[PAR] [TLE] Operation Vengeance [SEP] Operation "Vengeance" was the American military operation to kill 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 on Bougainville Island when his transport bomber aircraft was shot down by United States Army Air Forces fighter aircraft operating from Kukum Field on Guadalcanal. [PAR] [TLE] Imperial Japanese Navy [SEP] The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 "   " or 日本海軍 "Nippon Kaigun", "Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 until 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's defeat and surrender in World War II.  It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff and the Ministry of the Navy, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor of Japan as supreme commander of the army and the navy.  The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) was formed after the dissolution of the IJN.
[PAR] [TLE] Operation Vengeance [ SEP ] Operation " Vengeance " was the American military operation to kill 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 on Bougainville Island when his transport bomber aircraft was shot down by United States Army Air Forces fighter aircraft operating from Kukum Field on Guadalcanal . [PAR] [TLE] Imperial Japanese Navy [ SEP ] The Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ; Kyūjitai : 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai : 大日本帝国海軍 " " or 日本海軍 " Nippon Kaigun " , " Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire " ) was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 until 1945 , when it was dissolved following Japan 's defeat and surrender in World War II . It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff and the Ministry of the Navy , both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor of Japan as supreme commander of the army and the navy . The Japan Maritime Self - Defense Force ( JMSDF ) was formed after the dissolution of the IJN .
Operation Vengeance was designed to kill the leader of which Japanese military body?
Operation Vengeance was designed to kill the leader of which Japanese military body ?
Imperial Japanese Navy
Imperial Japanese Navy