Isoroku Yamamoto

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Japanese admiral human military officer

Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese admiral who masterminded the attack on Pearl Harbor and led the Imperial Japanese Navy during the early years of World War II in the Pacific.

Aliases (4)

Isoroku ×2
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto ×1
Isoroku Yamamoto (admiral) ×1
Isoroku Yamamoto (overall Japanese commander) ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese admiral → human → military officer →
allegiance	Empire of Japan →
awardReceived	Order of the Golden Kite → Order of the Rising Sun → Order of the Sacred Treasure →
causeOfDeath	aircraft shootdown →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan →
dateOfBirth	1884-04-04 →
dateOfDeath	1943-04-18 →
educatedAt	Harvard University → Imperial Japanese Naval Academy → Naval War College (Japan) →
familyName	Yamamoto →
fullName	Isoroku Yamamoto →
givenName	Isoroku →
knownFor	commanding the Imperial Japanese Navy Combined Fleet → leading Japanese naval operations in the early Pacific War → opposition to war with the United States before 1941 →
mannerOfDeath	killed in action →
militaryBranch	Imperial Japanese Navy →
militaryRank	Admiral → Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy →
nativeName	山本五十六 →
notableWork	planning of the attack on Pearl Harbor → strategy for early Japanese naval operations in World War II →
numberOfChildren	4 →
occupation	admiral → naval officer →
participantIn	Attack on Pearl Harbor → Battle of Midway → Battle of Tsushima → Pacific War → Russo-Japanese War → Second Sino-Japanese War → Solomon Islands campaign → World War II →
placeOfBirth	Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan →
placeOfDeath	Bougainville Island →
positionHeld	Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet → Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy Combined Fleet → Navy Minister of Japan → Vice Navy Minister of Japan →
religion	Buddhism →
serviceEnd	1943 →
serviceStart	1901 →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Reiko Yamamoto →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → Combined Fleet → Imperial Japanese Navy →	notableCommander
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ("Isoroku Yamamoto (overall Japanese commander)") → Kido Butai →	commander
Isoroku Yamamoto ("Isoroku") → Isoroku Yamamoto ("Isoroku") →	givenName
Yamamoto → Yamamoto ("Isoroku Yamamoto (admiral)") →	hasNotableBearer
Imperial Japanese Naval Academy → Naval War College (Japan) →	notableAlumni
Operation MI →	commandedBy
attack on Pearl Harbor →	commanderAttacker
Battle of Midway →	commanderJapan
Operation Watchtower →	commanderOpposing
Japanese battleship Nagato ("Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto") →	flagshipOf
Isoroku Yamamoto →	fullName
Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet →	notableOfficeHolder
Battle of Guadalcanal →	opposingCommander
Operation Z →	plannedBy
Mineichi Koga →	precededBy
Reiko Yamamoto →	spouse
Pacific War →	theaterCommander