The Japanese Submarine Force and World War II

By: Carl Boyd, Akihiko Yoshida

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Paperback | 15 January 2013

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When first published in 1995, this book was hailed as an absolutely indispensable contribution to the history of the Pacific War. Drawing heavily from Japanese sources and American wartime intercepts of secret Japanese radio messages, a noted American naval historian and a Japanese mariner painstakingly recorded and evaluated a diverse array of material about Japan's submarines in World War II. The study begins with the development of the first Japanese 103-ton Holland-type submergible craft in 1905 and continues through the 1945 surrender of the largest submarine in the world at the time, the 5300-ton I-400 class that carried three airplanes. Submarine weapons, equipment, personnel, and shore support systems are discussed first in the context of Japanese naval preparations for war and later during the war. Both successes and missed opportunities are analyzed in operations ranging from the California coast through the Pacific and Indian Oceans to the coast of German-occupied France. Appendixes include lists of Japanese submarine losses and the biographies of key Japanese submarine officers. Rare illustrations and specifically commissioned operational maps enhance the text. 19 photos

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List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction: Basic Concepts of Submarine Strategy and Tactics	p. 1
Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy	p. 8
Weapons, Equipment, Personnel, and Shore Support for the Submarine Force	p. 36
War in the Pacific and Submarine Operations, 1937 to Mid-1942: Successes and Missed Opportunities	p. 53
New Submarine Operational Patterns and New Devastation in the Second Half of 1942	p. 92
The Attrition of War and Submarine Operations	p. 113
Submarine Operations and Plans for the Decisive Battle, 1944	p. 134
Submarine Operations Near the War's End	p. 158
App. 1 Imperial Japanese Navy Instructions for Submarine Warfare and the Decisive Battle	p. 191
App. 2 The Pearl Harbor Carrier Strike Force	p. 196
App. 3 Reconnaissance Operations with Submarine-Borne Aircraft, November 1941 through November 1942	p. 198
App. 4 Southern Expeditionary Main Force (Second Fleet)	p. 200
App. 5 Imperial Japanese Navy Task Force Organization (Guntai-Kubun) against Midway, the Aleutians, and Port Moresby	p. 201
App. 6 Sixth Fleet Submarines in the Eastern Solomons, Late 1942	p. 203
App. 7 Leadership of the Sixth Fleet, Mid-1943	p. 204
App. 8 Task Force Organization for Operation A-Go sakusen	p. 206
App. 9 Summary of Japanese Submarine Losses in World War II and the Surviving Submarines	p. 208
App. 10 Biographies of Key Members of the Imperial Japanese Navy Submarine Force	p. 219
Notes	p. 227
Bibliography	p. 243
Index	p. 259
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