Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "The Drydock - Episode 210" video.

  1.  @arivael  you have a lot of optimistic hopes going on here. Even if Norfolk and Suffolk are able to shadow; that's a lot of ocean to expect a intercept? The Germans already are faster and have a head start. You have a larger combined Force to counter. But they can't close the distance.
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  2.  @gwtpictgwtpict4214  that was a rare operation. And require dropping flares to be able to illuminate the target.
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  3.  @gwtpictgwtpict4214  I did not say they didn't take place. I believe I said they were rare in practice?
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  4.  @Alex-cw3rz  that plan is a non-starter. You are going to sail monitors over and shoot the locks? And the Germans are not supposed to notice? 🤨
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  5.  @Rammstein0963.  what people don't understand is Intelligence was expecting a event First of the year. But not, in Hawaii. Preparations were well underway and reinforcements were being sent all over the place. Marines in China were withdrawn. Planes sent to The Philippines, Midway and Wake. Plans made for the Asiatic Fleet to withdraw South. There really was not more they could have done at 8AM on a Sunday.
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  6.  @fidjeenjanrjsnsfh  flagships are not so much about being powerful. If you look at Fleet flagships today, they're not powerful at all. In many cases more about accommodations for the additional staff. Also, you may not wish to be in an obvious Target?
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  7.  @Archon1995  well, this is a case of Technology being ahead of tactics. Having a search radar is nice. Being able to interpret and understand how to use that information is entirely different story. Post Infamous story about the Pearl Harbor air radar is a example of this. Having it is nice. Understanding what you're looking at and using the information is a matter entirely different. They were still writing the books on radar.
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  8.  @Alex-cw3rz  I don't think you're going to be able to depress the gun far enough to do anything. Nor are the Germans not going to notice your approach.
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  9. There would be no change really. The force sent out were what they had available to respond...
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  10.  @arivael  they had the split forces because they didn't know which way they were coming.
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  11.  @arivael  the question however is whether adding Tirpitz makes a difference? The answer is no. Adding a third ship doesn't mean the RN have more resources to counter.
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  12.  @arivael  But, in that case.... There is nothing to slow the Germans down. THey never get a hit or leak fuel from Engagement with PoW. Tovey can't catch them before they exit the Denmark Straits.
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  13.  @gwtpictgwtpict4214  nope. And that we agree.
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