Isoroku Yamamoto's War

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Isoroku Yamamoto was the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet. Combined Fleet was a temporary force formed for emergency such as a war. In the peacetime, naval forces are separated into various units. Many of his thoughts were opposite of what Japanese government was thinking. For example, he opposed the invasion of Manchuria and alliance with the Nazi Germany. He was also one of the commanders who demanded more naval air power; he opposed the construction of new battleships.

When Japan made alliance with Germany and Italy, he warned Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe not to fight against the US. This was also the opposite of what the government was planning. Ironically, he was the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet who needed to lead Japanese Navy to fight against the US. He said "If I am told to fight, I shall run wild for the first six months, but I have utterly no confidence for the second or third year." After he said this to Konoe, he regretted that he should had said that "Our Navy is going to lose no matter what if we are going to have war with the US." …show more content…
He thought that this operation itself was a failure even though he was the one who planed this. He was also upset about the Foreign Ministry because he did not know that he attacked the country that was technically at

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