Youtube comments of Scott Giles (@scottgiles7546).

  1. Good to see Drach is finally covering such an unknown ship. 🙂
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  2. I believe it was in Sicily that a German general said something along the lines of "operating armor with in range of naval gunfire is not advisable", which seems almost up to British standards of understatement. The amount of naval gunfire available was stunning and the navies would have loved to "relocate" a panzer division or three with 14, 15, and 16 inch shells.. I don't think Rommel's plan would have worked against the forces it would face.
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  3. Arr! Arr! Arr! Is YouTube requiring "Talk Like A Pirate Day" now? So when do we all move off YouTube??
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  4. I can't help but imagine what that tank crew would have felt, even if it was just dumb luck that kept putting them in the cross hairs.
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  5. Also don't think the US Army of the time had a "hit list" of Admirals. Not even if the Army Navy game was lost...
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  6. WOW! That is a huge difference in events, and a tragedy for the crews and officers involved. Think labeling this one a "Black Friday" would work better than a Fun Friday..
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  7. " How To Alienate A Fanbase" Sell the property to Disney has to be a good first step...
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  8.  @richardm3023  So which group are you insulting? And where do telemarketers fit into this scale?
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  9. ??? What makes you think he didn't?
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  10. I just want to say "the check cleared" is a respectable form of career management in Hollywood. Michael Caine can have much of his explained that way, for one.
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  11. So MN doesn't Mean Minnesota? So sad: so like the thought of them sailing out of Duluth Harbor to protect the iron ore shipments.
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  12.  @PalleRasmussen  That's just because Japan had such a shortage of ships, hard to get pro numbers against them.😁
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  13. Admiral Lee: SPEAK UP! I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE GUNS! (fixed it for you)
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  14. Since the Regia Marina is finally getting the coverage it has needed, how would the Conte di Cavour class compare to the Kongo class? They have such parallels in their history with, from a distance, the biggest difference being their planned theatre of operations.
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  15.  @riderstrano783  "Agreed, we need a full 5 minute guide!" "5 minute"........... Right! So about 22 minutes then?
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  16. Well the USN still doesn't have a fleet carrier named Taffy 3 so there's that.
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  17. Montgomery? He had to work with De Gaulle!! Working with Montgomery is for amateurs by comparison.
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  18. I had no idea of the HMS Blake's existence yet immediately saw its importance. To be honest before it started I thought it was a converted liner.
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  19. Should have used Barracuda by Heart as the intro music. (am I the only one old enough to remember Heart? They were kinda big, for a while)
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  20. If it was a Marine pilot bet he had his KA-BAR in his teeth. Just in case...
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  21. And so totally unlike the British.... (How much popcorn do you think Briton enjoyed during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870?)
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  22. Was it built with George Washington's Axe? (Had to replace the handle seven times and the head twice, but it's George Wahington's Axe..)
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  23.  @Zelcon02  "This was also the highlight for me. Madlads 😂" They do sound like an early, and typical, destroyer crew....
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  24. May I suggest the County Class Cruisers of the Royal Navy would be a good one to cover. Also, the CVE carriers served an important function in both the Atlantic and Pacific. Covering one of the major classes would be another good choice.
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  25. Not the "Carpet Cleaner"?
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  26. It would be so nice if there was a YouTube of that somewhere.
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  27.  @robertsneddon731  "without blowing up too often." Just upon occasion.
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  28. A Batman that looks interesting? What HAVE you been drinking? (And is it Drinker approved?)
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  29. This is simply the best compilation of news on China I have found. You have done very good work here and should be proud.
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  30. For those who saw it, was there anything scarier than the image of a 1918 biplane dropping a torpedo? That must have been an ultimate brown pants moment for Admirals everywhere.
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  31. About time you did! It was very clear how stressed you were getting. I suspect I am not the only one here who greatly respects the work you have done and consider it as a gift given. Your videos, and recommended books, have changed my understanding of key events in WWII. If you start feeling antsy, or aren't quite ready after 2-3 weeks, just do some more book reviews. "TIK Recommends" flows well.
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  32. Do a search for "Kirishima battle damage report" to see the gory details. This was posted by some with better knowledge than I last week. Curb Stomped is the summary.
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  33. Go ahead and try. The US SNARK reserves are Huge and and could cover it easily. :-)
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  34. To many good names. Not enough ships for them.
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  35. "People tend to forget how much aircraft performance improved in the late 1930s." People can't believe how much aircraft performance improved in the late 1930s.
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  36. GET OFF MY LEG!
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  37. I would assume that after several islands got "Oldendorfed" by them word would have gotten out...
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  38. It was also home to the ALCO locomotive plant, as any train-nut should know. Schenectady is sacred ground to them.
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  39. Ummm, Jetpunk? Is that a thing??
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  40. Fess up! The only reason people care is they like saying "Nebelwerfer". Now let's go Werfe some Nebels!
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  41. In a more interesting world she would be docked next to Warspite.
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  42. When Drach first posted the story everybody just assumed it HAD to be a Marine pilot rather than Navy and that he had his Ka-Bar in his mouth in case it became a boarding action. Would have been more impressive if it was a Navy pilot. His being from the Yorktown would be belivable.
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  43. There was a period when Battleships were becoming obsolete about as fast as combat aircraft in the 1930's, when they moved from wood & Fabric biplanes to all metal monoplanes while engine horsepower at least doubled and top speed shot up (to the sky).
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  44.  @jimtalbott9535  Understatement. It was understatement which was very British at a time.
