Talk:Arashi/@comment-24876067-20151118131843/@comment-24.68.116.24-20151119034139

It is because of Yamamoto that the IJN failed to prioritise US carriers.

Japanese doctrine prior to Yamamoto stressed the importance of using aircraft carriers to destroy the enemy CVs in order to secure air superiority, allowing Japanese battleships to utilise recon planes to bombard the american battleline from afar.

It is also by his own efforts that Pearl Harbour was put forward as a something more then a lunatical decision, with Yamamoto threatening to resign if it was not approved. Furthermore it was once again Yamamoto who pushed for Midway which was an absurdly illconceived operation that once again nobody had interest in if Yamamoto didnt abuse his political weight.

It astounds me that anyone could consider him as any but the most incompetent admiral in history, much less a good one.