The Commander in Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who was killed on 18 April 1943 by US P-38 Lightning long-range fighters over the Solomon Islands.WW2War Diary for Saturday, June 5, 1943:
Home Fronts
Japan: State funeral for Amiral Yamamoto in Tokyo.
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