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As an ally at the end of World War I, Japan was mandated from Germany possession of the Marshall Islands, the Caroline Islands, and the Mariana Islands.īy 1920 Tokyo had the third largest fleet in the world. With victories over the Russians and Chinese in the late 1890s/early 1900s, Japan had obtained Formosa, Korea, the Kuril Islands, and parts of Manchuria. Admiral Togo's victory during the Battle of Tsushima is a classic in naval history. In 1905, ships of the Combined Fleet, under the command of Fleet Admiral Heihachiro Togo, sailed from Sasebo to engage Russia's Baltic Fleet. Fought in Korea and Manchuria, the Imperial Army and Imperial Navy won numerous victories, forcing China to sue for peace, in which China ceded Korea and Formosa and paid a large indemnity. In need of raw materials and new markets, Japan fought China in the Sino-Japanese War in 1894-95. As part of that plan, Japan had to expand to acquire areas that were rich in natural resources not available in Japan and to form a protective outer ring away from the home islands. ![]() Japan had desired to be the most powerful nation in the Far East since the 1890s. ![]() Although they lacked the infrastructure of Europe or the United States, over the next forty years the Japanese managed to construct a navy that was strong enough to decisively defeat a regional power, China, as well as a great European power, Russia. The Imperial Fleet was founded in the wake of the Meiji Restoration in 1868, which unified Japan. The evolution of Japanese naval power in the five decades leading up to World War II was one of the most significant trends of the 20th Century. ![]() IJN Imperial Japanese Navy / ( Nihon Kaigun )
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