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Kill Yamamoto: The Mission To Avenge Pearl Harbor - Part 1

2021/4/16
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本集讲述了美国为报复珍珠港袭击而策划的暗杀日本海军司令山本五十六的“复仇行动”。行动成功后，参与行动的两名美国飞行员因功劳归属问题引发长达数十年的争执。该事件反映了战争中的复仇心理、友谊的脆弱、以及战争宣传对公众认知的影响。山本五十六作为珍珠港袭击的策划者，在美国被视为恶魔般的存在，但在日本却是民族英雄。节目中还详细讲述了山本五十六的生平、其与艺妓川井千代子的恋情，以及他对日美战争的看法。他曾多次警告日本政府不要与美国开战，因为他深知日本无法战胜美国。然而，日本军国主义的膨胀最终导致了战争的爆发。珍珠港袭击虽然取得了战术上的成功，但未能摧毁美国的航母，而且由于未及时向美国发出正式宣战声明，使得日本在国际社会上形象受损。美国密码破译员成功破译了日本海军密码，从而获得了山本五十六的行程信息，为暗杀行动提供了机会。

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The episode introduces Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind behind the Pearl Harbor attack, and sets the stage for a detailed exploration of Operation Vengeance, the mission to assassinate him.

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*In 1941, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was the most hated man in America. As the architect of Japan’s December 7th surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States military decided Yamamoto had to die by any means necessary. Two years later, over the jungles of Southeast Asia, a daring aerial ambush gave the American people the closure they craved. *

*But who was Yamamoto really? Did his death have any impact on the outcome of the war? And who actually landed the killing blow? After the success of “Operation Vengeance”, as it came to be known, two American flyboys would become locked in a decades-long feud over who deserved the credit for avenging one of the deadliest days in American history. *

A visionary Admiral. A longshot mission. A broken friendship.

SOURCES:

Davis, Donald A. Lighting Strike: The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor. 2005. 

Lehr, Dick. Dead Reckoning: The Story of How Johnny Mitchell and His Fighter Pilots Took On Admiral Yamamoto and Avenged Pearl Harbor. 2020. 

Hampton, Dan. Operation Vengeance: The Astonishing Aerial Ambush That Changed World War 2. 2020. 

Paine, S.C.M. The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War. 2017.

Harmsen, Peter: Storm Clouds Over The Pacific, 1931-1941. 2018.

Davis, Burke. Get Yamamoto. 1969.

Hoyt, Edwin P. Yamamoto: The Man Who Planned Pearl Harbor. 1990.

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