From the early 1920s up to the infamous day of Pearl Harbor, both US and Japanese military planners had tried to envision a future war in the Pacific. Would there be a Great All-Out Battle between two equally matched battle fleets? Or a row of engagements between smaller task forces? What if the war turned into a battle of attrition, where submarines and cruisers harassed the supply lines? Through war games and theoretical models, naval tacticians began to establish doctrines on how they wanted their navies to move and fight.

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Written by: Markus Linke
Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
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Research by: Indy Neidel
Edited by: Karolina Dołęga
Sound design: Marek Kamiński
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Colorizations by:
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- Irootaka Jr
- Norman Stewart - https://oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com/

Image Sources:
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- Drawing of a japanese Type 91 46 cm armour-piercing Grenade courtesy of Alexpl from Wikimedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Alexpl#/media/File:Typ91-AP-DE.svg
- Battleships Yamato & Musashi at anchor in Truk Lagoon, 1943 colorized by Irootaka Jr

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
- Weapon of Choice - Fabien Tell
- Break Free - Fabien Tell
- The Unexplored - Philip Ayers
- Dragon King - Jo Wandrini
- Last Point of Safe Return - Fabien Tell
- Deadline - Marten Moses
- Remembrance - Fabien Tell
- Moving to Disturbia - Experia
- Disciples of Sun Tzu - Christian Andersen
- Its Not a Game - Philip Ayers

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