Now hear this: Sub show on NOVA

[Torplexed]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

How in the hell did the Japaneese get that many subs into that area that early in the war?!

Basically moved them into position. Of Japan's 63 operational submarines, 27 took part in the Pearl Harbor Raid. Four subs patrolled in a picket line north of Oahu while the remaining subs deployed in positions around the Hawaiian Islands. What's amazing is they didn't sink more than a few merchants, although there were two unsuccessful attacks on the carrier Enterprise. On December 10th aircraft from the Enterprise caught the I-70 on the surface 200 miles south of Oahu and sank it making it the first Japanese warship lost in the Pacific War.