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  2. Imperial Japanese Navy in World War I - Wikipedia

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    The Imperial Japanese Navy conducted the majority of Japan's military operations during World War I. Japan entered the war on the side of the Entente, against Germany and Austria-Hungary as a consequence of the 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance. Japanese participation in the war was limited.

  3. Japan during World War I - Wikipedia

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    Japan participated in World War I from 1914 to 1918 as a member of the Allies/Entente and played an important role against the Imperial German Navy.Politically, the Japanese Empire seized the opportunity to expand its sphere of influence in China, and to gain recognition as a great power in postwar geopolitics.

  4. List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy - Wikipedia

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    The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy for the duration of its existence, 1868–1945. [1] This list also includes ships before the official founding of the Navy and some auxiliary ships used by the Army.

  5. List of battles of the Imperial Japanese Navy - Wikipedia

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    Besides support for Imperial Japanese Army operations, the Navy operations involved many landing operations by the Special Naval Landing Forces along the coasts and rivers of the Republic of China, French Indochina and along the Yangtze River and its tributaries. The Navy provided much of the air support for operations in the first few years of ...

  6. List of battleships of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Between the 1890s and 1940s, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) built a series of battleships as it expanded its fleet. Previously, the Empire of Japan had acquired a few ironclad warships from foreign builders, although it had adopted the Jeune École naval doctrine which emphasized cheap torpedo boats and commerce raiding to offset expensive, heavily armored ships.

  7. Imperial Japanese Navy - Wikipedia

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    The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun ⓘ 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun, 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender in World War II.

  8. List of Imperial Japanese Navy fleets - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese Modern Historical Manuscripts Association, Organizations, structures and personnel affairs of the Imperial Japanese Army & Navy, University of Tōkyō Press, Tōkyō, Japan, 1971, ISBN 978-4-13-036009-8. The Maru Special series each volume, "Ushio Shobō"., Tōkyō, Japan.

  9. List of battleships of World War I - Wikipedia

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    Imperial Japanese Navy: Kawachi: dreadnought: 22,183 1 July 1912 20 November 1945 Converted into target ship 1923, scrapped 1946–1947 Sevastopol Imperial Russian Navy: Gangut: dreadnought: 24,800 30 November 1914 17 February 1956 Renamed as Parizhskaya Kommuna 31 March 1921, scrapped 1956–1957 Shikishima Imperial Japanese Navy: Shikishima ...