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Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II - A Graphic Presentation of the Japanese Naval Organization
 

Monograph No. 116, The Imperial Japanese Navy in world War II, one of the Japanese Operational Monograph Series covering operations of the Japanese Army and Navy during the period 1941-1945, is intended primarily as a reference for research and analysis, specifically in connection with other volumes in the series, and does not purport to be complete in itself. Initially prepared in Japanese by former officers of the Japanese Navy under the supervision of the 2d Demobilization Bureau (Navy), the material was translated into English by the Allied Translator and interpreter Service, General Headquarters, For East Command, and edited for clarity, coherence, and accuracy by the Japanese Research Division, Military History Section, General Headquarters, Far East Command. The chief sources used in compilation of this document included! Greater East Asia imperial Japanese Navy Wartime Organization, original and revisions, issued by the Chief of the Navy General Staff, I June 1945; Battle Lessons, compiled by the Yakosuka Air Group; wartime diaries, battle reports, and Summaries of Merit of various units and ships, as submitted to the Navy Ministry and Navy General Staff; documents and reports of the Civil Merchant Marine Committee and individual ship owners; wartime documents and radio messages available at the 2d Demobilization Bureau Liquidation Office; ond interrogations, statements, and private records of personnel concerned. In many instances material was either lacking altogether or consisted of mere scraps, resulting in a certain amount of inaccuracy and incompleteness in some portions of the report.

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