5th Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)
The IJN 5th Fleet (第五艦隊 (日本海軍), Dai-go Kantai?) was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, active during the early portions of the Second Sino-Japanese War, and again in World War II, primarily in the Battle of the Aleutian Islands.
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