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Imperial Japanese Navy
March 31, 2020
Japanese Naval Ship Involved in Collision With Chinese Fishing Vessel in East China Sea
By Ankit Panda
The incident resulted in damage to JS Shimakaze.
November 02, 2019
History’s First Seaborne Airstrike Took Place in East Asia
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The world’s first naval-launched air raid took place during the siege of Tsingtao in the first year of World War I.
August 14, 2019
Did a Failure to Plan for Anti-Submarine Warfare Doom the Imperial Japanese Navy?
By Robert Farley
Anti-submarine warfare was a blind spot for Imperial Japan, with deadly results.
July 27, 2018
Imperial Japan's Naval Contributions to the First World War
By Robert Farley
What drove the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I?
June 07, 2017
The Battle of Midway, 75 Years On
By Ankit Panda
75 years later, the Battle of Midway stands as one of the greatest all-time naval victories.
May 01, 2017
What Does China's New Aircraft Carrier Mean for the Liaoning?
By Robert Farley
China seems to be taking the same careful approach to its carrier program as Japan took during the interwar period.
August 01, 2016
The Strategic Lessons of 1944's Battle of the Philippine Sea
By Robert Farley
1944’s Battle of Philippine Sea holds some interesting lessons for how we think about military power.
July 21, 2016
This Naval Battle Could Have Changed the Course of WW2
By Ben Ho Wan Beng
If the Battle of the Philippine Sea had played out differently, Japan's navy might have been decimated by June 1944.
January 29, 2016
Japan's Fearsome World War II-Era 'Zero' Fighter Takes to the Skies
By Ankit Panda
Plus, U.S. officials revise their opinion on North Korea's nuclear test, India steps up cyber cooperation, and more. Links.
January 08, 2016
What If Japan Had Won The Battle of Midway?
By Benjamin David Baker
One of the most decisive battles of the Second World War could have ended up very differently. Be glad it didn’t though.
August 14, 2015
Imperial Japan's Last Floating Battleship
By Robert Farley
Just one Japanese battleship survived to see the end of the Pacific theater of the Second World War.
March 06, 2015
Imperial Japan's Musashi: The Greatest Battleship Ever Built?
By Robert Farley
The HIJMS Musashi has an important lesson to teach us on military obsolescence.
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