Reading:
Chapter 7 of Twilight of the Gods (affiliate link). This chapter discusses various components of the cumulative war against the Japanese during WWII. This is in oposition to the typical incremental narative that is more concrete and more commonly known. The chapter discusses the birthpains of the USAAF’s 20th Air Force’s strategic bombing campaign against the Japanese home islands, a broad strokes overview of the allied submarine commerce raiding campaign against the Japanese merchant marine, filled out with the stories of a few noteworthy examples of this type of warfare, a brief discussion of the saga of the US Navy’s torpedos, and the narative of the sinking of the the Shinano (the largest warship to ever be sunk by a submarine).
2.5 hrs getting packet tracer setup and exploring the TCP/IP model basics, then taking TCP/IP model quiz from David Bombal’s CCNA course.