Comments by "William Cox" (@WildBillCox13) on "Coastal Defences - A Brief History with Military History Visualized" video.

  1. Collaborators will be . . . rewarded!
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  2. The problematic Civil War forts (from the naval perspective) were the river forts up on bluffs and other elevated sites. Traditional ships simply could not elevate their guns high enough to engage and the Fort mortars could pour plunging fire down on the ships below.
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  3. Here's some data. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/fort-drum-the-concrete-battleship.html#targetText=The%20United%20States%20once%20leveled,every%20Japanese%20soldier%20inside%20it And this: http://corregidor.org/chs_battery1/drum.htm
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  4. There were also lesser fortifications on Caballo Island, I believe.
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