Would Yamamoto have faced a postwar trial?

If Yamamoto had survived the war, would he have been put on trial?

Probably not for Pearl Harbor alone, given the expectation of prior diplomatic warning, though separate crimes could have raised different questions.

Yamamoto was unlikely to face trial for Pearl Harbor alone in this counterfactual judgment. He and Nagumo expected the diplomats to deliver the warning before the strike. Possible responsibility for separate criminal actions would need its own examination. The comparison with Bomber Harris contributes to the doubt that prosecution would follow merely from directing the attack. Yamamoto might also have avoided capture through suicide, preventing a trial altogether.