Talk:Arashi/@comment-24876067-20151118131843/@comment-1335411-20151118193700

Yamamoto's definition of "victory" for Japan was only if the US would sue for peace in order to avoid further loss of American lives, like what happened in Vietnam.

Now since Midway happened, they had absolutely no reason to do this (and Yamamoto himself knew that the moment they failed to sink the USN carriers at Pearl Harbor that Japan was destined to lose.)