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  45. But, alas, we shall never know. Do I smell an alternative history segment coming?
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  46. Can anyone find the clip of Baldick of Black Adder going "BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"? Seems appropriate for the Vesuvius and all
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  47. Wait, that was a CLEAR English day?
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  48. Which is quite snarky itself! We're having fun here. (and why did you add the extra "S"?) I consider thing like this like brothers or cousins teasing each other, as I suspect most 'Mercan posters do.
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  49. A 5 minute guide that's 5 minutes (and 31 seconds)? Is Drach OK?
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  50. "I think it is really commendable of India to spend time,money and effort into protecting an island and its way of life with nothing selfish or worldly to gain." Makes you wonder what India Really has on those islands. (yes I'm paranoid, but the real question is "am I paranoid enough?")
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  51. When will you do one on her sister ship, the Daffey? (I'll just Duck out of here...)
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  52. Better than the "No-Hoper" for you Black Adder fans,
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  53. Susan? You miss-spelled "Karen". (or are Karen's just an "Merican! thing?)
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  54. With luck like that did they consider gifting him to the IJN as a sailor?
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  55.  @joshthomas-moore2656  "Tanaka: "Release the Long Lance!"" So much better if someone had named them "Krakan".
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  56. "Remember the "Pueblo Incident" very well." Another way of saying "God I'm OLD"..... (I remember it too)
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  57. "Be somewhere's else" is rule #1 at the receiving end.
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  58. Have you mentioned you had a long talk on Rex's Hanger about the development of aircraft carriers? Why HAVEN'T you mentioned your long talk at Rex's Hanger about aircraft carriers?
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  59. Enough with the Sabre Rattling! 😇
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  60. When will Led Zeppelin make the list? (for the Boomers out there...)
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  61. Everyone here know that Drach just guested on Unauthorized History of the Pacific War? It's the most recent podcast and a good YouTube channel.
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  62.  @thomasjamison2050  And that was the reason for developing long range fire..... (what IS that smell?)
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  63. Hate to go there but,,, it was the SBD Dauntless that was the main weapon. Just ask the Kido Butai. The Wildcat just had a big part in saving the USN's ass in the Pacific.
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  64.  @mattwoodard2535  And they did not even keep "the right wing strong" which would have had them dancing in Paris in 1914.
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  65. It seems many commentors were impressed with Tony's bilingual skills. Every moment was charming.
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  66. How would any of us know? We're English speakers!
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  67.  @killcat1971 "Nah straight white men, no chance of them winning anything."  Not even a drinking contest?
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  68. Yes, THAT Curtis LeMay.
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  69. YOU LIE! There were no "working" Mark 14 torpedo's" in 1943... (late 1944 is more like it...)
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  70.  @kimj2570  If I was one of those bloody yanks you better believe I'd be storming it! Although, they could try telling them "the beer is Warm" and see if that works. (They would likely just bring some ice)
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  71. Well, it IS a French ship so Drach's interest might be less...
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  72. Has Disney offered the Drinker a contract yet? Hopefully one that doesn't require a Human sacrifice as they normally do....
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  73.  @bkjeong4302  Tell that to Hornet....
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  74. Their full load of AMERICAN torpedoes....
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  75. Wouldn't this exchange be better for the "HMS Black Knight"? (A Python Class ship)
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  76. Have you considered taking a course in Law? If a clause has three conditions that justify an action and one does, the two that don't do not matter. Considering those is not an act of Law, but of Propaganda. You should only consider the validity of the Fleet being under control of an enemy power when talking about the legality of the action. (sinking the fleet)
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  77.  @AtomicBabel  "Could you imagine if USN keep the Midway and Coral Sea names on a pair of CVEs? That's was the original plan for the 2 named, on CVEs." Should have named a Fleet Carrier "Taffy 3"...
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  78. There are so many times that make this wimpy in comparison that I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this. Please note this is no claim it wasn't bad and awful. It was.
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  79.  @robertsneddon731  I was thinking more about the fishing fleets, and using some dark humor - as is my norm. It was a very ugly war and some of the greatest courage was in the cleanup.
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  80.  @Dave_Sisson  "and HMS Eskimo which was named after a not particularly aggressive tribe," Not very aggressive? They fought THE ARTIC and won, mostly...
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  81.  @mor4y  " it sets off car alarms all over the city, " The car alarms had it coming!
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  82. 1/1200 scale ones should be no problem.....(Any old style war gamers here?)
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  83. Japans war started in 1931.
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  84. And nothing says "Manly Man" like "souffle".... (not that I am one)
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  85. Yes yes, Oh God yes!
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  86. What! they couldn't find HMS Victory to surrender to? Might as well go for the gold.
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  87. 4:52 I'm an American. What is a "working torpedo"?
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  88.  @copter2000  "Gonna save the whale man" Well, Scotty WAS getting kind of big at that point but isn't "whale" over the top?
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  89.  @bkjeong4302  USS Washington has entered the chat..... (Some of the others were useful for shore bombardment and as shell catchers, which was quite useful indeed)
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  90. Fitting someone into a 5' gun would be messy...
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  91. Mark-1 Eyeball rules!
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  92. You are being far too polite to Drachy. His statement is so completely factually backward, and he has shown good intelligence in other matters, that one can only wonder what he is using as his information source and what other important things he is so terribly, terribly wrong on. (Grrrrr!)
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  93.  @philvanderlaan5942  "And Two aircraft are the whole point of a carrier" I believe a Carrier requires far more aircraft than a mere two..... (snark? ME??)
