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Originally Posted by Aktungbby
Actually one of the greatest disinformations of WWII was the announcement by FDR that the Doolittle raid had been launched from our secret base in "Shangri La" based on the novel of the same name. As a result, the Nipponese spent time looking for this place and to prevent a repetition of the raid and embarrassment to the devine emporer, held back two carriers in the Midway operation. Hence the aircraft carrier USS Shangri La...Has any one viewed http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here...its/u-505/-23k on the moving of u550 to a new location?  |
Actually the novel was called "Lost Horizons". Shangri-La is the mystical, harmonious valley described in the book. The Japanese recognized the fictional inference and deduced carriers instead.