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Isoroku Yamamoto



Yamamoto, Isoroku (1884–1943), commander of the Japanese fleet in World War II. He planned and commanded the attack on Pearl Harbor (1941) and Midway Island (1941). He was reported killed in an air ambush.

See also: World War II.

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