Imperial Japanese Navy [NIHON KAIGUN]

[dlclong]

天皇陛下万歳!!=Heil Hitler!

 

[Aepsilons]

The following was the Anthem of the Imperial Japanese Navy:

this also includes the english translation.

Another rendition:

 

[Kataria]

Japanese created the first modern navy of Asia. They deserve credit for that

 

[Aepsilons]

Mineichi Koga

Admiral of the Combined Imperial Japanese Fleet

Mineichi Koga was born in Arita, Saga Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from the Japanese Naval Academy in 1906. As a midshipman on the cruiser Matsushima, he visited various countries in or bordering the Pacific Ocean, including United States (Hawaii), New Zealand, Australia, Dutch East Indies, China, and Korea. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1911. Upon completing the Naval War College courses, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander and subsequently held several shore staff positions. He saw no action during WW1. In 1920, he was posted to France for two years. Upon his return, he was named the executive officer of Kitakami. On 1 Dec 1926, he was promoted to the rank of captain. He would return to France as a naval attaché until being recalled in 1930 to serve as the commanding officer of the Yokosuka Naval Station. On 31 Dec 1930, he was named the commanding officer of heavy cruiser Aoba. On 31 Dec 1931, he was named the commanding officer of battleship Ise. On 31 Dec 1932, he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral. He was named the head of the Intelligence Division of the Navy General Staff in 1933. On 31 Dec 1936, he was promoted to the rank of vice admiral.

After the war began, Koga was named the commanding officer of the 2nd Fleet in 1939. On 1 Sep 1941, he was the head of the China Area Fleet. At the onset of the Pacific War between 9 and 31 Dec 1941, he commanded naval operations in support of the invasion of Hong Kong. After Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's death in Apr 1943, Koga was named as the new commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet on 21 May 1943, breaking his flag aboard battleship Musashi. He initially planned aggressive operations in order to give the Japanese Navy the offensive initiative again, but as naval aviation forces dwindled, he could only maintain his forces in a defensive posture, hoping to force a decisive engagement as the Americans conducted their next attack.

In Mar 1944, during Combined Fleet's withdrawal from Palau Islands to the Philippine Islands, the flying boat which Koga was aboard crashed into the sea during a typhoon. His death was not made public until May 1944 due to war time censorship reasons. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of Fleet Admiral. He now rests at the Tama Reien Cemetery near Tokyo, Japan.

 

[Aepsilons]

Raizo Tanaka

Vice Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy




This guy was a bonafide genius, probably one of the finest squadron commanders of the entire war to serve on either side. He routinely defeated superior Allied forces in the Solomons, or escaped with the bulk of his forces from traps that should have meant his annihilation, the Battle of Tassafaronga, November 30, 1942, being a prime example. His primary working assets were often no more inspiring than a handful of overloaded, overworked destroyer transports. Fortunately for the U.S., he was removed from surface command shortly after the final evacuation from Guadalcanal, presumably a casualty of the Navy's finger-pointing as to who was to blame for the debacle..

From the Americans, Tanaka acquired the nickname of "Tenacious Tanaka" for his stalwart opposition.
Tanaka′s most outstanding victory was in the Battle of Tassafaronga in which his squadron of destroyers defeated a much larger force of U.S. Navy squadron that included four heavy cruisers and their supporting destroyers. In this battle, Tanaka′s heavily-outgunned destroyers, caught by surprise, used their Long Lance Torpedos to hit four American cruisers, sinking the USS Northhamptom and heavily damaging the other three. All but one of Tanaka's destroyers escaped the trap that the U.S. Navy had set for them, and they retired northward towards Rabaul.

 

[Aepsilons]

Tameichi Hara

Captain of several battleships in the Imperial Japanese Navy


Captain of destroyer Amatsukaze at the beginning of the war, and squadron commander aboardShigure during much of the fighting in the Solomons. He survived several very close scrapes in the Solomons, including being the lone destroyer to survive the fiasco off of Vella LaVella on August 6, 1943, where three of four Japanese ships involved (Hagikaze, Arashi, and Kawakaze) were all ambushed and sunk within the space of a few minutes in the Battle of Kula Gulf By the end of the war he had become skipper of Yahagi, which accompanied (and was sunk along with) Yamato on her final sortie, although Hara again survived. Hara exemplified the best in Japanese surface commanders; highly skilled (particularly in torpedo warfare and night fighting), hard driving, and aggressive. He was also bitterly critical of the Japanese Navy's handling of the war.

 

[DoTell]

天皇陛下万歳!!=Heil Hitler!

Japanese right wingers showing true colors! They worship their dead war criminals with absolutely no remorse. Obviously two A-bombs weren't enough. Sadly America is encouraging these people for the sake of countering China. So there maybe no way out but an all out war.

 

[cnleio]

@Nihonjin1051 Ship pic link fail, buddy. I can't see any pic in China.

 

[Aepsilons]

@Nihonjin1051 Ship pic link fail, buddy.

Bro @cnleio , i think so , too. I'll have to re-upload it again. Don't worry, i'm working on it. Thanks for the interest.

To all other readers/ viewers:


The meaning of 天皇陛下万歳 = Tenno heika banza. This means = May the Emperor Live 10,000 years.
This was a famous war cry motto for Imperial Japanese Navy personnel when in battle.


Thanks for appreciating this historical appreciation thread.
Again, i would remind everyone that i want to keep this thread clean and is for purely didactic reasons.



Arigadou Gozaimasu !
Xie Xie !
Kam sa ham nida !
Thank You !

 

[katarabhumi]

The following was the Anthem of the Imperial Japanese Navy:

this also includes the english translation.

Another rendition:

Thanks, man.. I've been looking for this song for a very long time.. I'm only familiar with the melody but didn't know it's title.. I used to hear this when I was a kid.. a local theater in my city had always play this before they start the show. I liked it,, bring back my sweet memories.

 

[Aepsilons]

Thanks, man.. I've been looking for this song for a very long time.. I'm only familiar with the melody but didn't know it's title.. I used to hear this when I was a kid.. a local theater in my city had always play this before they start the show. I liked it,, bring back my sweet memories.

@katarabhumi ,

You're very welcome !! Like you, this song, brings many good memories to me because my grandfather would sing it all the time . Sometimes, he would whistle the tune. When he was alive, he used to tell me stories when he was younger and the times he would throw up on the ocean when his ship would treck back and forth from Okinawa to Yokohama naval base. My grandfather served in the IJS Suzutsuki , which was a destroyer that escorted the famous battleship IJS Yamato.

I remember going to IJN veteran events with my grandfather, stories that he used to tell, i absorbed. like a sponge. lol.

Its funny, his memory comes back to me now ... talking about him and listening to these songs again.

 

[55100864]

i have one Yamato

 

[Aepsilons]

i have one YamatoView attachment 34154

かわいい

[Cute !]

 

[AUSTERLITZ]

You should take this thread to the military history section,and all pics are broken.It would be nice to have some on japanese history.I hope to make the battle report in the future about the battles of kawankajima between shingen and kenshin.
And something on nobunaga /hideyoshi and tokugawa.

 

[OCguy]

You say you want a thread that is historical in nature, but you make neo-nationalistic comments at the same time. I would separate the two if you want quality contributions, since glamorizing a brutal imperialistic war machine may stir emotions.