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ChuckBerger -> RE: Infographic - IJN No.1 Class Fast Transports (9/2/2018 2:09:36 AM)
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jdsrae: yep, T.9 is one of my new favorite ships of the war. She's one of the very few ships that were in the TA operations that ever saw Japan again, and to survive a dozen missions to the Bonins in 1945 is just astonishing. She did get worked over twice by aircraft with heavy casualties, though, so a fair chunk of her crew might not consider her all that lucky.
pbiggar: depends what you count! I used some graphical assets developed for other infographics. The more I do the better and faster these get. I reckon I spent about 5-7 hours focused work on this one, not including idle browsing and general reading...
LeeChard: yes, definitely a bit ahead of its time, like so many Japanese innovations during the war.
BBfanboy: funny you should mention Leyte Gulf! I've spent a lot of time trying to work out how to portray this battle in a new and interesting way. I think it's interesting to situate Leyte as part of a broader Philippine naval campaign, lasting roughly 5 months from the start of September 1944 thorough January 1945. That encompasses not just Leyte Gulf battle proper, but the extensive IJN losses in pre-invasion carrier strikes, plus the costly TA operations and further strikes on Manila etc. It's this broader 4- to 5-month campaign that really breaks the back of Japanese naval power, not just the Leyte Gulf battle itself. I'll get there with it!
All: thanks, and watch this space. I might revise my earlier graphics and really flesh them out in this manner. Or maybe continue doing my charts-in-progress mapping the careers of IJN subs and Italian subs.
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