We Killed Yamamoto: The Long-Range P-38 Assassination of the Man Behind Pearl Harbor, Bougainville 1943

by Si Sheppard

Admiral Yamamoto was Japan's mastermind behind Pearl Harbor, and he was a top target in the war that followed. In 1943, US codebreakers cracked the secret of Yamamoto's flightplan for a forthcoming visit to Rabaul. But for the P-38 Lightning unit that was ordered to find, intercept, and shoot down his aircraft, at extreme range, it was still one of the toughest jobs of World War II. It was also one that sparked immediate controversy over who really...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147283786X
• ISBN13: 9781472837868
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.1" x 9.5"