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Isoroku Yamamoto was a Naval Marshal General. He planed the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later in the war, in the Pacific, the Americans cracked the Japanese code for secret messages and found out the Yamamoto was flying in a Japanese bomber to inspect troops in the Solomon Islands 18 American P38 fighters were sent ( 16 arrived) to intercept his flight. They shot down 6 escorts fighters along with Yamamoto bomber it crashed into the jungle. It was a blow to the Japanese Army and Navy.

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