Isoroku Yamamoto

Isoroku Yamamoto Senior Third Rank
Admiral Yamamoto, c. 1940
Native name	山本 五十六
Born	(1884-04-04)April 4, 1884 Nagaoka, Niigata, Empire of Japan
Died	April 18, 1943(1943-04-18) (aged 59) near Panguna, Bougainville, Territory of New Guinea
Buried	Tama Cemetery, Tokyo[1]
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service	1904–1943
Rank	Marshal Admiral (posthumous)
Commands held	Isuzu, Akagi, 1st Carrier Division, Naval Aviation Bureau, 1st Fleet, Combined Fleet, 1st Battleship Division[2]
Battles/wars	Russo-Japanese War Battle of Tsushima  (WIA) World War II Pacific War Attack on Pearl Harbor Operation MI New Guinea campaign Operation I-Go Solomon Islands campaign Guadalcanal campaign Operation Ke Operation I-Go Operation Vengeance  †
Awards	Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum (posthumous) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords[3]
Alma mater	Harvard University (1919–1921) Imperial Japanese Naval Academy (1901–1904)
Spouse(s)	Reiko Mihashi ​ (m. 1918)​
Other work	Vice-Minister of the Navy

Isoroku Yamamoto (山本 五十六, Yamamoto Isoroku, April 4, 1884 – April 18, 1943) was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II. Yamamoto held several important posts in the Imperial Navy, and undertook many of its changes and reorganizations, especially its development of naval aviation. He was the commander-in-chief during the early years of the Pacific War and oversaw major engagements including the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway. Yamamoto was killed in April 1943 after American code breakers identified his flight plans, enabling the United States Army Air Forces to shoot down his aircraft.