(August 8, 2015 at 12:29 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Did you miss the part about the Army being in control of the government and not the Navy?
Admiral Toyoda commented that he would rather his daughter marry a beggar than an army man. The constant internecine strife between the Japanese Army and Navy was a great asset to us.
What Yamamoto envisioned did not happen but he did not call the shots.
Tōjō Hidecki was the Prime Minister and the War Minister, that's true. But the Navy could bring down the government by ordering the Navy Minister to new duty and not assigning a replacement. And Tōgō Shignori, Gaimudaijin, had to beg the Navy to send Teikoku Seifu no Taibei Tsucho Oboegaki , which was only allowed on the condition that it did not tip off the raid on Pearl.
