Isoroku 2011 Yamamoto's Death

From the Japanese 2011 film "Isoroku", I found this clip of his G4M being shot down. The quality of CGI in this scene is amazing. Maybe it is wishful thinking, but I feel like I am watching a real Betty fly through the air. kingshobby.com/search/site/Ya...
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[@danielmarrett5240]

Yamamoto was completely against the war, Tojo had the emperors ear and Yamamoto's pleas and warnings fell on deaf ears. Yamamoto knew the war was lost at pearl harbor. He predicted 1.5 years before Japan would begin the inevitable loss. Yamamoto had been an attaché in Washington DC, he understood our culture and our productive capacity. Being a career military man he did his duty to the best of his abilities, which were substantial. His death was part of war, what would have been a murder in peacetime. He deserves his honor in life for trying to prevent the war and in death as the great naval officer he was.

[@docbrosk]

Most balanced comment here

[@jnichols3]

While he was in the United States he had traveled and had seen much of the country. He completely understood what a mistake it was to engage the US in all out war. He was a soldier and despite his personal feelings, when he was ordered to plan and carry out an attack on the US Pacific fleet he did his duty. The Japanese believed their own propaganda that the US was a paper tiger and would sue for peace if the Japanese could deliver one good blow. America was divided about what its part in the world should be. We provided aid to the China, Britain, and Russia, and had sanctions and embargos against Japan. We would not get directly involved as a combatant. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and Germany stupidly declared war on the US, we had not choice. We did not back down. You see in the days before cell phone cameras a 1940s snowflake would not have dared to try to harrass patriotic Americans. They would have been beaten in the streets. So, despite losses and death we fought to complete victory and accepted nothing short of surrender. Today Japan is better for it and did not become a perpetual war zone like Iraq and Afganistan. There were some insurgents in Germany immediately following the war, but our forces where allowed to hunt them down and hang them from trees. Again a country the Allies beat into complete submission was better off after it. At least the eastern half under western control.

[@danielmarrett5240]

Joseph Nichols Thank for the reply. I read a biography of him and new many of the details you mentioned but didn't want to make my comment too long. American belief in helping to rebuild and educate in Japan and Western Germany led to strong economies and a non aggressive and stable political environments. Contrast that to what the Russians did to countries they controlled in post war Europe. Poland and the Czech Republic are just now getting into the stride they should have been forty years ago. We should stop any nation building efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq etc., because we don't have the resolve we had in WW2 or public support.

[@divineintervention6318]

Not quite.

[@danielmarrett5240]

杨博文 please elaborate if you know more. Always ready to learn new information.

[@g43654]

Lesson: always be late or early, because Yamamoto died by always sticking to the clock.

[@kevinbrown4073]

Sending the movements of your most capable officer so that your opponent can and will decode it is galactic stupidity

[@66Bunn]

And HItler survived so many assassination attempts, cause he was early, late and consistently lucky

[@randymillhouse791]

Sucking to the what?

[@naughtyUphillboy]

Yes, deception is the art of WAR.

[@lees.4084]

@@66Bunn And most of Hitler's early/late/by unexpected last moment route change arrivals were deliberate, for this very reason. He knew people were out to get him, so he did what he could to not be predictable, to try to throw them off.

[@ryanhorsley9965]

When Yamamoto was found, he had two 50 caliber wounds: one in his left shoulder and one entering his left jaw and exiting above his right eye. The stoic clean face he's depicted as having in the movie would haven't been the case.

[@captainyossarian388]

Dramatic license.

[@damienholland9244]

lol, a 50 caliber wound entering the jaw and exiting the eye? Have you seen 50 cal wounds on Google Images?

[@ryanhorsley9965]

@@damienholland9244 The report on his wounds came from the Japanese military who came across his body. I'm with you, a 50 caliber round shouldn't have left much of his head. Maybe the bullet was slowed by the steel of the airplane before it his him?

[@Horible4]

@@ryanhorsley9965 Either the reports are inaccurate or the hypothesis is something along the lines of your explanation, as all P-38 Lightning variants had four 50 cal machine guns alongside their 20mm cannons, nothing smaller.

[@Eshayzbra96]

@@damienholland9244 That's what the reports indicated. Bullets can fragment which means less velocity, which means less damage. Granted, Yamamoto was still severely mutilated from these bullets, but that is how you get "entering the jaw and exiting the eye" as the Japanese records state.

[@davidperezz7248]

"Anime was a mistake" - admiral Yamamoto

[@JustJohn505]

2 nukes weren't enough

[@Maharlikan_1898]

@@JustJohn505 if two nukes created anime, i'm pretty sure adding another one is a mistake

[@ReezyR]

@@Maharlikan_1898 - anime profile pic

[@Maharlikan_1898]

@@ReezyR yes, that adds to my credibility

[@Shootyshoot-ls3xj]

@Ceasar The homophobic woman beater I could feel my braincells popping as I read this.

[@FOX11GUY]

Piloting an A6M and seeing that many 38's must have been a shitty moment.

[@M0rmagil]

Especially as they had the altitude advantage. Code breakers and P38s, game over.

[@daleburrell6273]

@@M0rmagil ...AND- "YOU LOST!!" SAY: "HELLO!", FOR ME, TO DEVIL!!!

[@dennisarmenta4935]

Although the P-38 wasn't as maneuverable as the A-6M it was faster and could climb higher and faster. Lightning pilots made quick in line gun attacks using much heavier and more accurate gunnery than the Japanese. Then veer off, climb, circle and quick attack again. Once the lightnings were spotted it was already too late for Yamamoto. The fact that the bomber he was on was a flying fire trap, since it didn't have self-sealing fuel tanks, only exacerbated the situation.

[@vo1dst4r5]

pov you're playing warthunder with a BR 3.7 aircraft in a 5.7 match

[@M0rmagil]

@@vo1dst4r5 🤣🤣🤣

[@elbu2968]

Just remember, your enemies are humans also. Yamamoto was their greatest and most wise commander. Unfortunately, they did not listen to him.

[@elbu2968]

I do not think you get the point of my remark.

[@sasukenamikaze3378]

Gazzara5 yamamoto once said to his allies that attacking pearl harbor will be awakening of sleeping giant yeah america and he did not want to attack pearl harbor but the japanese imperial government orders him to make plans on attack. yamamoto just following orders.

[@EstonianShark]

Gazzara5 dumbass

[@EstonianShark]

HiWetcam Yamamoto? He wouldn't have been hanged, well he shouldn't. He adored the US and also feared them and when he got the orders to brew a plan to Attack Pearl, he was petrified, he knew what America was capable of. It was either death or, death.

[@eizzeeefromstupidland]

@@EstonianShark l

[@BrianSmith-yq7ys]

The reason he didn’t react much during the battle was because he was deeply considering a lower interest rate on his monthly mortgage

[@DarkMatterX1]

_contemplating the value of that extended warranty for his car._

[@MrRinoHunter]

Probably wondering if that check he sent to Nigeria was really to a prince.

[@javencera]

Thinking about he should have responded to Bill Gates email offering a millions dollars....

[@daleburrell6273]

...it's a cruel world.

[@johnonoh59]

🤣🤣

[@jaygee6738]

for anyone interested... the music is "Against The Innocent Blue" by Taro Iwashiro

[@Bccrhp]

Thank you so much!

[@brianfergus839]

Not a fan of this scene. According to Japanese military reports Yamamoto got ripped up by machine gun fire. Yes, he was against attacking PH but he was a war criminal and does not deserve the noble treatment he gets in this scene. Japan needs to get real about the atrocities they committed in the war. How about a movie about Bataan, or Nanjing, or a hundred other examples of atrocities?

[@nightly777]

@@brianfergus839 agreed

[@JB-yb4wn]

Nope, not even remotely interested, thanks for the useless information.

[@randymillhouse791]

Not interested. Thanks. Now go spin a tune by The Replacements.

[@petermillynn4393]

I was fortunate enough to treck to the crash site in 2015. The wreckage is scattered but the main fuselage remains as do the motors. An unexpectedly emotional experience.

[@garyteague9555]

Wow once in a life experience

[@John-wg1jh]

A happy one, I hope.

