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At random: Fleet Admiral Halsey in a book called "The Admirals" when asked "What is the ultimate strategic weapon that is bringing the enemy to its knees? Halsey's reply "If I had to give credit to the instruments and machines that won us the war in the Pacific, I would rank them in this order: SUBMARINES, FIRST; RADAR, SECOND; PLANES, THIRD AND BULLDOZERS FOURTH."

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Posted 2008-10-12 7:45 AM (#20319)

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Subject: WW II Sub Trivia

The very last vessel sunk of WW II was by the British Submarine HMS Statesman when she sank a Coaster of indeterminate tonnage. The submarine noted it was a small derelict vessel adrift in the Malacca Straits on August 18, 1945.

Alden, U.S.Submarine Attacks During WW II. 1989

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