isoroku yamamoto
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto commanded Japan's Combined Fleet. It was he who insisted on attacking the American Fleet in Pearl Harbor, and who planned and directed the attack. Yamamoto believed this was the only chance the Japanese had to obtain victory in a war with the US. He said shortly after the attack "I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant, and fill him with a terrible resolve."
Isoroku Yamamoto: "I can run wild for six months... after that I have no expectation of success." "I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve." (this is the most famous quote but comes from the film 'Tora Tora Tora' and has not been verified as having actually been said by Yamamoto).
Being a VFW member, I've talked to some of these men and women and in general it was shock and horror. Shock that we could get caught with our pants around our ankles. Horror in seeing the devestation of the bombing. The death tolls, ships that were sunk with sailors stuck inside them. Then anger. The armed forces were chomping at the bit to back at them. It was Adm. Yamamoto who said "I fear we have awoken a sleeping giant". Well they did that and more.
Isoroku Yamamoto supposedly said, "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant." There is no evidence to prove Yamamoto made this statement or wrote it down. Just like one pilot supposedly said, "Pearl Harbor is in flames and smoke, and gasping helplessly." However, even though the Battle of Pearl Harbor was Yamamoto's idea, it is recorded that "Yamamoto alone" (while all of his teammates were celebrating) spent the day after Pearl Harbor "sunk in apparent depression".
This quote comes from the movie, "Tora, Tora, Tora," uttered by Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. However, there is no historical basis for this quote.
The same day as Pear Harbor. As Admiral Yamamato said, "I am afraid that we have awoken the sleeping giant." Yamamato was the commander of the Pear Harbor attack.
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto commanded Japan's Combined Fleet. It was he who insisted on attacking the American Fleet in Pearl Harbor, and who planned and directed the attack. Yamamoto believed this was the only chance the Japanese had to obtain victory in a war with the US. He said shortly after the attack "I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant, and fill him with a terrible resolve."
Admiral Yamamoto of japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The quote was shortened in the movie- what he actually said was, "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."[
The famous quote, "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve," is attributed to Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
It has been attributed that Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto said "We have awakened a sleeping giant", but there is no printed evidence that he actually said that.
Admiral Yamamoto
Admiral Yamamoto.
Isoroku Yamamoto: "I can run wild for six months... after that I have no expectation of success." "I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve." (this is the most famous quote but comes from the film 'Tora Tora Tora' and has not been verified as having actually been said by Yamamoto).
Being a VFW member, I've talked to some of these men and women and in general it was shock and horror. Shock that we could get caught with our pants around our ankles. Horror in seeing the devestation of the bombing. The death tolls, ships that were sunk with sailors stuck inside them. Then anger. The armed forces were chomping at the bit to back at them. It was Adm. Yamamoto who said "I fear we have awoken a sleeping giant". Well they did that and more.
Isoroku Yamamoto supposedly said, "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant." There is no evidence to prove Yamamoto made this statement or wrote it down. Just like one pilot supposedly said, "Pearl Harbor is in flames and smoke, and gasping helplessly." However, even though the Battle of Pearl Harbor was Yamamoto's idea, it is recorded that "Yamamoto alone" (while all of his teammates were celebrating) spent the day after Pearl Harbor "sunk in apparent depression".
There is no evidence that Yamamoto actually said this. The quote comes from the movie "Tora, Tora, Tora."
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