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IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY - TRIBUTE
NIHON KAIGUN
I am dedicating this thread to the information as well as pictures of the naval vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy. I will also be placing historical naval battles associated with the Imperial Navy and Allied Forces here.
Please, keep this thread only on subject matter. I want to keep the content of this thread purely didactic and historical information related to the IJN.
天皇陛下万歳!!
[Tenno heika banzai]
At the beginning of the Second World War, the Japanese Navy (or, in the Japanese language, Nihon Kaigun, or even Teikoku Kaigun, the Imperial Navy) was arguably the most powerful navy in the world. Its naval aviation corps, consisting of 10 aircraft carriers and 1500 topnotch aviators, was the most highly trained and proficient force of its kind. Its 11 (soon to be 12) battleships were among the most powerful in the world. And its surface forces, armed with the superb 24" Type 93 (Long Lance) torpedo, were incomparable night fighters.
This page is devoted to the proud navy that lost the Pacific War.
It means "Navy".Does KAI-GUN mean sea-gun?
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.
Does KAI-GUN mean sea-gun?
I don't think it would stir any such emotions since the thread is purely about historical information. And as far as judging their war machine or their tactics is concerned, the US trumps everyone. So lets leave this thread to purely informational discussions. No opinions or criticism.
as for yamamoto isoroku, if there was any parts left after being shot down, those were already fish food then.
Owing to this legacy, Japan must reinvent their current self defence navy and induct aircraft carriers.
Isoroku Yamamoto,
Admiral of the Combined Imperial Japanese Fleet
Yamamoto Isoroku, perhaps Japan's greatest strategist and the officer who would contrive the surprise air attack on U.S. naval forces at Pearl Harbor, is born on this day in 1884.
A graduate of the Japanese naval academy in 1904, Yamamoto worked as a naval attaché for the Japanese embassy in Washington DC from 1926 to 1927. During the next 15 years, he saw several promotions, from vice minister of the Japanese navy to commander in chief of Japan's Combined Fleet in August 1941. Despite worsening Japanese-American relations (especially in light of Japan's alliance with Germany and Italy), Yamamoto initially opposed war with the U.S., mostly out of fear that a prolonged conflict would go badly for Japan. But once the government of Prime Minister Tojo Hideki decided on war, Yamamoto argued that only a surprise attack aimed at crippling U.S. naval forces in the Pacific had any hope of victory. He also predicted that if war with America lasted more than one year, Japan would lose.
Yamamoto meticulously planned and carried out the Japanese air strike on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. Waves of dive bombers, torpedo planes, and fighters descended on U.S. battleships, capsizing, destroying, or immobilizing several U.S. battleships within the first 30 minutes of the raid. The attack was a decided success, especially in catching the United States off guard, and resulted in the destruction of 180 U.S. aircraft and more than 3,400 American casualties.
U.S. forces finally caught up with Yamamoto, though, when they ambushed his plane and shot him down over Bougainville Island in 1943. Yamamoto died having been right about two things: the effectiveness of aircraft carriers in long-range naval attacks and that Japan would lose a drawn-out struggle with the United States.