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Isoroku Yamamoto Isoroku Yamamoto was born April 4, 1884 in Nagaoka, Japan and served as Commander in-chief the Combined Fleet during World War 2 and served from 1901 until his death in 1943 at age 59 when his plane was shot down during the Pacific War. Yamamoto was an elite military commander and was highly respected throughout Japan. Responsible for the attacks on Pearl Harbor, Yamamoto is famous for overseeing a fatal mistake as the Naval Lieutenant-General Chuichi Nagumo withdrew without sending in a third wave of airstrikes. After the attacks, he was quoted saying "I fear we have only awakened a sleeping giant." His existence actually played a significant role in American history because if a third wave was sent, it would have destroyed too many battleships for the US to repair and could have possibly spelled defeat for the US military and changed the fate off the war itself.

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