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 Copy Share Image
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
