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Description of  Operation Rising Sun: The Sinking of Japan's Secret Submarine I-52

In 1944 Allied codebreakers learned the Imperial Japanese Navy had dispatched the cargo submarine I-52 to occupied France with tons of military supplies and paymentin goldfor German assistance. I-52 undertook the mission as part of the Yanagi missions, a military program meant to alleviate Japans desperate need for military material and technical knowledge. After tracking I-52 from Asia to the Atlantic, the Allies destroyed the vessel in a battle that ended the Yanagi missions and left Read more