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OTD in 1943 - Yamamoto Killed by P-38s
Posted on 4/18/18 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 4/18/18 at 2:42 pm
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Posted on 4/18/18 at 2:43 pm to blueridgeTiger
context?
Posted on 4/18/18 at 2:44 pm to OWLFAN86
I understood the title perfectly and the context. Sorry you suck at history
Posted on 4/18/18 at 2:45 pm to blueridgeTiger
A guy from my hometown, now deceased, was an alternate on that mission. He took off and would have gone ahead if one of the others had mechanical problems and had to turn back.
Posted on 4/18/18 at 2:45 pm to Mr.Perfect
quote:I get the history,, but more would be better
I understood the title perfectly and the context. Sorry you suck at history
sorry we cant all be perfect
This post was edited on 4/18/18 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 4/18/18 at 2:46 pm to Mr.Perfect
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I understood the title perfectly and the context. Sorry you suck at history
Posted on 4/18/18 at 2:51 pm to Mr.Perfect
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I understood the title perfectly and the context. Sorry you suck at history
I bet if it was Pancho Villa he’d know what OP was talking about.
This post was edited on 4/18/18 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 4/18/18 at 2:54 pm to blueridgeTiger
One of the most beautifully planned and executed aerial missions of the war. At that time, only the P-38 could have completed that long, over-water flight.
Trivia: The mission commander's aircraft had it's compass replaced by one from a naval destroyer, for more accurate navigation.
Trivia: The mission commander's aircraft had it's compass replaced by one from a naval destroyer, for more accurate navigation.
Posted on 4/18/18 at 2:54 pm to blueridgeTiger
P-38's don't kill people, pilots do.
Posted on 4/18/18 at 2:55 pm to OWLFAN86
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context?
Yamamoto was a naval warfare genius. He was the brains behind the Japanese naval success in the opening phase of the war. Our intelligence intercepted and decoded Japanese signals and found out he would be on a particular flight (in a Betty bomber if I remember correctly) and sent a flight of P-38s to intercept and shoot him down. They found him just as his bomber was about to land and shot it down, killing him in the process.
This post was edited on 4/18/18 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 4/18/18 at 3:04 pm to blueridgeTiger
Draconian Sanctions will be here shortly to ask if it was necessary to shoot the plane down.
Posted on 4/18/18 at 3:10 pm to blueridgeTiger
I think Yamamoto was also credited with saying that the Japanese "awakened a sleeping giant"
Posted on 4/18/18 at 3:14 pm to wahoocs
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I think Yamamoto was also credited with saying that the Japanese "awakened a sleeping giant"
Credited in the movie Tora Tora Tora but I don't think evidence supports him actually saying it.
Also opposed war with the US, apparently.
This post was edited on 4/18/18 at 3:15 pm
Posted on 4/18/18 at 3:17 pm to Darth_Vader
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Yamamoto was a naval warfare genius. He was the brains behind the Japanese naval success in the opening phase of the war
Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, yeah. Battle of Midway broke his back, was the beginning of the end for the Imperial Navy...
Posted on 4/18/18 at 3:18 pm to OWLFAN86
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context?
Posted on 4/18/18 at 3:18 pm to Darth_Vader
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Yamamoto was a naval warfare genius. He was the brains behind the Japanese naval success in the opening phase of the war. Our intelligence intercepted and decoded Japanese signals and found out he would be on a particular flight (in a Betty bomber if I remember correctly) and sent a flight of P-38s to intercept and shoot him down. They found him just as his bomber was about to land and shot it down, killing him in the process.
Now lets talk about how USA intelligence was already breaking Japanese code before Pearl Harbor and discuss the questions that come from it.....
This post was edited on 4/18/18 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 4/18/18 at 3:20 pm to wahoocs
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Yamamoto was also credited with saying that the Japanese "awakened a sleeping giant"
Yes, he did, after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. His prophecy was soon confirmed during the Battle of Midway...
Posted on 4/18/18 at 3:28 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve
Posted on 4/18/18 at 3:48 pm to blueridgeTiger
Posted on 4/18/18 at 3:49 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
Well he DID go to school in the U.S. (Harvard) so it's not like he didn't have some clue as to what Japan would be facing once they pissed off the hornets nest. 
This post was edited on 4/18/18 at 3:50 pm
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