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  94. And how many don't get that?
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  95. "all the way to mastless turret vessel" Now I want an image of a turret with a mast on it.
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  96.  @weldonwin  This Old Ship....
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  97. Good to know there are still Ring Nuts (not that other kind) about.
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  98. OMG!! Someone went they/them on HMS!
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  99. The fall in movie sales can also be blamed on "Just Plain Offal" movies from Hollywood. Disney, for one has fallen off the cliff. Any Critical Drinker fan here?
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  100. "Fortress commander who knew his duty.. and had a pair..." Which it appears he launched at the Blucher....
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  101. @kevin barker Is there an empty space on the deck? WHY is there an empty space on the deck? Put a gun there!
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  102.  @PalleRasmussen  "And they still had a higher survival rate than German U-boat crews..." And the Kriegsmarine feels the BURN! (still)
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  103.  @willemsma  "Waiting for a Disney remake!" Live action. "Put a chick in it and make her gay and lame." (per Dark Cartman)
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  104. 52:36 min is brief? Is that by British, English, or Mother in Law time?
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  105.  @bubbasbigblast8563  Maybe the IJN new about our torpedo's and just snickered at the threat?
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  106. Being a recent fan of your work here and wishing to support it, I could not help but notice this was the cheapest kindle book offered. Seeing as I am so cheap that when people call me cheap I take it as a compliment. Hope you understand.
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  107.  @davidmcintyre8145  "when U boats preferred to attack convoys from an open bridge" MIGHT want to rephrase that, though surfaced U Boats seemed to have an open bridge.
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  108.  @rcgunner7086  Even more like "Hold these 16" shells."
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  109. Of course it was a Catalina that spotted them and dropped the note. Seems every survivor at sea was spotted by a Catalina. Might be worth a guide since it is a (flying) boat.
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  110. You sign a treaty, it's your treaty too.
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  111. And we have a thread winner!
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  112. Anyone dissing Chicago Deep Dish Pizza has only had corporate deep dish, not Hole-In-The-Wall Deep Dish. (Kids today!)
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  113. So it wasn't involved in the collision of the Stockholm and the Andrea Doria then? 🙂
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  114. Wonder if the Rodney and Texas crews had a bar/pub bet going.
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  115. Is it time for our skilled host to clearly state that the Admiralty wasn't very good at the start of WWII? They were not ready for a war and it showed. They were better by late 1941-42.
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  116. "Starfire would never have a daughter like this, its genetically impossible, lol." Bet lots would still think it's fun to try!
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  117. They were still more honest than the SEC conference is. ( academic scandals with their student jocks..)
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  118. If cost is a barrier to an existing desire for children it would, otherwise not so much.
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  119. Need more Coffee? But is it "Happy" Coffee....
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  120. A tale from the Days Before The British Empire, or even The Royal Navy. Is this allowed? And what penance is Drach required for this?
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  121. And who didn't notice that?
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  122.  @alexhuduma9474  "(Hmmm, Drinker now suspected as being an SCP)" A Secret Laboratory on Steam?
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  123. " Not just mumbo-jumbo dressed like science talk (greetings to Star Trek)." Thought "Technobabble" was the Trekkie approved term?
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  124.  @Thirdbase9  Even in Japan???
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  125. Ship or Boat: If it's on a lake it is a boat. If it is on the ocean it is a ship. Size does not matter in this. The Edmund Fitzgerald was 739 ft long, 75ft beam and could carry 25,000+ tonnes of ore. It was a boat. Strange this was missed. (You HAVE heard of the Great Lakes? Unsalted and Shark Free!)
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  126. Getting their army involved is easy to believe. On which side is the question...
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  127.  @prussianhill  "I was surprised to learn that the North Carolina Navy utilized galleys during the American Revolution, to help patrol/guard the Outer Banks." Well NC did have slave labor laying about to man the oars and that does seem to be a requirement for galleys. Think they had a subtle change in attitude when someone named Sherman and his friends paid a visit in 1865.
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  128. Wonder what "Great Green Dragon" is in Japanese, since they were using Dragon names. (For you Tolkien fans out there.)
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  129. Waiting for some "blinds" joke. Hopefully, it will be clever.
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  130. If I see one more Harris add popup before the video..... Really, isn't ANYONE else got something to pitch?
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  131. Among the Top Five Naval songs, you couldn't mention, or notably exclude, "In the Navy" by the Village People? (For those reading this who have no idea what I'm talking about, it's on YouTube) Hmmmm, There is a possibility I'm not taking this one seriously enough. The serious one is Eternal Father - the Naval Hymn. It is a prayer against the dangers of the Sea. It is a humble reminder of what even the survivors endured. It is a British production on the link, but is bigger than any Nation or Empire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KCiMdR1ox0
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  132. "One of the rare times that hollywood had an ACTUAL strong ORIGINAL female to work with and........." Never saw Alien then. Talk about a strong female lead in an action series...
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  133.  @ooopretty7596  KA-BAR isn't a sword, and I can see him carrying one..
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  134.  @535phobos  "If you look at how difficult it is to sink a capital ship with gunfire, it makes sense to add a way to finish off a crippled ship." That is what destroyers are for. (Every Capital Ship should have some..)
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  135. For narrow tracks look at a Wildcat and wasn't a Stuka still faster than a Swordfish?
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  136.  @Sherwoody  Now just imagine how the admirals would feel if they had a capital ship sunk by some "Bottom Feeder"?
