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.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy institution
military academy
staff college
admissionRequirement graduation from Imperial Japanese Naval Academy
affiliation Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff
alternativeName Imperial Japanese Naval War College
Kaigun Daigakkō
country Empire of Japan
dissolved 1945
educationLevel graduate-level
era Meiji period
Shōwa period (pre-1945)
Taishō period
established 1888
function education in combined fleet operations
formulation of Imperial Japanese Navy doctrine
war-gaming and operational simulations
governedBy Imperial Japanese Navy Ministry
influencedBy Royal Naval College, Greenwich
United States Naval War College
locatedIn Japan
Tokyo
notableAlumni Chuichi Nagumo
Isoroku Yamamoto
Osami Nagano
Shigetarō Shimada
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 officers
staff officer candidates
typeOfTraining command course
staff college course

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Isoroku Yamamoto
Okada Keisuke
Osami Nagano
educatedAt
Naval War College (Japan) ("Kaigun Daigakkō")
Naval War College (Japan) ("Imperial Japanese Naval War College")
alternativeName
Imperial Japanese Naval Academy ("Imperial Japanese Naval War College")
associatedWith
Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu
education
近藤信竹 ("海軍大学校校長")
役職

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