You can thank a U.S. Navy captain in the ordnance department (and his friends in the bureaucracy) for trying to cover up the torpedo failures that were reported [“Damn the Torpedoes,” Winter 2024] rather than trying
MAIL TORPEDO FAILURES
A Rescue Mission Gone Wrong
Norman Crockatt is not a well-known name, but the British intelligence officer was responsible for one of the most controversial decisions of World War II. When the War Office in London created Military Intelligence Section 9 (MI9) on December 23, 19
