For two decades, in keeping with the doctrine of Captain Alfred T. Mahan,[14] the Naval General Staff had planned in terms of Japanese light surface forces, submarines, and land-based air units whittling down the American fleet as it advanced across the Pacific until the Japanese Navy engaged it in a climactic Kantai Kessen ("decisive battle") in the northern Philippine Sea (between the Ryukyu Islands and the Marianas), with battleships fighting in traditional battle lines. Yamamoto felt it necessary to seek an early, offensive decisive battle. In the subsequent Pacific War, Japan's technologically advanced navy decisively defeats the United States, and grants all of the former European and American colonies in Asia full independence. The 1960 film The Gallant Hours depicts the battle of wits between Vice-Admiral William Halsey, Jr. and Yamamoto from the start of the Guadalcanal Campaign in August 1942 to Yamamoto's death in April 1943. These two ships would be sorely missed a month later at Midway.[21]. In this episode, set much later in the war than in real life, the Black Sheep, a Marine Corsair squadron, joins an army squadron of P-51 Mustangs. Son père, Takano Sadayoshi était un samouraï de rang inférieur du han de Nagaoka. Ses actions n'allèrent toutefois pas dans l'axe voulu par les militaires les plus bellicistes. Cette restructuration augmenta la force de frappe des Japonais avec en contrepartie, une vulnérabilité accrue puisque les navires constituaient une cible concentrée. Ces opérations devaient être menées lors de l'avancée de la flotte américaine dans le Pacifique avant d'engager une bataille finale destinée à anéantir l'ennemi diminué, dans une zone comprise entre l'archipel Ryūkyū à l'ouest et les îles Mariannes à l'est. Barber turned away to attack the other transport as Yamamoto's plane crashed into the jungle. [12]:102–03 He was later reassigned from the naval ministry to sea as the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet on August 30, 1939. Directed by Seiji Maruyama. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. He returned to the Naval Staff College in 1914, emerging as a lieutenant commander in 1916. In 1937, the United States had further determined even fully manning the fleet to wartime levels could not be accomplished in less than six months, and the extensive logistical support required to advance across the Pacific simply did not exist and would require two years to construct. Peu après, sur les dix-huit P-38 spécialement préparés pour cette mission avec des réservoirs largables supplémentaires, seize prirent leur envol de Guadalcanal (un pneu de l'un des avions creva au décollage et l'appareil s'écrasa ; un second fit demi-tour à la suite de problèmes d'alimentation d'essence) et volèrent environ 700 kilomètres en maintenant un silence radio complet. Inspiré par des techniques utilisées en Europe, notamment l'attaque sur le port italien de Tarente par les Britanniques en novembre 1940 et conscient des avancées militaires et logistiques des États-Unis, Yamamoto décida de bouleverser ce concept. Les funérailles nationales eurent lieu le 5 juin 1943 et le titre d'« Amiral de la Flotte » lui fut attribué à titre posthume, en même temps que l'ordre du Chrysanthème. À 9 h 34 (heure de Tokyo), les deux groupes d'appareils se rencontrèrent. Après la guerre, il servit pendant plusieurs années à bord d'autres navires. Once this was neutralized, Second Fleet (one light carrier, two battleships, 10 cruisers, 21 destroyers, and 11 transports) would land 5,000 troops to seize the atoll from the United States Marines. The First Air Fleet made a circuit of the Pacific, striking American, Australian, Dutch, and British installations from Wake Island to Australia to Ceylon in the Indian Ocean. Yamamoto was involved in this debate, supporting different plans at different times with varying degrees of enthusiasm and for varying purposes, including "horse-trading" for support of his own objectives. À la suite de la demande de jeunes officiers comme Genda Minoru, Yamamoto approuva la réorganisation de l'affectation des porte-avions japonais. Three American aircraft carriers were also considered a choice target, but these were at sea at the time. [according to whom?] Yamamoto held several important posts in the IJN, and undertook many of its changes and reorganizations, especially its development of naval aviation. Yamamoto was an avid gambler, enjoying Go,[34] shogi, billiards, bridge, mah jong, poker, and other games that tested his wits and sharpened his mind. Yamamoto remained as commander-in-chief, retained at least partly to avoid diminishing the morale of the Combined Fleet. En 1916 , Isoroku fut adopté par la famille Yamamoto et prit son nom. Deep Blue Fleet), instead of dying in the plane crash, Yamamoto blacks out and suddenly wakes up as his younger self, Isoroku Takano, after the Battle of Tsushima in 1905. On the strategic, moral, and political level, the attack was a disaster for Japan, rousing Americans thirst for revenge due to what is now famously called a "sneak attack". Les pertes infligées furent nettement plus significatives mais jamais suffisantes pour déstabiliser les Américains. Isoroku Yamamoto est né en 1884. Les navires américains se postèrent ensuite en embuscade, attendant la première force mobile des Japonais. On April 14, 1943, the United States naval intelligence effort, codenamed "Magic", intercepted and decrypted a message containing specifics of Yamamoto's tour, including arrival and departure times and locations, as well as the number and types of aircraft that would transport and accompany him on the journey. Entre 1907 et 1908, il suivit des cours à l'École des torpilles. World War II. A token cruiser and destroyer force was sent toward the Aleutians, but otherwise Nimitz ignored them. His first command was the cruiser Isuzu in 1928, followed by the aircraft carrier Akagi.