The Japanese prior to the Second World War accidentally stumbled across the capabilities of underwater shots. Firing tests against battleships showed that near misses under some circumstances travelled below the water-line and were still powerful enough to struck the hull, which was not protected against shell-fire underwater, thus allowing for hits directly into the vital parts of the ship. » HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT MILITARY HISTORY VISUALIZED « (A) You can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv (B) You can support me via Paypal donations: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TFHEY4P4YU3NY (C) You can also buy "Spoils of War" (merchandise) in the online shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop » SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS « facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ twitter: https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized tumblr: http://militaryhistoryvisualized.tumblr.com/ » SOURCES « Evans, David C.; Peattie, Mark R.: Kaigun – Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY 1887-1941 Friedman, Norman: Naval Firepower: Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the Dreadnought Era U.S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan: Japanese Projectiles General Types, February 1946 Lundgren, Robert: The World Wonder’d – What Really Happened Off Samar » TOOL CHAIN « PowerPoint 2016, Word, Excel, Tile Mill, QGIS, Processing 3, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Audition, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Animate.