Prior to his death, in which city was Yamamoto's headquarter?
Tokyo
Rabaul
Sapporo
Kyoto
Answer
Prior to his death, Yamamoto Isoroku's headquarters was in Rabaul, on the island of New Britain. Rabaul was a major Japanese naval base in the Pacific Ocean, and was strategically important to the Japanese military. The city was captured by Allied forces in 1945, and Yamamoto was killed in an air attack on the city the same year.
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