Comments by "Patrick Donnolley" (@ph89787) on "The Drydock - Episode 301" video.

  1.  @WALTERBROADDUS  By the time the Battle of Coral Sea had ended. Halsey was 2 days out from the area. If he left 1 or 2 days (of the original 5 days) after returning to Pearl from the Doolittle Raid. He might have had a chance to come in on the Japanese flank and pincer Shokaku and Zuikaku from the north with Enterprise and Hornet. With Fletcher coming up from the south with Yorktown and Lexington. What scenario 3 that Drach bought up is the most likely way that the US would have a fighting chance to beat the Kido Butai.
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  2. One thing about an expanded Battle of the Coral Sea is that with the arrival of more carriers for either side. The Office in tactical command changes. For the IJN it’s Nagumo and for the U.S. Navy it’s Halsey. So that adds another layer to the what if.
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  3.  @WALTERBROADDUS  we did.
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