Author: Isoroku Yamamoto

Quotes

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

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

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

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

If we are to have a war with America, we will have no hope of winning unless the U.S. fleet in Hawaiian waters can be destroyed.

If we are to have a war with America, we will have no hope of winning unless the U.S. fleet in Hawaiian waters can be destroyed.

- 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

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