Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "The Drydock - Episode 075" video.

  1. "Inevitable?" No. They were in a well made and crewed ship. "Inevitable," implies they had zero shot at all. Now how it blew up? Yeah, lucky shot.
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  2.  @sarjim4381  Pre Dreadnought back? There was only local fire control.
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  3.  @bkjeong4302  If Bombing 6 and Bombing 3 not get lucky at Midway, the IJN does have a shot to control the Pacific. For a year at least.
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  4.  @matchesburn  Firing guns into water? Does not work well. Not enough to stop a torpedo. https://youtu.be/yvSTuLIjRm8
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  5.  @Chironex_Fleckeri  Ships are not tanks. The question has been asked a few times.
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  6.  @99IronDuke  You're deep into magic 8 ball/ sci fi questions Now. There's too many variables.
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  7.  @unlimitedx53  The technology and tactics were being written on the fly at that stage. No conversion beats a ship purpose built from the start. And all lacked the flexibility to expand and change as planes changed in size and weight.
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  8.  @warrenlehmkuhleii8472  By 1950, the USN had a carrier based Nuclear capability in service in the AJ Savage.
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  9.  @philipprucz3099  Your question implies that leadership alone; would overcome all other issues for the Central Powers or Axis forces?
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  10.  @99IronDuke  You can't guess the leadership changes in the UK over that time. Nor make the case for massive defense spending as Neutral. The War scarred the World to disarm. Not expand weapons making or buying.
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  11.  @99IronDuke  But that is what makes your question impossible. Too many "What it's in a different timeline."
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