Isoroku Yamamoto

Japanese Marshal Admiral (1884–1943)

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Lived 1884–1943, aged 59Japan

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1884–1943
Aged 59

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Updated 2026-05-29

Commanded Japan's Combined Fleet through WWII's Pacific theater, orchestrating the Pearl Harbor strike and presiding over the war's turning point before his plane went down over New Guinea in 1943.

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Isoroku Yamamoto was an admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander of the Combined Fleet during World War II. He commanded the fleet from 1939 until his death in 1943, overseeing the start of the Pacific War in 1941 and Japan's initial successes and defeats before his plane was shot down by U.S. fighter aircraft over New Guinea.

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