Comments by "William Cox" (@WildBillCox13) on "The Japanese Submarine Campaign of WW2 - Origins to Coral Sea" video.

  1. Perspective. Drach, this video has earned 84K views in two days. My channel has 1000 videos over a 14 year presence on YT and this video has earned double the number of my total views for all posted content . . . in only two days. You must be doing something right. Grats.
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  2. A question: Drach: Did any nation direct its submarine force to concentrate on the interception of its probable enemy's fleet train? Guerre du course/merchant raiding . . . then there is the doctrine of direct attacks on enemy fleet units . . . uh . . . guerre d'escard (?). Is there a similar doctrine directed at intercepting the enemy's fleet train? Seems to me that sinking the enemy's fleet oilers and ammunition ships would impel an enemy to use his carriers and battleships to refuel smaller ships (DD, DE). That places extra strain on the capital ships, and renders them predictable to enemy torpedo officers (as one cannot refuel a destroyer or recover floatplanes while zig-zagging). Once you've stripped the enemy commander of his self defense echelon of DDs and DEs, wouldn't his capital ships be extremely vulnerable to further attack by any and all friendly combat units?
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