Isoroku Yamamoto Quotes

Isoroku Yamamoto — Japanese Soldier born on April 04, 1884, died on April 18, 1943

Isoroku Yamamoto was a Japanese Marshal Admiral and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II until his death... (wikipedia)

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

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.

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.

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.

Japan has always regarded the aircraft carrier as one of the most offensive of armaments.