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The japanese had two major advantages on the us navy during the early days of wwii. This decisive event in may 1869 for the boshin war between the tokugawa shogunate navy rebel ezo republic and the newly formed imperial japanese navy which won. Nihon kaigun chichukai enseiki dai 2 tokumu kantai, 1919, also refer to yoichi. These ships were larger and, in most cases, betterequipped than their allied counterparts. Being an avid fan of imperial japanese navy ijn destroyers, i was eager to get my hands on this book.
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