Isoroku Yamamoto is considered a national hero in Japan. He is considered one of Japan's greatest naval officers of all time. He almost single-handedly commanded the entire Japan fleet, and won his country many early sea battles in World War II. But in the United States, he was portrayed as a monster, an evil second only to Hitler himself. Who was Isoroku Yamamoto? Was he a hero, or a monster?
Isoroku Yamamoto was born Isoroku Takano on April 4, 1884. He was the sixth son of Takano Sadayoshi, and his name, Isoroku, means 56, the age Takano Sadayoshi was when his sixth son was born. …
