Isoruku Yamamoto biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto

Author Name:

Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto

Born As:

Isoroku Takano

Other Names:

Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto

Born:

4 Apr 1884

Died:

18 Apr 1943




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Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II                          
Planner of attack on Pearl Harbor.                          
Father Sadayoshi Takano
Married  Reiko with whom he had two sons and two daughters.                          
                          
In 1916, Isoroku was adopted into the Yamamoto family and took the Yamamoto name. It was a common practice for Japanese families lacking sons to adopt suitable young men in this fashion to carry on the family name.