Imperial Japanese Navy 1942
vs
Royal Navy 1945
Fighting solely each other.
Who would've won?
IJN gets beaten like a red-headed stepchild, 1945 RN has both experience in fighting Japanese and superior planes to those used by 1942 IJN.
>>3319366
>Imperial Japanese Navy 1942
January or December?
>>3319381
January
Or maybe at least before the battle of Midway