Comments by "Geordiedog" (@geordiedog1749) on "Drachinifel" channel.

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  39.  @neutronalchemist3241  it’s opinion of facts so I disagree with your summation. That said, I don’t understand the first bit at all. After Pedestal Malta was resupplied by convoy not by submarine. It was operational by September although the Beauforts plus some FAA Applecores and Stringbags had 2 squadrons there already and just needed Ohios fuel to recommence offensive ops. Your points about Sirte 1&2 are lost in the fact that the RN had and absolute moral supremacy over the Italian navy from start to finish. Same as they did over the Kreigsmarine. The Regina Marina expected to lose every time they set sail. And generally did. Nothing proved this more than Vians actions at the 2nd Sirte which was an abject failure on the Italians part on a par with Barents Sea. 1st Sirte was a two convoys avoiding each other until the RN lost a couple of ships after choosing to run into a minefield which reduced the MSF which then went back to Gib but it would have had to anyway once Fleigerkorp X returned to Sicily later that year. Cherry picking this proves nothing. I like history to be reviewed but revisionism for its own sake is silly. I happen to really like Italians but trying to rewrite history to give a completely wrong narrative is daft. For eg…The Germans didn’t like or rate the Italians, including Rommel and cherry picking a quote won’t change anything. The Italian military occasionally (very) doing in a war what was expected isn’t cause for praise, it just meant they weren’t abject for once. There were a lot of good reasons for this but the outcome is the same. The Regina Marine were bossed from start to finish by the RN. Save a few wee submarine with limpet mines they were too anxious to fight. I’m no jingoistic patriot for the uk. But history is occasionally obvious. And this is such an occasion. Faced with the Death Cult that is the British Royal Navy they were cowed. In my opinion etc etc etc
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