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Yamamoto Isoroku. (Left to right) Capt. Yamamoto Isoroku, Japanese naval attaché in Washington, D.C., U.S. Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur, another Japanese naval officer, and Adm. Edward W. Eberle, chief of U.S. naval operations, Feb. 17, 1926. Yamamoto Isoroku
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Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.
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U.S. marines raising the American flag over Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, in February 1945
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D-Day. American soldiers fire rifles, throw grenades and wade ashore on Omaha Beach next to a German bunker during D Day landing. 1 of 5 Allied beachheads est. in Normandy, France. The Normandy Invasion of World War II launched June 6, 1944.
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Two accessible biographies are John Deane Potter, Admiral of the Pacific: The Life of Yamamoto (1965; also published as Yamamoto: The Man Who Menaced America, 1965); and H.P. Willmott, “Isoroku Yamamoto: Alibi of a Navy (1884–1943),” in Jack Sweetman (ed.), The Great Admirals: Command at Sea, 1587–1945 (1997), pp. 442–57.

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Isoroku Yamamoto. Aug 27, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 14, 2026
Anniversary information added. Mar 31, 2026
Add new Web site: National Museum of the Pacific War - Waging War: Yamamoto and World War II. Aug 01, 2025
Add new Web site: Rice University - Houston Asian American Archive - Admiral Yamamoto. May 23, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 13, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - From the Nisshin to the Musashi The Military Career of Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku (PDF). Dec 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Sons of Liberty Museum - Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku. Oct 25, 2024
Add new Web site: U.S. Naval Institute - Admiral Yamamoto. May 19, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 16, 2024
Add new Web site: The National WWII Museum - Operation Vengeance: The Killing of Isoroku Yamamoto. Mar 02, 2024
Add new Web site: Naval History and Heritage Command - H-018-2: Operation Vengeance—Admiral Yamamoto Shot Down, 18 April 1943. Dec 07, 2023
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Have You Heard?: The Secret Mission to Kill Yamamoto. Oct 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto: Japan’s Naval War Leader. Feb 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Association for Asian Studies - Education About Asia: Online Archives - From the Nisshin to the Musashi: The Military Career of Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku. Nov 25, 2022
Add new Web site: North Carolina Sociological Association - Isoroku Yamamoto,Reluctant Admiral. Mar 07, 2019
Add new Web site: World War II Database - Biography of Isoroku Yamamoto. Mar 07, 2019
Add new Web site: History Learning Site - Biography of Isoroku Yamamoto. Apr 25, 2013
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Isokoru Yamamoto. Jun 13, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Isoroku Yamamoto. Jun 13, 2011
Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Isoroku Yamamoto. Jun 13, 2011
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Isoroku Yamamoto. Jul 30, 2010
Photos added. Mar 23, 2009
Bibliography revised and updated. Sep 06, 2007
New article added. Sep 06, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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