Isoroku Yamamoto

Admiral Yamamoto, for his part, pointed to the sailing of the Japanese naval forces in the Persian Gulf, stressing that the Japanese navy will definitely visit the Iranian ports again.

The main strategist of the Pearl Harbor attack, Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, a highly intelligent man who had studied at Harvard and knew the US very well, had been a vocal opponent of the war.

Davis, Lightning Strike: The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor (New York: St.

With the approval of the president and the secretary of the navy, on April 17, 1943, Admiral Nimitz gave the go ahead to ambush Admiral Yamamoto as he flew to Balalea Island, near Bougainville.

Japan's Admiral Yamamoto allegedly advised against invading the U.S.

Admiral Yamamoto cannot be blamed for information he did not possess.

Prime Minister Konoe predicted that an all-out war with the United States would bring total defeat for Japan, and many senior military officials like Admiral Yamamoto agreed with this assessment--that overstretch was particularly dangerous given that Japan had never fully gained control of the war in China.

"Admiral Yamamoto said you could never launch a full-scale attack on America because there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass," Mr.

You know, a visit to Admiral Yamamoto's place and garden?" A nod, and then, "Remember the flowers in Nara?

In the end they decided not to pick him up, probably because they did not want to jeopardise American plans to assassinate Admiral Yamamoto, the Japanese naval commander who had masterminded Pearl Harbor.

There seemed no way to break the deadlock, short of Admiral Yamamoto issuing a direct order.

For example, in analyzing the many inaccuracies of Michael Bay's 2001 soap opera, Pearl Harbor, goofs that included Florida mountains, Admiral Yamamoto appearing on the deck of the lead Nipponese vessel, the close formation flying of the Doolittle Raiders, and the wrong date on the Japanese calendar, Dr.