General Masao Yamamoto

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Sacred_Treasure
gptkb:Order_of_the_Rising_Sun
gptkbp:birth_date 1885-04-04
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Yasukuni_Shrine
gptkbp:career_end 1943
gptkbp:career_start 1905
gptkbp:children gptkb:Yamamoto_Masako
gptkbp:commanded Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands
gptkbp:death_date 1943-04-18
gptkbp:education gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army_Academy
gptkbp:famous_for strategic planning in the Pacific Theater
gptkbp:famous_quote " I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
gptkbp:fought_in gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkbp:historical_significance key figure in Japanese military history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Masao Yamamoto
gptkbp:influence_on Japanese naval tactics
gptkbp:influenced post-war military thought in Japan
gptkbp:influenced_by Japanese military tradition
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:Pearl_Harbor_attack
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkbp:known_as gptkb:Yamamoto
gptkbp:known_for leadership in the Pacific War
gptkbp:legacy influence on military strategy
gptkbp:military_conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Japanese
gptkbp:notable_command gptkb:Japanese_14th_Army
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Kōchi,_Japan
gptkbp:place_of_death Bougainville, Solomon Islands
gptkbp:portrayed_in films and literature
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:General_Hitoshi_Imamura
gptkbp:rank gptkb:General
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkbp:spouse Yamamoto Yoshiko
gptkbp:strategic_goals defensive and offensive operations
Japanese naval strategy
gptkbp:strategic_importance gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:successor gptkb:General_Masaharu_Homma
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Japanese_9th_Division
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6