The Decisive Battle Doctrine (艦隊決戦, Kantai Kessen, "naval fleet decisive battle") was a naval strategy adopted by the Imperial Japanese Navy prior to...

line of battle showdown with an equivalent enemy battleship fleet (Kantai Kessen). The 2nd Fleet was a fast, mobile strike force with armored cruisers...

II-era Japanese naval doctrine of the "decisive battle doctrine" (艦隊決戦, Kantai Kessen), and he became a "household name" in Germany. He also promoted American...

naval planners subscribed to a doctrine of "decisive battle" (艦隊決戦, Kantai kessen), which stipulated that Japan's path to victory against a peer adversary...

designed in accordance with the prevailing Japanese naval strategy of Kantai Kessen, the Decisive Battle Doctrine, which presupposed Japan would win a war...

to declare fight to the death Fear of repercussions Defeat in detail Kantai Kessen Swarming (military) Fabian strategy (antithesis) J. Nagl, (2005), p...

unrefined Tarakan Island crude oil and await execution of the planned Kantai Kessen ("decisive battle") known as Operation A-GO. When American carrier strikes...

battle" of Mahan, and of Japanese planning. In accordance with the Kantai Kessen naval strategy, the Imperial Japanese Navy developed its own plan that...

operations were chiefly to be won by decisive battles and blockade. Kantai Kessen Pyrrhic victory Strategic victory Tactical victory Edward Shepherd Creasy...

Royal Navy in the Western Pacific Ocean. The group advocated for the kantai kessen, a doctrine specifying a need for larger warships and larger-caliber...