Not a lot of people knew that...do you?

[apcampbell]

good job Shifty! Can you get the extra points now? To clarify it's the U-1206, not the U-120...forgot to check my reference

[Shifty]

LOL I don't have much interest in the Kreigsmarine bud.

I did find this

http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/1941/411208c.html

I still cannot find any evidence that the Netherlands were at war with Japan before the Pearl Harbor attack.
I know Dutch navy and Air Forces fought against the Japanese after Pearl Harbor, but I don't think they were at war before that.

[Ack-Ack]

Read a good book that I'll have to go find to remember the name.  It pretty much lays out that the US knew for fact that the Japanese were about to attack.  What I can't remember is if there was enough information that says we also knew it would be Pearl Harbor.

While it was pretty much guaranteed there was going to be a war between the US and Japan over the oil embargo we imposed and refused to remove, it wasn't known where or when the attack would occur.


ack-ack

[apcampbell]

My mistake, let me clarify. The Dutch had all ready surrendered to Germany in 1940. However, they still had units fighting. I should have rephrased that. Sorry.

[Shifty]

My mistake, let me clarify. The Dutch had all ready surrendered to Germany in 1940. However, they still had units fighting. I should have rephrased that. Sorry.

No problem,remeber you're talking to a guy that gave The Kingdom of Hawaii as an answer to question 2 earlier. 

[humble]

On 14 April 1945, only 8-10 miles off the British coast line, the boat was safely cruising at 200 feet when the commander, Schlitt, decided to use the toilet without the help of a trained specialist (the system was complicated). Something went wrong and when the specialist arrived he misunderstood something and opened the wrong valve with the end results that large amount of seawater got into the boat. The seawater reached the batteries directly under the toilet causing chlorine gas to form and the boat had to be surfaced immediately right under the enemy. When the boat reached the surface they managed to blow clean air into the boat but at the same time an aircraft bombed the boat causing extensive damages leaving the boat unable to dive. Seeing the hopeless situation Schlitt had no choice but to destroy his secret material and abandon ship to safe his crew

Just goes to show that its always dangerous to "take a Schlitt" during war times.....http://www.uboat.net/boats/u1206.htm

[apcampbell]

BONUS POINTS! U-1206 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet! Good Job!

[Babalonian]

BONUS POINTS! U-1206 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet! Good Job!

There's probably a good "pilots screw up in a plane it's 'pilot error', seamen screw up in a sub it's a 'mechanical malfunction'" joke in there.