Entering service just in time for the Great War, Tamon Yamaguchi would go on to become one of Japan’s best carrier commanders. He would take part in the Pearl Harbor Attack in late 1941, but would lose his life months later, choosing to go down with his flagship at the conclusion of the disastrous Battle of Midway.

The general who led the Imperial Japanese Army to victory during their only major battle of the Great War; the Siege of Tsingtao. Applauded for his siege tactics, he would later serve as commander of the Japanese garrison there after the port fell, retiring shortly after the end of the war.