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Yamamoto, Isoroku (山本 五十六)
Yamamoto, Isoroku (山本 五十六)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Battle of Midway
Date of birth:
April 4th, 1884 (Nagaoke, Japan)
Date of death:
April 18th, 1943 (Buin, New Guinea)
Buried on:
Tama Japanese War Graves
Nationality:
Japanese
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Kinshi Kunsho 2nd Class
Rank:
Taishō (Vice Admiral)
Awarded on:
May 14th, 1931
Kinshi Kunsho 1st Class
Rank:
Taishō (Vice Admiral)
Awarded on:
March 23rd, 1939
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gen-sui (Fleet Admiral)
Unit:
Commander-in-Chief
,
Combined Fleet
,
Imperial Japanese Navy
Awarded on:
May 27th, 1943
Posthumously awarded
Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gen-sui (Fleet Admiral)
Unit:
Commander-in-Chief
,
Combined Fleet
,
Imperial Japanese Navy
Awarded on:
May 27th, 1943
Posthumously awarded
Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gen-sui (Fleet Admiral)
Unit:
Commander-in-Chief
,
Combined Fleet
,
Imperial Japanese Navy
Awarded on:
May 27th, 1943
Posthumously awarded
Daikun'i kikkashō
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gen-sui (Fleet Admiral)
Unit:
Commander-in-Chief
,
Combined Fleet
,
Imperial Japanese Navy
Awarded on:
June 5th, 1943
1st class, Awarded posthumously.
Gensui
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gen-sui (Fleet Admiral)
Unit:
Commander-in-Chief
,
Combined Fleet
,
Imperial Japanese Navy
Awarded on:
June 5th, 1943
Posthumously awarded
Gunjin Izoku-kai
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gen-sui (Fleet Admiral)
Unit:
Commander-in-Chief
,
Combined Fleet
,
Imperial Japanese Navy
Awarded on:
1943
Kyuokujitsu sho Guddokōdon Kiri no hana
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Zuiho sho, 1st Class
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
1914-1920 War Medal
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Border War Medal
1937 China Incident Medal
Period:
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Red Cross Membership Medal
Yukosho
Deutsche Adlerorden erster Klasse (mit oder ohne Schwertern)
Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Cavaliere della Croce Grande
Ordine Militare di Savoia - Cavaliere di Gran Croce
Great Manchukuo | National Foundation Merit Medal
Emperor's Visit to Japan Commemorative Medal
Sources
Photo: Public domain
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FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003
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Imperial Japanese Navy - Order of the Golden Kite
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Isoroku Yamamoto | World War II Database
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Golden Knite recipients
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Order of the German Eagle
Photo
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Isoroku Yamamoto Memorial Museum
Nagaoka
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Niigata
Japanese Anti-Aircraft and Search Light Command Bunker "Yamamoto Bunker"
Rabaul
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East New Britain Province
Naval History Museum of Japan
Etajima City
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Hirosima
Tama Japanese War Graves
Tokyo
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Tokyo and Iwo Jima
Themes
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Battle of Midway