Isoroku Yamamoto:

Yamamoto was the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Navy and was largely responsible for the planning of the attack on Pearl Harbor. In addition to planning the Pearl Harbor attack.  Yamamoto was responsible for convincing the Japanese high command that a single naval engagement was necessary to determine the course of the war. It was under his guidance that the largest Japanese naval force ever suffered a crushing defeat at Midway, the turning point of the war in the Pacific.

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