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On Wed. 08 Apr 1942 The Japanese Navy officially agreed to the German.....

1942-04-08

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The Japanese Navy officially agreed to the German request to conduct submarine raids against Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean, although the submarines were already in position or underway. Later that day, Japanese submarine I-3 sank British collier Fultala 200 miles off the southern tip of India at 0150 hours.

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