Japanese Navy

Japanese Navy can refer to:

  • the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1947
  • the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 1947 – present

Famous quotes containing the words japanese and/or navy:

    “The Japanese say, “If the flower is to be beautiful, it must be cultivated.””
    —Lester Cole, U.S. screenwriter, Nathaniel Curtis, and Frank Lloyd. Nick Condon (James Cagney)

    “I call to mind the navy great
    That the Greeks brought to Troye town,
    And how the boistous winds did beat
    Their ships, and rent their sails adown;
    Till Agamemnon’s daughter’s blood
    Appeased the gods that them withstood.”
    —Henry Howard, Earl Of Surrey (1517?–1547)