Shadowalker
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How close did germany and japan communicate, and work together to defeat britain, USA etc. or didnt they really?
Shadowalker said:How close did germany and japan communicate, and work together to defeat britain, USA etc. or didnt they really?
Zucchini said:I think they agreed to respect one another's dominance in their respective regions: Germany over Europe and Africa, and Japan over the Far East.
It also looks like they shared intelligence information on potential enemies. They helped each other spy.
As for war materials, there was probably some trade.
Its the other way round. The German crew took the Japanese passengers prisoner, they then surrendered their sub to US forcesThe allies sunk a sub or more but they missed the most important one. I believe the Japanese were confused with the surrender and they took the Germans as POW's while on the sub.
No.Whispering Death said:"The German submarine U-234, which surrendered to US forces in May 1945, was found to be carrying 560 kilograms of Uranium oxide destined for Japan's own atomic program."
Yes, the Japanese badly underestimated the US's capabilities and the nuclear program was among their worst under-estimations. The day before Japan surrendered, President Truman signed the document to drop the third atomic bomb! Also the USA planned to use another 'nine' atomic bombs during the invasion of the Japanese home islands.The Japanese physicists were trying to explain why Hiroshima couldn't duplicated by the Americans even after Nagasaki. Perhaps they believed nobody could be farther along in development of an atom bomb than the Germans.
Which is why Japan was selected and not Germany. The German surrender had a tremendous role, but the German Atomic Research Program was far more advanced than the Japanese were at that time capable of.The sub thing is true, I don't remember if it was sunk or captured but the nazis did send a U-Boat full of nuclear material and scientists to japan.
They also shared technology, but the Japanese never really could make anything out of the jet propulsion and missile technology before the end of the war.
The original atomic bombs tested July 1945 (device name, Gadget; test name, Trinity) and dropped on Japan August 6th 1945 (Little Boy, over Hiroshima) and August 9th 1945 (Fat Man, over Nagasaki) were pure fission weapons.It makes sense. The Japanese physicists were trying to explain why Hiroshima couldn't duplicated by the Americans even after Nagasaki. Perhaps they believed nobody could be farther along in development of an atom bomb than the Germans.
There were a total of five Little Boy and three Fat Man assemblies made. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the only two shots made with either design.Yes, the Japanese badly underestimated the US's capabilities and the nuclear program was among their worst under-estimations. The day before Japan surrendered, President Truman signed the document to drop the third atomic bomb! Also the USA planned to use another 'nine' atomic bombs during the invasion of the Japanese home islands.
How close did germany and japan communicate, and work together to defeat britain, USA etc. or didnt they really?
They didn't. And moreover, really had no way to co-operate in a practical sense. In fact, I'm not even sure why they were 'allies'.
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