Author: Isoroku Yamamoto

Quotes

Never tell anyone outside my staff that the Submarine Force and the First Air Fleet were responsible for the failure at Midway. The failure at Midway was mine.

Never tell anyone outside my staff that the Submarine Force and the First Air Fleet were responsible for the failure at Midway. The failure at Midway was mine.

- Isoroku Yamamoto

Anyone who has seen the auto factories in Detroit and the oil fields in Texas knows that Japan lacks the national power for a naval race with America.

Anyone who has seen the auto factories in Detroit and the oil fields in Texas knows that Japan lacks the national power for a naval race with America.

- Isoroku Yamamoto

A man of real purpose puts his faith in himself always. Sometimes he refuses even to put his faith in the gods. So from time to time, he falls into error.

A man of real purpose puts his faith in himself always. Sometimes he refuses even to put his faith in the gods. So from time to time, he falls into error.

- Isoroku Yamamoto

I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.

I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.

- Isoroku Yamamoto

I'm against war with the United States. But I am an officer of the Imperial Navy and a subject of His Majesty the Emperor.

I'm against war with the United States. But I am an officer of the Imperial Navy and a subject of His Majesty the Emperor.

- Isoroku Yamamoto

To fight the United States is like fighting the whole world. But it has been decided. So I will fight the best I can.

To fight the United States is like fighting the whole world. But it has been decided. So I will fight the best I can.

- Isoroku Yamamoto

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