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Japanese operations

Leadership: Admiral of the Fleet Isoroku Yamamoto

NHSA Webmaster · Jun 4, 2007 ·

Editor’s Note: This essay was submitted as a graduation essay in History at the RANC, and is reproduced here with the kind permission of Lieutenant Desmond Woods, RAN, History Co-ordinator, ...

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Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka and his famous ‘Tokyo Express’

Dunne, Mike · Mar 3, 2006 ·

Admired by friend and foe alike for his exploits as commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Destroyer Squadron 2, Tanaka gained everlasting fame as their greatest leader of destroyer forces. ...

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SS William Dawes – A Ship is Burning (1942)

Wright, Ken · Sep 1, 2005 ·

This account records an incident in the Japanese submarine campaign off Australia and the efforts of the RAAF and VAOC to protect coastal shipping. As the attractive blonde 17 year ...

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HMS Thanet and HMAS Vampire – Malayan Night Action

Francis, Richard · Mar 9, 2002 ·

HMS Thanet was a destroyer of the “S” Class built in 1918 after the end of WWI and on the outbreak of WW2 was stationed with several sister ships with ...

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The Fall of Singapore in February 1942 – Naval Operations

Francis, Richard · Mar 9, 2002 ·

In mid 1941 the British naval defence of the Malayan peninsula comprised a small number of old cruisers and destroyers, all dating from the end of WW I or shortly ...

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I-52 – Japan’s Golden Submarine – Sunk in the Atlantic in 1944

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Jun 8, 2001 ·

I-52, the Japanese submarine, was one of three Type C3 submarines that were built over 1943/1944. This class designed as cargo carriers were huge boats, 356.5 feet long, with a ...

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Book Review: Sensuikan I-124

Duchesne, Tim · Jun 27, 1998 ·

Author: Tom Lewis This is the story of the Japanese minelaying submarine I-124, built at Kobe in 1928 and sunk off Darwin on 20th January, 1942. The author also discusses ...

The Entire Convoy was Sunk

Collins, R.A.C., Able Seaman, RAN · Dec 31, 1975 ·

Able Seaman Bob Collins was captured in March 1942 after the sinking of HMAS Perth and USS Houston at the Battle of Sunda Strait. After working on the Burma-Siam Railway, Collins ...

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