Osami Nagano

thumb| Osami Nagano (永野 修身, Nagano Osami; June 15, 1880 – January 5, 1947) was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of the leaders of Japan's military during most of the Second World War. Quotes I look upon the Guadalcanal and Tulagi Operations as the turning point from offense to defense, and the cause of our setback there was our inability to increase our forces at the same speed that you did. To American officers after the end of the war. As quoted in Francis Pike, Hirohito's War: The Pacific War, 1941–1945 (2015) p. 565. Worded slightly differently in All Hands, no. 370 (Dec. 1947) p. 22: I look upon the Guadalcanal and Tulagi Operations as the turning point from offense to defense, and the cause of our setback there was our inability to increase our forces at the same speed that ... (the Americans) did. External links Category:1880 births Category:1947 deaths Category:Military leaders from Japan Category:Military leaders of World War II