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 (help·info) or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun, "Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 until 1945, when
Rikugun-sen!Operational histories of Imperial Japanese Army auxiliaries By Bob Hackett with Erich Muehlthaler, Sander Kingsepp, Peter Cundall and Gilbert Casse |IJA Transports and AA Transports|IJA Tankers|IJA Landing Craft Depot Ships|IJA Crane Ship|IJA Escort Carrier ...
They represent the real-world Imperial Japanese Army, who fought against America in World War II, working for Japan's Axis Powers leader, Hideki Tojo, and to a lesser extent, Hirohito but overall, they worked ultimately for Hitler. They appeared as the villains of several of Popeye's ...
The Japanese began the development of cargo glider designs for military use in 1937. Following the successful use of gliders by the Germans during their conquest of the West in May 1940, the Imperial Japanese Army began developing new gliders in June 1940. In response to this, the Imperial Ja...
General Hap Arnold, the Commander of the Army Air Forces noted:“It always appeared to us that, atomic bomb or no atomic bomb, the Japanese were already on the verge of collapse.” Those who questioned the decision would be vindicated by theU.S. Strategic Bombing Surveystudy published in ...
Japanese Navy Map of the general scene of the action between BERGALL and MYOKO. The BERGALL sighted MYOKO at 7-36'N, 105-12'E 13 December. According to BERGALL she attacked the cruiser at 8-10'N, 105-31'E at 2140 hours. MYOKO's signal to Combined Fleet gave the attack position ...
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lookouts trained the fleet’s searchlights on what they believed to be Japanese torpedo boats. Panicked gunners on theBorodinoopened fire. Other ships joined into the cannonade, narrowly missing their own vessels but pounding the threatening vessels. When the guns finally fell silent, Rozhestvensky...
At the conclusion of the Operation I-Go, Yamamoto and his senior staff planned an inspection tour of forward airfields and bases in theShortlandsand southernBougainvillearea. The purpose of this visit was to boost moral after the Japanese losses onGuadalcanaland thank the Japanese Army for coopera...
Southern Expeditionary Army Group The Southern Expeditionary Army was a army group of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It was responsible for all military operations in South East Asian and South West Pacific campaigns of World War II. The Southern ... LM Surhone,MT Timpledon,SF...