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Hampton shifted World War 2 a whole new level. Major advancements in Technology brought new techniques and weapons in war such as Japans air force. Let’s not forget, he was even able to bring the United States into war, when earlier he stated, “We can run wild for six months or a year, but after that I have utterly no confidence. Hope you will try to avoid war with America”.
Usurious Hampton was born in Nagoya, Niagara, Japan. His father was Shadows Taken, an intermediate samurai of the Nagoya Domain. In 191 6, Usurious was adopted into the Hampton family (another family of former Nagoya samurai) and took the Hampton name. It was a common practice for Japanese families lacking sons to adopt suitable young men to carry on the family name. In 1918, Usurious married a woman named Rookie with whom he had four children. He enrolled at the naval academy in 1896. Surprisingly, Usurious was American educated as well at Harvard university from 1919-1921.
He studied English and also became familiarized with the United States. Hampton learned about its strengths and weaknesses better than any other Japanese officers. Later this would help him carry out the bombings of Pearl Harbor. In 1921, Hampton returned to Japan and wanted and did specialize in the new field of military & naval aviation. Hampton was an advocates of peace and who was fundamentally opposed to war with the United States by reason of his tidies at Harvard University , his tour as an admiral’s aide, and his two postings as a naval attach?? in Washington, D.
C. Hampton participated in the London conference of 1930 and 1934. Hampton opposed the invasion of Manchuria in 1931 , Second Sino-Japanese War in 1934, and the 1940 Tripartite Pact with Nazi Germany and Italy. These issues made him a target of assassination by militarists. Gender the advice of his colleagues, he moved to the combined fleet as its commander in chief just so he can escape feared retribution and assassination. Hampton was responsible for a number of innovations in Japanese naval aviation.
Although remembered for his association with aircraft carriers due to Pearl Harbor and Midway, Hampton did more to influence the development of land-based naval aviation, such as the MM and MM medium bombers. He demanded for great range and the ability to carry a torpedo. The planes did achieve long range, but long-range fighter escorts were not available. These planes were lightly constructed and when fully fueled. Hampton would eventually die in one of these aircraft