Re: Yamamoto

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Post #371,021 by a6l6e6x 2/7/13 3:32:48 PM Reply	Re: Yamamoto Yamamoto had a fetish for punctuality that was his downfall. The message with his itinerary was decrypted and flight schedules were known. His flight passed barely within flight range of US fighter planes. There was no more than 10-15 minutes available to the fighters to locate Yamamoto's plane before they had to return home. There's a nice write up of the incident in the "Codebreakers" by Davis Khan. I read it in the mid 1960s. Alex
Post #371,063 by Andrew Grygus 2/8/13 12:47:42 AM Reply	The Japanese had a lot of structural problems. One of those problems is they could not get their new code books out on time. This meant that once the Americans broke a code book, it was quite a while before they needed to break a new one. Doing a major operation on an old code book was disastrous at Midway - the Americans knew the timing of the operation and positions of the ships. I seem to recall this was a factor in Yamamoto's being shot down. The Germans had told the Japanese "Purple" had been broken early in the war, but they considered that a false story. Americans just weren't smart enough to do that, so the code books weren't a high priority. No Purple machine survived, they all being ground to sand size, but a small section of one was found in Germany. Interestingly, in trying to build an imitation, the Americans had selected the same telephone switch used by the Japanese. It is possible there is one on Musashi, sister ship to Yamato, that could be within reach (expensively).
Post #371,091 by Ashton 2/8/13 4:19:02 PM Reply	Excellent book.. herewith an interesting 'review' https://www.smalldem...oned_In_This_Book Pix of many mentioned in the book: mouse-over each pic!
Post #371,093 by drook 2/8/13 4:50:20 PM Reply	Wow The bibliography would make a book on its own. -- Drew
Post #371,112 by a6l6e6x 2/9/13 12:24:12 AM Reply	Very nice find! Thanks. Alex

Drum on the Dronzzzze memo. - (Another Scott) - (40) - Feb. 6, 2013, 07:52:53 AM EST

if we kill everyone who doesnt like us, - (boxley) - (1) - Feb. 6, 2013, 08:39:34 AM EST

naomi wolf's take - (boxley) - Feb. 6, 2013, 09:08:18 AM EST

I hope you're being satirical - (hnick) - (32) - Feb. 6, 2013, 09:27:30 AM EST

No, I'm not being satirical. - (Another Scott) - (31) - Feb. 6, 2013, 10:17:42 AM EST

apples, oranges? - (hnick) - (14) - Feb. 6, 2013, 10:55:15 AM EST

Now whose glasses are getting rosy? - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Feb. 6, 2013, 11:07:23 AM EST

Eh, I don't have a lot of illusions about success... - (hnick) - (1) - Feb. 6, 2013, 11:15:26 AM EST

Point taken. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Feb. 6, 2013, 11:23:43 AM EST

Re: blew away a Japanese admiral - (a6l6e6x) - (10) - Feb. 6, 2013, 05:34:12 PM EST

Didn't say there was anything wrong with it. - (hnick) - (9) - Feb. 6, 2013, 06:24:28 PM EST

Re: Yamamoto - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - Feb. 7, 2013, 03:32:48 PM EST

The Japanese had a lot of structural problems. - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 8, 2013, 12:47:42 AM EST

Excellent book.. herewith an interesting 'review' - (Ashton) - (2) - Feb. 8, 2013, 04:19:02 PM EST

Wow - (drook) - Feb. 8, 2013, 04:50:20 PM EST

Very nice find! Thanks. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Feb. 9, 2013, 12:24:12 AM EST

Our 'culture of death' - (Ashton) - (3) - March 7, 2013, 07:11:50 PM EST

Nit - (drook) - (2) - March 7, 2013, 07:45:11 PM EST

Re: Re: Nit - (folkert) - (1) - March 7, 2013, 09:43:29 PM EST

Wrong cause/effect - (drook) - March 8, 2013, 08:44:42 AM EST

protect the nation from any imminent threat of attack - (boxley) - (11) - Feb. 6, 2013, 11:45:10 AM EST

Innocents die in war. Film at 11. :-/ -NT - (Another Scott) - (10) - Feb. 6, 2013, 11:58:41 AM EST

At least the trains run on time. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Feb. 6, 2013, 12:01:33 PM EST

Read me in my posts. What's your alternative? -NT - (Another Scott) - Feb. 6, 2013, 12:08:06 PM EST

Innocents targeted deliberately die in war. yes they do -NT - (boxley) - (7) - Feb. 6, 2013, 12:11:29 PM EST

Eh? - (Another Scott) - (6) - Feb. 6, 2013, 12:17:43 PM EST

Well that's OK then - (drook) - (4) - Feb. 6, 2013, 12:20:37 PM EST

What's the alternative you're proposing? - (Another Scott) - (3) - Feb. 6, 2013, 12:29:18 PM EST

Wasn't my point - (drook) - (2) - Feb. 6, 2013, 01:59:59 PM EST

Maybe I'm being dense... - (Another Scott) - (1) - Feb. 6, 2013, 02:21:43 PM EST

Oh boy... - (hnick) - Feb. 6, 2013, 04:41:08 PM EST

This Ibrahim al Banna? - (boxley) - Feb. 6, 2013, 12:59:51 PM EST

This didn't take long - (hnick) - (3) - March 5, 2013, 07:13:51 PM EST

Heh. -NT - (Another Scott) - March 5, 2013, 07:41:48 PM EST

2nd pool for the first oops -NT - (boxley) - (1) - March 5, 2013, 08:13:23 PM EST

I don't like betting on your demise. -NT - (folkert) - March 5, 2013, 11:58:51 PM EST

BBC News: PJ Crowley on Drones. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Feb. 10, 2013, 10:09:43 AM EST

Crowley makes his points in Real English, concisely too. -NT - (Ashton) - Feb. 10, 2013, 10:23:27 PM EST

Yet more from Holder. - (Another Scott) - (2) - March 7, 2013, 02:54:18 PM EST

Re: Suppose this will help? - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - March 7, 2013, 06:34:47 PM EST

Yeah, I saw that. He don't understand too good, I guess. - (Another Scott) - March 7, 2013, 09:24:10 PM EST

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