[@highviewbarbell]

​@@John-wg1jh don't delight in the deaths of your (country's) enemies. It had to be done then and good that it was, and at the time as vengeance for PH everyone would have been dancing and stuff, but to see it today and just be gleeful is weird man

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

The US should have never given Okinawa back. Why fight a war and not gain anything?? The Soviets were smart and took land!

[@Spike-qt7tx]

@@guyfawkesuThe1 no i was there after it reverted, it is a lot of work to maintain

[@PrinceofMacedon]

Yamamoto was such a worthy and honorable foe. It's a shame he had to be our enemy

[@ndspeedster]

he was educated in the usa of course..

[@vault2818]

@@ndspeedster yeah he went to Harvard

[@devintariel3769]

Thats exactly why he had to die. Saburo Sakai said it best about the nuclear bombs. If it was the other way around, he'd have done the same thing and dropped the bombs.

[@daleburrell6273]

@Some Guy STOPPING THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY JAPANESE FORCES WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EMPEROR- NOT YAMAMOTO!!! YAMAMOTO KNEW HIS PLACE!!!

[@daleburrell6273]

@Some Guy THE SNEAK ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR WAS THE RESULT OF A COMMUNICATIONS FOUL UP!!! THAT WASN'T YAMAMOTO'S RESPONSIBILITY!!! AND ONCE THE WAR BROKE OUT- YAMAMOTO KNEW THAT HE WAS BADLY NEEDED- AND IF HE HAD KILLED HIMSELF- IT WOULD HAVE AMOUNTED TO DESERTION OF HIS COUNTRY DURING WARTIME!!!

[@bobjackson4720]

I lived on the island of Bougainville (where this happened) for many years. Visiting the plane crash site was a common adventure for the mine workers there.

[@45641560456405640563]

@@militustoica Grow up.

[@emansnas]

Pretty good acting on the part of the actor that portrayed Yamamoto. One could see in his eyes that he realized: 'They knew I was here'. And after, that he knew he had it coming, it was his destiny, it could be no other way.

[@hanoitripper1809]

He was actually thinking of 1 last ramen

[@Susisusi-wi1kw]

Oh no...i am craying....read your comment

[@emansnas]

@@Susisusi-wi1kw Sorry. No need really though. It was a long time ago in a different world. And he did die in battle, a soldier's death. Quite sure he would not have had it any other way.

[@jsprite123]

Isn't he the main character in "13 Assasins"?

[@HENSLEYMB]

He knew the jig was up.

[@mohammadshah3496]

"A true wise man is the man who avoids confrontation" - Admiral Yamamoto

[@centeguahan3760]

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[@rayweil9942]

Really? Obviously Yama wasn't that wise.

[@centeguahan3760]

@@rayweil9942 they must be closely related 🤔

[@SomeGuy-lq4fd]

This entire video is vs China propaganda!

[@chuckysmaria6466]

@@rayweil9942 You are aware that Yamamoto was against the war with US. He knew damn well that should Japan go to war with US, Japan would lose. The reason he "masterplanned" the attack on Pearl is because he was a subject of the Emperor (and by extension who ever is pulling his strings). As a soldier (and a high ranking one) and an imperial subject he must follow the order of his superiors. It didn't help that moderates in Japan are either being silenced politically and/or literally. Oddly enough he warned that he can only go wild for six months. If the war is not concluded by then, it would mean defeat. Around 6 month mark, Midway happened.

[@sunjamm222]

I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.

[@903IDFOLEY]

一山田 "Sleeping" does not mean she did nothing. The point is If she really wanted to, the US could do far worse than just colonize the Philippines.

[@shonix123]

are you talking about russia??

[@sunjamm222]

This quote was said to be from Yamamoto just after the attack on Pearl harbour. But may be false, as it could come from one of his admirals now.

[@rvog6584]

he likely neva said it ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoroku_Yamamoto%27s_sleeping_giant_quote

[@michaelmartin9022]

@@sunjamm222 I thought the emperor said it at the meeting where they were planning to surrender

[@robertstone9988]

One of the bullets went through the plane and threw the back of admiral's head coming out of his cheek and taking most of his jaw with it. he was dead before the plane even hit the ground. His body was found still grasping his sword though. Nice to know that American movies aren't the only ones who take liberties with the historical facts.

[@anonypersona3189]

It's a movie... not a historical depiction/re-enactment.

[@amir-ng6jv]

It's a really minor detail. They can have some leeway. After all it's not a documentary. As long as you get the most important stuff right...

[@RichardVSmall]

To be fair to the film it is a very minor detail which is inconsequential to the historical facts of the matter and is only of thematic impact. On the other hand, the types of planes involved (Bettys, A6Ms, P-38 Lightnings) are all accurate, as are the number involved etc. These minor details could have easily been overlooked (for example they could have used the more iconic P-51 Mustang instead of the P-38s) but historical accuracy was adhered to unless there were thematic requirements which took priority.

[@robertstone9988]

@@RichardVSmall I don't have an issue with the fact that they didn't show exactly how he died he's more or less just a fun fact to throw out there for everybody watching the video and I think they did a very good job with the plane selection like you said and how the planes came in the p501 lightning had to come in very low to stay under the radar basically dragging their bellies on the tops of the waves and how it showed the zeros coming in information above the Betty's is exactly how it really was so kudos to them for that. The fact that it showed him alive all the way down to the ground I think was taken as a artistic license he is seen as a hero in Japan and I think they want to give him a hero's death and having your head disintegrated by a 50 caliber round before the plane ever hit the ground isn't much of a hero's death. Much in the same way they did Captain Smith in the Titanic movie in real life he was seeing jumping from the bridge as the ship took its final plunge despite what everybody thinks because they seen that movie Captain Smith did not walk to his stateroom and go down with his ship like that. He is a human being and at the end of the day he did try to save himself and he did wait till the very last minute to abandon ship but he did abandon ship. matter of fact he was more than likely sucked down by the ship as he jumped.

[@willthorson4543]

Well Einstein, they are movies not documentaries.

[@YaMumsSpecialFriend]

He took a 50 calibre round under his left chin. Was found still in his seat holding his samurai sword.

[@PorknBeansss]

Its Katana not Samurai.

[@draheim90]

It’s unlikely that he was recognizable and still holding his sword as is reported. A .50 cal shot to the face wouldn’t leave much intact, so the report by the engineer who found his remains was either modified to preserve his honor or whitewashed by those he reported to.

[@trealosgaming3345]

@@draheim90 If he flew in uniform, he would be recognized by that.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

I've been to the crash site in person back when I was flying Twin Otters around the little islands and I promise you no one could be found in that state. The site has been looted quite a bit but it stretches out for a fair distance.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

@JZ's Best Friend Doubt it, having seen the wreck in person there is no way people could hold onto a cigarette when the largest remaining part of the wing spar still between the wings is the size of a cricket bat.

[@hyenas196987]

Yamamoto tried telling his superiors that japan cannot defeat the US in a war. Due to our massive production of war material.

[@Cage2053K]

You are correct and after Pearl Harbor and Coral Sea he knew that the only way to defeat us was a victory at Midway. He planned to lure the three remaining Pacific Fleet carriers into battle and sink them. After the Battle of Midway he knew the war was lost and his thought was reinforced after the February 1943 victory at Guadalcanal where Japan lost over 70 naval and merchant ships more then 80% of Japan's experienced pilots.

[@anamericancelt6534]

He said Japan could not beat the US in a long war.

[@johnmcdonald9304]

@Nguyễn Minh Hiếu Miku Hatsune It was called the P38 Lighting.

[@warhawk9566]

@Nguyễn Minh Hiếu Miku Hatsune I have no clue what you are trying to say but, P47 is the Thunderbolt. P38 is the Lightning

[@ridgerunner5772]

@@Cage2053K, the PlanS were to complex, over extended and way to ego oriented.... The IJN and IJA never stood a chance.... And, all that Human God Worshipping, what a crock.....

[@mikesmith-wk7vy]

the p-38 was an awesome plane that never got credit like the p51 did.

[@SSN515]

Tommy McGuire and Richard Bong ( highest scoring AAF aces in the Pacific) loved them.

