80 Years Ago Today - Operation Vengeance

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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who had masterminded the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1942, was considered by the Americans to be a brilliant military strategist.

US Naval intelligence intercepted and decoded a message indicating his intention to visit to the Solomon Islands on 18th April 1943. It included the exact arrival time and the specifics of the types of aircraft that would transport and escort him there.



Yamamoto's strictness over punctuality was a contributory factor to his downfall. He arrived exactly on time, to be met by a flight of USAAF P-38s sent on the longest combat mission ever flown at that time - a round trip of roughly 1,000 miles - to find and kill him.

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/killing-yamamoto-operation-vengeance-from-roger-ames-cockpit/