Isoroku Yamamoto
Isoroku Yamamoto was an admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander of the Combined Fleet during World War II. He commanded the fleet from 1939 until his death in 1943, overseeing the start of the Pacific War in 1941 and Japan's initial successes and defeats before his plane was shot down by U.S. fighter aircraft over New Guinea.
Background
- Born in
- Nagaoka
- Educated at
- Harvard UniversityNaval War CollegeImperial Japanese Naval Academy
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of the German Eagle🏆 Order of the Chrysanthemum🏆 Order of the Golden Kite🏆 Order of the Sacred Treasure🏆 Order of the Paulownia Flowers
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Trending topics shown first"Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. To make victory certain, we would have…"
"A military man can scarcely pride himself on having "smitten a sleeping enemy"; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten. I would rather you made your appraisal after seeing what the …"
"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass."
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
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1884
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Birth1943
Died
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