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[[File:Yamamoto-Isoroku.jpg|thumb|In the first six to twelve months of a [[war]] with the [[United States]] and [[United Kingdom|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]].]]
'''[[w:Isoroku Yamamoto|Isoroku Yamamoto]]''' ([[4 April]] [[1884]] – [[18 April]] [[1943]]) was a Fleet[[w:Japanese Admiralpeople|Japanese]] and Commander-in-Chief of the[[w:Gensui (Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)|Marshal during World War II. He was a graduateAdmiral]] of the [[w:Imperial Japanese NavalNavy|Imperial AcademyJapanese Navy]] (IJN) and anthe alumnus[[w:commander-in-chief|commander-in-chief]] of the U.S.[[w:Combined NavalFleet|Combined War College and Harvard University. He diedFleet]] during an[[World inspectionWar tourII]] of forward positions in the Solomon Islands whenuntil his transport aircraft was ambushed by American P-38 Lightning fighter planes. His death was a major blow to Japanese military morale during World War II.
 
Yamamoto held several important posts in the IJN, and undertook many of its changes and reorganizations, especially its development of [[w:naval aviation|naval aviation]]. He was the commander-in-chief during the early years of the [[w:Pacific War|Pacific War]] and oversaw major engagements including the [[attack on Pearl Harbor|attack on Pearl Harbor]] and the [[w:Battle of Midway|Battle of Midway]]. He was killed when American code breakers identified his flight plans, enabling the [[w:United States Army Air Forces|United States Army Air Forces]] to [[w:Operation Vengeance|shoot down his plane]]. His death was a major blow to Japanese military morale during World War II.
 
== Quotes ==
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** Statement made after the [[w:Attack on Pearl Harbor|attack on Pearl Harbor]] by Yamamoto as portrayed in the film ''[[Tora! Tora! Tora!|Tora! Tora! Tora!]]'', this is one of the most quoted remarks attributed to him. Though it is thought that it summarizes his sentiments well, a definite source for this quote has never been provided. William Safire wrote that there is no printed evidence to support this quote. [http://books.google.com/books?id=c4UoX6-Sv1AC&pg=PA666 ''Safire's Political Dictionary'', page 666.] For more information see the Wikipedia article "[[w:Isoroku Yamamoto's sleeping giant quote|Isoroku Yamamoto's sleeping giant quote]]".
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{{So there is no printed evidence to support this quote, and a definite source has never been provided, yet this is “disputed” while the gun quote is “misattributed”; kinda makes the gun quote sound less credible even though they’re at about the same level of credibility. Shouldn’t politicize access to historical information. Either they’re both being disputed or both misattributed.}}
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== Also disputed ==
== Misattributed ==
* '''You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.'''
** ItSome has beenhave declared this attribution is "unsubstantiated and almost certainly bogus,unsubstantiated” even though it has been repeated thousands of times in various Internet postings. ThereThe quote is no record of the commander in chief of Japan’s wartime fleet ever saying it.", accordingsupposed to source [http://www.factcheck.org/2009/05/misquoting-yamamoto/ Brooks Jacksonbe in "Misquoting Yamamoto" at ''Factcheck.org'' (11 Maya 2009)]letter, whichbut cites source Donald M. Goldstein, sometimes called "the deanletter ofhasn’t Pearlbeen Harborfound historians",or writingno "I have never seen it inlonger writingexists. ItThere hasis beenno attributedrecord tofound the Prange files [the filesyet of the latecommander Gordon W. Prange,in chief historian on the staff of Gen.Japan’s Douglaswartime MacArthur] but no one hadfleet ever seensaying it. or citedThe itjury fromis wherestill theyout goton itthis."
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== Quotes about Yamamoto ==
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* In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a single word favored above all others by Americans as best characterizing the Japanese people was "treacherous," and for the duration of the war the surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific fleet remained the preeminent symbol of the enemy's inherent treachery. The attack also inspired a thirst for revenge among Americans that the Japanese, with their own racial blinders, had failed to anticipate. In one of his earliest presentations of the plan to attack Pearl Harbor, even Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, who presumedly knew the American temperament firsthand from his years as a naval attache in Washington, expressed hope that shattering opening blow against the Pacific Fleet would render both the U.S. Navy and the American people "so dispirited that they will not be able to recover."
** [[John W. Dower]], ''War Without Mercy: Race & Power in the Pacific War'' (1986), p. 36
 
* '''Yamamoto was an aggressive and inspiring officer, but he made the error of dividing his huge force five ways and of thinking that his foe would behave in a predictable way.''' After his crushing defeat on Midway, he ordered a general retreat and took ill in his cabin. U.S. naval intelligence again was his undoing. When he took off on an inspection tour from [[w:Rabaul|Rabaul]], American fighter planes were up and waiting for him.
** C.L. Sulzberger, ''The American Heritage Picture History of World War II'' (1966), p. 212
 
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*[http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs-for/japan/japrs-xz/i-yamto.htm Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese Navy] U.S. Naval Historical Center
*[http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/g4m/2656.html Pacific Wrecks] — Yamamoto's fatal Mitsubishi G4M Type 1 bomber crash
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20101020040609/http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1970/1/1970_1_11.shtml The Great Pacific War]
 
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