[@gpiano88]

The De Havilland Mosquito gets a lot more notoriety because of its treetop flying ability. The twin-boom design and supercharged engines of the P-38 would have done a number on a Mosquito.

[@SSN515]

@@gpiano88 Yep. And the P-38 was designed to be a high altitude, high speed, bomber interceptor, not really a dog fighter.

[@geramos109]

Maybe becuase it got screwed when facing Bf109s

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

The P-38 story is long and complicated. The simple version is that it had not been developed in Northern Europe like the British and German aircraft - so - there were problems with the Allison Engines it used when at altitude. The P-51 used a Packard built, licensed copy of the Rolls Royce Merlin - which had been developed in Northern Europe. The P-38 began escorting bombers when the Luftwaffe was still something to be reckoned with and all those German Experten weren't dead yet. By the time the P-51's showed up - you had a lot greater numbers and it was being given to experienced pilots. The P-38 being a multi engine, pre-war design was difficult for inexperienced pilots to get the most out of it that it had to give, especially if they were afraid of the aircraft. P-51's were single engine aircraft that were developed using the experience of the early war and much easier to fly - by people who were better trained. In the Pacific the P-38's were given to people who were swapping them for P-39's and P-40's and were experienced pilots - who had already fought the best of Japans aviators to a draw. Once the P-38's were there in numbers ... with no engine problems because of the difference in altitudes - Japan was already doomed. That - and having two engines when what you're flying over is either water or jungle (coming down in the jungle was a death sentence) the pilots just loved having two engines. So they had a much different attitude towards the aircraft. .

[@Meow_1992]

"There was only one Yamamoto, and there is no one able to replace him" ~ Newly selected Admiral Koga, Imperial Japanese Navy Combined Fleet.

[@ianturton6889]

I like the moment where the escorting zeros drop their tanks before engaging the P38's, a small point but a nice one.

[@maplecote]

I'm an american. I respect Yamamoto's tactical acumen and warfighting ability. He was our enemy - and we were his.

[@et76039]

One of the ironies of that war is that two of their most memorably effective officers, Admiral Yamamoto and General Kuribayashi, believed that Japan could not win against the Americans. It must have been incredibly tough for both of them to go against the mainstream in crafting strategies that did work better, but that they knew would only delay the inevitable.

[@jz0292]

Another thing was admiral Halsey was put in job of the ambush against Yamamoto, yet Halsey was very against it. So when admiral Nimitz came and congratulated Halsey he was very upset at Nimitz for making him. Admiral Halsey saw it as a cheap blow. (Halsey was not an admiral at the time.)

[@seamus1956]

JZ 02 While your story about Halsey may be correct, your statement about him not being an admiral is not. At the time of Isoroku Yamamoto’s death, April 18, 1943, William F. “Bull” Halsey wore four stars, having attained that rank on November 18, 1942. He was first advanced to Rear Admiral (Upper Half) on March 1,1938 and promoted to Vice Admiral on June 13, 1940. When the surrender was signed, he was the second highest ranking admiral in the Navy behind Chester W Nimitz. He was granted the rank of Fleet Admiral and given a fifth star on December 1, 1945.

[@tobinfreeman51]

Goodness Graces Never fear your enemy but always respect them- John Basilone.

[@solrosenberg3803]

Goodness Graces Rommel.

[@adamlemus7585]

It’s a romanticized version of events but so are a lot of war films. It’s not always an a attempt to be disingenuous, rather the film maker wants to convey an emotion of a event rather then the ugly reality. War is gruesome, we all know this.

[@Viper-dn8ix]

Christ. Thank you. As an American, about 60% of our war films (probably more...) are romanticized beyond belief. Don't get me wrong, I still watch and enjoy them for the most part, but some offer a dumbly romantic view of war.

[@adamlemus7585]

Ron Ratcliffe There isn’t enough scenes with P-38’s in the world.

[@adamlemus7585]

Viper101 Also we American audiences aren’t given enough credit from others around the world for being able to pick out the bullshit. I remember when I saw Pearl Harbor in the theater I overheard a random teenage girl whisper to the guy she was with “aren’t those Japanese planes supposed to be white?”. She probably wasn’t a history buff but probably subconsciously knows from pictures that the Japanese navel aircraft aren’t supposed to be so dark green they are damn near black. Also I remember people kinda looking at each other watching Enemy at the gates at some scenes detecting the imagination of a Hollywood screen writer vs reality.

[@ChemySh]

My cinematography teacher called this "emotional reality" in contrast to "factual reality"

[@scomo532]

Yup, it’s all pretty gruesome. No wonder warriors are the first ones to tell you that they hate war.

[@GokuFievel32]

Unlike most enemies of WWII Yamamoto was actually a good man fighting for the wrong team. He was NOT like: Tojo, Hitler, Mussolini or Stalin. He really respected his men and for what it's worth he was a military genius.

[@cba4389]

Same could be said for Rommel.

[@jojl727]

I think the worst prime minister at that period was Konoe, not Tojo.

[@matthewmoran5297]

Much like Robert E. Lee

[@srbomrz]

I don't think he was fighting for the wrong team,,USA is criminal settlement

[@eodyn7]

@@srbomrz smooth brain take on your part.

[@marshawk9766]

To eliminate fear of dying, always remember that nobody exempted.

[@manjitahzan9577]

He's a true samurai, even though going to war was not his choice but he's still obliged for his loyalty to his country.

[@davislong9476]

Yea he would have gladly waited a few more years to do even more damage to us If he had a chance efin spy..........

[@kart44]

Pretty sure samurai were thieves and farmers.

[@QuincyVollstandig]

Heath Gustafsson I don’t think you understand about the samurai based on your opinion about them being farmers and thieves, because they were very loyal to their daimyo, well-paid, and very disciplined. They follow the ways of the Bushido code, they spent their times studying the code and training with their swords. They’re not just farmers but anyone in Japan can be a samurai and that they were thieves won’t cut in because they must have chivalry in them. However, there were some rogue Samurai who are called ronin but some maintain their code of Honor.

[@leeadams6809]

Like every other soldier around the world, past or present, we all take oaths to uphold the policies of politicians. Politicians and soldiers live by completely different principles. While a soldier believes in and lives by God, honor and duty, a politician uses meaningless words that amount to nothing but lies. Unfortunately rich men and women write the laws that poor men and women must defend.

[@shawnofdanaukota3843]

If he was alive, would he become like Albert Speer condemning Japan’s war ministry’s actions?

[@georgefspicka5483]

Highly romanticized version of what happened

[@bclmax]

how so?

[@bad74maverick1]

@@bclmax well for starters there were 4 P-38's who attacked the bombers. The rest climbed to 30,000 feet for aerial observation. there were 2 passes on the bomber the first damaged the right engine almost immediately. The second pass went into the cockpit area and back into the engine. The third didn't happen because the bomber canted right and spiraled down into the jungle. If the admiral were sitting in the fuselage behind the wing struts as he would have been, it is almost assured he was alive when it spiraled in or killed in the first pass, which he probably was because they found him the next day with a huge bullet wound in his head. the fight was over in just a few short minutes, 3 zeros I believe were taken down and the other bomber was splashed into the sea. So yeah, this scene was very highly romanticized of what happened.

[@bclmax]

@@bad74maverick1 what does this have to do with him being found strapped into his chair holding his sword?

[@bad74maverick1]

@@bclmax Because he wasn't. He was found with part of his head shot off because he was hit in the head from either a Browning .50 or one of the P-38's 20mm forward nose guns. That is pure romanticized propaganda to think he was holding his sword and still in his "pose" after being hit in the head by aircraft fire and then spinning down and crashing into the jungle canopy. In Hamasuna's report he had been thrown clear of the plane as it hit, that's how they found him. In an addendum to the report added after to the emperor it was said he still had his sword in hand. This was to give him dignity and honor for Japan, but did not happen. Nor could it unless taped to his hands. I do believe he was found with his white gloves on and clutching each other as several other members of the recovery units diaries have said. And by the way even Hamasuna's report said he wasn't clutching his sword, he was "Clutching the hilt of his sword".

[@bclmax]

@@bad74maverick1 whats your source for this?

