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“With luck we will be able to repulse the invaders before they land. At any rate, I can say that we will be able to destroy the major part of an invading force. That is, we will be able to inflict extremely heavy damage on the enemy.”

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Yoshijiro Umezu
Yoshijiro Umezu

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a key figure in the Japanese Navy during World War II, served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet. Born on January 4, 1882, in Ehime Prefecture, Japan, he was killed in a plane crash on January 8, 1949. more

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