Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "The Drydock - Episode 055" video.

Cooking competition? 🤔
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Well, the defense depends on 3 services communicating. The Army and Marines are not in the loop.
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@scottygdaman Scott, people said the same things about September 11th..... But all the Kings Horses and all the Kings Intell agencies and law enforcement do not talk to each other. Now circa 1941, there was no CIA. Army intelligence and Navy intelligence did not have the same information or were even in a single Pentagon building. What info they had was War was comming say First of the year and would hit Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore and Java. They knew the carriers were out of port but not where. Based on these ideas. The 4th Marines left China in November, 1941 and most of the Yangtze river patrol gunboats. In Hawaii, the Army saw the main threat as sabotage from Japanese on the Islands. Not air attacks. The Navy had had weeks of alerts and nothing happened. While sea and air patrols were done. This was the weekend. That is what made the attack work. Few people on duty. Right as morning shift changes were on. War Warnings from D.C. were decoded late, and did not reach Kimmel till mid day.
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@T3hderk87 1. No. 2. That is a silly question. Do you use a sledgehammer to kill flies or a fly swatter?
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@strixaluco7423 The better question is ask Hitler not to start a war in 1939. His moves makes planning moot.
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@lamnaa They die like HMS Glowworm did.
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@user-ol5lw3md3h Well, the USA pre 1941 is Neutral. And the USA runs the Panama Canal. As for Suez? Suicide missions were not in vogue.
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@Aubury At the time, the US was the prime exporter of oil.
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@karlvongazenberg8398 Truett... Ditching is a very tricky thing. Then again bailing has its own hazards. Thus, thank you Martin Baker and your seats....
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@moonfale Lose Gibraltar, you lose the gate to the Mediterranean.
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@rimmipeepsicles1870 Try the USN definition. https://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=800&ct=4
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@michellegoodman8722 Harry Potter at Sea? The Ship Fairy? 🧚‍♀️
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@Mongo63a Obvious? The cage is easier to build and assemble.
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@Marechalkev327 Impossible question. The government changes too many times. There is no political or funding plan that lasts more than one administration.
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@karlvongazenberg8398 Tested and rejected.
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@user-ol5lw3md3h I'll give you credit. It is a outside the box idea. And like the Doolittle Raid, ambitious and daring.
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Well that's largely being the Intel till the last minute had Philippines as the main target. Rather move East, Kimmel was reinforcing bases West of Hawaii. Hart had the same thoughts when he draws forces down in China.
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@johnshepherd8687 Prudent if you think the target is Hawaii. Moving to the West Coast puts the Fleet too far from the bases your trying to reinforce.
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@johnshepherd8687 And pre War thinking says the Fleet is safe at Pearl. The Sea and air are Patrolled. You have a full Army Division on the Ground Plus Marines. And you have that new Radar thing they are installing. In theory if the ships do not get the enemy, the air power in Hawaii does.
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