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  137. Why am I feeling a "Mad Man Churchill!" theme is forming?"
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  138. Should have made him an Admiral or something...
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  139. For those interested in more information on WWII carrier aircraft may I recommend "Armoured Carriers" and "Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles" as two useful YouTube channels. Armoured Carriers is total RN and has interviews of the pilots who flew Seafires, F4Fs. F6F's, and F4U's during the war. It is well worth the time. Greg's Airplanes + goes into stunning detail on the aircraft he covers which include the Seafire, F4F, F6F, F8F, and F4U along with many others. Just pay no attention to the Muscle Car posts, or the Fiat fetish...
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  140. Did the Knighthawk have a diner along with its other facilities? (No reason for asking...)
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  141. Never under estimate the power of CYA when reading such comments, especially when WAR CRIME TRIALS were active and you might have some "'splaining" to do. (Pure "Merican Boomer reference there )
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  142. "except people are trying to kill each other" Never played bumper cars I see.
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  143. One of the big surprises as I learned more about WWII was that the F4F Wildcat was the rough equal to the Zero, provided it was well flown. Still seems hard to believe as they are so different and the advantages of the Zero so real.
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  144. Who knew Italy could be so good at design? (Well huh)
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  145.  @seanbruce8294  Strange. Thought he was hitting them with his landing gear? (well huh!)
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  146. Think the US and Natives were having LOTS of relations, and I have the cousins to prove it. 😁
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  147.  @Heike--  "they do less rivet-counting than Drachinifel." You have now earned the hatred of all rivets! (Fear their wrath)
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  148. Only 382 likes out of 3671 views at this point? Best get cracking on the like button!
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  149. No. No it would not. Might not even trigger it.
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  150. Aviation Battleship?? And people think pigeon droppings are bad!  And how do Flying Battleships compare to Flying Pigs?
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  151. Must be running low on ships to do. (Guide 1023: Interwar ship boats of the Royal Navy)
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  152. "Ask Russian, they have flying tank (an A-40)" They really did have a "Flying Tank", and it is of legend! (Should be a YouTube on it somewhere...) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-2
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  153. Am I the only 'MERICAN who always has a Kamala add opening up on any YouTube? (just wondering)
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  154. Where is "Fart in their general direction!" ??
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  155. I think the Soviets would have enough experience to not start a fight with hungover solders....
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  156.  @hammer1349  Enter, kind of slowly, taffee 1,2 and 3 XD. (Fixed it for you.)
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  157. Is it just me or did San Fransisco perform better after Admiral Callaghan was killed? It's 8" shells seemed to be the ones that did the most damage to Hiei and they stopped killing US Admirals and bridge crew after that.
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  158. The issue of IJN submarine doctrine has come up. The USN also used submarines in fleet actions for scouting, and sinking carriers. The IJN was forced to use the bulk of their submarines only for supply missions for troops stranded on islands where the allies had control of the seas and/or air. The submariners were not happy but could see the clear need as it was do it or troops would starve and have no ammo. Who knows how they would have been used if they were otherwise available.
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  159.  @nedludd7622  "So you plan to be a self-educated doctor or rocket scientist. Don't call me, and I won't call you." In the end all education is self education. Teachers can put material in front of you but you must do the work to actually learn anything. Non traditional ways to learn have a long history of success. What you are advocating is more "guild-think" than anything else and can lead to people who think they are educated, but are not.
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  160. Depends on whether they ran into the Kamchatka or a wide awake USS Johnson....
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  161. That'll buff out!
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  162. Why are you calling a Large Cruiser either Battleship or Battlecruiser?
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  163. Wait! Someone complaining about gun sounds on a BATTLESHIP channel??
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  164. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! (repeat as needed)
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  165.  @13lbaseball  "Probably better than two Janeways on the same ship if you'll forgive my Star Trek reference/spoiler(?)" Well anything with Janeways was already pretty spoiled... (Need a Critical Drinker analysis on the character...)
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  166. Think this is more a logistics issue...
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  167. During WWII who showed a greater contemptuous disregard for the skills of their opponent, the IJN towards us USN or the USN towards the IJN? I have done enough reading to make this hard to answer with confidence and would like a good answer to it.
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  168. "USS Iowa vs Lexington drag race?" Now why did this (Winner) question never occur to me?
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  169. Planning on funding your retirement through the sale of those ships?
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  170.  @91Redmist  Well the USN did seem to have an abundance of suboptimal Cruiser Captains at the time.
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  171. How many fans of "Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister" are there here? The wit was bitter in both and all humor needs be based in truth.
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  172. Just be glad it's not the Lexington...
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  173. Well, I think he said it twice.....
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  174. Why didn't Japan ever encourage Gojira to attack the Soviet captured and held land and islands in Siberia?
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  175. Was Captain Evanski in charge of that destroyer?
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  176. Are not cats naturally sarcastic, sarcasm itself?
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  177. "Traction engines are naturally slow" 25:22 No! NO! NO!! Traction Engines are UNNATURALLY slow. Just watch some. They're on YouTube....
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  178. Yes. But getting them there.....
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  179. Think in the final comment you undersell the achievements of the non Germans. Igor Sikorsky had his VS-300 test aircraft flying in 1939, was very successful, and its layout was the model for most every chopper built after. The R-4 that followed was in service starting in 1943 by the US and British and had over 130 built. There is a rough parallel between helicopter and Jet aircraft development where the ME-262 was in service while Meteor units were being established and the P-80 (later F-80) was in very late development flights. No shocking German developments really although good and impressive work by them.
