Supposedly. The quote "You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a gun behind every blade of grass" has been widely attributed to him, but it has never been substantiated.
He certainly was. He attended Harvard University and was posted several times to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, DC.
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The two main leaders were Isoroku Yamamoto for the Japanese and Chester Nimitz for the Americans.
his plane was shot down by US forces in the south pacific.
The Admiral was Isoroku Yamamoto.That is incorrect. It was Admiral Chuichi Nagumo. Yamamoto was the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and so was overall in charge of the planning and decision making. Nagumo lead the actual attack.
Japan, never previously defeated in a war, may have had illusions, but Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto did not. He had lived in the US and seen the might of US industry. He knew that time was not on Japan's side, and if the US was to be defeated, it must be defeated quickly. After the war, the US emerged as the supreme world power, and the questioner is probably asking from this arrogant standpoint which has brought down mightier empires that the US ever thought about being.
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The two main leaders were Isoroku Yamamoto for the Japanese and Chester Nimitz for the Americans.
Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese Admiral who argued that the United States Pacific fleet was a threat to Japan. He served in the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1901 to 1943.
· Yalta Conference · Yamamoto, Admiral Isoroku (commander in chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet) · Yanks · Yorktown class of US aircraft carriers
his plane was shot down by US forces in the south pacific.
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was the commander in chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet. Yorktown was a class of US aircraft carriers. The Yalta Conference discussed the post war reorganization of Europe.
Isoroku Yamamoto was a Japanese Marshal Admiral and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II, a graduate of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army who was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II.
· Yalta Conference· Yamamoto, Admiral Isoroku (commander in chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet)· Yanks· Yorktown class of US aircraft carriersYorktown was a class of US aircraft carriers. The Yalta Conference in February 1945 was the meeting to discuss the post war reorganization of Europe. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was the commander in chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet during World War II. Yamato was the name of Japan's largest and most powerful battleship. Yokohama, Japan was bombed in 1945 as part of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Offensive.
Yorktown was a class of US aircraft carriers. The Yalta Conference in February 1945 was the meeting to discuss the post war reorganization of Europe. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was the commander in chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet.
Yorktown was a class of US aircraft carriers. The Yalta Conference in February 1945 was the meeting to discuss the post war reorganization of Europe. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was the commander in chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet.
Isoriku Yamamoto.
Yorktown was a class of US aircraft carriers. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was the commander in chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet during World War II. Yamato was the name of Japan's largest and most powerful battleship.