Kill Yamamoto: The Mission to Avenge Pearl Harbor - Part 2

Conflicted: A History Podcast

Zach Cornwell

Education, History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2021

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

After the Battle of Midway, the Japanese Navy is in tatters and Yamamoto’s hopes of a quick victory against the United States have evaporated. He has no choice but to fight a war he knows Japan will lose. Tom Lanphier, Rex Barber, and the pilots of the 70th earn their stripes at Guadalcanal. The U.S. codebreakers at Hypo Station uncover the secret to intercepting the hated Yamamoto. John “Mitch” Mitchell plans and executes a borderline miraculous operation. Tom and Rex learn that victory builds careers, but destroys friendships. (Part 2 of 2) 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:33.9	You are listening to the conclusion of a two-part series on Operation Vengeance.
1:38.5	The U.S. military's plan to ambush and assassinate Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese admiral who planned the infamous
1:46.0	surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
1:48.0	In part one, we spent a lot of time getting to know Yamamoto, who he was as a person.
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