Captain Yamamoto Isoroku

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gptkbp:instanceOf military leader
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Grand_Cordon_of_the_Order_of_the_Rising_Sun
Order of the Golden Kite
Order of the Sacred Treasure
gptkbp:birthDate April 4, 1884
gptkbp:burialPlace Yasukuni Shrine
gptkbp:children gptkb:Yoshio_Yamamoto
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Combined_Fleet
gptkb:Kido_Butai
gptkbp:deathDate April 18, 1943
gptkbp:depictedIn films and literature
gptkbp:education gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Naval_Academy
gptkbp:famousQuote "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
gptkbp:historicalSignificance key_figure_in_Japanese_naval_history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Captain Yamamoto Isoroku
gptkbp:influenced Japanese_naval_strategy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Alfred_Thayer_Mahan
Western naval tactics
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Japanese_expansionism
naval aviation development
naval_battles_in_the_Pacific
gptkbp:knownFor aircraft carrier operations
gptkbp:legacy influence on naval warfare
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Naval_War_College
gptkbp:nationality Japanese
gptkbp:nickname Yamamoto
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Philippine Sea
gptkbp:notableFor planning_the_attack_on_Pearl_Harbor
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Nagasaki,_Japan
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Bougainville,_Solomon_Islands
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition Order of the Rising Sun
gptkbp:rank Admiral
gptkbp:secondaryMission Operation Vengeance
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:serviceYears 1904–1943
gptkbp:spouse Kikuko Yamamoto
gptkbp:strategicGoals gptkb:Pacific_Theater
naval aviation
aircraft carrier strike force