Comments by "Colorme Dubious" (@colormedubious4747) on "The Submarine that Invaded Japan - The Incredible USS Barb" video.

You speak like someone with very little knowledge of the war. Barb only intended to zigzag through the Chinese ships to confuse her pursuers and get to open water on the other side. She didn't intend to hide amongst them. The Japanese intended to take out their frustration on civilians. It had very much been their way of doing business since their invasion of China in 1931. As to your second question, that was THE ENTIRE POINT of attacking merchant shipping - to cut off Japan from their imported supplies of oil, iron ore, rubber, and food in order to cripple their war economy and push them closer to surrender. Not to mention that virtually EVERY Japanese fishing trawler was also a spy ship. As to your third comment: Yes, war IS Hell, and the only absolute rule is "don't lose." Imperial Japan failed to keep that in mind when -- even though they'd overextended themselves in China -- they decided to attack "everyone, everywhere, all at once" in late 1941.
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@Tylerncm1022 Fair enough.
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