Naval War College (Japan)

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Naval War College (Japan) was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s elite higher education institution for advanced naval strategy, tactics, and officer training.

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instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy institution
military academy
staff college
admissionRequirement graduation from Imperial Japanese Naval Academy
affiliation Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff
alternativeName Naval War College (Japan)
surface form: Imperial Japanese Naval War College

Naval War College (Japan)
surface form: Kaigun Daigakkō
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
dissolved 1945
educationLevel graduate-level
era Meiji era
surface form: Meiji period

Showa era
surface form: Shōwa period (pre-1945)

Taisho era
surface form: Taishō period
established 1888
function education in combined fleet operations
formulation of Imperial Japanese Navy doctrine
war-gaming and operational simulations
governedBy Navy Ministry of Japan
surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy Ministry
influencedBy Old Royal Naval College
surface form: Royal Naval College, Greenwich

United States Naval War College
locatedIn Japan
Tokyo
notableAlumni Chuichi Nagumo
Isoroku Yamamoto
Osami Nagano
Shigetarō Shimada
Soemu Toyoda
surface form: Sōemu Toyoda
operatedBy Imperial Japanese Navy
periodOfActivity First Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
World War I
World War II
interwar period
primaryLanguage Japanese
reasonForDissolution defeat of Japan in World War II
role elite higher education institution for the Imperial Japanese Navy
training center for senior naval leadership
specialization international law
naval history
naval operations
naval strategy
naval tactics
staff officer training
war planning
status defunct
targetStudents Imperial Japanese Navy
surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy officers

staff officer candidates
typeOfTraining command course
staff college course

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Isoroku Yamamoto educatedAt Naval War College (Japan)
Naval War College (Japan) alternativeName Naval War College (Japan)
this entity surface form: Kaigun Daigakkō
Naval War College (Japan) alternativeName Naval War College (Japan)
this entity surface form: Imperial Japanese Naval War College
Imperial Japanese Naval Academy associatedWith Naval War College (Japan)
this entity surface form: Imperial Japanese Naval War College
Osami Nagano educatedAt Naval War College (Japan)
Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu education Naval War College (Japan)
Okada Keisuke educatedAt Naval War College (Japan)
近藤 信竹 役職 Naval War College (Japan)
subject surface form: 近藤信竹
this entity surface form: 海軍大学校校長
Prince Takamatsu educatedAt Naval War College (Japan)
this entity surface form: Naval Staff College (Japan)
古賀峯一 出身校 Naval War College (Japan)
this entity surface form: 海軍大学校
Imperial Japanese military education system component Naval War College (Japan)