MORE often than not, an assumption exists that there was a clear division in how the Second World War raged around the world; that the fight against the forces of Nazi Germany was exclusively focused on Europe and the Soviet Union while the Empire of Japan was the sole enemy across Asia.
Is such a claim really ludicrous, or did such an incident really happen as claimed online and in books?Yes, such an attack happened – and the action on Sept 23, 1944, was a sub-vs-sub fight - as U-859 was sunk when hit by a torpedo fired by another submarine, HMS Trenchant of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, while heading for the Japanese-occupied Penang on its first war patrol.
Of the survivors, electrician Arthur Baudzus was later interviewed after WW2 as he had written a work of fiction based on his experiences, and in the interview, he described the attack as having split U-859 in half."U-859 had only one battery in the front half of the ship. The deadly torpedo broke our boat into two halves. So, with the ear-shattering explosion, there was no power and instant blackness. There was only one way out of the boat, which was through the tower," he said.
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