Isoroku Yamamoto: The Admiral Who Planned Pearl Harbor

Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese admiral who commanded the Imperial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet during World War II and masterminded the attack on Pearl Harbor. Though he was one of the few Japanese leaders who understood America's industrial might and opposed war with the United States, he carried out his duty — and was killed in 1943 when American codebreakers intercepted his flight plans.