Yamamoto IsorokuAdd To WorkspaceEncyclopædia Britannica ArticleIndex EntryOnline SearchBrainstormerNotes ViewerMinimize ToolbarMaximize ToolbarFindPrintSaveBookmarkPreferencesNotesTake a NoteShow NotesHide Notesborn April 4, 1884, Nagaoka, Japan died April 18, 1943, Solomon Islands
Japanese naval officer who conceived of the surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Yamamoto graduated from the naval academy in 1904 and fought as an ensign in the Russo-Japanese War. He was naval attaché at the Japanese embassy in Washington, D.C., during 192627. He became vice minister of the Japanese navy in 1936, commander of the First Fleet in 1938, and commander in chief of Japan's Combined Fleet in August 1941.
Yamamoto opposed war with the United States because he feared Japan would lose a protracted struggle with such a powerful opponent. Once the decision to go to war was made, however, Yamamoto asserted that Japan's only chance for victory lay in a......
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