Battles of the Imperial Japanese Navy
The following are some of the battles of the Imperial Japanese Navy:
Japanese Occupation of Korea 1895
- Some naval actions against German interests in the Far-East, in particular around the Tsingtao peninsula.
- Few ships diverted to Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea for escort duties cooperating with British navy.
- Essentially support of land action.
- Attack on Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941, destruction of the USN Pacific Fleet)
- Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse (10 December 1941, destruction of the British Navy Z force)
- Attack on Darwin, Australia, (19 February 1942)
- Battle of the Java Sea (27 February 1942, Japanese victory against US and Dutch forces)
- Indian Ocean raid, (31 March 1942, Japanese victory)
- Battle of the Coral Sea (May 1942, narrow Japanese victory against the US Navy)
- Battle of Midway (5 June 1942, US victory, the IJN loses four carriers to USN aircraft attacks)
- Battle of Savo Island (9 August 1942, Japanese victory)
- Battle of the Eastern Solomons (24 August 1942, inconclusive)
- Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands (26 October 1942, Japanese victory)
- Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (12 November 1942, US victory)
- Battle of Tassafaronga (30 November 1942, Japanese night battle victory)
- Battle of the Bismarck Sea (23 December 1942, US victory)
- Battle of the Komandorski Islands (26 March 1943, inconclusive)
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay (1 November 1943, US victory)
- Battle of the Philippine Sea (19 June 1944, major US victory)
- Battle of Leyte Gulf (23 Oct 1944, major US victory)
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