"Get Yamamoto": The Plan To Assassinate the Japanese Admiral Who Planned Pearl Harbor
"Get Yamamoto": The Plan To Assassinate the Japanese Admiral Who Planned Pearl Harbor A coded signal was sent on April 13, 1943, to the various Japanese commands in the area, listing the admiral’s itinerary as well as the number of transport planes and fighter escorts in his party. But American codebreakers had been reading Japanese diplomatic and military messages for years Key Point: America had broken Tokyo's codes and was able to prepare an ambush. This time, the target wasn’t a terrorist. It was the Japanese admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor operation. But the motive was the same:...
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