Isoroku Yamamoto (山本 五十六, Yamamoto Isoroku; April 4, 1884 – April 18, 1943) was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II. He commanded the fleet from 1939 until his death in 1943, overseeing the start of the Pacific War in 1941 and Japan's initial successes and defeats before his plane was shot down by U.S. fighter aircraft over New Guinea.
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Isoroku Takano Yamamoto 4 April 1884 Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
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18 April 1943 (aged 59) Near Buin, New Guinea Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean,
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