Sadao Araki Quotes

Japanese officer and general (1877–1966)

Baron Sadao Araki (May 26, 1877 – November 2, 1966) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army before World War II. A charismatic leader and one of the principal nationalist right-wing political theorists in the late Japanese Empire, he was regarded as the leader of the radical faction within the politicized Japanese Army.

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Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army.

The foundations of our Empire are now based more firmly than ever! The birth of a Crown Prince shows that the prosperity of the Imperial Household is increasing many times.

It is Japan's mission to be supreme in Asia, the South Seas and eventually the four corners of the world.

If we have a thousand bamboo spears, there's nothing to worry about a war with the Soviet Union.