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Imperial Japanese Navy Battle Orders
in chronological order

1941  1942  1943  1944  1945

1941
Imperial Japanese Navy Battle Order - 1941
December 1941 Combined Fleet Battle Order
Pearl Harbor Raid
Initial Japanese Landings
Northern Borneo - 17 Dec 1941
Kuching, Sarawak (Borneo) - 23 Dec 1941
1942
Fleet operations around Japan
TF 16 hunting after Doolittle's raid
Initial Japanese Landings
Rabaul - 23 Jan 1942
 Kavieng - 24 Jan 1942
 Gasmata (New Britain) - 9 Feb 1942 - GasmataInvFor
Lae/Salamaua - 8 March 1942
Bougainville - 28 March 1942
Admiralty Islands - 1942/04/05
Nauru - 1942/05/13 - 15
1st Striking Force Raids
Java Sea Landings
Southwest Area Fleet
Submarine operations
East Africa Coast
Indian Ocean Raid - Operation "C"
1942/05 - x Coral Sea
x Midway - MI operation
1942/07/03 - Kiska Landing
1942/07/14 - IJN reorganization
New Guinea Operations 1942/07 - 1943/10
Buna
landing
42/07/21
reinforcements
42/08
42/11/17
42/11/18
42/11/22
42/11/28 - 29
42/12/01
42/12/08
42/12/11 - 14
Buka
reinforcements
43/06/29
43/07/16
43/09/20
43/09/21
43/10 - 43/11
Lae & Salamaua
landing
42/03/08

reinforcements
42/11/23 - 24
Madang
reinforcements
42/12/16 - 20
43/02/21 - 24
Finschhafen
reinforcements
42/12/18
43/03/30
43/04/10
 Milne Bay
landing
42/08/26

reinforcements
42/08/28 - 31
Goodenough
evacuation
42/09/10 - 11
8th Fleet - August 1942, x Savo
Solomons Bombardement & R Missions
1942:
mission types: (R = reinforcement, A = attack or bombardement)
Guadalcanal
1942/08 - 1942/09
R 42/08/08
 A 42/08/12
 R 42/08/16
 R 42/08/18
 R 42/08/21-26 => x Eastern Solomons
R 42/08/28
 R 42/08/29
 R 42/08/30
 R 42/08/31
 R 42/09/01
A 42/09/02
 R 42/09/02
A & R run to 42/09/04 - 05
A 42/09/06
 R 42/09/07
A 42/09/08
 R 42/09/11
 R 42/09/12
 A 42/09/12
 R 42/09/14 - 15
 R & A 42/09/16
 R 42/09/17
 R 42/09/18
 A 42/09/18
 R 42/09/18
 A 42/09/20
 R 42/09/21
 R 42/09/24
1942/10 - 1942/12
R 42/10/01
 R 42/10/02
 R 42/10/04
 R 42/10/05
 R 42/10/07
 R 42/10/08
 R 42/10/09
 R 42/10/10
 R 42/10/11 - 12=> xCape Esperance
A 42/10/13
 A 42/10/14 - 15
 R 42/10/14
 R 42/10/15
 A 42/10/16
 R 42/10/17
 R 42/10/19
 R 42/10/25
 R 42/10/29
 R 42/11/01
 R 42/11/02
 R 42/11/03
 R 42/11/05
 R 42/11/07
 R 42/11/08
 R 42/11/10
 A 42/11/13 - 11/14
 R 42/12/03
 R 42/12/07
 R 42/11/30
 R 42/12/10

