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The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (Japanese: 大日本帝国海軍, Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun) was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's forced disarmament.

The Imperial Japanese Navy was the third largest navy in the world by 1920, behind the Royal Navy and American People's Navy. It was supported by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service for aircraft and airstrike operation from the fleet.

The origins of the Imperial Japanese Navy go back to early interactions with nations on the Asian continent, beginning in the early medieval period and reaching a peak of activity during the 16th and 17th centuries at a time of cultural exchange with European powers during the Age of Discovery. After two centuries of stagnation during the country's ensuing seclusion policy under the shoguns of the Edo period, Japan's navy was comparatively backward when the country was forced open to trade by American intervention in 1854. This eventually led to the Meiji Restoration. Accompanying the re-ascendance of the Emperor came a period of frantic modernization and industrialization. The navy's history of successes, sometimes against much more powerful foes as in the Sino-Japanese war and the Russo-Japanese War, ended in almost complete annihilation during the concluding days of World War II at the hands of the Allies' navies.

Ships of the IJN[]

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