Did German and Japanese troops ever fight alongside each other in World War II?

bloomsby

I don't see how it would have been possible after June 1941 from a purely logistical point of view. May 06 06, 1:33 PM

thumbsucker

Towards the end of the war Germany desperately needed raw materials and Japan wanted new weapons technology. At first this exchange was made by German merchant vessels, (Japanese code name Yanagi), but by 1944 only half the ships were getting through. In the spring of 1944, some German and Japanese submarines were modified to carry Yanagi cargo. Only one Japanese submarine, the I-8, complete the voyage back. In May of 1944, German U-530 rendezvoused with the Japanese I-52 in the mid Atlantic. (The I-52 was carrying rubber, tin, opium,, two metric tons of gold buulion, tungsten and other supplies. The subs were to proceed to Loriend France where the I-52 was to return with, radar units, alloy steel for aircraft motors, bomb sights, a disassembled Messerschmitt 262 jet fighter and 500 kilograms of high-grade uranium oxide for the Japanese atomic research initiatives...which was still in a very early state of development.) The Allies had by this time deciphered Germany's Enigma code and on June 24th, the I-52 was sunk by bombers from the American Tenth Fleet. The U-530 had meanwhile carried on to South America earlier but a German pilot and two radar technicians went to the bottom with the crew of the I-52. So the answer to your question mutchisman is yes. German and Japanese troops did fight alongside each other. Thumb May 07 06, 2:22 AM

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