[@shrapnel77]

The P-38. Glad it was on our side. It was a very misunderstood aircraft that took time to find its niche. Once learned, it was just as unstoppable as the P-51, which usually is the plane that everybody rants and raves about. Two engines, superior climbing ability, fast straight line speed and brutal, center mounted weaponry that afforded unparalleled accuracy.

[@farmalmta]

It did not have enough range to serve as a fighter escort all the way deep into Germany and back. It was notoriously difficult to fly well, and was not responsive enough in the hands of average pilots to do well in its role. But it was a decent stopgap plane with other uses later on.

[@jarrettowens6073]

That's the plane that I thought it was.

[@Elthenar]

@@farmalmta You do realize that the P38 had more than twice the range of the P51, right? It struggled Europe because when first introduced, it had a number of design issues that made it a liability in a dogfight vs German fighters. Notable it couldnt dive worth a damn. It also couldn't heat the cockpit very well, since the engines were on nacelles separate from the pilot area. Flying at high altitude in Europe made for a literally freezing cockpit. It was aces in the Pacific though. The warm weather made the cockpit temperature less of an issue. It's extreme range and dual engines made ideal for the long range combat over water. That range is why it was the fighter sent to intercept and take out Yamamoto.

[@markforster6457]

America's ace of aces, Richard Bong, had 40 confirmed "kills" flying a P-38. His actual score was probably much higher.

[@rickgehring7507]

@@farmalmta WOW how the uniformed think, thanks for sharing.

[@AR-wg1di]

Not only did he die immediately by losing half his head but so did the pilots. Apparently, the plane went into a nose dive. Nothing dramatic like this.

[@jimmyhaley727]

yes and Zeros were never in a dog fight that mattered

[@andrewc0128]

That wouldn't have made a good movie though. NeeeeeeeeeeYOWN...... BOOOOOOM! "Okay, guys pack it up let's go home."

[@omaewamoshindeiru616]

@@andrewc0128 HAHAHAHAHA OMG 🤣

[@vacciniumaugustifolium1420]

- I can stop the Usa during five-six months, after that i can't do anything. -Yamamoto

[@kerryxu119]

"In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain, I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success."

[@vacciniumaugustifolium1420]

@@kerryxu119 thank you ! did it by memory but I was far enought apparently...

[@duchongle170]

And Battle of Midway were almost exactly six months after Pearl Habor ._.

[@vacciniumaugustifolium1420]

@@duchongle170 exactly, thats why I respect Yamamoto, he was extremely Smart and really lucid about the situation but he still tried.

[@SealofPerfection]

They didn't even win for 6 months. Midway was 6 months after Pearl Harbor. Coral Sea was just before that. The US had already started to learn the tactics and even the odds. They banked on the US not wanting to fight and accepting peace terms after Pearl and a few other quick victories. They were wrong. Very wrong.

[@ConstantineJoseph]

in 1924, Yamamoto was sent to US Naval War College where he was trained in gunnery and then later naval aviation. His experiences in America made him a reluctant aggressor to fighting a war with the US. He felt that this was not the way to go as he did have sentimentality and was emotionally involved.

[@cgross82]

The account from the U.S. pilots that I read said that the P-38's guns sawed off one of the wings and the Betty flipped over and dove straight into the jungle. This version is quite romanticized.

[@gavinowen2263]

And yet when the bombers remains were found the plane was upright as if it belly landed with the tail section almost untouched

[@gavinowen2263]

@Dank Money I've seen that video before.

[@cgross82]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[@larryrouse6322]

The P-38 had four .50s and a 20mm, all located in the nose. If the P-38 got the jump on a Zero, all that concentrated firepower would chew it up. That's how Richard Bong and Thomas McGuire shot down 40 and 38 airplanes, respectively.

[@cgross82]

@@larryrouse6322 Yes, the fact that the guns were mounted on the centerline was a big advantage because of the twin boom design, an awesome fighter!

[@RalphReagan]

"We can not invade the American mainland there is a rifle behind every blade of grass." Yamamoto

[@demo4556]

Unfortunately that quote was made up by an author, though Yamamoto did say this: "Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. To make victory certain, we would have to march into Washington and dictate the terms of peace in the White House. I wonder if our politicians, among whom armchair arguments about war are being glibly bandied about in the name of state politics, have confidence as to the final outcome and are prepared to make the necessary sacrifices", which certainly hints at the difficulty of invading the American mainland.

[@johnedwards1321]

Not sure he said this but Jesus Christ is it true. And I am pretty much anti-gun. But still. Which is why "The Man in the White Tower," or whatever it is, doesn't work for me, much as I've tried to like it. It just cannot have happened. Bang!

[@TheRetirednavy92]

to bad Democrats today invite invaders and want to disarm the people.

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

@@johnedwards1321 And despite you and people you's attempts to disarm me and my fellow Americans, we would still lay down our lives to protect you should the worst ever come to past.

[@magiscichoam]

@@TheRetirednavy92 and yet you (and your fellow “Dumbo-Plicans”) say nothing about the President having a closed door meeting with known Russian FSB agents in the White House, publicly displaying deference to Putin in Helsinki in direct contradiction to the assessment of our intelligence agencies and lying to America about the lethality of COVID19 when he knew how deadly it really is. And you call yourself a patriot?

[@patrolpilot3756]

The second he saw the P-38 he knew. Times up. Mad respect, worthy opponent, I don't like you, but I tip my hat sir.

[@lampson1986]

Not worthy. He attacked pearl harbor without declaring war, while our men were sleeping... certified coward

[@MrIndianRebel]

@@lampson1986 That's how wars work my friend. Pre- emptive strikes, one of the most effective trick in the playbook.

[@glennfarr2000]

He had to know he'd been compromised He wasn't stupid.

[@RealNotallGaming]

@@lampson1986 like atomic bombs on civilians, you idiot cowboy ah in was you dont sleep, you stay in alert dumbass

[@brbrdeng9122]

@@lampson1986 Do you send warning to your enemies before attacking? "Dear America sorry that we have to sink your ships in Pearl Harbor". Hideki Tojo or Lieutenant General Shiro Ishii or Sergeant Mutshiro Watanabe, these men were psychopaths, Yamamoto knew that he wouldn't win against America and strongly discouraged provoking America. Look up unit 731, that shit makes Josef Mengele look like a toddler playing doctor

[@derlenx1097]

And in that moment he understood everything and There was a man who held the whole of the worlds pain in his eyes.

[@Elthenar]

That has to be an uncomfortable moment. To be sitting in that vulnerable bomber and see the swarm of enemy planes coming for you and knowing that there is nothing you can do to save your own life.

[@23AlexandreJ]

... except to fucking jump lmao.

[@justsmileonme]

Nishikawa one of the best japanese fighter pilot died the same way. Sitting in a bomber helpless. :(

[@BillBird2111]

Not only that, but he must have also realized that America’s industrial might had kicked into high gear at this point. He lived to personally witness that industrial awesomeness and see the badass warplanes that were sent to kill him. Japan never could have joined the modern world with that ancient Bushido Code they were living under. It wasn’t going to mesh with the emerging forms of self-government and independence from monarchies and Emperors. This religious fervor literally had to be beaten out of Japan, and was. However, even after the war, American leaders still had a great deal of respect for this defeated enemy. The peace terms could have been much tougher. Some political leaders wanted them to be tougher. They wanted the Emperor’s head on a stick. Cooler heads prevailed. Thank God for MacArthur.

[@franhiatt1]

A great piece of movie-making, very emotive.

[@Schrottkralle]

Admiral Yamamoto was highly educated and fluent in English. He knew from the very beginning that this war cannot be won and it would be just a matter of time until Japan's surrender. Unfortunately the emperor and the majority of leading military officers, far less educated than Yamamoto, decided to go the historically wrong path. He did not deserve an end like this. Even though captured by his own Japanese tradition to follow orders without questioning them. And he always criticized many of his fellow officers concerning war crimes without using this term, of course. His major problem was that he also had to deal with officers belonging to the imperial family. Even though they were of a lower rank than himself, he would had have never criticized them and questioning their point of view.

