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  Imperial Japanese Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The origins of the Imperial Japanese Navy trace back to early interactions with states on the Asian continent at the beginning of the medieval period, and reached a peak of activity during the 16th and 17th century at a time of cultural exchange with European powers during the Age of Discovery.
The Imperial Japanese Navy took possession of the island and quelled opposition movements between March to October 1895, and the islands continued to be a Japanese colony until 1945.
Japanese armoured cruiser Nisshin in the Mediterranean (Malta, 1919).
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 Imperial Japanese Navy - WIKIb2b   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The first major references to Japanese naval actions occur in the accounts of the Mongol invasions of Japan by the navy of Kubilai Khan in 1281.
By the end of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1867, the Japanese navy of the shogun already possessed eight Western-style steam warships around the flagship Kaiyō Maru which were used against pro-imperial forces during the Boshin war, under the command of Admiral Enomoto.
Japanese aircraft carriers, such as the Shokaku and Zuikaku, exceeded any in the world in performance and capability, until the wartime development of the American Essex-class aircraft carrier.
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 Category:Imperial Japanese Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy
Naval ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II
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 List of ships of the Japanese Navy: Just the facts...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (additional info and facts about Imperial Japanese Navy) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (additional info and facts about Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force), including ones in the past and ones in the present time.
Red seal ships (additional info and facts about Red seal ships) - Around 350 armed sailships, commissionned by the Bakufu (additional info and facts about Bakufu) in the early 17th century, for Asian and South-East Asian trade.
Japanese ship naming conventions (additional info and facts about Japanese ship naming conventions)
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 List of ships of the Japanese Navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
ROBERTS, CBS ANCHOR: The United States Navy has released the first underwater pictures of the Japanese troller sunk in a collision with...
the wreckage of a Japanese fishing vessel that sank when a Navy submarine tore through...
This is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Japan Self-Defence Forces, including ones in the past and ones in the present time.
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 Articles - Imperial Japanese Navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Sino-Japanese war was officially declared on August 1, 1894, though some naval fighting had already taken place.
A long stretch of militaristic expansion and the start of the Second Sino-Japanese war in 1937 had alienated the United States, and the country was seen as a rival of Japan.
Japan continued to attribute considerable prestige to battleships and endeavoured to build the largest and most powerful ships of the period.
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 List of ships of the Japanese Navy - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
List of ships of the Japanese Navy - Wikpedia
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