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ARTICLES RELATED TO Imperial Japanese Navy | | | |  Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia II - Imperial Japanese Navy - World War IIThe Imperial Japanese Navy was administered by the Ministry of the Navy of Japan and controlled by the Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff at Imperial General Headquarters. In order to combat the numerically superior American navy, the IJN devoted large amounts of resources to creating a force superior in quality to any navy at the time. Consequently, at the beginning of World War II, Japan probably had the most sophisticated Navy in the world.[14]See also: Imperial Japanese Navy, Imperial Japanese Navy - Origins, Imperial Japanese Navy - Creation of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1869, Imperial Japanese Navy - British support, Imperial Japanese Navy - Influence of the French Jeune Ecole 1880s, Imperial Japanese Navy - Sino-Japanese War, Imperial Japanese Navy - Russo-Japanese War, Imperial Japanese Navy - Towards an autonomous national Navy, Imperial Japanese Navy - World War I, Imperial Japanese Navy - Interwar years, Imperial Japanese Navy - World War II, Imperial Japanese Navy - Battleships, Imperial Japanese Navy - Aircraft carriers, Imperial Japanese Navy - Naval Aviation, Imperial Japanese Navy - Submarines, Imperial Japanese Navy - Self-Defense Forces, Imperial Japanese Navy - Notes Read more here: » Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia II - Imperial Japanese Navy - World War II |
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| | | | Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia II - Imperial Japanese Navy - World War II The Imperial Japanese Navy in World War Two was administered by the Ministry of the Navy of Japan and controlled by the Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff at Imperial General Headquarters. In order to combat the numerically superior American navy, the IJN devoted large amounts of resources to creating a force superior in quality to any navy at the time. Consequently, at the beginning of World War II, Japan probably had the most sophisticated Navy in the world.See also:Imperial Japanese Navy, Imperial Japanese Navy - Origins, Imperial Japanese Navy - Creation of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1869, Imperial Japanese Navy - British support, Imperial Japanese Navy - Influence of the French Jeune Ecole 1880s, Imperial Japanese Navy - Sino-Japanese War, Imperial Japanese Navy - Russo-Japanese War, Imperial Japanese Navy - Towards an autonomous national Navy, Imperial Japanese Navy - World War I, Imperial Japanese Navy - Interwar years, Imperial Japanese Navy - World War II, Imperial Japanese Navy - Battleships, Imperial Japanese Navy - Aircraft carriers, Imperial Japanese Navy - Naval aviation, Imperial Japanese Navy - Submarines, Imperial Japanese Navy - Self-Defense Forces, Imperial Japanese Navy - Notes Read more here: » Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia II - Imperial Japanese Navy - World War II |
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| | | | Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia II - Japan Self-Defense Forces - History Japan's defeat in World War II had a profound and lasting effect on national attitudes toward war, the armed forces, and military involvement in politics. These attitudes were immediately apparent in the public's willing acceptance of total disarmament and demobilization after the war and in the alacrity with which all military leaders were removed from positions of influence in the state. Under General Douglas MacArthur of the United States Army, serving as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, and in concert with the wishes of most J ...
See also:Japan Self-Defense Forces, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Strength, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Personnel, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Equipment, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Organization, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Chain of Command, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Military branches, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Military units, Japan Self-Defense Forces - History, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Article 9, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Early Development, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Uniforms Ranks and Insignia, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Recruitment and Conditions of Service, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Missions and Deployments, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Peacekeeping, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Place in National Life, Japan Self-Defense Forces - List of notable JSDF figures, Japan Self-Defense Forces - In fiction Read more here: » Japan Self-Defense Forces: Encyclopedia II - Japan Self-Defense Forces - History |
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| | | | Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia II - Imperial Way Faction - Origins of the movement
Imperial Way Faction - Political environment.
The origins of this party in the 1920s saw the last of the old-style samurai officers going and a new radical breed taking their place in the Japanese military. Officer groups, such as the Double Leaf Society, which were secret societies themselves and with ties to the other secret groups, were formed with the fanatical beliefs of ultranationalism and the need for a purge of the Choshu elements of the army. The Army became divided between the Kodaha (Imperial B ...
See also:Imperial Way Faction, Imperial Way Faction - Origins of the movement, Imperial Way Faction - Political environment, Imperial Way Faction - Japanese military politics, Imperial Way Faction - Industrialists and militarism, Imperial Way Faction - Circumstances that allowed the Japanese military to gain political power, Imperial Way Faction - Political development, Imperial Way Faction - Sadao Araki has his day, Imperial Way Faction - Hideki Tojo succeeds as party leader, Imperial Way Faction - Japanese official establishment in central government, Imperial Way Faction - Political structure in the movement, Imperial Way Faction - The last party chiefs and Prime Ministers, Imperial Way Faction - Summary Read more here: » Imperial Way Faction: Encyclopedia II - Imperial Way Faction - Origins of the movement |
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| | | | Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia II - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Equipment
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Surface fleet.
4 Kongo class destroyers (two more under construction) - Aegis-equipped, theater and fleet air defense
JDS Kongo (DDG-173)
JDS Kirishima (DDG-174)
JDS Myoko (DDG-175)
JDS Chokai (DDG-176)
JDS Atago (DDG-177) (under construction)
currently unnamed (DDG-178)
2 Haruna class destroyers - anti-submarine warfa ...
See also:Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - History, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Formation, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Cold War, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Post Cold War, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Capabilities and Recent Developments, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Organization, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Escort Forces, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - District Forces, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Fleet Air Force, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Special Forces, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Recruitment and Training, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Equipment, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Surface fleet, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Submarine fleet, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Reference Read more here: » Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force: Encyclopedia II - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Equipment |
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| | | | Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia II - Kamikaze - World War II
Kamikaze - Background.
