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Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor[nb 4] was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
Sinking of the Prince of Wales and Repulse
3 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor Japennes air forces attacked the Royal Navy's battleships Prince of Wales and Repulse. They successfully sunk both of them -
Battle of the Coral Sea
major naval battle in the Pacific of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. The battle was the first action in which aircraft carriers engaged each other, as well as the first in which neither side's ships sighted or fired directly upon the other. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway in the Pacific of Operations was one of the most important naval battles of World War 2. The Battle of Midway effectively destroyed Japan’s naval strength when the Americans destroyed four of its aircraft carriers. Japan’s navy never recovered from its mauling at Midway and it was on the defensive after this battle. -
Battle of Eastern Solomons
The naval Battle of the Eastern Solomons was the third carrier battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II and the second major engagement fought between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal Campaign. -
Battle of the Komandorski Islands
The Battle of the Komandorski Islands was a naval battle between American and Japanese forces in the North Pacific area of the Pacific Ocean, south of the Soviet Komandorski Islands. It is considered one of the most unusual naval engagements of World War II. -
Destruction of Truk
Truk had been the main base for Combined Fleet since the beginning of the war, and for the first two years of the conflict was considered an unassailable bastion. However, by early 1944 the American carrier forces in the Pacific had grown so monumentally in strength that attacks that would have been unthinkable a mere six months earlier became possible. In early February, Task Force 58 under Admiral Mitscher came against Truk with an enormous force of eight carriers and six battleships. Warned b -
Battle of the Phillipine Sea
Once Truk had been eliminated as an effective base, and the Japanese Navy driven from the environs, the Americans could complete their invasions of the Marshall Islands unmolested. Next, they set their sights on the Marianas. -
Sinking of Yamato
we sent the super battleship Yamato on a suicide mission to the island. apparently her sortie was designed to draw off American air power in order to allow a massive suicide strike by land-based aircraft from Japan to hit the American invasion forces ringing the island. Accordingly, Yamato was fueled for a one-way trip, and sent out with nine escorts led by the light-cruiser Yahagi. -
Final Destruction of the Imperial Japanese Navy
The results were so one-sided as to be hardly worth being called a battle. Still, for the US Navy, it was a fitting close to a war that had begun for them at Pearl Harbor. This was truly the end of the road for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
