Imperial Japanese Navy

The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (大日本帝國海軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun) was the navy of Japan before 1945. It was administered by the Ministry of the Navy of Japan and controlled by the Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff at Imperial General Headquarters.

References

• KAIGUN, Strategy, tactics and technology of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941,David C. Evans & Mark R. Peattie, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland ISBN 0870211927
  
• The origins of Japanese Trade Supremacy, Development and technology in Asia from 1540 to the Pacific War, Christopher Howe, The University of Chicago Press ISBN 0226354857
• A Battle History of The Imperial Japanese Navy, Paul S. Dull