Mrstrategy
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what would be different for the Japanese navy if admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was not attacked or escaped from the attack without major harm during ww2?
Otherwise he would end up on the block during the post-war trials and possibly executed.
The Pearl Harbor attack was itself a criminal act, because it preceded any declaration of war or hostilities. Under the laws of war, everyone killed at Pearl were technically noncombatantsWhat crimes would he be charged with? Remember, it's the Navy, not the Army - so no Nanking or mistreatment of PoWs...
So, everyone the US killed in Vietnam and Iraq, for instance, let alone in interventions in the Caribbean and Latin America were all war crimes, too, since the US didn't declare war?The Pearl Harbor attack was itself a criminal act, because it preceded any declaration of war or hostilities. Under the laws of war, everyone killed at Pearl were technically noncombatants
While the US did not declare war, they did cover their ass by giving public notice of hostilities. Vietnam, for example, was supposedly an internal police action to aid an Ally, a weak justification given how much bombing occurred in the North, but probably sufficient.So, everyone the US killed in Vietnam and Iraq, for instance, let alone in interventions in the Caribbean and Latin America were all war crimes, too, since the US didn't declare war?
Ouch.
What crimes would he be charged with? Remember, it's the Navy, not the Army - so no Nanking or mistreatment of PoWs...
Otherwise he would end up on the block during the post-war trials and possibly executed.
The Pearl Harbor attack was itself a criminal act, because it preceded any declaration of war or hostilities. Under the laws of war, everyone killed at Pearl were technically noncombatants
During the campaign in the NEI the Combined Fleet murdered in cold blood USN personnel (can't remember the small vessel involved) - believed in part to be because the IJN effort to sink them was so awful they wanted no survivors. I'll have to find my copy of "Rising Sun, Falling Skies" which notes this war crime was one that could be laid at Yamamoto's feet.
He was a senior official in the IJN and would have been charged for crimes against peace and planning an aggressive war like other senior military officials such as Admirals Nagano and Shimada. The architect of the attack on Pearl Harbor would have been charged without a doubt.What crimes would he be charged with? Remember, it's the Navy, not the Army - so no Nanking or mistreatment of PoWs...
Hold on, though: Minoru Genda was involved in planning the attack, and Mitsuru Fuchida actually took part. Neither of them were tried or executed: hell, Genda ended up as the JASDF's Chief of Staff and then went into politics.
The only place I see him ending up, unless he doesn't die on Saipan or aboard Yamato, is at the end of a rope after a short drop.
Which would be amusing in a dark way, since Yamamoto was the one who could say "I told you, you idiots" regarding attacking the US.I could see him committing seppuku, especially if by doing so the Emperor could use that act to convince the militarists that the war was lost and that surrender was necessary...