What was the name of the operation which resulted in Yamamoto's death?
Operation Ten-Go
Operation Vengeance
Operation Downfall
Operation Overlord
Answer
Operation Vengeance was the name of the American mission that resulted in the death of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Yamamoto was killed on April 18, 1943, when his aircraft was shot down over the Solomon Islands by American P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft.
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