Operation Vengeance Revenge was the American military operation Military_operation to kill Killing Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Imperial Japanese Navy on April 18 , 1943 , during the Solomon Islands campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II .

Isoroku Yamamoto , commander of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy , was killed Killing on Bougainville Island when his transport bomber aircraft was shot down Use_firearm by United States Army Air Forces fighter aircraft operating Being_in_operation from Kukum Field on Guadalcanal .

The mission of the U.S. aircraft was specifically to kill Killing Yamamoto and was based on United States Navy intelligence on Yamamoto 's itinerary in the Solomon Islands area .

The mission of the U.S. aircraft was specifically to kill Killing Yamamoto and was based on United States Navy intelligence on Yamamoto 's itinerary in the Solomon Islands area .

The death Death of Yamamoto reportedly damaged Damaging the morale of Japanese naval personnel , raised Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the morale of the Allied forces , and was intended as revenge Revenge by U.S. leaders who blamed Judgment_communication Yamamoto for the attack Attack on Pearl Harbor that initiated Process_start the formal state Statement of war between Imperial Japan and the United States .

The death Death of Yamamoto reportedly damaged Damaging the morale of Japanese naval personnel , raised Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the morale of the Allied forces , and was intended as revenge Revenge by U.S. leaders who blamed Judgment_communication Yamamoto for the attack Attack on Pearl Harbor that initiated Process_start the formal state Statement of war between Imperial Japan and the United States .

There is a controversy Quarreling over which pilot shot down Use_firearm Yamamoto 's plane .