Comments by "Steve Valley" (@stevevalley7835) on "IJN Soryu & Hiryu - Guide 347" video.

  1.  @scottgiles7546  I'm not sure Jackie "lost it" at all. His thinking did not always align with everyone else's, which can cause a person to be dismissed as being around the bend. The Courageouses were forced upon him by higher ups in the government, who decreed that nothing larger than a cruiser should be started, because, they were sure the war would be over before new capital ships could be built from the keel up. What Jackie really wanted was a third Renown, but the government would not let him have it. There are some hilarious bits on The Dreadnought Project about the gestation of the Courageouses. Basically, TPTB decreed "nothing bigger than a cruiser", but failed to define how large a cruiser could be. Jackie exploited that loophole to build 20,000 ton cruisers with 15" guns. If he had been around the bend, he would not have had the presence of mind to notice that loophole, and exploit it.
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