I'm just curious to hear your opinion of Brereton's role, and how much of the blame does he deserve for the destruction of the PI air force
Was he assigned directly by Mac? Or by Washington. I have to disagree, a commander is always responsible for HIS forces, regardless of who is in...
< quote name="steverodgers801 > You cant just build a carrier and add pilots, it takes years to train a carrier crew, including all the support...
Yes, you got my point. It might have been even somewhat believable if the DNC officials had not already been caught lying multiple times. It...
Correct, and despite multiple attempts no RN battleship was sunk by bombs, or even severely damaged. The LW used heavier AP bombs in the Med in...
The primary responsibility for the Air Force in the Philippines would be with Brereton, not Mac
Yes, and we will have a "Deportation force" to round up Cher, Whoopi, Rosie O'Donnell, Streisand, Lena Dunham and all these other undesirables and...
The German's couldn't concentrate their ships in 1941, for the simple fact that they didn't have them available. The 2 battlecruisers arrived in...
In actual fact, probably not. (even assuming that they did try to use them in the channel) There would be considerable difficulty in coordinating...
With all due respect, "they" (ie the Taliban) did not attack you, Al Quaeda did. Since the Taliban in Afganistan had no extradition treaty and...
US strategic policy wants to chalk it up as a "win", by tossing out the fundamentalist Taliban and bringing in a Western style democracy. What...
Actually I would have said that ABC was perhaps the ONLY flag officer that is reasonably well known in the ETO/MTO. Interesting if you think...
I don't see where the basis to conclude that a dictator is more or less likely to micromanage, or to make a "terribly bad choice" One might also...
I don't believe that he is in any way "unknown" to people who know about the naval battles of WWII, he had a very prominent role. G. Patton,...
I would have to disagree with the conclusion that democratic leadership vs dictatorship was an advantage that played a significant part in the...
Indeed, but this begs the question, is the dictatorship vs democracy really much of a factor? Or could it simply be down to the individual's...
Well no, of course the bombs dropped by the Allies were an aggressive evil warmongering act committed against the peaceful & innocent Japanese....
It's my impression that they over-expanded too quickly, and there were some organizational problems. The lower numbered divisions (5th - "Ball of...
The other Commonwealth nations were quite different, (at least for the Dominions) I'll let the Aussies & Kiwis speak to their own situation, but...
You mean India obviously? India did have a very large number drafted/recruited into the services, but the problem was more difficult trying to...
