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THE PACIFIC WAR PAPERS ..........................10771$ $$FM 02-08-0509:29:45 PS PAGEi ALSO BY THE AUTHORS ByDonaldM.GoldsteinandKatherineV.Dillon: TheWilliwawWar(1992) ThePearlHarborPapers:InsidetheJapanesePlans(1993) Amelia:TheCentennialBiographyofanAviationPioneer(1997) ByDonaldM.GoldsteinandKatherineV.Dillon, withJ.MichaelWenger: TheWayItWas:PearlHarbor:TheOriginalPhotographs(1991) D-DayNormandy:TheStoryandPhotographs(1993) ‘‘Nuts!’’TheBattleoftheBulge:TheStoryandPhotographs(1994) RainofRuin:TheHiroshimaandNagasakiAtomicBombs(1995) TheVietnamWar:TheStoryandPhotographs(1997) TheSpanish-AmericanWar:TheStoryandPhotographs(1998) ByDonaldM.GoldsteinandKatherineV.Dillon, withGordonW.Prange: AtDawnWeSlept:TheUntoldStoryofPearlHarbor(1981) MiracleatMidway(1982) TargetTokyo:TheStoryoftheSorgeSpyRing(1984) PearlHarbor:TheVerdictofHistory(1987) December7,1941:TheDaytheJapaneseAttackedPearlHarbor(1988) God’sSamurai:LeadPilotatPearlHarbor(1990) ByDonaldM.GoldsteinandKatherineV.Dillon, withMasatakaChihaya: FadingVictory:TheDiaryofAdmiralMatomeUgaki(1991) ByDonaldM.GoldsteinandHarryJ.Maihafer: TheKoreanWar:TheStoryandPhotographs(2000) AmericainWorldWarI:TheStoryandPhotographs(2003) ByDonaldM.Goldstein,PhilWilliams,andJ.M.Shafritz: ClassicReadingsofInternationalRelations(1998) ByDonaldM.Goldstein,PhilWilliams,andHankAndrews: SecurityinKorea:War,StalemateandNegation(1994) ..........................10771$ $$FM 02-08-0509:29:45 PS PAGEii 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. ..........................10771$ $$FM 03-21-0513:32:01 PS PAGEiii Copyright(cid:1)2004byPrangeEnterprises,Inc. PublishedintheUnitedStatesbyPotomacBooks,Inc.(formerlyBrassey’s,Inc.).Allrights reserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanymannerwhatsoeverwithoutwritten permissionfromthepublisher,exceptinthecaseofbriefquotationsembodiedincritical articlesandreviews. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData ThePacificWar papers:JapanesedocumentsofWorldWarII/[editedby]DonaldM. GoldsteinandKatherineV.Dillon.—1sted. p. cm. Pt.2consistsofextractsfromthediariesofMarquisKa˚oichiKidoandAdmiral Kichisabura˚oNomura. Includesindex. ISBN1-57488-632-0(alk.paper) 1.WorldWar,1939–1945—Navaloperations,Japanese—Sources. 2.Japan. Kaigun—History—WorldWar,1939–1945—Sources. 3.Japan.Kaigun—Officers— Diaries. 4.Kido,Ka˚oichi,1889–1977—Diaries. 5.Nomura,Kichisabura˚o, 1877–1964—Diaries. 6.WorldWar,1939–1945—Personalnarratives,Japanese. I.Goldstein,DonaldM. II.Dillon,KatherineV. III.Title. D777.P33 2004 940.54(cid:1)5952—dc22 2003028207 ISBN1-57488-632-0 (alk.paper) Printed in Canada onacid-freepaperthatmeetstheAmerican NationalStandardsInstituteZ39-48Standard. PotomacBooks,Inc. 22841QuicksilverDrive Dulles,Virginia20166 FirstEdition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ..........................10771$ $$FM 03-21-0513:32:01 PS PAGEiv 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 v ..........................10771$ CNTS 02-08-0509:29:49 PS PAGEv 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 ..........................10771$ CNTS 02-08-0509:29:49 PS PAGEvi 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 ..........................10771$ CNTS 02-08-0509:29:49 PS PAGEvii ..........................10771$ CNTS 02-08-0509:29:49 PS PAGEviii 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 ix ..........................10771$ ILLU 02-08-0509:29:55 PS PAGEix

