Of course they targeted Yamamoto.
He was a high value military target flying in a military aircraft on a military mission.
it wasn’t an assassination in a murderous sense. It was a military operation.
So, I guess Generals/Admirals are off limits now?
It was once considered improper for a foot soldier to attack a knight.
Good sarcasm!
War is about breaking the enemy's ability & will to fight. Taking out their leaders is an excellent way of doing that. I had a USMC buddy who was a sniper in Vietnam. He once dropped an NVA colonel standing at a blackboard giving a lecture to three rows of troops sitting on benches. The shot was from 1400 yards.
In addition to the NVA loosing a senior leader, can you imagine the psychological effect on those troops at the lecture?
The way the some legalists seem to think, specifically aiming at an enemy is a war crime. At least if we do it.