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 Copy Share Image
Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even… — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass. — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
I sincerely desire to be appointed Commander in Chief of the air fleet to attack Pearl Harbor so that I may personally command that… — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
The fate of the Empire rests on this enterprise. Every man must devote himself totally to the task in hand. — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
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… — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
Japan has always regarded the aircraft carrier as one of the most offensive of armaments. — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
I entered the navy with the great ambition of becoming a naval soldier and going to war. Either I die from this festering wound… — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one… — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory… — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
Although a precise outlook on the international situation is hard for anyone to make, it is needless to say that now the time has… — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
You cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass. — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one… — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
