Table Of ContentTHE
PACIFIC WAR
PAPERS
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ALSO BY THE AUTHORS
ByDonaldM.GoldsteinandKatherineV.Dillon:
TheWilliwawWar(1992)
ThePearlHarborPapers:InsidetheJapanesePlans(1993)
Amelia:TheCentennialBiographyofanAviationPioneer(1997)
ByDonaldM.GoldsteinandKatherineV.Dillon,
withJ.MichaelWenger:
TheWayItWas:PearlHarbor:TheOriginalPhotographs(1991)
D-DayNormandy:TheStoryandPhotographs(1993)
‘‘Nuts!’’TheBattleoftheBulge:TheStoryandPhotographs(1994)
RainofRuin:TheHiroshimaandNagasakiAtomicBombs(1995)
TheVietnamWar:TheStoryandPhotographs(1997)
TheSpanish-AmericanWar:TheStoryandPhotographs(1998)
ByDonaldM.GoldsteinandKatherineV.Dillon,
withGordonW.Prange:
AtDawnWeSlept:TheUntoldStoryofPearlHarbor(1981)
MiracleatMidway(1982)
TargetTokyo:TheStoryoftheSorgeSpyRing(1984)
PearlHarbor:TheVerdictofHistory(1987)
December7,1941:TheDaytheJapaneseAttackedPearlHarbor(1988)
God’sSamurai:LeadPilotatPearlHarbor(1990)
ByDonaldM.GoldsteinandKatherineV.Dillon,
withMasatakaChihaya:
FadingVictory:TheDiaryofAdmiralMatomeUgaki(1991)
ByDonaldM.GoldsteinandHarryJ.Maihafer:
TheKoreanWar:TheStoryandPhotographs(2000)
AmericainWorldWarI:TheStoryandPhotographs(2003)
ByDonaldM.Goldstein,PhilWilliams,andJ.M.Shafritz:
ClassicReadingsofInternationalRelations(1998)
ByDonaldM.Goldstein,PhilWilliams,andHankAndrews:
SecurityinKorea:War,StalemateandNegation(1994)
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THE
PACIFIC WAR
PAPERS
J D
APANESE OCUMENTS
W W II
OF ORLD AR
Donald M. Goldstein
and
Katherine V. Dillon
Potomac Books, Inc.
Washington, D.C.
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Copyright(cid:1)2004byPrangeEnterprises,Inc.
PublishedintheUnitedStatesbyPotomacBooks,Inc.(formerlyBrassey’s,Inc.).Allrights
reserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanymannerwhatsoeverwithoutwritten
permissionfromthepublisher,exceptinthecaseofbriefquotationsembodiedincritical
articlesandreviews.
LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData
ThePacificWar papers:JapanesedocumentsofWorldWarII/[editedby]DonaldM.
GoldsteinandKatherineV.Dillon.—1sted.
p. cm.
Pt.2consistsofextractsfromthediariesofMarquisKa˚oichiKidoandAdmiral
Kichisabura˚oNomura.
Includesindex.
ISBN1-57488-632-0(alk.paper)
1.WorldWar,1939–1945—Navaloperations,Japanese—Sources. 2.Japan.
Kaigun—History—WorldWar,1939–1945—Sources. 3.Japan.Kaigun—Officers—
Diaries. 4.Kido,Ka˚oichi,1889–1977—Diaries. 5.Nomura,Kichisabura˚o,
1877–1964—Diaries. 6.WorldWar,1939–1945—Personalnarratives,Japanese.
I.Goldstein,DonaldM. II.Dillon,KatherineV. III.Title.
D777.P33 2004
940.54(cid:1)5952—dc22 2003028207
ISBN1-57488-632-0
(alk.paper)
Printed in Canada onacid-freepaperthatmeetstheAmerican
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FirstEdition
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Contents
ListofIllustrations ix
Preface xi
PartI TheJapaneseNavybeforethePacificWar
Introduction 3
TheJapaneseNavyin1941 4
AtsushiOi
OzawaEssays:Introduction 32
TheNavalGeneralStaff 34
JisaburoOzawa
ChihayaEssays:Introduction 37
OrganizationoftheNavalGeneralStaffHeadquartersinTokyo 38
MasatakaChihaya
OrganizationoftheJapaneseNavalDepartment 44
MasatakaChihaya
ThePrincipalPropellingPowerintheFormerJapaneseNaval
Department 48
MasatakaChihaya
ShortHistoryoftheJapaneseNavalBasesintheHomeland 54
MasatakaChihaya
ImportanceofJapaneseNavalBasesintheHomeland 57
MasatakaChihaya
ImportanceofJapaneseNavalBasesOverseas 61
MasatakaChihaya
ImportanceoftheInlandSea 67
MasatakaChihaya
OzawaEssays:Introduction 70
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vi (cid:2) Contents
DevelopmentoftheJapaneseNavy’sOperationalConcept
againstAmerica 71
JisaburoOzawa
OutlineDevelopmentofTacticsandOrganizationoftheJapanese
CarrierAirForce 76
JisaburoOzawa
FleetOrganization 82
JisaburoOzawa
ChihayaStudies:Introduction 85
ConcerningtheConstructionofJapaneseWarships 86
MasatakaChihaya
GeneralCharacteristicsofYamatoClassBattleships 91
MasatakaChihaya
SomeStoriesConcerningtheConstructionoftheYamatoClass
Battleships 94
MasatakaChihaya
PersonnelStudy 101
ToshikazuOhmae
PartII PrewarDiplomacyandPolitics
Introduction 113
ExtractsfromtheDiaryofMarquisKoichiKido 115
DiaryofAdmiralKichisaburoNomura,June–December1941 136
PartIII Post–PearlHarbor
Introduction 225
JapaneseMonographNo.102:SubmarineOperations,December
1941–April1942 226
OtherChihayaStudies:Introduction 257
TheMovementoftheJapaneseBattleshipGroupattheOutbreak
oftheWar 258
MasatakaChihaya
EssayConcerningtheBookBattleReport 266
MasatakaChihaya
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Contents (cid:2) vii
AccountoftheBattleoftheJavaSea 272
MasatakaChihaya
AccountoftheFiascoofTrukon27February1944 279
MasatakaChihaya
SomeFeaturesConcerningChangesintheJapaneseFleet
OrganizationduringtheWar 283
MasatakaChihaya
Three-PartReport 290
MasatakaChihaya
Two-PartReport 299
MasatakaChihaya
SomeOpinionsConcerningtheWar 304
NobutakeKondo
Index 319
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List of Illustrations
GordonW.Prange.Author’sCollection xii
ViceAdm.JisaburoOzawa.Author’sCollection 33
Adm.KichisaburoNomura,theJapaneseAmbassadortotheUnited
StatesatthetimeofPearlHarbor.Author’sCollection 137
Adm.NobutakeKondo.U.S.Navy 305
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Description:The Pacific War Papers is an annotated collection of extremely rare Japanese primary-source documents, translated into English, that provides an invalu-able resource for historians and students of World War II. These naval and diplomatic documents come from the collection of the late Gordon Prange,
