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Isoroku Yamamoto
Japanese
Soldier
Born:
Apr 4
,
1884
Died:
Apr 18
,
1943
Always
Been
Great
Victory
War
Will
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I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Fear
Resolve
Sleeping
Giant
Terrible
Him
Done
Awaken
Fill
It is like a disease to think that an invincible status has been achieved after being satisfied with the past successful operations.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Past
Satisfied
Think
Has-Been
Status
Invincible
Like
Operations
Been
Disease
Achieved
Being
After
Successful
Even though there wasn't much damage, it's a disgrace that the skies over the imperial capital should have been defiled without a single enemy plane being shot down. It provides a regrettably graphic illustration of the saying that a bungling attack is better than the most skillful defense.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Saying
Enemy
Better
Single
Down
Illustration
Defense
Though
Attack
Imperial
Over
Most
Without
Been
Provides
Than
Disgrace
Being
Plane
Capital
Skies
Much
Shot
Should
Skillful
Graphic
Even
Damage
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. We would have to march into Washington and sign the treaty in the White House.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Philippines
White
White House
Enough
Once
States
Francisco
Sign
Out
Would
Hawaii
Take
Between
House
Nor
Break
San
San Francisco
Japan
Should
Even
Washington
United
United States
March
Treaty
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
Seen
Power
National
Factories
Detroit
Knows
Texas
America
Auto
Lacks
Oil
Anyone
Fields
Race
Japan
Who
Naval
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
Failure
First
Air
Mine
Tell
Responsible
Outside
Never
Force
Were
Submarine
Staff
Anyone
Midway
Fleet
I sincerely desire to be appointed Commander in Chief of the air fleet to attack Pearl Harbor so that I may personally command that attack force.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Air
Attack
Sincerely
Force
Command
Commander
Chief
May
Personally
Fleet
Harbor
Pearl
Pearl Harbor
Appointed
Desire
The most important thing we have to do first of all in a war with the U.S., I firmly believe, is to fiercely attack and destroy the U.S. main fleet at the outset of the war so that the morale of the U.S. Navy and her people goes down to such an extent that it cannot be recovered.
Isoroku Yamamoto
War
People
First
Important
Down
Believe
Destroy
Morale
Attack
Recovered
Outset
Main
Firmly
Most
Most Important Thing
First Of All
Important Thing
Goes
The Most Important
Cannot
Fiercely
Fleet
Navy
Her
Thing
Extent
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
War
States
Imperial
Emperor
Majesty
Am
His
Subject
Officer
Against
Navy
United
United States
In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Success
War
Great
Win
Victory
Will
First
Expectation
Wild
Great Britain
Months
States
Run
Six
After
Then
Twelve
United
United States
Britain
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.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Man
Enemy
Pride
Matter
Military
Sleeping
Scarcely
Having
More
Shame
Simply
Himself
Smitten
Although a precise outlook on the international situation is hard for anyone to make, it is needless to say that now the time has come for the Navy, especially the Combined Fleet, to devote itself seriously to war preparations, training, and operational plans with a firm determination that a conflict with the U.S. and Great Britain is inevitable.
Isoroku Yamamoto
War
Time
Great
Conflict
Determination
Training
Seriously
Inevitable
Situation
Needless
Great Britain
Say
Outlook
Firm
Combined
Come
Devote
Make
Operational
Although
Itself
Precise
Anyone
Fleet
Hard
Plans
International
Navy
Preparations
Now
Britain
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
Faith
Time
Man
Sometimes
Purpose
He
Put
Puts
Himself
Always
Real
His
Falls
Error
Gods
From Time To Time
Refuses
Even
Unless more efforts based upon long-range planning are put into military preparations and operations, it will be very hard to win the final victory.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Win
Victory
Will
Military
Final
Unless
More
Put
Operations
Very
Efforts
Planning
Hard
Preparations
Based
I entered the navy with the great ambition of becoming a naval soldier and going to war. Either I die from this festering wound - because I refuse to have my arm amputated - or I recover from it and continue being a soldier. I have a one-in-two chance, and I shall bet my life on it!
Isoroku Yamamoto
Life
War
Great
My Life
Ambition
Soldier
Entered
Wound
Bet
Shall
Recover
Arm
Because
Becoming
Continue
Die
Going
Refuse
Being
Either
Naval
Navy
Amputated
Chance
If a war breaks out with the United States, the navy will have to put all its strength into interceptive operations, so... massive sea-borne supplies might be momentarily interrupted.
Isoroku Yamamoto
War
Strength
Will
States
Out
Put
Supplies
Massive
Operations
Breaks
Might
Momentarily
Navy
United
United States
Interrupted
As long as tides of war are in our favor, the United States will never stop fighting. As a consequence, the war will continue for several years, during which materiel will be exhausted, vessels and arms will be damaged, and they can be replaced only with great difficulties.
Isoroku Yamamoto
War
Great
Will
Long
Exhausted
Fighting
Difficulties
Our
Several
States
Favor
Only
Never
Never Stop
Tides
Arms
Continue
Years
Replaced
Stop
Which
United
United States
Consequence
Damaged
I was once the captain of Akagi, and it is with heartfelt regret that I must now order that she be sunk.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Regret
Once
Must
Sunk
She
Heartfelt
Order
Captain
Now
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