Lieutenant General Masao Yamamoto

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military officer
gptkbp:awards Order of the Rising Sun
gptkbp:birthDate 1884-04-04
gptkbp:burialPlace Yasukuni Shrine
gptkbp:children Masako Yamamoto
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Combined_Fleet
gptkbp:deathDate 1943-04-18
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:fullName gptkb:Masao_Yamamoto
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lieutenant General Masao Yamamoto
gptkbp:influence Naval aviation tactics
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Pearl_Harbor_attack
gptkb:Battle_of_Tarawa
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Java_Sea
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Philippine Sea
gptkbp:knownFor Strategic planning in naval warfare
gptkbp:legacy Influence on naval strategy
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:World_War_II
Admiral
gptkbp:militaryService 1904-1943
gptkbp:nationality Japanese
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Man_Who_Knew_Too_Much
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of Midway
gptkbp:notableFor Role_in_World_War_II
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Kōchi,_Japan
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Bougainville,_Solomon_Islands
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition Inducted_into_the_International_Maritime_Hall_of_Fame
gptkbp:rank Lieutenant General
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Pacific_War
Second Sino-Japanese War
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Yoshiko_Yamamoto
gptkbp:strategicGoals Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet