No, you hit on something!
You know, the Japanese had great subs and much better torpedoes than anyone in the world. What they didn't have was the correct strategy to use them. That would not have been a duplication of our strategy, but a more aggressive use of their submarines would have gone a long way to making the war last longer.
I doubt it could have made any difference in the eventual outcome, however, because the US could produce ships faster than the Germans could sink them. The Japanese couldn't have come close to the success of the U-Boats, no matter what their strategy.
Still, to run an I-Boat would be very interesting, and to shoot torpedoes that were reliable over unimaginable (for Americans) distances would be fun.
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