Japanese forces, after their defeat at the Battle of Midway in 1942, lost the momentum they had at the start of the Pacific War (known officially as the Great Eastern Asian War in Japan). During 1943-44, Allied forces, backed by the industrial might and rich resources of the United States, were advancing steadily towards Japan.
Japan's fighter planes were becoming outnumbered and outclassed by newer US-made planes, especially the F4U Corsair and P-51 Mustang. Because of combat ...
See also:Kamikaze, Kamikaze - Origin of the word Kamikaze, Kamikaze - World War II, Kamikaze - Background, Kamikaze - The first kamikaze unit, Kamikaze - The first attacks, Kamikaze - The main wave of kamikaze attacks, Kamikaze - Use of the tactic for air raid defence, Kamikaze - Effects, Kamikaze - Traditions and Folklore, Kamikaze - Books, Kamikaze - External reference Read more here: » Kamikaze: Encyclopedia II - Kamikaze - World War II |
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| | | | Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia II - Kankō Maru - History Following the forcible opening of Japan by Commodore Perry in 1854, Japan decided to order modern ships to the Dutch, their unique Western trading partners in the previous 200 years of Seclusion, or "Sakoku". The ships were ordered to Donker Curtius, head of the Dutch East India Company in Japan. Since time was needed to import the ships, Curtius asked for one of their warships in the East Indies to be presented to the Japanese.
The Dutch warship named Soembing (Jp:スームビング), the name of an Indonesian volcano, was pre ...
See also:Kankō Maru, Kankō Maru - History, Kankō Maru - Replica, Kankō Maru - Spaceship project, Kankō Maru - External link Read more here: » Kankō Maru: Encyclopedia II - Kankō Maru - History |
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| | | | Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia II - Japan Self-Defense Forces - History Japan's defeat in World War II, had a profound and lasting effect on national attitudes toward war, the armed forces, and military involvement in politics. These attitudes were immediately apparent in the public's willing acceptance of total disarmament and demobilization after the war and in the alacrity with which all military leaders were removed from positions of influence in the state. Under General Douglas MacArthur of the United States Army, serving as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, and in concert with the wishes of most ...
See also:Japan Self-Defense Forces, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Strength, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Personnel, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Equipment, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Organization, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Chain of Command, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Military branches, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Military units, Japan Self-Defense Forces - History, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Article 9, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Early Development, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Uniforms Ranks and Insignia, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Recruitment and Conditions of Service, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Missions and Deployments, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Peacekeeping, Japan Self-Defense Forces - Place in National Life, Japan Self-Defense Forces - List of notable JSDF figures Read more here: » Japan Self-Defense Forces: Encyclopedia II - Japan Self-Defense Forces - History |
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| | | | Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia - Japan Japan (Japanese: 日本, Nihon or Nippon) is an East Asian country surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan, the Philippine Sea, the East China Sea, and the Sea of Okhotsk. To the west is Korea (North and South), to the north Russia, and to the southwest China mainland and Taiwan.
One of the world's leading industrialized countries, the "Land of the Rising Sun" is composed of over 3,000 islands. The largest and main islands are, from north to south, Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū. The Ryukyu Is ...
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| | | | Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia II - Enomoto Takeaki - The last loyalist In 1868, when the Meiji government defeated the forces of the Shogun and occupied Edo, Enomoto refused to deliver his warships, and escaped to Hakodate with the whole Shogun fleet and a handful of French military advisers and their leader Jules Brunet. His fleet, made of eight steam warships, was the strongest in Japan at the time.
They hoped to found a state under the rule of the Tokugawa family in Hokkaido, but the Meiji government refused their request. In December 25, they declared the foundation of ...
See also:Enomoto Takeaki, Enomoto Takeaki - Studies in Europe, Enomoto Takeaki - The last loyalist, Enomoto Takeaki - The Meiji politician Read more here: » Enomoto Takeaki: Encyclopedia II - Enomoto Takeaki - The last loyalist |
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| | | | Imperial Japanese Navy: Encyclopedia II - Kamikaze - Origin of the word Kamikaze In the Japanese language, Kamikaze (Japanese:神風), usually translated as "Divine wind" (kami is the word for "God", and kaze for "wind"), came into being as the name of a legendary typhoon said to have saved Japan from a Mongol invasion fleet in 1281. In Japan, the word kamikaze is used mainly to designate this typhoon.
In Japanese, the exact term used for units carrying out these suicide attacks during World War II is tokubetsu kōgeki tai (特別攻撃隊), which literally means "special attack unit ...
See also:Kamikaze, Kamikaze - Origin of the word Kamikaze, Kamikaze - World War II, Kamikaze - Background, Kamikaze - The first kamikaze unit, Kamikaze - The first attacks, Kamikaze - The main wave of kamikaze attacks, Kamikaze - Use of the tactic for air raid defence, Kamikaze - Effects, Kamikaze - Traditions and Folklore, Kamikaze - Books, Kamikaze - External reference Read more here: » Kamikaze: Encyclopedia II - Kamikaze - Origin of the word Kamikaze |
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