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  180. Pushed the "LIKE". Now to watch.
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  181. So, it's the Speed Racer of Star Wars? (Go Mandalorian! GO!)
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  182. Say! Who's ship killed Admiral Scott?
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  183. I would assume Battleship Guns could hold a larger Rum Ration...
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  184. As you have moved beyond WWI &WWII battles may I point out the US Civil (not very) War had a great deal of activity on the major rivers with Iron Clad gun boats and River Monitors along with mass troop movements. Then there were the naval assaults and taking of Southern Ports. One example that brings it all together was the Campaign at Vicksburg. The US Navy had sailed up the Mississippi after taking New Orleans and River Iron Clads had moved south only to be blocked by the fortress at Vicksburg. It was a wild campaign that included breaking the levees to flood the confederate defenses deep enough to just sail over them and land several Union Army’s. The largest American amphibious land till D-day was one of them. The more you look the more unbelievable it becomes.
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  185. "How many ships in the Royal Navy actually had "Royal" in their name? " HMS Royal Pain?
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  186. Wore a mustache during my 20's. Had an interesting relationship with powdered donuts during it.
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  187. HMS Exeter: Don't make me spill my tea laughing.
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  188.  @super1million11  "This movie is nothing more than an emotional roller-coaster." To which we say "Weeee!"
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  189. Is Drach getting a cut for every new copy of "Broken Sword" that sell because of this post?* *If not, why not?
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  190.  @myparceltape1169  Think it qualified as mission-kill at the least....🤔
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  191. "The only solution is to be at peace... and without a Disney+ subscription :-)" And then there's the "Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure" school of thought.
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  192. Did that affect London bus service at the time? (Where's the bloody engine!?!)
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  193. @JZ's Best Friend Iron Bottom Sound won. Iron Bottom Sound won all the battles.
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  194. Well you're assuming the B-52 is going to be retired. Someday. Lord knows when.
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  195.  @garywheeley5108  "What about the walrus spotting planes...." You had planes spotting Walrus'es?
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  196.  @bkjeong4302  "I’d say it’s the other way around: the ex-British ships needed to become the namesakes of far better ships than any of the inefficient, horribly designed, obsolete-upon-launch and pretty much pointless garbage from the Kriegsmarine surface fleet." Please tell that to the Hood or the Glorious. They were real ships that could hurt you.
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  197.  @paladamashkin8981  "Drach dis not raise the bar for these things. He put a 15 inch shell in it and made a new one." In this case wouldn't it be a 16 inch shell?
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  198. Is Agrajag a Japanese name then?
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  199. "What classes of ship were the right ship in the WRONG time" Iowa Class for one.
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  200. "If US aircraft carrier's were named after battles, where did Enterprise come from?" From GOD. It came from GOD.
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  201. Didn't Japan do that on some of their flight decks? (A big red one)
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  202. So how would a Des Moines do against a Kongo, at night, at the throw-your-coffee-cup-and-hit-them range so common in Iron Bottom Sound? (Well SOMEBODY had to ask)
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  203.  @bkjeong4302  "the Akizukis were already starting to enter service by 1942" Akizukis is a great name for a cat! (wonder if it's been done?)🙂
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  204.  @thomashills2470  "What would be the best weapon to use to sink the enemy if you were attacking 13th century warships with tribal class destroyers?" PomPom's.....
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  205. "We all wish that in a difficult moment, we can have the bravery of the men of the Robberts. " Among the 'Merican commenters we are in such a moment. It has been documented just how brazenly the Presidential election has been stolen. Accepted theft of that scale destroys any hope of representative governance. So what do we do now? Who do we show ourselves to be?
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  206. And the winner of the Annual Drachinifel Rim-Shot Award is......
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  207. Since the Regia Marina is finally getting the coverage it has needed, how would the Conte di Cavour class compare to the Kongo class? They have such parallels in their history with, from a distance, the biggest difference being their planned theatre of operations.
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  208. Did crew men of the Tobruk Ferry Service and the Tokyo Express ever meet, well after the war of course, and share stories over a good drink?
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  209. How thick was the Orion Belt? (I'll just be leaving now...)
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  210. If the gun barrels overheating became a "thing", would they add cooling fins or water jackets as both were established responses for smaller caliber guns?
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  211.  @JSremus  "For Q&A. If the British Government had listened to Churchill's warnings from1934 to 1936 about the danger of Nazi Germany and decided to start re-arming earlier" Admit it. You just want a refitted Hood when it meets the Bismark!
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  212. Please let that title be false...
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  213. In the AI race I notice no one mentions Grok even though it is widely available.
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  214.  @jaredputnam3495  "I don't even consider Season 8 canon." However using a cannon on Season Eight is a good idea.... (One? Take several! They're small)
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  215.  @srijansrivastava1661  Star Wars? What's Star Wars? (It's like a great part of my memory suddenly screamed and died)
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  216. Sounds like a Dirty Harry line...
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  217. Well it only had one launching tube....
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  218. Is it OK if I hate you for having many interests and being competent to skilled at them? Doing that is much easier than working on my own interests and skills, of course. (heh!)
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  219.  @MasterOfDickery  "Drachinifel do you like the new £20 note?" There's a new £20 note? (My keyboard doesn't even have"£")
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  220. 1:03:18 Why WOULDN'T you go with Emperor Hirohito?? I would like to hear the case for that qualifier on his responsibility. The more recent history I have read/been exposed to shows he was much more involved in the war planning and execution then I had known.