[@nofrackingzone7479]

The movie paints a romantic hero's death for Yamamoto, in reality a post-mortem of Yamamoto's body indicated two bullet wounds, one to the back of his left shoulder, and a separate bullet wound to his left lower jaw, that appeared to exit above his right eye. The Japanese navy doctor examining Yamamoto's body determined the head wound killed Yamamoto.

[@Kontorotsui]

That is correct. Seems they sort of moved those injuries to the vice-admiral sitting behind him, in order to portrait his death as cleaner and more honourable with the commander in chief watching the plane crashing without even blinking. Actually what is accurate is the posture. When his body was found, he was still sitting and gripping his samurai sword.

[@zenger74]

He was still sitting upright after being hit by two .50 cal rounds?? Highly unlikely...

[@sjpavur]

john sangers John, I have been in the Emergency Medical Field for years, and have a very difficult time believing that, between the trauma of those bullet, and the crash of the bullet riddled plane, that “the admiral was found sitting upright, still clutching his Samurai Sword”!!

[@vacciniumaugustifolium1420]

what "katana" mean ?

[@jdh91741]

Isoroku spent two years in Harvard University, was a naval attache in Washington D.C. fluent in English living peacefully among the American's he later murdered at Pearl Harbor. Isoroku Yamamoto flushed his honer down the toilet.

[@duncanidaho2130]

Impressive CGI. Thank you for the video. Have a great day.

[@wimpwampwomp]

"If my death awakens Japan, so be it" So be not it, then. What a waste.

[@gangleweed]

Get the fuck off the stage........there's one leaving in 5 minutes, be on it.

[@jonathanhalloran5350]

Uhhhh... are you describing the 3rd most economically successful country in the world?? I think one could argue that Japan is awake

[@wimpwampwomp]

@@jonathanhalloran5350 That was a quote from Yamamoto earlier in the film after being asked why he wasn't boosting his security detail after someone tried to assassinate him, to which he replied "The usual is fine", just as when he was asked why he hadn't beefed up his fighter escort here. Besides, you have to remember that after his death, Japan continued to go headlong into a war of disaster and nuclear bombs. Japan woke only after getting knocked in the head and losing its memory. Even then it was off to a bumpy start; it underwent a recession for a long while.

[@willdwyer2167]

Man that was a strikingly beautiful scene...

[@Etherdave]

A bit overwrought but reasonably accurate. Thanks for posting.

[@northtexan95]

That is a really good scene from a movie making standpoint. Well done. Also, from what is shown it appear to be very accurate display of what actually happened. From the types of planes, to the two bombers going in separate directions, it all looks great!

[@draheim90]

Except that the Japanese doctor performing the post-mortem said he had two .50 cal wounds, one in the shoulder and a lethal one in the jaw and exiting above his eye . He wouldn’t have been calming contemplating/accepting his fate, he would have been dead long before he crashed. Also some pointed out that a .50 cal shot to the face wouldn’t have left much of his face intact and wouldn’t have a proper exit wound . But it could have been a fragment or the bullet was significantly slowed, idk not a physician.

[@cba4389]

I think the man behind Yamamoto represented what actually happened to the Admiral.

[@TheLiamster]

The music in this sounds really good.

[@lernaeanhydra5766]

For anyone who hasn't seen the film I highly recommend it as a WW2 nerd. They really go into great detail on the events and decisions in the early war in the Pacific.

[@kkhagerty6315]

Uncle Ho Japan has acknowledged their part in the war and also apologized to the countries they invaded, their education system also goes into detail about the war and as for the film it’s pretty accurate. It was made by Toho I believe and they also made Yamato (2005)

[@lernaeanhydra5766]

@Uncle Ho Well yes you are right but also no regarding this film as it is about the Japanese Navy rather than the Army so much of the issue can be avoided. You see starting in 1870 the Imperial Japanese Navy was modeled after and trained by the British Royal Navy during much of its creation (the naval academy at the time consisted almost exclusively of British teachers under Lt. Commander Archibald Douglas and as such adopted many traditions and even uniforms from the Royal Navy. As such with some exceptions such as the 1943 decree to execute captives (the film ends before reaching that period) it generally did conduct itself with decorum whereas the Japanese army acted as a bunch of medieval thugs. In fact the movie actually highlights some of this split between the culture of the army and the navy.

[@rickgehring7507]

@@lernaeanhydra5766 Spent about 30 years studying the Japan-American side of WW2, the difference between the IJN and the Army , is like Night and Day it's hard to explain it to people who are not WW2 nerds.

[@preppercoops741]

Without a doubt, that clip was the most emotionally charged I have seen in any war movie. Very moving.

[@TheAceTroubleshooter]

lol you must not have seen many

[@pamkoh9999]

Yamamoto did not panic because he knows that he can always push the reset button and play the mission again

[@michaelwelsh9331]

This movie portrays a totally different perspective of these events that lead to his death. This movie is a very passionate portrale of his ending. He definitely died a true warrior. Very sad

[@markforster6457]

He wrote: "I am the sword of my emperor. I will not be sheathed until I die."

[@pdogone1]

FDR approved the hit and Halsey had the Cactus Air Force execute the mission..

[@Tapajara]

The Black Sheep Squadron would like you to believe that the Marines did it but those were Army Fork-tailed Devils.

[@pdogone1]

@@Tapajara dont know why they would...did you read that somewher? it was pretty obvious it was the P38s..only plane that could make the long flight.. appreciate the comment!

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

@@Tapajara I remember that episode where the Black Sheep and the Army P38s were going to intercept Yamamoto (with a lot of inter-service shenanigans along the way), but an old Japanese nemesis showed up during the flight and Pappy and his boys went after him, leaving the P38s to take out Yamamoto. Pretty decent historical fiction.

[@PoochAndBoo]

@@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont You must have dreamt that scene. In the (rather stupid) T.V. show, the Army sent a squadron of P-51 Mustangs, of all things, to get Yamamoto. I used to watch Baa Baa Black Sheep just for the airplanes. The stories were completely rediculous.

[@PedroPerez-vk2tm]

Scene mirrors what actually happened, 6 escorting Zeros accompanying the 2 Bettys all the way from Rabaul. No additional escort came up from Ballale airfield to meet them as no threat expected. The P-38s shown however are not correct, the ones involved were earlier P-38Gs without chin radiators

[@longshucksgaming]

and for I'm guessing the sake of not being too gruesome, they left out the effects of a 50 cal round through his face

[@PedroPerez-vk2tm]

@@longshucksgaming definetely was more gruesome however historical accounts mention the body was pretty much intact when found. Sorry the additional escort that never came up was supposed to take off from Kahili airstrip, not Ballale as mentioned earlier. The Bettys were scheduled to land at Ballale

[@thvtsydneylyf3th077]

Heres To The Legendary Coastwatchers of WWII

[@thedoomrunnerxl]

I never saw Yamamoto as the real enemy of the US, he did his duty without malice or anger. I can respect that.

[@gillesguillaumin6603]

Even if he was our enemy, he was also someone of quality, respectable, a great man. It's a pity he was not in our side.

[@JB-yb4wn]

Holy fuck! This guy was in charge of a navy that would routinely execute American survivors they picked up out of the ocean after they were tortured for information. Just a month before his death, on March 14, 1943, he issued an order to his submarine commander at Truk that any surviving crews from sunk merchant marine ships were to be killed after obtaining information from them, (though this was in common practice long before this order was given). You do know that his navy killed some 2400 people at Pearl Harbor without the hint of a war declaration? Well to be fair, the US doesn't declare wars anymore, maybe he was ahead of his time in that regard. His navy pilots bombed hospital ships (Manuda) and his submarines torpedoed another hospital ship (Centaur)? Had Yamamoto survived the war, he would have been charged and convicted of war crimes. Such an "honourable" sack of shit.

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

@@JB-yb4wn I have bad news for you but the Allies also tens of thousands of prisoners, the Japanese weren't special in that regard. Britain killed hundreds of thousands of civilians in Germany, the USSR killed millions of innocent people and the Americans were much the same as Britain... It's war, shit happens.

