Comments by "Doug JB" (@dougjb7848) on "The Drydock - Episode 299 (Part 1)" video.

  1. The bomb hits that did for Lexington would have caused serious but not fatal damage for a RN carrier.
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  2. Not just oil - what about all the components and machinery needed to operate UK domestic agriculture, and the distribution logistics, at a level to sustain the nation’s population indefinitely? Certainly the UK of 1940 was less mechanized than any time after, but the system still relied on the ability to transport all that food grown on farms “way out there,” where there were more farms and fewer people, to “over here,” where there were fewer farms and more people. Could Britain produce enough trucks and cars and track and engines domestically?
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  3. By the time the 6”/47 reached active service, aircraft were so fast and anti-ship weapon standoff ranges were so great that direct-fire AA was insufficient and replaced as a principle by guided SAM and friendly airpower as the defense against attack aircraft.
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