All and Nothing

Momiyama, Thomas (November 2001). "All and Nothing".

• Has attachment: File:ZHMT3UL3.pdf

Abstract: After Pearl Harbor, the Japanese planned to strike the United States with aircraft borne by giant submarines.

"...On December 15, 1944, Number 631 Air Squadron was established, and on December 30, Number 1 Submarine Squadron. These units were intended to make up the special task force to carry out the Panama Canal attack. As U.S. forces drew closer to Japan, headquarters strategists began to abandon the Holy Grail of Panama, instead planning to send the attack group on a more essential mission: to strike at the U.S. naval task force readying for the inevitable assault on the Japanese mainland. Japan’s intelligence marked Ulithi Atoll at the western end of the Caroline Islands as the target. The idea was not received well by the Yamamoto traditionalists,...

"The target of the sen-toku force mission was changed officially from the Panama Canal to Ulithi Atoll on June 25, 1945, when the order was passed to the units in training for the mission to return to home port...

"Published accounts, recently confirmed, of the preparation for the Ulithi attack alluded to the red hinomaru (the sun circle of the Japanese national flag) marking of the Seirans being painted over with the star markings of the U.S. forces. Another account, that the aircraft were repainted in the silver color predominant among U.S. aircraft, has not been confirmed in the recollections of those present...""

Extra details:

DOI: 10.2307/j.ctvvh85q7.8
MAG: 3003881691
CorpusID: 212891364
OpenAlex: W3003881691