yeah !

was all about intelligence.. the enigma cracking by the brits using the first ever computer.. the code cracking led to dicifering where and when those 2 subs would be... the the us sent a carrier task force there.. and the rest is history !

That computer was the Bombe! :03: Good for 4 rotors, not just 3!

new intel found :

https://t56t.imgup.net/chinaope9c7.jpg

Japanese Monographs

A description and guide to the Monographs.
03 April 2013: Added Monos 66, 179 and 180. Hardcopies courtesy of Robert McArthur.

http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/Monos/


Burma and Andaman Invasion Naval Operations (March-April 1942) [Navy]
Brief summary of the invasion of the Andaman Islands by one battalion of the 18th Division and elements of two naval base forces, escorted by the 1st Escort Force. The Burma operation mentioned in title was not actually an invasion, but merely a large-scale troop escort operation in which the 56th Division was landed in the already secured port of Rangoon by the 2d Escort Force. (Edited, Reproduced, 12 pages)

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japa...M-79/JM-79.pdf

Those links sure aren't the Readers Digest version I normally find! I'll be reading these for a while.

:D

That site is a treasure trove of detail. Most of it of no concern, other than the history aspect, which for me is ~way~ cool... I hope keltos01 isn't in any hurry for me to get anything done soon... :har:

http://i64.tinypic.com/2a5klea.jpg
:haha::har::har::har::har:

been reading it a lot myself !

IJN sub training movie :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJDkwD9evts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B9MeCmbFmc

Zuikaky1944 could you translate the written text please??

Excellent videos Keltos :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:
Btw, the Japanese campaign will be very hard, won't it?
Japanese submarines had fragile hulls and couldn't dive deeply.

yesss

but they also had very good torpedoes ! and very bad leadership.. it's gonna be interresting to say the least !

we are hard at work, version 0.02 is currently being tested !

k

Testing version 0.02 of the campaign :D

https://preview.ibb.co/nnmAJv/20170319_154430.jpg

just remembered that the C3 had 8 bow tubes !! some firepower !!

Wow,

how on earth did you manage to get more than 6 tubes on axis side???

that's a secret !!!:har: did it back then with peabody !

Why is that a "secret"? Is it a fake screen shot?

Seriously, why would you or anybody keep such things secret from us??

I am a bit consternated...