The Decisive Battle Doctrine was a naval strategy adopted by the Imperial Japanese Navy prior to the Second World War. The theory was derived from the writings of American naval historian Alfred Thaye
Japanese battleships Yamato and Musashi, were a central element of Japan's "Decisive Battle" doctrine
Fusō on her sea trials during the First World War, 24 August 1915
Japanese battleships in line astern formation.
War Plan Orange was a series of United States Joint Army and Navy Board war plans for dealing with a possible war with Imperial Japan in the years between the First and Second World Wars. It failed to
Raymond P. Rodgers, circa 1911.