The torpedoing of a troopship off Alexandria
Never knew the Japanese navy was operational in the Mediterranean. There’s a rabbit hole to go down!
Yes, I thought they were deployed in the Indian Ocean to release RN ships but didn’t realise they were in the Med too
There was a lot of pressure on Japan as an Ally to do more as the War went on. Japan had got all it wanted in 1914 and was happy just to police the Pacific and Indian Ocean but Britain and France needed more so a small force is sent to the Med
de la Perière — in terms of tonnage sunk, the most successful submarine commander ever, almost all of it sunk in the Mediterranean by deck gun
they wanted him charged as a War Criminal post war though he did have a few questionable actions.
Never knew the Japanese navy was operational in the Mediterranean. There’s a rabbit hole to go down!
Yes, I thought they were deployed in the Indian Ocean to release RN ships but didn’t realise they were in the Med too
There was a lot of pressure on Japan as an Ally to do more as the War went on. Japan had got all it wanted in 1914 and was happy just to police the Pacific and Indian Ocean but Britain and France needed more so a small force is sent to the Med
de la Perière — in terms of tonnage sunk, the most successful submarine commander ever, almost all of it sunk in the Mediterranean by deck gun
they wanted him charged as a War Criminal post war though he did have a few questionable actions.