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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 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.
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===