Imperial Japanese Navy

Imperial Japanese Navy (Japanese ; 大日本帝国海軍, Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun), also known as IJN, was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947.^[1]

The IJN was created in 1868 by the Meiji Restoration. It won against larger navies in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) and Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) World War 1 (1914-1918) Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) World War 2 (1941-1945) and was dissolved.^[2]

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kaigun" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 450.
↑ Library of Congress Country Studies, Japan (LOC), "World War II and the Occupation, 1941-52". Retrieved 2012-2-22. Archived 2007-07-12 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kaigun" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 450.

[loc-2] Library of Congress Country Studies, Japan (LOC), "World War II and the Occupation, 1941-52". Retrieved 2012-2-22. Archived 2007-07-12 at the Wayback Machine

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