How the Japanese Admiral Who Planned the Pearl Harbor Attack was Assassinated

Yamamoto’s death was significant on the symbolic level. But in military terms, he was just another casualty of war.​Some sixty-eight years before U.S. special forces killed Osama bin Laden, America conducted an assassination of another kind.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: payback for a sneak attack on the United States.(This article originally appeared last year.)Recommended: America Has Military Options for North Korea (but They're All Bad)Recommended: 1,700 Planes Ready for War: Everything You Need To Know About China's Air ForceRecommended: Stealth vs. North Korea’s Air Defenses: Who Wins? In early 1943, Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, commander in chief of the Japanese Navy, was one of the most hated men in America. He was seen as the Asian Devil in naval dress, the fiend who treacherously struck peaceful, sleeping America. And when the United States saw a chance for payback in April 1943, there was no hesitation. Hence a code name unmistakable in its intent: Operation Vengeance.

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