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Isoroku Yamamoto (April 4, 1884 - April 18, 1943) |
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Isoroku Yamamoto (山本 五十六 April 4, 1884 - April 18, 1943) |
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Following the invasion of Indochina and the freezing of Japanese assets by the US in July 1941, Yamamoto won the argument over tactics and when in December war was declared the entire First Fleet air arm under Admiral Nagumo Chuichi was directed against the American fleet at [Pearl Harbor]?, attacking on December 7. With around 350 planes launched from six carriers, eighteen American warships were sunk or disabled. Unfortunately Nagumo's failure to order a second search-and-strike against the American carriers and Yamamoto's disinclination to press him truned a tatical victory into a strategic defeat. |
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Following the invasion of Indochina and the freezing of Japanese assets by the US in July 1941, Yamamoto won the argument over tactics and when in December war was declared the entire First Fleet air arm under Admiral Nagumo Chuichi was directed against the American fleet at [Pearl Harbor]?, attacking on December 7. With around 350 planes launched from six carriers, eighteen American warships were sunk or disabled. Unfortunately Nagumo's failure to order a second search-and-strike against the American carriers and Yamamoto's disinclination to press him turned a tatical victory into a strategic defeat. |
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