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SUNK, THE STORY OF THE JAPANESE SUBMARINE FLEET 1942-1945

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1954

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Green linen hard cove, with Black/Red paper dust jacket. Rising Sun at top of dust jacket cover, white lettering. 218 pages, maps, drawings, photographs and index. Inscription on page ix ' Despite the gloomy conditions under which they worked, our submarines fought well, and the grim story of Japanese submarine units has been well recorded by former Lieut. Commander Hashimoto. It is certainly valuable material ,and I wish to recommend it as an excellent history '. S. Toyoda (Formerly C.-in-C. Combined Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy). Book translated by Commander E.H.M. Colegrave, R.N. (Retd.)

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cwa-org-51-B2005.25

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HASHIMOTO, Mochitsura (Lieut. Commander)

Keywords

World War 2 - Japanese Submarines

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Statement of significance

An Inside Account of the operations of the Japanese Submarine Fleet in World War II.

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