Hello and a happy new year to you all.

In this episode we're going to be looking at Japanese submarine operations in the Pacific in the early part of the war.

While I'm sure we're all familiar with the Imperial Japanese Surface Fleet actions during

1941-42, especially if you've listened to my discussions with Jeff Cox in episode 14 and 63 but there seems to be

very little mention of submarines which is interesting because if we look at the battle of

the uh... Atlantic, it was all about the German U-boat.

So joining me today is Mark Stilly.

Mark is a retired US Navy commander, alumni of the US Naval War College, and author of numerous

Osprey titles mainly focusing on the war in the Pacific.

His latest being US Navy Fleet Destroyer versus Imperial Japanese

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When we think of the naval war in the Pacific, it's usually all about carriers and naval

aviation.

We hear little of the Japanese submarine campaign.

So I wondered if we go all the way back to sort of brass tacks to look at the Imperial Japanese

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