For some of us, the challenge of keeping our menfolk fit and well goes way beyond encouraging them to lay off the Player's Navy Cut.

The navy, with about 32,000 personnel, and the RAF, with about 44,000, will each lose about 7,000 troops, and the army will be cut by about 5,000, or 5% of its current total.

Us submarines and mining had cut off 95% of Japan's imports of oil, food, and raw materials, immobilizing its air force and navy, and shutting down heavy industry.