What was Isoroku Yamamoto's role in "the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare."?
Isoroku Yamamoto Isoroku Yamamoto (山本 五十六 , Yamamoto Isoroku , April 4, 1884 – April 18, 1943) was a Japanese Marshal Admiral of the Navy and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II until his death.
Japanese destroyer Hayate (1925) The Japanese destroyer "Hayate" (疾風 , "Gale" ) was one of nine "Kamikaze"-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). During the Pacific War, she was sunk by American coast-defense guns during the Battle of Wake Island in December 1941, the first Japanese warship to be lost during the war. Only a single man of her crew was rescued.