What were Yamamoto's personal views about war with the United States?
Eager to fight
Optimistic about victory
Reluctantly cautious
Indifferent
Answer
Admiral Yamamoto was reluctant to go to war with the United States. He believed that the United States would be much stronger than Japan, and that a war would be a disaster for Japan. However, he also believed that Japan would eventually have to fight the United States, and he thought that it was better to fight sooner rather than later.
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