[@JB-yb4wn]

@@mrcaboosevg6089 Really? The Soviets I can understand because guess what? Some fascist idiots invaded their country and committed all sorts of atrocities on the Russian population. Most of the British POW's ended up in a prison camp in Ontario which was quite benign compared to what the Germans were running, and no, there is zero record of the British or Americans executing prisoners or deliberately killing sailors to garner information. Shit may happen in war, but idiots try to rewrite history.

[@lampson1986]

Attacked pearl harbor without declaring war, while our men were sleeping... certified coward

[@InGratiaDei]

He died on the first anniversary of the Doolittle Raid. A truly great man. I wish he had lived to see the end of the war and the rebuilding of Japan.

[@jenniferlarson6426]

I wish he had lived to be hung...and, he would have.

[@mqbitsko25]

He knew and loved America, and tried to warn them. But in the end he did his duty. Don't blame soldiers. Blame politicians.

[@ridgerunner5772]

Loved, B.S. and what a bunch of revisionist history and spin.......

[@AkiraNakamoto]

Yet, he did nothing to stop the Pacific war. He used a few words to be so-called "against" Pacific war, but used his entire brain to fuel the IJN's efforts to launch the Pacific war. Check the term "banality of evil". Yamamoto is a vivid example of this term.

[@Revkor]

@@AkiraNakamoto he did what he could within i=his honor code. when he couldn't prevent he move to give them thewir best chnace to avoid his prediction

[@AkiraNakamoto]

@@Revkor Do you realize that your description conforms to the concept of "banality of evil'?

[@Revkor]

@@AkiraNakamoto what can he do. he control one branch of a military and even then not full control. he didn't choose the admiral to lead midway attack. and use what he could to prevent war with US and failed. don't blame him for the evils of others. I never once hear him ordering any the heinious stuff Japan did.

[@satria9703]

Good job !

[@jackstuttgart8386]

For a really good factual account of the events of this day, and those immediately leading up to it, read Zero by Masatake Okumiya and Jiro Horikoshi written in collaboration with Martin Caidin. While the book is about the failure of the Japanese aviation industry to keep pace with ours in both technology and production, (Horikoshi was a designer of the Zero) as well as the failures of Japan to properly use what assets it had (Okumiya was a naval aviation officer assigned to senior staffs) it contains a detailed account of the incident captured in this film. That account is taken from the diary of Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki, Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet. Ugaki was a passenger on the second Betty and he is one of two survivors from his plane (no one on Yamamoto's aircraft survived). Ugaki watched as Yamamoto's plane went in and his description of the attack that brought his own bomber down is very detailed. Finally, I did not know this was the first time Yamamoto wore the "navy khaki garb" instead of his dress whites and Ugaki's observations about why he did so are interesting.

[@RSID]

Yamamoto reminds me of Rommel.

[@bigbully1277]

Except, Yamamoto was a good admiral with discipline and an eye for strategy. Rommel was reckless and most of his efforts relied on luck.

[@notyomama1306]

@@bigbully1277 Rommel also was not the man they give him credit for he was used for propaganda he was actually a person that killed Jews and prisoners and is accounted for many war crimes

[@shepherdlavellen3301]

@@notyomama1306 if by Jews and prisoners you mean British commandos who wear German uniforms, they don't count as wearing enemy uniform is a war crime itself

[@notyomama1306]

@@shepherdlavellen3301 no i mean he is actually known to have partaken in execution of yes commandos and normal soldiers and Jewish prisoners didn't last so long look it up he was a piece of crap that has chose nt o be a propaganda devise

[@shepherdlavellen3301]

@@notyomama1306 he's dead before the end of the war and dead man can't speak for himself, perfect tool for propaganda

[@kurumi394]

That was mighty brave of him to ride on what was essentially a flying matchbox soaked in gasoline

[@SnafuWT]

he had no other choice.

[@DevinEMILE]

I mean if you think about it thats what 90% of those planes were.

[@kurumi394]

@@SnafuWT Maybe in a flying boat like the H6K, that was pretty sturdy

[@physetermacrocephalus2209]

Mostly irrelevant in situations like these. Not entirley, but mostly. In a situation like this if your at the point of relying on armor its almost certain your probably dead anyway. This is the kind of thing where your actual defense is things like secrecy, effecientcy and speed. Even his fighter escort couldnt really effectivley defend him from a concerted and focused assasination attempt.

[@BeardsleyMark]

A really impressive bit of CGI. Very touching. Dealing with the death of a great man is difficult and sometimes it is easy to go over the top a bit. This might not be the most accurate account of the death of Yamamoto and the rest of the men in that aircraft, but it is an interesting one. I would like to see this film maker do one on Colin Kelly. ;-)

[@randallsanchez3161]

The scene with them transmitting his departure in the open was for a reason. It's long been speculated that it was done on purpose per Yamamoto's orders. He was a brilliant Admiral. Despite protesting the attack he still came up with the plans to attack Pearl Harbor due to his patriotism. Afterwards his opposition made him unpopular and they ignored his strategies switch would have left Japan in a better position to protect itself rather than trying to expand into China. At the end they came back to him hoping he could extend the war. Out of patriotism he would have done it as saying no would leave him in dishonor. Instead he died as a soldier at the hands of the enemy which left him with his honor intact but unable to extend the war. His diary speaks of his skepticism to the war and especially against the US.

[@JB-yb4wn]

Well how about reading more and bullshitting less? The message was encoded you idiot. "On April 14, the U.S. naval intelligence effort code-named "Magic" intercepted and decrypted orders alerting affected Japanese units of the tour. The original message, NTF131755, addressed to the commanders of Base Unit No. 1, the 11th Air Flotilla, and the 26th Air Flotilla, was encoded in the Japanese Naval Cipher JN-25D, and was picked up by three stations of the "Magic" apparatus, including Fleet Radio Unit Pacific Fleet. The message was then deciphered by Navy cryptographers (among them future Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens it contained time and location details of Yamamoto's itinerary, as well as the number and types of planes that would transport and accompany him on the journey."

[@dwlopez57]

It was not transmitted in the open. In fact there was some question of whether the attempt on his life should even be made as it would alert Japan to the fact that their code had been broken. Ultimately it was decided that getting rid of him would be worth it.

[@Silly2smart]

He said: "I'm against war with the United States. But I am an officer of the Imperial Navy and a subject of His Majesty the Emperor. " That's close to calling the Emperor foolish if they do go to war.

[@mizututi]

There was no choice. Roosevelt was tempted by Churchill to set a trap to make Japan war.

[@maconescotland8996]

@@mizututi That doesn't stand scrutiny. Churchill wanted the USA in the war against Germany - involving Japan would only have brought another huge burden on Britain, with it's colonies in the Far East to defend and a threat to Australia and India.

[@mizututi]

@@maconescotland8996 Two people were happy when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Churchill and Hitler. Learn historical facts.

[@maconescotland8996]

@@mizututi Delete facts, and insert unsupported theories. Why would Churchill want to engage the British Empire in a war with Japan with all the ramifications that would follow ?

[@mizututi]

@@maconescotland8996 wrong. Churchill asked Roosevelt to participate. Roosevelt trapped Japan.

[@Tayd0g]

I watched this whole movie a while back, always interesting to see the Japanese side of the story. It's why Tora Tora Tora was so good as well.

[@akandeheritage7448]

Pls whats the title of the movie

[@mtwjotschy1076]

@@akandeheritage7448 isoroku its the name telling in the title :D

[@Cruiserweight190]

My father was a gunner on a PBJ-25 in the South pacific VMB-443 and this scene is so well done that every time I watch it brings tears to my eye's

[@getit9066]

You should try Visine.

[@Cruiserweight190]

@@getit9066 You should stick your finger in a light socket

[@harryricochet8134]

Get help dude, there's no such thing as a 'PBJ-25' unless your Daddy was a gunner on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich numbered '25'. You're clearly so deeply emotionally invested in Daddy's story that you don't even know the details of it. If Daddy served with VMB-443 he flew the PBJ-1, why that would make you bawl when watching this totally irrelevant clip is beyond weird.

[@user-vk8uu9nv7n18]

Yamamoto opposed the start of the war. but Tojyo did it.

[@gameraptor7740]

I think its Tojo not Tojyo

[@Steve-nf4jx]

Yamamoto was a very smart man, so sad to see him die even when he was against the war.

