During the global convulsions of World War II, the Japanese submarine I-52 embarked on what was to be one of the war’s most ambitious—and secretive—missions: a clandestine “Yanagi” voyage from Japan to Nazi-controlled France, carrying strategic materials, raw resources, and reportedly
At 356 feet (about 109 meters) long and displacing roughly 2,500 tons, I-52 was a beast of a “Type C-3” cargo-carrier submarine. She carried not only a military crew, but civilian engineers and technicians expected to install advanced German equipment — a clandestine mission bridging Axis powers across vast oceans.
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