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  221.  @GG-ir1hw  "Kinda looks like a Baby QE with its super structure design and turret layout." I'm (HMS) Repulse(d) by that statement! Know your RN ships! (OK, Looks more like HMS Renown after it's rebuild)
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  222. I recently discovered your channel and am VERY impressed with it. Degrees and formal accreditation mean nothing compared to hard work and clarity of mind in the presentation and documentation of a piece. You literally have segments on how to read and asses history that is a solid guide for the newcomer. I wish nothing but many more viewers for your work as you cover things that are important for people to know and think about. I am about half way into this video as I write this. One thing that has struck me is how similar an action is going on today through regulatory means, usually in the name of the environment in some form. The economic system described would ultimately collapse, wonder if that is covered as I continue to listen? One of the books I read many decades ago was Albert Speer's "Inside The Third Reich". We can talk later about which parts were true, or at least honest memory, and which parts were "I don't want to be hung for War Crimes". In it he talks about how after he was made Minister of Armaments he brought about a vast loosening of the regulations inside Germany and production increased vastly just from that. It will be interesting to see if that comes up in the next 16 min. You are doing very good work here. Please continue.
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  223. Should be 10X that, as a starter.
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  224. What drinks should we have ready for the coming "Year in Review" as it will be needed this year?
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  225.  @seeingeyegod  "I like when at first they were kicking the Federations butts cause "phased poleron beam weaponry, we never thought that shields would need to block these!" but then a couple episodes later they were like "oh yeah our shields block those now"" The Windows Update covered that. (but was slow to load)
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  226. No "Kongo Line" jokes yet? Lot here might not be what they use to.
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  227. What would be the most likely mid war upgrades for a Tillman battleship?
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  228. " a Quiet but Deadly Leader" You make him sound Canadian, eh?
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  229. Germany had so much need for their 88's that they moved them around like mad to respond to the demands of the moment, like the Soviet Army being 40 km away.
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  230. The people who made those great movies are gone. The ones left are wearing Edgar suits.
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  231. @JZ's Best Friend It could swallow a Kongo class like it had never been there. Even one that had managed to get shot to bits by 8" guns..
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  232. Have you considered doing something on the Battle of Midway? Not that you would have to spent three hours or such on it? (let's not be silly)
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  233. Well, except for the Taffy's......
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  234. Did any of the Kent subclass have the nickname Clark? (No reason for asking)
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  235. So "Fafnir" not just a bad spelling of "Fastener"?? (Whistles)(Avoids eye contact)
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  236. Drachinifel can honor the future Starships named Enterprise, but not the future Agamemnon? (And he calls himself British!)
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  237. "Midway was a massive team effort" And that was just the IJN messing it up! 😇
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  238. You're typing that like it is a monetary unit. "That will cost you 100,000 Drac's."
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  239. Just like Churchill and "Uncle" Joe.
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  240. No HMS RUNAWAY? (Monty Python is so sad )
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  241.  @matismf  You mean: Never forget the *$@#&%! Mark 14!!! (it did get better...)
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  242.  @kemarisite  At 1:43:42 Drach talked of a drink called Everclear. I spit coffee on the screen and the other two were all "yeah, we know of Everclear".
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  243. Where are you going to move your books when Amazon takes ALL the moneys?
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  244. Wait I'm early? Not the 453rd?
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  245.  @atpyro7920  Spell check by AT Pyro....
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  246. Doubt Vanguard had a thing for Bangers and Beer, or its moral equivalent, as some of us do...
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  247. One dislike at this point. A still living geezer who's ship went down from one??
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  248.  @frederiknielsen6038  " And their speed really isn't all that impressive compared to say the Iowas." Since Iowa's are Battle cruisers, what's your point? (heh!)
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  249. The important thing to remember about racism is how universal it is. The "white races" did not invent nor introduce it to Asia and Japan. Early European contacts in China faced great barriers of racism for centuries. Who's racism won only changed with a change in military power. Japan at a base level is still xenophobic, which is different from racism how? Racism is real and destructive of all that you should value in life, but if as an Englishman you are being made to feel uniquely guilty over racism in the British Empire then you are the victim of racism.
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  250. One of the more interesting battles that never happened was when Tirpitz and escorts sailed against convoy PQ 17 in June of 1942. It is one I could not predict the likely out come as there are too many unknowns. All three battleships were new and I do not know how skilled and trained the crews were. I do not know what the seas were at the time or how well USS Washington could handle them. I do not know how well the Royal Navy and USN were integrated. Then there is the question of how, when and where the battle would take place. Yet still it interests me. Has anyone done a proper war gaming of this?
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  251. How well would a BK-1124 have fared against a US (un)Civil War River Monitor? Silly question though it is the wildly different levels of technology that make it hard for me to pick a clear winner. (how well does thick layers of iron armor work against tank shells?)😇
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  252.  @Drachinifel  Next year is 28 days away....
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  253.  @kommandantgalileo  "If you could, which ship that was scrapped would you preserve?" You mean besides Warspite, right?
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  254. Is James bitter and soulless, or is this Deep-Snark? Please feel free to vote!
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  255. Now do one on the MN Souffle!
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  256. I saw the movie. It struck me as very good at the time. It should be paired with Das Boot for an interesting view of both sides of the sub war.
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  257. DeepSeek not Deep Thought? TISK!
