Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (died 1943)

Isoroku Yamamoto

Japanese admiral (1884–1943)

Isoroku Yamamoto was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander-in-chief 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…