Imperial Japanese Navy

E1159
military branch naval force

The Imperial Japanese Navy was the maritime military force of the Empire of Japan, renowned for its powerful carrier fleet and major role in naval battles across the Pacific during World War II.

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All labels observed (33)

Label Occurrences
Imperial Japanese Navy canonical 878
Japanese Navy 13
大日本帝国海軍 9

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military branch ⓘ
naval force ⓘ
allegiance Naruhito ⓘ
surface form: Emperor of Japan
conflict First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
dissolved 1945 ⓘ
doctrine carrier-centric naval aviation ⓘ
engagedIn attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Battle of Midway ⓘ
Battle of Tsushima ⓘ
Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea

Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Battle of the Yellow Sea ⓘ
Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign

Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form: Solomon Islands campaign
followedBy Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ⓘ
headquarters Tokyo ⓘ
inception 1869 ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
militaryBranchOf Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
nativeName Imperial Japanese Navy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 大日本帝國海軍
notableCommander Chuichi Nagumo ⓘ
Heihachiro Togo ⓘ
Isoroku Yamamoto ⓘ
Osami Nagano ⓘ
Soemu Toyoda ⓘ
notableOperation Operation MI ⓘ
Operation Z ⓘ
notableShip Akagi ⓘ
Hiryū ⓘ
surface form: Hiryu

Kaga ⓘ
Musashi ⓘ
Shokaku ⓘ
Sōryū ⓘ
surface form: Soryu

Yamato ⓘ
Zuikaku ⓘ
notableUnit Imperial Japanese Navy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1st Air Fleet

Combined Fleet ⓘ
partOf Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan ⓘ
peakPeriod early 1942 ⓘ
peakPersonnel about 2,000,000 ⓘ
precededBy Tokugawa shogunate navy ⓘ
shortName Imperial Japanese Navy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: IJN
status defunct ⓘ
used aircraft carrier ⓘ
battleship ⓘ
cruiser ⓘ
destroyer ⓘ
midget submarine ⓘ
seaplane tender ⓘ
submarine ⓘ

Referenced by (943)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Watchtower → primaryOpponent → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Operation Watchtower → primaryOpponent → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Japanese Army
Battle of Guadalcanal → notableUnit → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Station HYPO → targetOfIntelligence → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Battle of Okinawa → belligerent → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
USS Arizona (BB-39) → attackedBy → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy → nativeName → Imperial Japanese Navy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 大日本帝國海軍
Imperial Japanese Navy → shortName → Imperial Japanese Navy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: IJN
Imperial Japanese Navy → notableUnit → Imperial Japanese Navy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Air Fleet
Florida Islands → usedBy → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
Akagi → operator → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Akagi → navy → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Tulagi → occupiedBy → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Isoroku Yamamoto → militaryBranch → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States → attackBy → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
subject surface form: Pearl Harbor
Battle of Iwo Jima → belligerent → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Battle of Shanghai (1937) → belligerent → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Meiji era → militaryOrganization → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Kaga → operator → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Kaga → serviceBranch → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Kaga → scuttledBy → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers
Philippines campaign (1941–1942) → involves → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
USS Utah (AG-16) → attackedBy → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Sōryū → operator → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Sōryū → navy → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Battle of Leyte Gulf → belligerent → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Henderson Field → controlledBy → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Henderson Field → usedBy → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Henderson Field → constructionStartedBy → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
USS West Virginia (BB-48) → sunkBy → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft
Navy Minister of Japan → hasAuthorityOver → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Combined Fleet → partOf → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Combined Fleet → transliteration → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rengō Kantai
Combined Fleet → branch → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army → militaryBranch → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Hiryū → operator → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Battle of Coral Sea → operationOf → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea
Chuichi Nagumo → militaryBranch → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
First Air Fleet → branch → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Kure Naval Arsenal → operator → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Battle of Saipan → militaryBranchInvolved → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Ironbottom Sound → usedBy → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
First Sino-Japanese War → involvedForce → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy → serviceBranch → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy → highestRankIn → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy → usedBy → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Battle of Tarawa → belligerent → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Mitsuo Fuchida → militaryBranch → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Mitsuo Fuchida → employer → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Order of the Golden Kite → awardingBody → Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