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Originally Posted by Dread Knot
By the time the aircraft and these submarines were ready, the fortunes of war had turned so badly against the Japanese that attacks on either the Panama Canal or the U.S. West Coast were ruled out as useless gestures. With 80% of the US fleet already operating in the Pacific after Germany's surrender, striking the canal was seen as pointless. The mother submarines with their aircraft were deployed instead against Ulithi Atoll, the principal American carrier base in the western Pacific. However, the surrender order was received just before the attacks were launched, and the submarines were surrendered to the Americans while en route back to Japan.
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I know, I was talking about one of those countless "what if" scenarios, even if the subs had been used for their intended purpose, an attack on the Panama Canal would of in any case failed.