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"24 Isoroku Yamamoto Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 4 April 1884. Died: 18 April 1943 | Soldier |

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.

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

Awaken Done Fear Fill
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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.

After Britain Expectation First
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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.

America Anyone Auto Detroit
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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.

Between Break Enough Even
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Even a burglar hesitates to go back for more.
Back Burglar Even Go
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Japan has always regarded the aircraft carrier as one of the most offensive of armaments.

Aircraft Always Carrier Japan
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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.

Against Am Emperor His
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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.

America Destroyed Fleet Hawaiian
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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.

Air Appointed Attack Chief
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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.

Attack Been Being Better
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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.

Breaks Interrupted Massive Might
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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.

Although Anyone Britain Combined
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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.

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

Been Best Decided Fight
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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.

Arms Consequence Continue Damaged
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The example afforded before the Great War by Germany - which, if only it had exercised forbearance for another five or ten years, would by now be unrivaled in Europe - suggests that the task facing us now is to build up our strength calmly and with circumspection.

Afforded Another Before Build
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I was once the captain of Akagi, and it is with heartfelt regret that I must now order that she be sunk.

Captain Heartfelt Must Now
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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.

Based Efforts Final Hard
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It is like a disease to think that an invincible status has been achieved after being satisfied with the past successful operations.

Achieved After Been Being
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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.

Air Anyone Failure First
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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!

Ambition Arm Because Becoming
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People who don't gamble aren't worth talking to.
Gamble People Talking Who
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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.

Attack Believe Cannot Destroy
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Isoroku Yamamoto Quotes & Sayings