other places
Gizo R 42/09/01 - 02
Rendova R 42/09/27
Rendova R 42/09/29
Rendova R 42/10/01
Rendova R 42/10/07
 Rekata R 42/11/05
Kula Gulf R 42/11/24
 Rekata R 42/12/02
 Rekata R 42/12/09
 Rekata R 42/12/13
Munda R 42/12/16
Munda R 42/12/23
Munda R 42/12/25
Munda R 42/12/26
New Georgia R 42/12/26 - 27
x Eastern Solomons - KI operation
Solomons Offensive Patrol 1942/09-10
Aleutians reinforcement and bombardement missions
x Cape Esperance 10-11 October 1942
x Santa Cruz
x Guadalcanal
x Tassafaronga
1943
Solomons Bombardement & Reconnaissance Missions
1943:
mission types: (R = reinforcement, A = attack or bombardement, E = Evacuation)
Guadalcanal
R 43/01/02
 R 43/01/10
 R 43/01/15
 E - Operation "KE" 43/02/01
E - Operation "KE" 43/02/04
 E - Operation "KE" 43/02/07
 Kolombangara
R 43/03/04 - 06
 R 43/03/08
 R 43/03/13
 R 43/03/31
 R 43/04/01
 R 43/04/05
 R 43/04/30
 R 43/05/04
 R 43/07/09
 R 43/07/12=> x
R 43/07/19
 R 43/08/06-07
 E 43/09 - 43/10
 Rekata Bay
R 43/01/15
 R 43/03/11
 R 43/03/28
 & 43/04 - 05
 R 43/05/31 - 06/01
 R 43/06/7 - 28
 R 43/07/27
 E 43/08
 other places
Russell Islands R 43/01/28
Tuluvu R 43/04/13
Vilu R 43/04/29 - 05/08
Rendova A 43/06/30
Rendova A 43/07/03
Vila R - 43/07/04 - 05
Vila R 43/07/05 - 06=>xKula Gulf
Vila R - 43/08/01
Vella Lavella R - 43/08/17 - 18
Horaniu, Vella Lavella E =>2ndxVella Lavella
Bougainville R 43/11/01
Bougainville R & Attack Mission 43/11/02
Cape Torokina counter - Landing 43/11/06
x Bismarck Sea - Lae Reinforcement - Operation "81"
x Komandorski Is.
New Britain Reinforcement Operations 43/03-43/12
Surumi/Gasmata Reinforcement 1943/03 - 1943/05
Tuluvu Reinforcement 1943/04/13
Tuluvu Reinforcement 1943/06/04
Tuluvu Reinforcement 1943/07/27
Tuluvu Reinforcement 1943/08/01
Tuluvu Reinforcement 1943/08/04
Tuluvu Reinforcement 1943/09/01
Surumi/Gasmata Reinforcement 1943/10/07
Tuluvu Reinforcement/Evacuation 1943/10/08
Cape Dampier Reinforcement 1943/10/21
Jacquinot Bay Reinforcement 1943/10/23 - 24
Garove Is. & Iboki Reinforcement 1943/10
Qavuvu Reinforcement 43/10 - 44/02
Cape Dampier Reinforcement 43/11/25
Iboki Reinforcement 43/11 - 43/12
Garove Is. Reinforcement 43/11 - 12
Combined Fleet 1943 - Battle Order, Fleet operations
x Kula Gulf
x Kolombangara
KE operation - Kiska evacuation 1943/07
1st x Vella Lavella
2nd x Vella Lavella
x Empress Augusta Bay
x Cape St. George
1944
Combined Fleet retreat from Truk (February 1944)
South East Area Fleet Indian Ocean Raid - Operation "SA-1" (March 1944)
Operation KON - Biak Reinforce
Operation A-Go x Philippine Sea
Combined Fleet movements between x Philippine Sea and x Leyte
Operation Sho-Go - x Leyte
Leyte Reinforcement Convoys 23 Oct - 13 Dec 1944 - Operations "TA-1" - "TA-9"
Operation "TA-1" - 24-28 Oct 1944
 Operation "TA-2" - 28 Oct - 5 Nov 1944
 Operation "TA-3" - InfDiv26 Heavy Equipment 9-11 Nov 1944
 Operation "TA-4" (InfDiv26 Troops) 8 - 11 Nov 1944
 Operation "TA-5" - InfDiv26 reinforcement 23-25 Nov 1944
 Operation "TA-6" - 27-30 Nov 1944
 Operation "TA-7" - 28 Nov - 4 Dec 1944
 Operation "TA-8" 68th Brigade - 5 - 8 Dec 1944
 Operation "TA-9" - 9 - 13 Dec 1944
Combined Fleet November 1944 Reorganisation & Movements
2nd Striking Force 1944/11 - 12
1945
Operation "KITA"
Jamato Final Sortie
x Penang 1945/05/15