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Old 08-20-05, 07:01 PM   #4
Damo1977
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Default Re: harbour penetration

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Originally Posted by caspofungin
US subs entered harbours all the time looking for targets. Apart from U-47, did any other Axis subs slink into any bases and sink anything? Apart from the Italian chariots or pigs or whatever they're called in ALexandria and Gib.
A couple of Japanese midget subs got into Sydney Harbour......heres the story here
http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/under...ydharbour.html

and here is an article about it from the AUstralian War Memorial
http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/remember...e_article1.htm
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