On
this date, a little after noon in Japan Standard Time on August 15, 1945, Emperor
Hirohito's announcement of Japan's acceptance of the terms of the Potsdam
Declaration was broadcast to the Japanese people over the radio. Japan finally
surrendered on September 2, 1945, thus bringing an end to World War II in the Pacific.
To
remember this Memorial Day, I will post a quote from the late Japanese Admiral
Isoroku Yamamoto.
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Isoroku Yamamoto
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QUOTE: The fiercest serpent may be overcome by a swarm of ants.
[Statement in opposition of the planned
construction of the Yamato class battleships, as quoted in Scraps of paper: the
disarmament treaties between the world wars (1989) by Harlow A. Hyde.]
AUTHOR: Isoroku Yamamoto (山本 五十六 Yamamoto Isoroku, 4 April 1884 – 18
April 1943) was a Japanese Marshal Admiral and the commander-in-chief of the Combined
Fleet during World War II, a graduate of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy.
Yamamoto held several important posts in the
Imperial Japanese Navy, and undertook many of its changes and reorganizations,
especially its development of naval aviation. He was the commander-in-chief
during the decisive early years of the Pacific War and so was responsible for
major battles such as Pearl Harbor and Midway. He died when American
codebreakers identified his flight plans and his plane was shot down. His death
was a major blow to Japanese military morale during World War II.
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