Japanese Admirals Witnessed 90 Destroyers Launch in 6 Months — Then Understood America Won
October twelfth, nineteen forty-three. Imperial Japanese Naval Headquarters, Tokyo. Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki set down the latest intelligence summary with hands that had begun, imperceptibly, to shake. The document contained photographic reconnaissance from submarines operating off the American West Coast, detailed analyses from naval attachés in neutral countries, and intercepts of American industrial production reports. The numbers were impossible. Statistically absurd. Yet they kept appearing in report after report, from independent sources who had no reason to coordinate fabrications. If you're enjoying this deep dive into the story, hit the subscribe button and let us know in the comments from where in the world you are watching from today Ninety destroyers commissioned in six months. Ninety. His own Combined Fleet had begun the war with one hundred thirteen destroyers total, accumulated over two decades of construction. The Americans had matched eighty percent of Japan's entire prewar destroyer force in half a year, while simultaneously fighting a two-ocean war, supplying Britain and Russia, and maintaining merchant shipping that exceeded Japan's entire merchant marine.
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