Comments by "Helium Road" (@RCAvhstape) on "The Development of US Navy Tactics (1895-1939) - From Small Beginnings..." video.

@mikeschlup6886 We didn't "win", we merely managed to hang on without losing. Twice. And the first time it was because the French navy somehow miraculously managed to beat the Royal Navy for once, when their American allies really needed them to pull through. The second time we attacked Canada and got a kick in the teeth and a burned capital for our efforts, and won our greatest battle after the war was technically over. By the 1930s we had fought a major war as an ally of the UK and Imperial Japan was shaping up to be a major threat to both the US and the British Empire.
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