Japanese destroyer captain

[nikimcbee]

I'll just add, I own the Japanese Destroyer Captain book (need to finish), plus the "I-Boat Captain."

http://www.amazon.com/I-Boat-Captain...i+boat+captain

It's a great book, but the thing that struck me the most was just how delusional these guys were. The title says it all; " How Japan's Submarines Almost Defeated the U.S. Navy in the Pacific." wait for it....

That statement couldn't be further from the truth. It is a good read though.

[Dread Knot]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

I'll just add, I own the Japanese Destroyer Captain book (need to finish), plus the "I-Boat Captain."

http://www.amazon.com/I-Boat-Captain...i+boat+captain

It's a great book, but the thing that struck me the most was just how delusional these guys were. The title says it all; " How Japan's Submarines Almost Defeated the U.S. Navy in the Pacific." wait for it....

That statement couldn't be further from the truth. It is a good read though.

That kind of reminds me of the paperback version of Hitler's Naval War. The blurb on the back breathlessly promises the untold story of how Hitler's warships almost turned the tide of WW2. The cover art on the front shows a battleship with a swastika on the bow ignominiously doing the deep six. Kind of a disconnect there.

[TorpX]

Yeah, Paperback books often have those silly, wildly exaggerated stuff on the cover to get attention. Like newspaper headlines.