Comments by "John Fisher" (@johnfisher9692) on "The Drydock - Episode 080" video.

Thanks for another drydock Drach though I'm so cunfused. You said tis is episode 79 while the vudei flash up the number 80 So one of them is wrong :) A point about the Norway campaign is that the KM had one priceless advantage over the RN and MN. The KM KNEW where they were going and the timing while the British and French did not. They hay had had guesses but no definite information.
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Who was Beatty's second in command at Dogger Bank, I have tried to research it but cannot find anything. The reason I ask is how much blame for Hipper's escape could and should have been attached to this offices total lack of common sence and initiative. Despite the conflicting signals he should have ignored them and pursued the retreating enemy, not ganged up on an already defeated and sinking ship. I believe if Beatty had been the 2i/c his character shows that he'd have done a Nelson (telescope to the blind eye) and gone off after the fleeing Hipper. Did the man ever face a court martial for 'lack of courage in the face of the enemy' as happened in the days of sail or even a disciplinary hearing for lack of initiative? Confusing signals aside the British public would have been delighted to see an end to the man dubbed "Baby Killer" for his nighttime sneak attacks on undefended civilian seaside towns, a tactic that appalled many people of the time. today we'd call them Terror raids
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