![Admirals Chester W. Nimitz and Isoroku Yamamoto took great risks in committing their fleets to the Battle of Midway—but for different reasons.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/Comparing-Admiral-Chester-Nimitz-and-Isoroku-Yamamoto-.jpg)
Isoroku Yamamoto
Comparing Admiral Chester Nimitz and Isoroku Yamamoto
by Michael Haskew“Japan cannot defeat America; therefore, Japan should not go to war with America.” Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, spoke those words to a group of school children as his government contemplated just that. Read more