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  258. They carried torpedoes to poke sinky hole in the Bismarck after Swiss-Cheesing everything above water with their wonderous guns? Is that close?
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  259. Little Orphaned Ammo then?
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  260. "It was a nearly perfect adaptation"....... Ever read the books? There are parts that might have Mr Jackson still hiding for his life from fans of the books.
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  261. There. their, they're. (heh!)
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  262. OK Opra...
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  263. Has Japan considered producing and naming an Exocet type anti ship missile "Divine Wind"? (they did make the conceptual prototype after all)
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  264.  @danielseelye6005  Seems someone has less of a sense of humor than an accountant... (Being one, I rather enjoy accountant's humor. Do you know we are required to take tests for OCD? Mostly to assure we have enough for accounting purposes.)
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  265. Akagai's Best laid plans....
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  266. I was shocked as a 13 year old to read different.
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  267. Tom Cruise needs to play his father/grand father fighting "Colonel Tomb" to bring this all together. (Or BEING "The Ghost of Kyiv")
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  268. 00:21:02 So the reason you did noy want to see these built is the very reason the rest of us would Want to see them built. Did I get that right?
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  269. Since we've already had ships of the line vs. The Bismark, could someone with the authority please ask for the same ships of the line against a Fletcher, or the Royal Navy equivalent there of? And then request what WWII era warship MIGHT have an even battle? (I suspect a PT Boat/MT Boat as the likely answer there)
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  270. "To avoid triggering national security criminal provisions"...... Wait! What?? Can you do an episode on that pleas? (OH! this covers this)
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  271. How?
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  272. WHAT! No part Three? How British of you! (heh!)
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  273. "What would have happened if one of the British Battle Cruisers had fought the Graf Spee at the battle of the River Plate over the Cruisers?" What would happen if one of the Battle Cruisers happened upon they very battle they were designed for?? I believe Drachinfel's reply on a different battle, from memory, would be apt. "What? Hey! OW! OW! OW! STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT! OW! BLUB."
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  274. "I can sleep when I'm dead". Lights cigarette. Moves on...
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  275. If I was part of that crew I would salute too, even as facing death as she sunk.
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  276. He LIVES! I was worried as the post came late. Don't want something to happen to a respected content provider.
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  277. How IJN Fleet of him...
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  278. IJA Infiltrators!!
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  279. 29th? Where is everyone else?
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  280. It's the Zero. It's Naval combat record is comparable to the Warspite's or Enterprise's.
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  281. BB-38 would not even break a sweat against HMS Victory, unless it could only use it's anti aircraft weapons.... (MIGHT want to be clear on which USS Pennsylvania you are referring to as I can't be the only snarky one here.)
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  282. So, loose rights to your old theme music then?
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  283. There was Duct Tape in 1942?? Think "bailing wire" is the duct tape of that era.
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  284. When will you get to the HMS Indistinguishable? Whistles. Avoids eye contact..
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  285.  @princeoftonga  Well there's your Green power generation right there...
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  286.  @MRbutterscotch9000  "you can't forget Harrison Ford's other role with Lucas. Indiana Jones. Get the tie in with Sean Connery as his dad, and shia lebuff as his son." Son should have been Dean Winchester. Jensen Ackles had a really bad agent as he would have been perfect as Jones's son.
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  287. Do you have any idea HOW MUCH DRINKING would be required to even think about what to do?
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  288. Once you stop playing games... (I had AH Jutland, when it was new, yes I'm old) have you considered covering the naval battle of guadalcanal? These were two brutal night battles between the IJN and USN. I know of nothing truly comparable to them and I don't think they are covered in detail in any popular form.
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  289. Oh Hiryu are!
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  290.  @FirstDagger  "A" nuclear reactor??? Thought there were 8 of them.
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  291. Which one? There are more than there should be and suddenly England might be one of them. (snark, but mild)
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  292. Wear a catheter like the pro's....
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  293.  @Drachinifel  AI isn't very I??
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  294. That was the problem. It had A working elevator...
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  295. "What ships could we rebuild with both historically accurate interior and exterior?" Floaty Log?
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  296. Please tell us of the movie made of this adventure. There HAS to have been a movie, right? (might need to write a script if there hasn't...)
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  297. How long could a completed Weser stayed at sea with the well known powerplant issues of the Hipper class?
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  298.  @dmcarpenter2470  "Happy Coffee" is coffee with benefits from the Booze supply. Sooo many good additions from there. Sounds as if you had a different coffee, happy though it made you. I try to limit myself to one such cup on Sunday. (exceptions during lock down)
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  299.  @kmech3rd  Coal isn't cold.... Must be something else then.
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  300. Not the Calypso I was thinking of... (curse you, Jacques Cousteau, for making that name unforgettable!) (old man shakes fist at sky)
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  301. JRR WROTE Lord of The Rings during WWII, or at least large segments of it, and was sending sections of it to his son who was serving in the army. It was outlined before but the war must have affected his writing. The flow is in the other direction. (And yes. I'm one of those geeks who read the books over a dozen times. Why do you ask?)
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  302. Do wonder what the HOOD would look like if it was an Italian design..... (would Drach like it even more?)
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  303. And what happens if Yamato gets one salvo lucky early??? It could make an Iowa look like a British Battle cruiser easier than you think...
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  304. Everyone enjoys the wondrous Royal Navy names such as the Indomitable, Inflexible, and Indefatigable. but what of the lesser known ships such as the Indecisive, the Indiscriminate. or the Indiscreet? And there are so many more waiting to be listed.....