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THE PACIFIC WAR PAPERS ..........................10771$ $$FM 02-08-0509:29:45 PS PAGEi ALSO BY THE AUTHORS ByDonaldM.GoldsteinandKatherineV.Dillon: TheWilliwawWar(1992) ThePearlHarborPapers:InsidetheJapanesePlans(1993) Amelia:TheCentennialBiographyofanAviationPioneer(1997) ByDonaldM.GoldsteinandKatherineV.Dillon, withJ.MichaelWenger: TheWayItWas:PearlHarbor:TheOriginalPhotographs(1991) D-DayNormandy:TheStoryandPhotographs(1993) ‘‘Nuts!’’TheBattleoftheBulge:TheStoryandPhotographs(1994) RainofRuin:TheHiroshimaandNagasakiAtomicBombs(1995) TheVietnamWar:TheStoryandPhotographs(1997) TheSpanish-AmericanWar:TheStoryandPhotographs(1998) ByDonaldM.GoldsteinandKatherineV.Dillon, withGordonW.Prange: AtDawnWeSlept:TheUntoldStoryofPearlHarbor(1981) MiracleatMidway(1982) TargetTokyo:TheStoryoftheSorgeSpyRing(1984) PearlHarbor:TheVerdictofHistory(1987) December7,1941:TheDaytheJapaneseAttackedPearlHarbor(1988) God’sSamurai:LeadPilotatPearlHarbor(1990) ByDonaldM.GoldsteinandKatherineV.Dillon, withMasatakaChihaya: FadingVictory:TheDiaryofAdmiralMatomeUgaki(1991) ByDonaldM.GoldsteinandHarryJ.Maihafer: TheKoreanWar:TheStoryandPhotographs(2000) AmericainWorldWarI:TheStoryandPhotographs(2003) ByDonaldM.Goldstein,PhilWilliams,andJ.M.Shafritz: ClassicReadingsofInternationalRelations(1998) ByDonaldM.Goldstein,PhilWilliams,andHankAndrews: SecurityinKorea:War,StalemateandNegation(1994) ..........................10771$ $$FM 02-08-0509:29:45 PS PAGEii 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. ..........................10771$ $$FM 03-21-0513:32:01 PS PAGEiii Copyright(cid:1)2004byPrangeEnterprises,Inc. PublishedintheUnitedStatesbyPotomacBooks,Inc.(formerlyBrassey’s,Inc.).Allrights reserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanymannerwhatsoeverwithoutwritten permissionfromthepublisher,exceptinthecaseofbriefquotationsembodiedincritical articlesandreviews. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData ThePacificWar papers:JapanesedocumentsofWorldWarII/[editedby]DonaldM. GoldsteinandKatherineV.Dillon.—1sted. p. cm. Pt.2consistsofextractsfromthediariesofMarquisKa˚oichiKidoandAdmiral Kichisabura˚oNomura. Includesindex. ISBN1-57488-632-0(alk.paper) 1.WorldWar,1939–1945—Navaloperations,Japanese—Sources. 2.Japan. Kaigun—History—WorldWar,1939–1945—Sources. 3.Japan.Kaigun—Officers— Diaries. 4.Kido,Ka˚oichi,1889–1977—Diaries. 5.Nomura,Kichisabura˚o, 1877–1964—Diaries. 6.WorldWar,1939–1945—Personalnarratives,Japanese. I.Goldstein,DonaldM. II.Dillon,KatherineV. III.Title. D777.P33 2004 940.54(cid:1)5952—dc22 2003028207 ISBN1-57488-632-0 (alk.paper) Printed in Canada onacid-freepaperthatmeetstheAmerican NationalStandardsInstituteZ39-48Standard. PotomacBooks,Inc. 22841QuicksilverDrive Dulles,Virginia20166 FirstEdition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ..........................10771$ $$FM 03-21-0513:32:01 PS PAGEiv 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 v ..........................10771$ CNTS 02-08-0509:29:49 PS PAGEv 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 ..........................10771$ CNTS 02-08-0509:29:49 PS PAGEvi 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 ..........................10771$ CNTS 02-08-0509:29:49 PS PAGEvii ..........................10771$ CNTS 02-08-0509:29:49 PS PAGEviii 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 ix ..........................10771$ ILLU 02-08-0509:29:55 PS PAGEix

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