In this episode, we go back to World War 2, specifically April 18, 1943. On that day, we will relive the last day of Imperial Japan’s great strategist and mastermind of the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack on the US Pacific Fleet, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.

Main Points

• The Americans intercepted and decoded the secret Japanese message that outlined Yamamoto’s planned visit to the front lines.
• The Americans successfully intercepted and shot down Yamamoto.
• The death of Yamamoto deprived the Japanese of one of their best strategists.

Takeaways

• The Japanese were careless in sending secret messages over the open airwaves.
• Luck as much as skill accounted for the Americans being able to intercept and shoot down Yamamoto.

Dive Deeper

• Dan Hampton. Operation Vengeance: The Astonishing Aerial Ambush That Changed World War II
• YouTube Video Covering Operation Vengeance

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