Now Viewing: imperial_japanese_navyTag type: General 日本海軍 / 日本軍 As a tag, this tag should be used to denote posts that contain specific references to the Imperial Japanese Navy, such as depictions of historical events, sailors, or ships with clear evidence of the colors or uniforms of Imperial Japan. (That is, Kantai_Collection does not count, but an image of the real Kongou_(battleship) next to Kongou_(Kantai_Collection) might.) The navy of the Empire of Japan, which lasted from the Meiji Restoration to the defeat of Japan at the end of World_War_II (1868 to 1945). Following that period, it was replaced with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. (JMSDF) Although the IJN participated in several wars, including the Sino-Japanese War and Suppression of the Boxer Rebellion in China, and their decisive victory in the Russo-Japanese war, it is primarily known for its participation in World War II. In World War II, the IJN was most characterized by their heavy gambling upon the concept of the "Kantai Kessen" Doctrine, or Decisive Naval Battle Doctrine. This meant that they would try to make up for the overwhelming numerical superiority of American and European naval forces they were attacking with a series of quick and decisive victories before the enemy could be prepared for the war. Their principal objective was to inflict losses severe enough that Western powers would sign a treaty with them granting them expanded territory so that they could focus resources upon the war in Europe, rather than fight a protracted war. Against China and Russia, this had worked, as they were crumbling empires without the resources to fight serious, protracted naval wars. The Admiralty, however, severely underestimated the willingness of the United States to fight, and always believed that the United States was on the brink of surrendering up until the tide of the war had clearly turned against the Japanese. As such, they were ill-prepared for any form of attritional warfare that they wound up engaging in. They trained for "Quality over Quantity" to produce elite pilots, but put all these pilots into dangerously ill-protected carriers, and left little by way of trainers to produce new generations of pilots. They were critically short on destroyers and merchant-marine transports, even before the Americans realized this, and exploited it with ruthless submarine attacks that eventually starved the IJN of the fuel and munitions it would take to fight battles. The great downfall of the IJN was in Guadalcanal [1], as a part of the larger Solomon Islands Campaign [2]. Following The Battle of Midway [3], the IJN had lost its primary fleet carrier force, and yet chose to aggressively build a forward airbase that would serve to cut Australia's shipping lines off. In so doing, however, they stretched their own supply lines so desperately thin that Japanese transports were left extremely vulnerable. The many skirmishes and transports sunk, along with the few flashes of serious heavy battles (especially brutal night battles at close ranges) left the bay where the most serious fighting took place to be dubbed "Ironbottom Sound" due to the extreme tonnage of shipping sunk in that campaign. The final real military act of the IJN was Operation Ten-Go [4]. A suicide run performed by the largest battleship ever built, the Yamato, it has a legendary role in Japanese national mythology, as a symbol of tragic and heroic loyalty to orders (post #2221481). Theoretically a bid to use Yamato as an anti-air platform, it has also been suggested that it was more cynically a move to ensure that Yamato, their pride-and-joy flagship, would not be captured. This also inspired the likes of Uchuu_Senkan_Yamato (Space Battleship Yamato), which has itself inspired much of Japanese Science-Fiction. Following the surrender of Japan in 1945, the JMSDF [5] (Japan Maritime Self Defense Force) has replaced the Imperial Japanese Navy. [1] < en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal_Campaign > [2] < en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands_campaign > [3] < en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway > [4] < en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ten-Go > [5] < en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force > See also:Wikipedia article on the IJN: < en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy > Kantai_Collection From < danbooru.donmai.us/wiki_pages/54500 > Other Wiki Information Last updated: 12/24/15 5:46 PM by surveyork This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
     
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