![]() The next day, the aircraft with the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet was shot down by U.S.A. ![]() On April 17, Yamamoto gave his last speech, boosting morale of the pilots before his fatal flight to Bougainville. On 3 April 1943, a day before his birthday, Yamamoto flew to Rabaul to take command of Operation I-Go, a massive aerial counter-offensive on the key points occupied by the U.S.A. Three "Tokyo Expresses" transported more than 10 thousand soldiers under the noses of unsuspecting U.S.A troops, they didn't even notice that the Japanese troops had left Guadalcanal until it was too late. The evacuation in February 1943 was brilliantly planned and performed, and was Yamamoto's swan song. Despite this, Yamamoto did his best to save the Army troops from the military post on the island. The order to leave Guadalcanal indicated that the Japanese Navy and Army were defeated. Kaigun-TaishÅ (Full Admiral), White Uniform, 1943
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