Comments by "Not shaped for sportive tricks" (@notshapedforsportivetricks2912) on "USS Birmingham - Three Strikes & Not Out!" video.

  1. Hi Drach. Firstly, many thanks for all your work creating the most informative & amusing channèl on youtube. Secondly, the guide to the USS Birmingham reminds me that HMAS Australia (II) was also a popular Prom Date for the IJN, as 5 kamikaze hits in 6 days of operations seem to indicate. This raises the question though of why, with presumably only one life to give for their God-Emperor, did kamikaze pilots waste their attacks on ships they were unlikely to sink, such as battleships, cruisers and RN carriers when there were so many US soft tops & troopships on offer? Were such attacks according to plan, or were they just the result of pilot indiscipline?
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