Comments by "Neil of Longbeck" (@neiloflongbeck5705) on "5 Naval Myths & Misconceptions - Range, Ramming and Sinking" video.

  1. When it comes to kamikazes, we must take into account the words of General Tacticus: "It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country. This means that both you and he have exactly the same aim in mind". Although the Japanese ignored his advice in the later half of the war in the Pacific in regard to ensuring against defeat when out-numbered, out-weaponed and out-positioned: "Don't have a battle". When it came to the invasion of Japan, the Allies took his advice to heart: "After the first battle of Sto Lat, I formulated a policy which has stood me in good stead in other battles. It is this: if the enemy has an impregnable stronghold, see he stays there". Even the Germans in the first half of WW2 followed his advice: "...A crucial factor, I have always found, is NOT the size of the forces. It is the positioning and commitment of reserves, the bringing of power to a point..." If only General Lucas had remember his Tacticus on beachheads at Anzio: "If you want your men to spend much time wielding a shovel, encourage them to become farmers".
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  2. Part of the suction effect will be caused by vortices shed by the trailing edge of the ramekin. A similar effect can be felt at the corners of buildings on windy days.
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  3. In what way?
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