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[[File:Pacific-battles.jpg|thumb|400px|main battles of the IJN in World War II Pacific]]
[[File:Pacific-battles.jpg|thumb|400px|main battles of the IJN in World War II Pacific]]
The IJN was one of the first navies in the world to recognize the strategic importance of [[aircraft carrier]]s, and had the most powerful carrier fleet in the world at the beginning of World War II. Japanese admirals were admirers of the strategic doctrine of American theorist [[Alfred Thayer Mahan]], and put all their emphsis on the decisive fleet battle. They ignored logistics and allowed their supply system to be destroyed by American submarines because they refused to use "defensive" tactics like convoys to protect their merchant ships, transports and tankers.
The IJN was one of the first navies in the world to recognize the strategic importance of [[aircraft carrier]]s, and had the most powerful carrier fleet in the world at the beginning of World War II. Japanese admirals were admirers of the strategic doctrine of American theorist [[Alfred Thayer Mahan]], and put all their emphasis on the decisive fleet battle. They ignored logistics and allowed their supply system to be destroyed by American submarines because they refused to use "defensive" tactics like convoys to protect their merchant ships, transports and tankers.
===Japanese expansion in the Pacific===
===Japanese expansion in the Pacific===
* Inoguchi, Rikihei, Tadashi Nakajima, and Robert Pineau. ''The Divine Wind''. 1958. on [[Kamikaze]].
* Inoguchi, Rikihei, Tadashi Nakajima, and Robert Pineau. ''The Divine Wind''. 1958. on [[Kamikaze]].
* Marston, Daniel, ed. ''The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima'' (2005), 272pp [http://www.amazon.com/Pacific-War-Companion-Harbor-Hiroshima/dp/1841768820/ref=sr_1_29?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214103598&sr=8-29 excerpt and text search]
* Marston, Daniel, ed. ''The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima'' (2005), 272pp [http://www.amazon.com/Pacific-War-Companion-Harbor-Hiroshima/dp/1841768820/ref=sr_1_29?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214103598&sr=8-29 excerpt and text search]
* Morison, Samuel Eliot. ''History of United States Naval Operations in World War II''. Vol. 3, The Rising Sun in the Pacific. (1961); Vol. 4, Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions. 1949; Vol. 5, The Struggle for Guadalcanal. (1949); Vol. 6, Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier. 1950; Vol. 7, Aleutians, Gilberts, and Marshalls. (1951); Vol. 8, New Guinea and the Marianas. (1962); Vol. 12, Leyte. (1958); vol. 13, The Liberation of the Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas. (1959); Vol. 14, Victory in the Pacific. (1961). classic official history of U.S> Navy
* Morison, Samuel Eliot. ''History of United States Naval Operations in World War II''. Vol. 3, The Rising Sun in the Pacific. (1961); Vol. 4, Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions. 1949; Vol. 5, The Struggle for Guadalcanal. (1949); Vol. 6, Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier. 1950; Vol. 7, Aleutians, Gilberts, and Marshalls. (1951); Vol. 8, New Guinea and the Marianas. (1962); Vol. 12, Leyte. (1958); vol. 13, The Liberation of the Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas. (1959); Vol. 14, Victory in the Pacific. (1961). classic official history of U.S. Navy
* Okumiya, Masatake and Mitso Fuchida. ''Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan''. (1955).
* Okumiya, Masatake and Mitso Fuchida. ''Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan''. (1955).
* Potter, E. B. and Chester W. Nimitz. ''Triumph in the Pacific''. (1963). Naval battles
* Potter, E. B. and Chester W. Nimitz. ''Triumph in the Pacific''. (1963). Naval battles
* Prange, Gordon W. ''At Dawn We Slept''. (1982) , the standard history of the Pearl Harbor attack [http://www.amazon.com/At-Dawn-Slept-Gordon-Prange/dp/0140157344/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214102682&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Prange, Gordon W. ''At Dawn We Slept''. (1982), the standard history of the Pearl Harbor attack [http://www.amazon.com/At-Dawn-Slept-Gordon-Prange/dp/0140157344/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214102682&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Prange, Gordon W. ''Miracle at Midway''. (1982), the standard history [http://www.amazon.com/Miracle-at-Midway-Gordon-Prange/dp/0140068147/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214102644&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Prange, Gordon W. ''Miracle at Midway''. (1982), the standard history [http://www.amazon.com/Miracle-at-Midway-Gordon-Prange/dp/0140068147/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214102644&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Smith, J. Douglas and Richard Jensen. ''World War II on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites''. (2002)
* Smith, J. Douglas and Richard Jensen. ''World War II on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites''. (2002)