[PeterPrinciple]

From the article. Interesting to think that mining had a part in sinking the yamamota. ----------------------------------------------- Aerial photography revealed the extent of Japan’s unpreparedness and the immediate impact mining had on ship traffic. Mines closed the Shimonoseki Strait for almost two weeks and so restricted Japanese naval traffic that the only passable route was through the Bungo Strait--the Inland Sea’s southeastern exit. If ships attempted to sortie through this passage, they faced almost certain detection. Here, on April 6th, a B-29 sighted an Oklnawa-bound task force led by the battleship Yamato. The next day, carrier-based torpedo and dive bombers intercepted and sank Yamato with most of her escorts.

[PeterPrinciple]

I always have an interest in Iwo Jima. Hadn’t thought that Iwo extended the range of the b-29’s. from the B 29 mining article.

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By now, B-29s sometimes returned to Iwo Jima rather than Tinian to extend their effective range to 3,675 miles and put all of Japan under a nearly complete blockade.