Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "Mulberry Harbours | How disaster at Dieppe led to D-Day success" video.

'support for the Navy (5 years to negotiate a draw in the Atlantic)' What a blinkered chap you are. The British & Canadian navies won the Battle of the Atlantic in May, 1943. They also made possible the D-Day landings, providing the vast majority of the warships and the crews for landing craft. The RN won the naval campaign in the Mediterranean, lifted over 500,000 troops from France in 1940, held the Channel secure, and fought through the convoys to North Russia.
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@peterclark6290 Are you the same person who posted similar rambling nonsense a year or two ago? If you are, it seems you haven't changed or, indeed, learned anything. The first SWATH vessel actually built by anyone, by the way, was in 1968. Rather late for the Battle of the Atlantic perhaps?
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@nickdanger3802 Sorry, I am surprised that you should post such a fatuous comment. Of course the RN & RCN used a lot of American built equipment, but the crews who fought & won the Battle were British & Canadian. To follow your argument, it would be logical to assume that the US Navy victory at Midway should not be credited to the American air crews, but to the Douglas Aircraft Company, who built the Dauntless. It would, of course, also be foolish and wrong. Churchill said, I believe, 'give us the tools & we will finish the job.' Huge American resources did indeed supply many of the tools, but I did not anticipate that you would seek to belittle the efforts of the RN & RCN in this manner.
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@nickdanger3802 'Midway If two thirds of the aircraft had been provided for free that would be a valid statement.' Valid? Absurd, more likely. Today, England are playing India in a Cricket Match. The best batsman in world cricket, the Indian captain Virat Kohli, may well score a century (100 runs or more). If he does, who should get the credit, Kohli, or the bat manufacturer?
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@peterclark6290 Would you perhaps point me to my post where I referred to anyone fighting a 'perfect war?' If you can't then I would suggest that trying to attribute false claims to someone when you lack sensible arguments is not reasonable.
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@peterclark6290 The subject of this thread is 'Mulberry Harbours and Dieppe'. What is insulting about 1). pointing out that the first ship of the type you described only appeared in 1968? 2). Asking you to refer me to a post which contained a false statement of which you chose to accuse me? 3). 'Obviously you think the war was done to the best of Britain's ability.' Another false claim. When have I previously suggested that?
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@nickdanger3802 Alternatively, how well would the bat perform without someone to hold it? At the time, the Soviets were actively fighting Germany, whilst Malaya was still at peace. I wouldn't dispute that the British underestimated Japanese capabilities, but they were hardly alone in that. In December, 1941, the war in North Africa was going very well. Auchinleck had just defeated Rommel in Operation Crusader. Events in the Far East resulted in the transfer of Australian divisions back to Australia, and prevented the full exploitation of Crusader. Didn't FDR suggest that supplying equipment to the British as akin to 'giving your neighbour your hose pipe when his house is on fire, without asking him to pay for it?' If you wish to continue belittling the United States' allies in WW2 by grumbling about equipment supply then feel free. These posts are serving no purpose.
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@peterclark6290 In point of fact, I didn't delete anything. YouTube does sometimes lose posts, but I had no reason to delete mine, as responding to your insults was quite entertaining. I won't re-write it, but if you still have it please feel free to copy and post it. Still, at least you have ceased posting your odd suggestions about using catamarans to escort Atlantic convoys, and begun to concentrate on attacks of a personal nature instead. As I recall pointing out in the lost post, my old University Tutor used to remark that people who resort to such measures do so because they have lost the argument.
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@peterclark6290 In point of fact, it was a First in Modern History from Manchester University in 1974. My principal tutor was Professor M R D Foot. You can look him up for yourself to assess his credentials. I confess I rather lost interest in your fantasy Swath-hulled vessels when I read that the first one was built in the Netherlands in 1968-1969. I assume that even you would agree that this was rather late for the Battle of the Atlantic?
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