6th Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)
The IJN 6th Fleet (第六艦隊 (日本海軍), Dai-roku Kantai?) was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, primarily responsible for command of submarine operations.
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“Believe me, if all those endearing young charms,
Which I gaze on so fondly today,
Were to change by tomorrow, and fleet in my arms,
Like fairy-gifts fading away.”
—Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
“A pragmatic race, the Japanese appear to have decided long ago that the only reason for drinking alcohol is to become intoxicated and therefore drink only when they wish to be drunk.
So I went out into the night and the neon and let the crowd pull me along, walking blind, willing myself to be just a segment of that mass organism, just one more drifting chip of consciousness under the geodesics.”
—William Gibson (b. 1948)