[@jenniferlarson6426]

If he was so against the war, he should have written a book about it so the whole world would know exactly how he felt. I am not taking this from anyone. I never saw any video of him saying he was against the war. I don't believe that he was against the war at all.

[@Steve-nf4jx]

@@jenniferlarson6426 You can literally search up any documentary of him, and it will say he wasn’t. Tojo had to drag him into the war.

[@jenniferlarson6426]

@@Steve-nf4jx He'll never be my hero. He joined the military for a reason.

[@hitovaawomi8963]

@@jenniferlarson6426 "He joined a military for a reason " we can also say that the people of USA joined the military for war if it is that .Joining military means defending one's own country from outside , so he could be that who knows . It's up to u if u dislike him . But remember that he never wanted to attack America but ordered him by Imperial to attack and he cannot disobey .like president of USA ordering general Mac Arthur to attack over Japan . As a Japanese we don't dislike or hates Mac Arthur thou . I don't hate the two bomber who dropped two potatoes over our most developed city and roasted my grandies I don't hate you as well for disliking Yamamoto . It's up to you if u so wanted to dislike but then tell to the people yamamoto was a great and wise general .

[@arcadymorel7565]

"the quality of CGI in this scene is amazing" bruh...

[@pkmcburroughs]

If only he'd been able to draw his sword in time.

[@aguynamedscott11]

Yamamoto must have been pretty tough. Most people would have been blown to pieces after getting hit with a.50 cal round from a P38. He just sat there motionless as if the high velocity impact had no effect on him at all and the laws of physics didn’t apply to him. Literally the Japanese Chuck Norris.

[@brianfergus839]

Yeah no kidding. This is just pretty garbage

[@thecobra1143]

Actually he didn’t end up like that... his face got shredded by a 50 cal and so did his abdomen...

[@brianfergus839]

@@thecobra1143 beyond the sarcasm that is exactly what the op is saying

[@josephgibbons1631]

This is your Captain speaking. Thank you for flying Rising Sun Airlines. There has been a slight change to our flight plan and we deeply apologize for the inconvenience. We will be landing some 343 miles short of the runway and we expect to impact the island below us much like a fiery lawn dart. Please make sure your seat is in the upright position and all electronic devices are turned to airplane mode in preparation for landing.

[@JB-yb4wn]

LOL Best comment here!

[@ryanmarquez9404]

I think I'm supposed to feel sad but I feel proud .... the us was so brave and fought so gallantly against the Japanese.

[@lampson1986]

Hell yeah. I loved watching the plane get shot up and crash

[@riasgremory5907]

Girls : *cries watching titanic when sinking* Boys : *cries watching when the escort plane shot down*

[@Rhouges81]

@D D rofl

[@friedrichwilhelmwolfgangvo6765]

So true and good comment.

[@carneasada2148]

lol. Or (in my case) no tears at all to either the Titanic or Yamamoto being shot down. Looking incredulously at people who cry at either of these. XDDDDDDD (although I did laugh when my cousin's wife joked at the end of the Titanic that DiCaprio could've been saved too if the girl hadn't been so fat. And a silent feeling of pride at the victory of the American airmen who intercepted Yamamoto's plane late in the war.)

[@abo7medd435]

@@carneasada2148 my g you either honor the men who have fought for their homeland who passed away or you could shut the fuck up,how would you feel if a Japanese person made a joke about Simon Buckner Jr or Leslie McNair in France,so please think about that this is an actual scene of the death of a major element in the war,despite being on the Japanese side,many American Politicians and Generals respected him,that's how they revered him in the oceans that he had to go.

[@Lui-px8cv]

that was a sexist comment

[@taskdon769]

Almost feel like that Yamamoto was intended to commit suicide since he was so predictable and not even hiding his trails.

[@SlavicCelery]

Japan hadn't realized their codes had been broken. Not to mention the attack was well behind Japanese lines, and at the outer limits of the range of the P-38. When the flight arrived in the area, they had approximately only 15 minutes of flight/fight time before heading home, or else they'd have to bail out before landing. That's a very narrow window there. He didn't even have ammo in his Betty for self-defense, because they weren't going to a hot combat area.

[@Tapajara]

It's a rare occasion when I am delighted to see the arrival of a swarm of angry hornets.

[@jafr99999]

I know that I shall meet my fate. Somewhere among the clouds above. Those that I fight I do not hate. Those that I guard I do not love.

[@tombaker8045]

what a poet !

[@TheBatugan77]

Some come here to sit and think and gaze upon the walls. I come here to shit and stink and rest my weary balls.

[@johnemerson1363]

Appropriate Hiku.

[@tombaker8045]

@Mr. Shlock yea .

[@blockmasterscott]

Nice detail of the Zero's dropping their extra fuel tanks, and they were silver too! Someone did some researching for this scene.

[@2serveand2protect]

Surprisingly well done.

[@ColoradoCactus]

This was pretty accurate except for the fact that Yamamoto was shot once in the back of the left shoulder and once in the bottom left of his jaw where the bullet then went strait through his head and out his right eye. The second shot killed him immediately meaning he didn’t live to see the plane go down.

[@pizzafrenzyman]

Some facts from the mission portrayed in the video: Yamamoto's transport was struck in the left engine, not the right engine as portrayed in the video, and went down almost immediately. It did not fly along like a wounded duck as portrayed in this video. The end came swiftly. Yamamoto had been thrown clear of the plane's wreckage, his white-gloved hand grasping the hilt of his katana, still upright in his seat under a tree. Yamamoto was instantly recognizable, head dipped down as if deep in thought. A post-mortem of the body disclosed that Yamamoto had received two 0.50-caliber bullet wounds, one to the back of his left shoulder and another to his left lower jaw that exited above his right eye. Not the right shoulder as portrayed in the video.

[@Jfaded1993]

Hollywood

[@KrillLiberator]

Has this video been flopped to avoid detection and removal?

[@rickdelapaz4632]

when anime goes to far.

[@binkyxz3]

Eyewitness accounts by the pilots confirm it was hit in the right engine. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHzZe5p8ocmafaM

[@sirql8]

So...a dead man 'thrown clear' of a violent plane crash in the jungle was found 'still upright in his seat under a tree' ? 'grasping the hilt of his katana' ? Do you have any idea how ludicrous you sound ?

[@stevenbaer4979]

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was an excellent warrior, smart, intellectual, experience in war, and respectful foe. But as a Japanese military man he died as a hero for his country of Japan.

[@JB-yb4wn]

Well it is patently obvious that you are totally ignorant of the war crimes that Yamamoto's navy committed under his very own orders. How about you read a little bit about Japanese navy doctrine of killing survivors of torpedoed merchantman after they were tortured for information? An "honourable" little thing they did was to weigh these guys down with cement bottomed oil drums as they were tossed overboard. Real hero that sack of shit was, he would have been tried and convicted of war crimes had he survived the war.

[@glennfarr2000]

Here is what I love about this scene: Yamamoto KNOWS why the P38's are there, he he knows he's the target. The Japanese are so stolid about death. He just sits with his samuria sword and waits. Its only recently Japan even made movies about this war.

[@marknakashima4651]

all debts have now been paid, Adml. Yamamoto knew at some point in the war he would pay the price for his main role in pearl harbor and he was at peace with it knowing that day would come as a samurai warrior of the sea he kept on fighting and died with honor 🙇‍♂️⚓

[@supernautacus]

Very well said. I am glad that he rests in peace. ^_^

[@mr.nobody.9132]

@@supernautacus But lots of people still hate Japanese people for some reason.Though i harbor no hatred against them,since they were still human beings just like me,its just the politic that made men mad.

[@supernautacus]

For the folks that hate for the sake of hatred, a quote from Black Sabbath.."Just remember love is life and hate is living death."

[@marknakashima4651]

@@supernautacus that gives the proper term of being a rotting zombie

[@supernautacus]

Indeed! for the spirit is far more dead than the body, at THAT point! ^_^

[@tonybarde2572]

It was at that moment Yamamoto knew he fucked up

[@briandenley]

Well done. Great CGI.

