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Old 06-20-2011, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly View Post
Of all of the stupidity with which the Japanese approached WWII with, the use of her merchant fleet had to be the shining example of how not to fight a modern war. One can only wonder if the war would have lasted into 1945 if the USN had started with a operational torpedo?
It's an interesting what if, once they got decent torpedos the American sub fleet became, arguably, the best of the war. The American subs where able to utilise technological advances that the German U-boat fleet just didn't have access to.
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