War gambler Yamamoto Izuru
He is a man who treats the battlefield as a casino. On April 18, 1943, the ever-winning general in this casino was ambushed and killed by the US military. He is the famous Japanese Navy General Izuru Yamamoto Izuru in World War II. Now, he is also treated as a "hero" in the Yasukuni Shrine.
World War II aggression war will be ambushed. Password deciphering is still a mystery.
On April 18, 1943, Japanese Navy General and Commander of the Joint Fleet Ikuro Yamamoto was escorted to the front line by 6 Zero fighters. On the way, he was suddenly ambushed by US fighters. Yamamoto Ikuro Yamamoto was still tied to the seat with a belt, shot on the head, still holding the chest, holding the sword, but lowered his head.
This incident happened not by chance, it was a revenge operation carefully planned by the US military. Because the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor has always been a great humiliation for the US military, I naturally hated Yamamoto Iroku, who planned the sneak attack and was always looking for opportunities to retaliate.
On April 13, 1943, Yamamoto Irokuro decided to inspect the frontline base in April 18 in a day to inspire the morale of officers and soldiers. The inspection notice was originally planned to send someone to a base, but the Japanese communications officer said that the Japanese army had just launched the extremely difficult five-digit garbled code on April 1, and believed that the Americans would definitely not be able to decipher it, so he sent a telegram notice to each base in the evening. As soon as the
telegram was sent, it was intercepted by the US military and sent to the war intelligence headquarters of Pearl Harbor . The US military decipher experts interpreted it all night long and translated all the five garbled codes that no one could break in the morning of April 14, and obtained Yamamoto's travel plan. US military general Nimitz , who fought with Yamamoto many times, knows Yamamoto's personality well and he has always abide by time. Therefore, the itinerary arranged in the telegram must be no shortage. So, the idea of taking this opportunity to eradicate Yamamoto.
However, the US military is undecided about this, for three reasons: First, the US military is well aware that Yamamoto is an outstanding figure in the Japanese military and the object of worship of young Japanese military officers and soldiers. In addition to the Japanese emperor, Yamamoto may have the greatest influence in Japan. Once the US military shoots down Yamamoto, it may shock the Japanese navy and even the whole country of Japan, and the psychological consequences of the Japanese are difficult to predict; Second, once a Yamamoto ambush Yamamoto, it means that the US military has deciphered the password, which means that the US military’s own secrets are exposed; Third, it is what Nimitz is worried about, once Yamamoto dies, will the Japanese army find a more capable commander-in-chief of the Joint Fleet?
But in the end they put aside all their concerns and reported the interception plan to the president's lunch. At the lunch meeting, the then President Roosevelt decided to shoot down Yamamoto's plane and kill the outstanding commander of Japan. The leaders present gave the code name for this plan - "Revenge". After
, after a strict plan, Yamamoto's life was over Bougainville Island in the South Pacific. Later, in order not to reveal the secret of deciphering the code, the US military immediately sent the US pilot who shot down Yamamoto back to his country, and his military achievements were not disclosed until the end of the war. However, how the US military deciphered the code has not been disclosed yet, and it has become an eternal secret.
He is a rational gambler
Yamamoto Izuru loves gambling throughout his life. No matter where he is, gambling is his main entertainment activity. The most important thing is that Yamamoto not only regards the casino as a place for gambling, but in fact the battlefield is his real casino. On the battlefield, he showed his adventurous mentality of a gambler. 's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was his biggest bet. Some people in the West say that only gamblers dare to take such a big risk. In this gambling, the Japanese army eventually pulled the United States into World War II, and of course it also planted the seeds of revenge in the hearts of Americans.
Yamamoto's gambling skills are very good. When he went on a mission to Europe, he went to the casino Monaco to try his skills. In the casino, Yamamoto was very good at gambling and he would win every battle, which made the casino owner very worried and had to forbid Yamamoto from entering. However, Yamamoto's gambling skills were not achieved in one day, and they were also failed.In 1910, Yamamoto placed a bet of 3,000 yuan with his close friend for a small matter. The money was able to buy a very good house in Japan at that time. As a result, Yamamoto lost. Although he laughed it off at the time, it made Yamamoto take debts for more than ten years and deduct money from his salary every month to pay back the debt.