[@dilligaf0220]

Yamamoto failed at every engagement he commanded. Against people that wore shoes. I still can not understand the mythos around this man.

[@paulmicheldenverco1]

The P-38 was one of the most underrated fighters of WWII. The thing had excellent firepower and most of the highest scoring aces in the Pacific flew it.

[@kpadmirer]

One was shot down by a FIAT CR-42 biplane flown by a Luftwaffe pilot in March 1945. The last kill by a biplane in WWII.

[@rickgehring7507]

@@kpadmirer and a swordfish is credited with stopping the Bismark, A corsair shot down a mig.....your point is ? The lightning still has more kills Fiat CR42.

[@cardinalbuoyify]

“fork-tailed devil.”

[@boiledliddo]

from a article I read a few years ago. Yamamoto was offered an escort of more than twenty Zero fighters, but he declined that. I think it was an interview of one of his escort pilots who survived. Well, if he had 20+ escorts, he would probably have survived this assassination attempt.

[@thomthumbe]

My father fought in the Pacific. During my years growing up, he never once said anything bad about the Japanese. Several times he said that Yamamoto was basically a real good man. But, dad also said that he never once shed a single tear or felt badly that #1 - Yamamoto was killed, or #2 - That two nuclear bombs were dropped in anger. It is sad that war is the ultimate cause of both horrific actions. "If you can't stand the heat in the kitchen, no matter what, don't go inside the kitchen in the first place!"

[@Knights_of_Zurg]

Atomic bombs were not dropped in anger. they were dropped to prevent having to invade each and every island thus killing tens of millions of people.

[@jeffreymartin8448]

Thank you Station Hypo.

[@vanceb1]

All because Yamamoto insisted on punctuality (common with naval officers). The US intercepted and de-coded his itinerary. They knew he would arrive exactly as the itinerary stated so they had the P-38s show up accordingly.

[@MikeGoesBadaBoom]

vanceb1 bong bong

[@vanceb1]

@@MikeGoesBadaBoom Huh?

[@goldosprey]

They were so precises they actually beat him by a minute

[@oldmech619]

I would think the remaining Zero pilots were in for a really bad return to base flight

[@bramantios5797]

would doing harakiri

[@TheDrunkHamster]

Certain sudoku

[@siontix8795]

definite seppuku

[@aaronsenseney3719]

Yeah, I think I would have ditched in enemy territory than go back and face the katana.

[@thefellathathuntsvatniks]

Wrong. The Japanese knew that they just do their best to protect the Admiral so they simply forgave them. But for the pilots who escorted him, that was shame for not successfully protecting Yamamoto from those P-38s. As a result, they painfully swore that they will shoot down and kill all American planes as well as they can to restore their honor. But for 6 pilots who escorted the Betties, only one survived. The other 5 pilots that day were KIA since 1943-45.

[@DarkMatterX1]

"Perhaps that Pearl Harbor thing was a bad idea..."

[@jochenheiden]

For 2011 the CGI in this movie is absolutely fantastic!!

[@NochZvezd4]

Top 10 saddest anime death

[@mcedd54]

.50 caliber slugs along with the 20 mm cannon would have torn their bodies to shreds. Yamamoto's death scene here was definitely cleaned up for the camera.

[@warhawk9566]

Dont get me wrong, it would be a lot of damage, but torn to shreds? Not unless they were hit by a couple hundred. Also if the comment section is to be believed it seems that the common consensus is that Yamamoto was found with 2 bullet holes which likely killed him, 2 hits isn't enough to shred a body

[@mcedd54]

@@warhawk9566; Don't suppose you've ever seen anyone hit with one 50 cal. slug let alone several. After 22 years of active duty US Army service, now retired, I have. The effect on the human body is ghastly. With the bullet weight roughly 650 grains with a velocity in the 3000 feet per second range, the .50 BMG round is near lethal wherever on the human body it contacts. If Yamamoto was struck in the head I seriously doubt there was much left of it and he was probably identified by 'other' means. You may believe anything you like coming from the comment section. Conjecture versus reality? I'll stick with my comment above.

[@bclmax]

wrong..they found his body upright holding his sword like in the last scene

[@mcedd54]

@@bclmax ; "they found his body upright holding his sword..." Sure they did. He was in a plane crash Einstein. Do you think the Betty he was in landed like a feather? You obviously know zip about physics.

[@bclmax]

@@mcedd54 thats the official report..guess u were there though

[@xeraphyx7903]

2:23 one of the best cinematic shots i've ever seen

[@tonyshoe3131]

His last words..." Maybe Pearl Harbor wasn't such a good idea"

[@Barzins1]

He as much as said that. He said all they did was awaken a sleeping giant or something to that effect which translates to exactly what you said.

[@mel577]

He more or less said that before the attack on pearl harbor. He was against attacking the US from the getgo. Other Japaness military leaders won the debate and dragged Japan into al losing war against the US.

[@greatpumpkinpatch9167]

His last thought "Jody is going to give my wife a real pearl necklace".

[@Renshen1957]

@@mel577 Yamamoto said that He could "run wild for six months," and in essence, unless a decisive battle was won and the US signed a Peace Treaty and Truce (to keep their militarily won buffer zone, if less the US territories) by this time, the war was a foregone conclusion. Japan's whole concept that a final major battle would bring the US to their knees. But one should never plan on what you want your enemy to do, but rather what your enemy is capable of doing. The US made this mistake, which lead to Pearl Harbor's disaster. The US had sufficient man power to raise 10 times the size of its Army, but the US Navy couldn't deliver this size of military beyond what they had in ships even under war time construction. The Japanese merchant marine couldn't supply the peace time needs of neither their nation's nor Japanese current military's needs in China adequately at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, day one of the war with the US, let alone on a war time footing. The US Fleet Submarines crippled Japan, and could have starved the nation into submission. The surface fleet could have performed a naval blockage. Japan was willing to fight to the last man. The US would have never signed any truce or treaty. Unfortunately, two atomic bombs decided the matter, although a plot to kidnap the Emperor to prevent his call to surrender, even after two bombs had dropped. Gen. Eisenhower questioned why hit them a second time. The reluctance to surrender answers this interrogative. However, the third and fourth bomb were ready for the invasion (which the Japanese had stockpiled materials), and the invasion was to minimize deaths of Japanese civilian deaths from a blockade. On the other hand at least one USAAF General suggested rather than losing a million allied troops, to "nuclear cauterize" the Japanese islands in essence to "bomb them back to the stone-age."

[@mikeharvey2748]

Yamamoto was wearing his whites, his white uniform. They found his body thrown clear of the plane he was still strapped into his seat with his white gloves visible he was shot twice, once in the shoulder the fatal round hit him in the back of the head and came out of his jaw. He was holding onto his sword

[@mchume65]

Charles Lindbergh had a roll in this event. The island was on the very edge of the P-38's fuel range. Lindbergh was flying P-38s in the Pacific as sort of a Tech Rep. He figured out how to lean the fuel mixture and extend the P-38's range. The AAF was initially against it because the manuals said that would burn holes in the pistons. Lindbergh proved that it wouldn't. Also the P-38 flight had to time it just right in order to make it look like a coincidence so the Japanese wouldn't suspect the US forces had broken their codes.

[@TheSolongsidekick]

No, no he absolutely did not. I'm so sick of people with basic knowledge of stuff like this spreading misinformation. This flight was ~350 nautical miles. So how exactly did what Lindbergh did help with this mission?

[@fooman2108]

The flight was over 450 EACH WAY, plus 15 minutes at full throttle to fight=NO GAS to get home! Lindy did teach the Army how to extend the range of the lightnings (Maybe read Lampheer's book?), he was one of the four designated 'shooters' (the others were designated to be top cover and keep the zeros away). Lampheer describes putting 'a three second burst into the Betty and is went into a gentle glide trailing smoke.'

[@jnichols3]

While in the Pacific, Lindburg shot down one Japanese aircraft. I think this was kept a secret for many years due to him being a civilian and not a military pilot.

[@ndspeedster]

when they found his body he was still strapped in his seat.. separated from the plane body... shot through the jaw and head, and through the chest.. the shots killed him before he ever hit the ground.

[@henrybucki7813]

great shooting .