Imperial Navy of Japan

Victory at Sea IJN Aircraft

Witnessing massed airpower at the Battle of Taranto, the Japanese were quick to master the tactic, as seen in their infamous attack on Pearl Harbor. Later in the war, having suffered from terrible...

Victory at Sea IJN Akagi

Originally laid down as an Amagi-class battlecruiser, the stipulations of the Washington

Victory at Sea IJN Submarines & MTB Section

Submarines: The Kaidai-7-class, or KD-7, was developed in the late 1930s, following on from the preceding KD-6 class. With a surface range of 8,000nm at 16kts, and a submerged endurance of 50nm at...

Victory at Sea Merchant Convoy

Preventing attacks on defenceless merchant ships is the other main role of the navy, and it was her that the war was fought, day in and day out, by the humble corvette, frigate and destroyer escort,...

Victory at Sea Yamato

Yamato (大和, "Great Harmony") and her sister ship, Musashi, were constructed shortly before th

Victory at Sea Imperial Japanese Navy Fleet

For centuries, Japan's policy of seclusion (sakoku) saw it concentrate on coastal defences in order to repel foreign vessels. However, with the advances other maritime nations were making, it...