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Monsun Gruppe Question
Posted by:
cadge31
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Date: June 13, 2012 06:22PM
Hello,
I am very curious to know if there were any attacks on Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean that involved coordinated efforts between German U-boats and Japanese submarines. In other words, were there ever any instances where a U-boat and Japanese sub tracked the same ship at the same time in a coordinated effort involving real-time communication between the U-boat and Japanese sub?
Obviously I know that both U-boats and Japanese subs were operating in the Indian Ocean at the same time, but how close was the cooperation (other than the U-boats operating out of Japanese bases)?
There may have been instances of this that we will never know about.
Anyway, I find the whole concept of the Monsun Gruppe to be fascinating!
Best,
Aaron
I am very curious to know if there were any attacks on Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean that involved coordinated efforts between German U-boats and Japanese submarines. In other words, were there ever any instances where a U-boat and Japanese sub tracked the same ship at the same time in a coordinated effort involving real-time communication between the U-boat and Japanese sub?
Obviously I know that both U-boats and Japanese subs were operating in the Indian Ocean at the same time, but how close was the cooperation (other than the U-boats operating out of Japanese bases)?
There may have been instances of this that we will never know about.
Anyway, I find the whole concept of the Monsun Gruppe to be fascinating!
Best,
Aaron
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Monsun Gruppe Question | cadge31 | 06/13/2012 06:22PM |
Re: Monsun Gruppe Question | jcrt | 06/15/2012 05:46PM |
Re: Monsun Gruppe Question | BHenderson | 06/16/2012 04:04AM |