Isoroku Yamamoto

President Roosevelt stated on December 7th 1941 that today is “a date which will be infamy” and declared war on Japan (Martin 2004). December seventh is an important day in history because it started our involvement in world war two and over twenty-three hundred souls were lost that day. There were many different factors that contributed to this day into happening and what happened after. In 1931 Japan invaded Manchuria, which would eventually lead up to the China and Japan going to war in 1937…

P-38 in the Pacific The P-38 Lightning represented a brilliant design which endured for the duration of World War II, operating in every major theatre, and countless battles, both major and minor (Stanaway, 1997). In this paper, I will outline the capabilities and design of this machine, as well as its impact on various theatres of World War II, including homeland defensive operation, the European Theatre, and the Pacific Theatre. The genesis of the P-38 occurred in 1935, with a design…

Japan’s desire to sink the American aircraft carriers that had escaped destruction at Pearl Harbor.” Bombing, and killing 2,500 American citizens wasn’t enough for the Japanese Navy; they decided to come back for round two (The Battle). Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku commanded the Japanese fleet and chose Midway to draw out American fleet (Prados, 2009). Unfortunately for the Japanese an American Intelligence solved the Japanese Fleet Codes, known as ‘purple’ (Prados, 2009). This breakthrough of…

bombers, the remainder of the second wave was tasked with destroying the rest of the ground forces, and airstrips (Goldstein 22). This action would prevent any immediate return strikes by the US on Japan. On the 18th of October in 1941, General Isoroku Yamamoto convinced the Japanese Naval Ministry about the specifications of his seemingly audacious plan. At this time, the date of the attack was set for the 7th of December. Japan needed this attack to be a devastating blow to American morale,…

Attack on Pearl Harbor How did the attack on Pearl Harbor happen? Was it planned or did it just come out of nowhere? These are question you may be asking yourself about Pearl Harbor, and all of your questions will be answered. This report will reveal grueling detail about the attack on Pearl Harbor. Things such as the date and time of the attack will be told. Also we will discuss whether or not the attack was a surprise or a steadily thought out plan. This will contain information on whose…

Almost 74 years ago to date, Pearl Harbor located in Oahu, Hawaii, was maliciously attacked by the Japanese empire. It was a terrifying tragedy that ultimately forced the United States into World War II, the second world-wide war in a 25 year period. The United States had made a good effort to stay neutral during World War II, though we clearly sided with the Allies. The United States wanted to remain having the option of selling and trading goods with any country. During World War I, the United…

The Japanese were successful during WWII and the attack on Pearl Harbor due to their great strategies. Officer Yamamoto Isoroku was in charge of the attack on Pearl Harbor and is recalled as possibly the greatest strategist in Japanese history. Yamamoto said that attacking the United States was a good idea but if conflict were to last longer than a year, Japan would lose. Yamamoto studied at Harvard in the United States where he learned English and also studied naval tactics. It wasn’t until he…

Before the Battle After the Battle of the Coral Sea in May of 1942, the Japanese still sought to capture portions of the Pacific Ocean and land within those portions, including the Midway Island. The mastermind behind these plans, Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, was mainly hoping to secure the Samoa Islands, Fiji and Australia to expand territory, with the capturing of the Midway Island only being a problem due to its proximity to the United States. The plan for the Island contained a ruse that…

Six years after the 1997 handgun ban in Britain, the homicide rate reached an all time high of 18 deaths per every 100,000 people (Crimepreventionresearchcenter.org). If we ban the assault rifle we will not only keep the homicide rate the same but will likely increase it. “Assault rifles” should be legal, to prevent tyranny and protect the people from international invasion. Making these guns legal will reduce crime rate in America as it has done in many other countries. First let’s talk about…

to seize the resource areas it needed and fortify them to the point that retaking them would cost more lives than the imperial High Command thought Americans would be willing to pay. The whole Pearl Harbor attack plan was conceived by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who actually had studied in the United States, commander in chief of the IJN.…