099:The Road to Pacific War:10:Imperial Navy01

With the victory in the Russo-Japanese War, the Imperial Navy was recognized as one of the world's leading navies.
The Navy wanted to become even bigger.
To do so, it needed an enemy.

[@bobbinsthethird]

2 things to note about the Washington Naval Conference.
1. It forced the dissolution of the historic alliance between the UK and Japan, which set Japan down the road of allying with the Axis, where she was part of the Allies in WW1.
2. The conference in no way limited the construction of Aircraft carriers, which more than Battleships or Dreadnaughts decided the war in the pacific

[@bobbinsthethird]

When did the split between IJA and IJN start?
I just finished watching a Japanese movie called Revolver Lilly which was set in the last year of the Meiji era and focused on conflict between the army and navy

[@thehistoryman6934]

It began already around the time of the Meiji Restoration.
The samurai from the Choshu clan occupied important positions in the army, while the samurai from the Satsuma clan were at the center of the navy.