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What Is Isoroku Yamamoto's Attack On Pearl Harbor?

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The attack on Pearl Harbor was a long, well thought out, complex plan, and the mastermind of the operation was Isoroku Yamamoto. Isoroku Yamamoto made “the Japanese plan simple: Destroy the Pacific Fleet. That way, the Americans would not be able to fight back as Japan’s armed forces spread across the South Pacific” (“Pearl Harbor”). Yamamoto planned to take out the battleships instead of the carriers, because the American public viewed battleships as a naval power. So if they were destroyed it would, America’s morale would be damaged. However, the final plan resulted with the difference of opinions with Genda, the air power expert.Genda wanted to focus the attack on taking out the carriers. Months before the attack, Japanese used radios as

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