Naval Legends

April 4, 1884 – April 18, 1943

- Highest Rank : Fleet Admiral

- Highest Award : Order of the Chrysanthemum

- Fate : Commander of the Dec. 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1939-1943. Isoroku Yamamoto, was killed on Bougainville Island when his transport bomber aircraft was shot down by United States Army Air Forces fighter aircraft operating from Kukum Field on Guadalcanal . The plane carrying him was shot down in 1943.

- Theatres / Battles : 

• Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Battle of Midway

• Solomon Islands campaign

• Invasion of Tulagi (May 1942)

• Guadalcanal Campaign

• Battle of Savo Island

• Battle of the Eastern Solomons

• Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

• Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

• Battle of Rennell Island

• Operation Ke

• Operation I-Go

March 25, 1887 – July 6, 1944

- Highest Rank : Admiral

- Highest Award : Order of the Rising Sun

- Fate : Torpedo specialist and commander of the Carrier Striking Task Force that attacked Pearl Harbor. Successful raids at Darwin and the Indian Ocean were reversed at the Battle of Midway. Although he had tactical victories in the Guadalcanal campaigns, his battle strength was severely depleted, and was switched to the defence of the Mariana Islands . Committed suicide in 1944 during the battle of Saipan.

- Theatres / Battles : 

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Indian Ocean raid

• Bombing of Darwin

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of the Eastern Solomons

• Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

• Battle of Saipan

October 2, 1886 – November 9, 1966

- Highest Rank : Vice Admiral

- Highest Award : Order of the Sacred Treasure

- Fate : Replaced Toyoda in 1945 to become commander-in-chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet . Died in 1966.

- Theatres / Battles : 

• Invasion of Sumatra (1942)

• Battle of Palembang

• Battle of the Philippine Sea

• Battle of Leyte Gulf

22 May 1885 – 22 September 1957

- Highest Rank : Admiral

- Highest Award : Order of the Rising Sun

- Fate : Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1944-1945, Chief of staff of the Navy 1945 . Died in 1957 at the age of 73.

- Theatres / Battles : 

• Supreme War Council

• Pacific War

September 25, 1885 – March 31, 1944

- Highest Rank : Fleet Admiral

- Highest Award : Order of the Rising Sun

- Fate : Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1943-1944 . Killed in plane crash 1944.

- Theatres / Battles : 

• Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II

• Battle of Hong Kong

• Bombing of Rabaul (November 1943)

June 15, 1880 – January 5, 1947

- Highest Rank : Fleet Admiral

- Highest Award : Order of the Rising Sun

- Fate : Died of a heart attack in 1947.

- Theatres / Battles :

• Supreme War Council

• Pacific War

October 16, 1875 – 16 August 1946

- Highest Rank : Fleet Admiral

- Highest Award : Order of the Chrysanthemum

- Fate : Died in 1946.

- Theatres / Battles : 

• Supreme War Council

• Pacific War