During World War II, Japan’s fleet was large and qualitatively peerless, but unsupported by a broader defense-industrial base. The United States finds itself in the same position today.

As American B-29 Superfortresses devastated Japan from high altitude, the Imperial Japanese Navy faced an urgent and nearly impossible challenge. Conventional fighters could no longer intercept the ...

A single torpedo salvo from I-19, often called one of the most damaging in submarine warfare history, singlehandedly crippled an entire carrier task force. Commissioned in the early days of World War ...

Gauging an untested opponent: U.S. perceptions of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1918-1941 -- Dismantling the "lesser foe" and the "superior enemy" images, December 1941 to early 1943 -- The elusive ...