Imperial Japanese Naval Academy

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The Imperial Japanese Naval Academy was the principal officer training school of the Imperial Japanese Navy, producing many of its leading commanders before and during World War II.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf military academy
naval academy
officer training school
activeDuring World War I
World War II
associatedWith Imperial Japanese Naval War College
campusType island campus
closedIn 1945
controlledBy Japanese Ministry of the Navy
country Empire of Japan
disestablishedIn 1945
educationLevel tertiary education
entranceRequirement competitive examination
era Meiji period
Showa period
Taisho period
foundedIn 1876
heritage site preserved as a historical location
locatedIn Etajima
Hiroshima Prefecture
Japan
militaryBranch navy
notableAlumni Chuichi Nagumo
Heihachiro Togo
Isoroku Yamamoto
Jisaburo Ozawa
Mitsuo Fuchida
Soemu Toyoda
Takeo Kurita
Tamon Yamaguchi
openedIn 1876
operatedBy Imperial Japanese Navy
predecessor Tokugawa shogunate naval training institutions
primaryLanguageOfInstruction Japanese
produced many leading commanders of the Imperial Japanese Navy
region Seto Inland Sea
role principal officer training school of the Imperial Japanese Navy
significance central institution in professionalization of the Imperial Japanese Navy officer corps
situatedOn Etajima Island
statusAfter1945 ceased to function as Imperial Japanese Navy academy
studentType naval officer cadets
trainingFocus gunnery
naval engineering
naval officer education
naval tactics
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