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Japanese Midget Submarine Operations 1942-45 I

“Ko-Hyoteki” midget submarines. One of the scuttled and abandoned kō-hyōteki in the shallows in the Solomons, 1942. As the I-boats and midget submarines of the second special attack flotilla sortied to the Indian ocean and Australia, Japanese naval planners were hard at work assessing the next major fleet operation, a massive naval strike at Midway […]

Japanese Midget Submarine Operations 1942-45 II

HA69 “Hei-Hyoteki C” midget submarine on board of landing ship 5-go 8/1944. THE LAST CAMPAIGNS By the end of 1942, the Imperial Japanese Navy worked to redesign and redeploy the kō-hyōteki. Unfortunately for Japan, this effort focused on the technical deficiencies of the submarines instead of focusing on the misuse of the craft and crews […]

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IJN Hyuga and Ise Hybrid Battleships – Leyte Gulf

IJN Ise 1944 IJN ISE at Leyte Gulf IJN Hyuga on trials 1943 The sinking of the British capital ships Prince of Wales and Repulse by Japanese land-based aircraft on 10 December 1941 led the IJN to realize that battleships could not operate in the face of enemy aircraft and required friendly air support to […]