Japanese Monograph No. 152
POLITICAL STRATEGY
PRIOR TO OUTBREAK OF WAR,
PART V
Prepared by
Military History Section
Headquarters, Army Forces Far East
Distributed by:
Department of the Army
Office of the Chief of Military History
Washington 25 D.C.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword/Preface Page No. Chapter I Estimate of the Situation Prior to Outbreak of 1 War. Progress of Revision of the Wartime Naval Organization from November 1940 until the Outbreak of War. 1 Estimate of the Situation in Early November 1941 Comparison of Japanese and Estimated Allied Strength in the Pacific Immediately Prior to the War 14 Chapter II Operational Plans of the Japanese Navy Against the United States, Great Britain, and the Nether- lands and China 43 Developments Leading to the Formation of Attack Plans Against Hawaii 43 Circumstances Leading to the Decision to Use Midget Submarines in the Hawaiian Area 47 Plan of Operations of Imperial General Head- quarters, Navy Section 48 Central Agreement Between Army and Navy for Southern Air Operations (decided in November 1941) 63 Summary of Political Strategy Prior to Outbreak of War. 70 CHARTS [Charts have been done in Word for Windows 6.0a and stored in 152.zip] Chart 1 Changes of Organization Japanese Navy from November 1940 to the Outbreak of War 2
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Page No. Chart 2 Estimated American, British and Dutch Air and Land Strengths Prior to Pacific War 16 Chart 3 Comparison of Naval Strength of Japan and the United States Pacific and Asiatic Fleets at the Beginning of December, 1941 18 Chart 4 Organization of Japanese Navy at the Beginning of the War 23 Chart 5 Naval Base Force 33 Chart 6 China Area Fleet 38 Chart 7 Organization of Inner Combat Force 41 Chart 8 Organization List of Supply Force 41 APPENDIX Appendix No 1 Combined Fleet Operation Order No 1 77
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