Eight-Eight Fleet Plan

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Imperial Japanese Navy program battleship construction program naval rearmament program

The Eight-Eight Fleet Plan was an early 20th-century Imperial Japanese Navy program to build a powerful battle fleet of eight battleships and eight battlecruisers to rival Western naval powers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
8-8 Fleet Plan	1
Hachi-Hachi Kantai Keikaku	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy program ⓘ battleship construction program ⓘ naval rearmament program ⓘ
affectedBy	Washington Naval Conference ⓘ surface form: Washington Naval Treaty World War I ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Eight-Eight Fleet Plan ⓘ surface form: 8-8 Fleet Plan Eight-Eight Fleet Plan ⓘ surface form: Hachi-Hachi Kantai Keikaku
appliesToJurisdiction	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
consequence	construction of several Japanese battlecruisers ⓘ construction of several new Japanese battleships ⓘ strengthening of Imperial Japanese Navy capital ship force ⓘ
context	interwar naval limitation negotiations ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
doctrineBasedOn	Mahanian sea power theory ⓘ
fleetCompositionTarget	8 battlecruisers ⓘ 8 battleships ⓘ
followedBy	later Japanese naval expansion plans constrained by treaty limits ⓘ
formulated	1910s ⓘ
goal	to build eight modern battleships and eight modern battlecruisers ⓘ to create a battle fleet capable of matching Western naval powers ⓘ
historicalSignificance	illustration of pre–World War II naval arms race in the Pacific ⓘ major step in Japan’s emergence as a naval great power ⓘ
inception	1910s ⓘ circa 1910–1911 conceptual origin ⓘ
inspiredBy	Tirpitz Plan ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom–Germany dreadnought race United States Navy capital ship expansion plans ⓘ naval arms race among great powers ⓘ
languageOfName	Japanese ⓘ
limitedBy	Washington Naval Conference ⓘ surface form: Washington Naval Treaty post–World War I financial constraints ⓘ
location	Japan ⓘ
operator	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
opposedBy	Japanese civilian financial authorities ⓘ
partOf	Imperial Japanese Navy shipbuilding program ⓘ surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy expansion policy Japanese pre–World War I and interwar naval buildup ⓘ
precededBy	earlier, smaller Japanese battleship programs ⓘ
reasonForPlan	desire to be recognized as a great naval power ⓘ perceived threat from the United States Navy ⓘ
revisedAs	modified capital ship programs after Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
status	never fully realized ⓘ partially implemented ⓘ
strategicDoctrine	decisive battle doctrine ⓘ
strategicObjective	to deter the United States Navy ⓘ to secure command of the Western Pacific ⓘ
supportedBy	Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff ⓘ Japanese naval leadership ⓘ
timePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
typeOfForcesPlanned	capital ships ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Eight-Eight Fleet Plan → alsoKnownAs → Eight-Eight Fleet Plan ⓘ

this entity surface form: 8-8 Fleet Plan

Eight-Eight Fleet Plan → alsoKnownAs → Eight-Eight Fleet Plan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hachi-Hachi Kantai Keikaku

Amagi-class battlecruiser → designedFollowing → Eight-Eight Fleet Plan ⓘ