
"Isoroku Yamamoto — Fascinating Facts About Japan’s Most" Topic
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Tango01  | 09 Jan 2021 7:40 p.m. PST |
…Famous Admiral "IT WAS JUST before 3 a.m. on Hashira Island, Japan when a naval officer dashed into the crowded operations centre of the flagship Nagato clutching a coded message. It read simply: "Tora! Tora! Tora!" — Japanese for "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!" The three-word signal meant only one thing: More than 4,000 miles to the east, 353 bomb and torpedo-laden warplanes from the Imperial Japanese Navy had arrived in the skies above the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. Within moments, the air armada would begin its attack. The date was Dec. 7, 1941…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
IronDuke596  | 10 Jan 2021 5:27 a.m. PST |
A good synopsis of Yamamoto's career. Thanks T. The attack on Pearl Harbor was Japan's greatest and most unnecessary strategic mistake of the war. |
Editor in Chief Bill  | 10 Jan 2021 7:49 a.m. PST |
Courtesy of Military History Now |
Tango01  | 10 Jan 2021 2:31 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami! (smile) Amicalement Armand |
Twoheart | 12 Feb 2021 10:53 a.m. PST |
I wonder what he thinks of the P-38? |
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