![]() However, Yamamoto’s admonitions about going to war with the United States stand in stark contrast to his actions in 1941 as Japan was formulating plans for war against the Western powers. Though this was not a penetrating insight given the disparity in the potential military power between the two nations, it was a view held by shockingly few of Japan’s senior leaders. To Yamamoto’s credit, he clearly saw what would happen if Japan actually went to war with the United States. Yamamoto was not against going to war, but was opposed to starting a war that Japan could not win. There is no record of Yamamoto being opposed to Japan going to war against Great Britain and the Netherlands in 1941. What he was opposed to was a drawn-out conflict with the United States. The most prevalent of these is his supposed opposition to war with the United States, which is based on his accurate predictions as to the outcome for Japan should that conflict ever occur. Yamamoto’s reputation is built on several major pillars. For Yamamoto, these stand in stark contrast. As with any famous military commander, there is always reality and myth. This, and a wartime interview in which he was taken by Americans as stating that he would dictate peace terms on the steps of the White House, made him the most recognized and hated of any Japanese commander. ![]() He personally advocated the attack and went to great extremes to execute it, in spite of almost universal opposition within the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Yamamoto Isoroku is the most well-known of Japan’s wartime military commanders and his name will be forever linked to the attack on Pearl Harbor. ![]() (Roger Pineau via Lansdale Research Associates) This view conveys some of his confidence and is in keeping with his status as one of Japan’s most exalted naval heroes. INTRODUCTION Official portrait of Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku as Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet. ![]() YAMAMOTO ISOROKU MARK STILLE © Osprey Publishing ![]()
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