Comments by "Vikki McDonough" (@vikkimcdonough6153) on "Admiral Rozhestvensky - Much more than just torpedo boats" video.

  1. 1. Why didn't the U.S. launch B-29 attacks on the IJN's East Indies anchorages (Lingga Roads, Brunei Bay, Tawi-Tawi)? All of these anchorages were within B-29 range of major Allied airbases that were either capable of supporting B-29s historically or could've been easily upgraded to support them: Lingga Roads from RAF China Bay (which was used as a B-29 base historically) or from Exmouth Gulf in northwestern Australia, Brunei Bay from Darwin or from Sentani in northern New Guinea, and Tawi-Tawi likewise from Darwin or Sentani. 2. Why do those people who question Rodney's exceedance of her nominal top speed when chasing Bismarck never question Samuel B. Roberts's exceedance of her nominal top speed when chasing Center Force? 3. When attacking moving ships with high-altitude level bombers (as the USAAF and RAF were both so fond of doing against enemy capital ships), wouldn't it be more effective to drop aerial mines in the enemy ships' paths rather than try to hit them with conventional bombs? With conventional bombs, all the targeted ship has to do is change course so that the bombs hit the sea instead of the ship (and don't hit the sea too close to the ship) and then you're good to go (as demonstrated by the almost-nonexistent success rate of these attacks), whereas with aerial mines not only does the targeted ship have to dodge the falling mine, but they and everyone else in their fleet now have to continue to avoid the spot where it came down, theoretically allowing high-altitude bombers to force the enemy fleet to choose between steaming in a disadvantageous formation and direction or hitting mines.
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  2.  @adamradziwill  They were happy with San Stefano. What they weren't happy with was the Russians turning around and betraying them with the Treaty of Berlin, where Russia schemed with the French and British to give back much of what they'd just won for the Bulgarians.
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  3.  @bernardmitchell7328  Fishing for mines, of course!
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