Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Imagine a samurai and a knight face to face ready to fight. Even though their training battle technique, and their codes of honor were very similar, the knights have more advantages in a battle against a samurai. In a one on one battle, the advantage would be to the knight and this can be seen in their training, weapons and armor, also their beliefs. One important way that knights have an advantage is in their training. In document C2 adapted by the PBS Series “Warrior Challenge” it states,”...

Japan dreamed of conquest and expansion, an Empire in Asia with Tokyo as the head. To build this empire required many resources, but America’s resistance to Japan led Japan to make its most important decision to attack the U.S. American military leaders had confidence in its defense and capabilities based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and were too confident against Japan. This played into Japan’s hands and gave the Japanese the perfect opportunity to strike the U.S. where it hurt the most. The Pearl Harbor

The Battle of Midway was fought from June 3rd to June 5th, 1942 between the Japanese and United States during World War II. The end result of this battle was the destruction of four Japanese carriers, two cruisers, three destroyers, and two-hundred and ninety-two aircraft by U.S. fighters and dive bombers. Conversely, the U.S. only lost a carrier, the USS Yorktown, a destroyer, the USS Hammann, and 145 aircraft. Unlike previous battles which were fought through traditional tactics, the Battle of

Considered a poet of craftsmanship and clothing, Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto revolutionized the Western industry as the innovator of “anti-fashion,” an experimenter in Avant-Garde, and a philosopher of subversive thought. Leading in the ‘new wave’ of 80s Japan fashion alongside Rei Kawakubo, Issey Miyake and other designers, Yamamoto marked a brand that was inherently defiant and acutely fluid, putting pieces on the runway that accentuated the space between fabric and skin rather than condensed

Isoroku Yamamoto Isoroku Yamamoto was born on a fishing island and many of the men became sailors. He was born unto Takano Teikichi and Mineko (his second wife). His father named him Isoroku meaning fifty-six (His Dad was 56 when Mineko gave birth to him). Takano became a school teacher after giving up his samurai warrior career. He was part of the Echigo clan. The Echigo clan is an ancient warrior clan who disobeyed the Meiji emperor. Yamamoto joined the Japanese Naval

fog of war that was over the Japanese when they started this, they did not help each other, if the Americans mobilized to strike. The Americans made a huge stride to victory when they figured out the messages from the Japanese commander “Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, Japanese fleet commander, chose to invade a target relatively close to Pearl Harbor to draw out the American fleet, calculating that when the United States began its counterattack, the Japanese would be prepared to crush them. Instead, an

Many people noticed their presence when the Japanese fleet were flying in, but they thought it was their own military at first. The Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, striking force of 353 Japanese aircraft led by Commander Mitsuo Fuchida. The attack launched from six heavy aircraft carriers accompanied by 24 supporting vessels. The United States wasn't ready for war with the Japanese. Lieutenant Ruff raced

between the Japanese and the Americans. The film started off with the introduction of the admirals that were assigned for each nation Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto for the Japanese Navy and Admiral Husband E. Kimmel to be in command the United States Pacific Fleet located in Pearl Harbor. Due to the Axis Alliance of Japan with Germany, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, implies that the focal point of the United States’ Naval operations at Pearl Harbor plays an important role and must first be destroyed for the Japanese

selected an ambassador, Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, who was liked and respected by both Americans and Japanese. On January 7th, 1941, Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander in Chief of Japan’s Combined Fleet, sat at his desk aboard the Nagato as he prepared his most dreaded task, initiating a war against the United States by a surprise attack on its Pacific Fleet. Yamamoto was one of the few Japanese men who wanted to avoid a war with the U.S. for the fact he knew that the U.S. was surely gain victory in a war

line-up which made previous Japanese naval planning obsolete. [1] With previous planning now obsolete a new concept to include war against the United States, Great Britain, and the Netherlands was now a necessity. In January of 1941 Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese combined fleet conceived a plan of a surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl