The following are some of the battles of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN): By war Boshin War (1868–1869) Naval Battle of Awa, 28 January 1868. Naval Battle of Miyako, March 1869. Naval Battle of Hakodate, May 1869 (Imperial Navy victory over the remnants of the shōguns Navy of the Republic of Ezo.) First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) Battle of Pungdo (First naval battle of the war) Battle of Yalu River (1894) (Major naval victory over China) Battle of Weihaiwei (Decisive Japanese victory in Land/Naval battle) Japanese Occupation of Korea 1895 Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) Battle of Port Arthur (February 1904, tactically inconclusive) Battle of Chemulpo Bay (February 1904, Japanese victory over small Russian squadron off present day Inchon) Battle of the Yellow Sea (August 1904, tactically inconclusive, Japanese strategic victory) Battle off Ulsan (August 1904, minor Japanese victory) Battle of Tsushima (May 1905, major Japanese naval victory over Russia) World War I (1914–1918) Battle of Tsingtao. Naval actions against German interests in the Far-East, in particular the capture of the Tsingtao peninsula. Few ships diverted to Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea for escort duties cooperating with the British Royal Navy. In the Mediterranean, a fleet consisting of one armoured cruiser, Nisshin, and eight of the Navy's newest destroyers under Admiral Satō Kōzō, was based in Malta and efficiently protected allied shipping between Marseilles, Taranto and ports in Egypt until the end of the War. Seizure of the former possessions of Germany in Micronesia (the Mariana Islands (excluding Guam), Caroline Islands and Marshall Islands). Interwar (1918–1941) Shanghai 1932 Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) Besides support for Imperial Japanese Army operations, the Navy operations involved many landing operations by the Special Naval Landing Forces along the coasts and rivers of the Republic of China, French Indochina and along the Yangtze River and its tributaries. The Navy provided much of the air support for operations in the first few years of the war in central and southern China. Battle of Shanghai Battle of Beiping-Tianjin Battle of Nanking Amoy Operation Battle of Wuhan Canton Operation Hainan Island Operation Battle of Nanchang Swatow Operation 1st Battle of Changsha Battle of South Guangxi 1939-40 Winter Offensive Indochina Expedition 2nd Battle of Changsha 3rd Battle of Changsha World War II (1941–1945) Attack on Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941, major Japanese tactical victory; destruction of much of the United States Navy (USN) battleship fleet, strategically inconclusive) Battle of Wake Island (8–23