Pearl Harbor bombing...Operation Vengeance!
Lightning Strike: When the Americans Killed Japanese Admiral Yamamoto and Avenged Pearl Habor
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Yamamoto was most critical of the war from the start. He knew that they could only win for about 6 months and like a warrior, he still followed his government into the abyss. He was the only leader strong enough to have a chance of getting the support to bringing an end to the war before they tactically slit their own throat. However, the likelyhood that Japan would have changed from the ancient ways of bushido in such a short time without having their back broken is questionable.
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PO3 Donald Murphy
His big mistake (like Hitler's) was trusting friends to carry out orders. Unlike Hitler however, he was about to remove everyone but Tanaka. Nagumo's timidness (almost borderline cowardice) had deprived the Japanese of a third Pearl Harbor strike. Same story at Midway where opportunities were lost (even accounting for American code breaking). The final straw was Guadalcanal where un-checked stupidity ruled the day and wasteful attacks for no gain were made. Only Tanaka did what he was supposed to do and was effective.
Yamamoto was enroute to shake things up and relieve basically everyone. Had he succeeded, his plan was to launch a feint on the West USA coast to draw the Pearl fleet out. Empty carriers would be in the task force. Once out, Pearl would get another attack, this time taking out the repair yards and fuel dumps and hopefully some carriers. It would be a suicide mission as he knew slow Wildcats and P-40's weren't there anymore. Had this happened, he'd have extended the war by two years.
Yamamoto was enroute to shake things up and relieve basically everyone. Had he succeeded, his plan was to launch a feint on the West USA coast to draw the Pearl fleet out. Empty carriers would be in the task force. Once out, Pearl would get another attack, this time taking out the repair yards and fuel dumps and hopefully some carriers. It would be a suicide mission as he knew slow Wildcats and P-40's weren't there anymore. Had this happened, he'd have extended the war by two years.
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Great story sir. Especially the way they made it seem like a coincidence that they were on patrol when they downed Yamamotos plane.
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