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
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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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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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