Comments by "Doug JB" (@dougjb7848) on "The Drydock - Episode 295 (Part 1)" video.

  1. “Didn’t suffer serious counter-attacks?” USS Wahoo was sunk after a day-long effort by Japanese air and surface forces. Focusing on Wahoo would require addressing the matter of whether, or not, its crew deliberately fired at and killed helpless survivors in the water. Either way these alleged incidents are portrayed, it will generate enormous controversy - “how dare you portray American sailors as merciless murderers of helpless sailors” or “how dare you ignore the clear evidence that American sailors American sailors mercilessly murdered helpless sailors.”
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  2. 41:30 From what I’ve read, most intelligence available to the Admiralty at the time was that Tirpitz had not sailed, but Pound chose to believe a few contradictory inputs and decided _ Tirpitz_ had sailed.
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