XPost: rec.food.cooking, can.general, edm.general
From: flwp@in.valid
On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:53:42 -0500
Dave Smith wrote:
> Apparently there is
> no proof that he actually said it.
Fuck your bullshit anti-American LIES, you mincing Cuntnadian
misanthrope!
AI Overview
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who planned the Pearl Harbor attack, feared it would
ultimately lead to Japan's defeat by galvanizing the United States. He is most
famous for the sentiment, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping
giant and fill him
with a terrible resolve,” although this exact phrase may be a dramatic
paraphrase popularized by the film Tora! Tora! Tora!.
Key insights and comments attributed to or made by Yamamoto regarding the
attack include:
The "Sleeping Giant" sentiment: He believed the attack would only temporarily
disable the U.S. Navy and trigger a long, inevitable war that Japan could not
win.
Pre-war Prediction: He told Prime Minister Konoe, "In the first six to twelve
months of a war... I shall run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if
the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success," according to
this PearlHarbor.
org blog post.
Duration of Success: He predicted that Japanese success would last "for a year
and a half at the most," according to this PearlHarbor.org blog post.
On the Nature of the Attack: He expressed that attacking a, "sleeping enemy,"
was, "more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten," according to a
Reddit post.
While the "sleeping giant" quote is iconic, some historians note it is
difficult to find the exact phrase in his personal diaries or written
records. However, the sentiment perfectly aligns with his known
skepticism about defeating the United States.
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