Although Yamamoto loves gambling, he did not lose his mind because of his love for gambling. The sneak attack on Pearl Harbor Izumoto Izuru also had a rational analysis of the consequences of the sneak attack. In September 1940, Japan had already planned to carry out the development with the US military. In his opinion to the government, Yamamoto wrote: "The war between Japan and the United States means establishing a new and stronger enemy for itself and putting the empire into a new crisis." Yamamoto also clearly knew that if the war with the United States could not end in a short period of time, then Japan would have no chance of winning.
However, Iroku Yamamoto, who received militarism education since childhood, was loyal to the emperor . His philosophy was that he planned a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in the end. After the successful sneak attack, Yamamoto also wrote a paragraph at his desk, expressing his determination to serve the Emperor for life, but also showing his heavy mood for this war that he once opposed: "This battle is an unprecedented war, and all kinds of twists and turns are bound to happen. ... The emperor's grace is remembered in his heart, and he will regret giving up his reputation and sacrifice his life."
war criminal turned into a "hero"
Because Yamamoto Izuru died in the battlefield where the war was in full swing, he escaped the trial of the people of the world, but even if there is no trial, as the direct initiator of the Pacific War of , his hands were covered with countless innocent people's blood. If he did not judge, he was also a veritable "Class A war criminal".
However, in Japan, Yamamoto Iroku has always been regarded as a "hero" and "military god" and is known as the "flower of the navy" of Japan. At his funeral, millions of citizens from Tokyo, Japan were lined up to watch the funeral procession. His spiritual position, the sabers and uniforms he used during his lifetime, were enshrined in the "Yasukuni Shrine" in Tokyo. Iroku Yamamoto was also beautified in some chapters of the Japanese history textbook newly launched by Japanese primary schools in 2002. Among them, when describing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor by Yamamoto Isori, the history textbook said, "Enemy warships sank one after another, and one plane caught fire, and the Japanese army achieved numerous results. That night, after the Japanese people learned the news, they were in a state of enthusiasm." There are words of praise everywhere between the lines.
Alternative evaluation: Yamamoto Irosaurus For the people of all countries on the battlefield of peace, they were just an executioner with blood on their hands, but they should be the American who hated him the most, but they had dramatic sympathy and respect for him after the war. The reason is very simple, because Yamamoto once opposed the war against the United States. As early as 1946, Nimitz, the commander of the US Pacific Fleet, issued a statement to the newspapers, saying that Yamamoto Irosaki did not advocate going to war with the United States and Britain, and he also firmly opposed the proposal of the Japanese Army to form a three-country Axis alliance with Germany and Italy. In recent years, many Americans have even been full of respect for Iroku Yamamoto, believing that Yamamoto launched the Pacific War was just a forced one. Yamamoto Irosaurus suddenly transformed from a vanguard of Japanese invasion and expansion during World War II to a respectable "anti-war hero".
Three statements about the death of Yamamoto
When Yamamoto's body was found, it was found 10 meters away from the wreckage of his landline. There was also military doctor Takada Rokuro lying beside him. Yamamoto was also tied to the seat with a belt, holding a saber in his left hand, and wearing a white glove in his right hand. Yamamoto looks very peaceful, which is hard to understand. Therefore, many various statements about Yamamoto's death were spread:
statement 1: After the plane fell to the ground, Yamamoto was not dead at all. He committed suicide after walking out of the body;
statement 2: When the searching personnel walked towards Yamamoto, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked at everything around him before he died safely;
statement 3: After the plane fell to the ground, only Takada was conscious. He was afraid that Yamamoto's remains were burnt, so he dragged him out of the cabin and let him hold a saber in his hand and maintain a majestic posture. Not long after, Takata himself died.
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