I never worked with Australians during my Navy time, but I've always understood them to have a good reputation. The 8 Anzac class frigates...
This was the second crewman in British carrier fighters like the Fulmar. The title seems similar to the radioman/gunner in planes like the SBD,...
US dreadnoughts were generally built in pairs, from South Carolina and Michigan through Pennsylvania and Arizona, but circumstances gave us a...
Like pulling out of the Paris climate accords? Talking about pulling out of NATO?
The Australians - and anyone else - can understand the situation and decide if they think their participation is justified. I don't think we need...
That appears to be correct. Here is the organization at the time of Pearl Harbor: RADM Walter S. Anderson Battleship Division 1 RADM Isaac...
Exactly.
Good point. Our carriers had been making nuisances of themselves at the Gilberts, Marshalls, etc. and most recently had hit the Japanese invasion...
If they convinced themselves that they had sunk 4 carriers, they might not feel the need to finish us off at Midway ;)
According to this report provided by @USNA1991, Hornet's dive-bomber squadrons were still flying biplanes in January 1942. IIRC they transitioned...
True about the polls, but as we have discussed a thousand times or so, there was no desire for the US to initiate hostilities with Germany. The...
Anglo-American cooperation in CBI is an interesting question. Although allies, they had different priorities: the US primarily concerned with...
I just happened to run across this. I've never seen reference to Hood launching torpedos. The range was about 16,000 yards with Bismarck making...
Roderick posted "This cripples Britain as by now she has used up her entire gold reserves, this get worse when both Canada and South Africa are...
Interesting thought. I must admit I've never considered the supply effort "over the Hump" a very good use of resources, but perhaps if we have...
This doesn't seem to have been touched on, but in this scenario an "Allied" victory would seem to mean Russia taking over more of Europe. Britain...
I thought that was Taylor Swift ;)
Clever phrase!
We might also consider Napoleon. His two great debacles as Emperor were the two campaigns he initiated himself, Spain and Russia. We might add...
Interesting example. Of course Hitler knew and approved of it. It was a strategic retreat, representing the abandonment of operations of heavy...
