Chief of Aviation
Appointed Chief of the Aviation Dept of the Navy
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Isoroku Yamamoto Biography and Timeline
Follow Isoroku Yamamoto through 9 dated historical records for Japan.
Isoroku Yamamoto, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1935–1943Years on this page
1935
1939
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief, Combined Fleet
1941
Battle of Pearl Harbour
Help plan Pearl Harbour
Role range: 1939-1945
1942
Battle of Coral Sea
Orders Inouye to sieze bases in the southern Solomons & capture Port Moresby
Role range: 1939-1945
Midway Occupation Order
Yamamoto receives orders to conduct the occupation of Midway and key western Aleutian positions.
Role range: 1939-1945
Midway Main Body Sortie
Yamamoto sorties with the Combined Fleet main body aboard Yamato in support of the Midway operation.
Role range: 1939-1945
Battle of Midway
The Americans retreat & he gives up the battle. All the Japanese carriers are lost at Midway
Role range: 1939-1945
Cancellation of Midway Invasion
Yamamoto abandons the Midway invasion after the destruction of Nagumo's four fleet carriers.
Role range: 1939-1945
1943
Operation I-Go
Yamamoto directs Operation I-Go, a major Japanese air offensive against Allied positions in the Solomons and New Guinea.
Role range: 1939-1945
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.