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A short primer on the organization of the IJA and IJN

Imperial Japanese Army and Navy organizations comparison

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Organization

List of general fleets, area fleets and fleets - list of all fleet-level and above formations, that existed in the IJN.

OOB and table of tactical organization of IJN standard one-battalion Special Naval Landing Force of the Naval District (1938).

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Personnel

Data on IJN personnel 1937-1945 period from the Japanese official history of WW II  (translated by Eugen Pinak).

Data on IJN pilots and planes 1941-1945 - data on the availability of pilots and planes of the IJN Air Force 1941-1945 period from the Japanese official history of WW II  (translated by Eugen Pinak).

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Operations

English translation of the Volume 24 "Naval Offensive Operations towards the Philippines and Malaya" (1941-1942) of the Japanese official history of the Pacific War "War History Series", aslo known as "Senshi Sosho". Translation published with the kind permission of the translator: Pedro Brandão from Portugal.

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Various information

IJN rank names 1942-1945 - description of the changes in IJN rank system and the table of all the rank names by the end of the Pacific War.

IJN commanders’ rank and billet names - thanks to the generosity of the user Fontessa of the Axis History Forum I can publish his useful table, showing rank and billet names for various IJN commands.  

Prices of IJN weapons - various prices of weapons and equipment I was able to find.

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