The purpose of maintaining military forces for a hundred years is solely to preserve peace.
百年兵を養うは、ただ平和を護るためである。
Military Strategists
Isoroku Yamamoto
The Japanese admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor attack and commanded the Combined Fleet during the Pacific War's decisive early phase (1884-1943). Yamamoto Isoroku understood better than anyone that Japan could not win a prolonged war against America — yet executed the gamble that started one, embodying the tragic tension between strategic clarity and institutional obligation.
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