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  305. in the 00;48:52 question of a battle between the RM and USM of every battleship ever, the most important variable was unmentioned. Will Admiral Willis Augustus "Ching" Lee command the USN battleships and will he have had enough time to train ALL their gun crews to his satisfaction? (Talk of your "force multiplier")
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  306.  @Philip271828  " Much like the Katana and English (Welsh) longbow the torrent of "It'S tHe GrEaTeSt EvA" is irritating, " Are you trying to say the Longbow WASN'T "all that"??? (Can't you lose citizenship over that?) Oh, and the Katana wasn't that great a bike (there was a sword too??)
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  307. "Igor Tancik3 hours ago what ships sank most ships during WW1 and WW2?"  U-boats. (duh!) And yes, this is snark. (might even be true.)
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  308. Illinois WAS dominated by thuggish and corrupt politicians? You may want to rethink the tense used, as a matter of respect for Illinoisan pride in their corruption if nothing else.
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  309.  @throwbackthursday680  "Ha yeah even though I am 16 I can tell when a revolutionary war is going to happen." More likely a pre-planned purge of the Trump Voters. (I use to be 16. Won't mention how use to be...)
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  310.  @jeffandjoannbauer9567  "TL/DR: Washington curb-stomped Kirishima." I read the report. Kirishima would have been well served to have been in a different Ocean at the time. Likely 20 hits by 16" shells with, I think, 6 below the waterline. About a dozen 5" messing up the topside. Kirishima having just enough armor to arm the armor piercing shells. The only damage to Washington was getting the paint warm on the gun barrels.
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  311. Why the (insert very large cuss word here, or multiples there of) are you referring to the killing of Admiral Yamamoto as an "assassination"? He was an officer in uniform in a combat zone on a military aircraft with fighter cover in a time of war. He was exactly who it was totally legal for an armed combatant to kill. This is not a small point so again I ask, why are you referring to it as an assassination? You usually are so good at this.
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  312. ???  Don't you insult YOUR brother?? Seems more like a family thing...
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  313. What about the Type VII U-Boat? They seemed well engineered, or do submarines not count?
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  314. Will you watch, then review, the new Midway film? It sounds worthy of some Drachisims..
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  315.  @katana1430  "Were there any battles between the final generation of ships armed with muzzle loading guns?" You mean after the American (un)Civil war, of course.
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  316.  @ph89787  Period Enterprise or time travel Enterprise? (and not the Wee British Enterprise by any means )
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  317.  @eriksunden4704  "What would you say they are for a type of vessel?" Really Big Gunned Heavy Cruisers??? Just guessing as a GC class does not exist.
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  318. So if Lexington and Saratoga had been finished as Battle Cruisers would their armor have been that much worse than the Kongo class?
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  319. I now look differently at the loss of life among the crew than I did as a child, when I pretended it did not happen, is this common? Are there ways to display respect for those lost beyond those of our nation?
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  320.  @loveofmangos001  I like my form of mocking them better. Although there is the darker possibility of organized efforts to restrict broad access through a large number of dislikes.
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  321. Helldiver pilots would agree with that. (Ships so wide I CAN'T miss!!🤩)
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  322. Did the Twilight checks clear and were they large enough? ("The Check Cleared" form of career management is not to be underestimated)
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  323. Well I don't want to work, just want to bang on me drum all day!
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  324. Well women giving birth post 90 should be small! (snark?) (ME??)
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  325. So..... You make the roof thicker on Q turrets, ALL Q turrets, then? (My ship has a bad case of Turrets?)
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  326. Mahan's book is available in Kindle as a freebie.
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  327. Ships? You're doing ships now?
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  328. Billy Mitchell was a "true believer" in airpower with a clear vision of what it meant for the next step in war. Unfortunately true to the type he acted like that future was already there and tried to make it happen with the unreliable box kites of the early 20's. Planes could do most of what he saw in 15-20 years, Early 20's? No, just no.
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  329.  @propyne5460  "At the end of the Second World War, which warship is the oldest still physically capable (i.e., ignoring tactical considerations) of sinking a modern battleship?" Any WWI U-Boat, or its moral equivalent, would be good for the job! Would they count?
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  330. It would appear that you consider Admiral Beatty's skill as a commander close to those of General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett. Oh SURELY there are some Black Adder fans amongst the viewership and commenter class here!
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  331.  @WALTERBROADDUS  "We have subs and CVN's with longer lives than Texas." Not yet we don't!
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  332. I seem to be hallucinating this morning as surely the Lord Nelson series can't be completed. (how many years?)
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  333. Go to Gettysburg.
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  334. The only Browning I care about is John Browning.
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  335. Didn't the Royal Navy had some admiral named Nelson? Perhaps you should do a piece on him. (Or at least part three)
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  336. So, do you get chased into port to get bombed on your birthday? (post 21 of course)
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  337. If a Kongo class could get shot up that badly by a mere heavy cruiser is it fair to call it a BB? (As apposed to a GC- Glass Cannon)
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  338.  @connormclernon26  "What technology would you say was the largest revolution in naval technology in the last 100 years?" You mean besides radar? (And then there's Nukes, but that would be more their impact)
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  339. Well THAT Enterprise didn't have the Captain James T. Kirk plot armor....
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  340.  @mpetersen6  "Bismarck sitting in Brest or another French Atlantic port. Just how much would that have complicated running convoys to the UK." Yes, but it would have much simplified Bomber Commands target selection process...😁
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  341.  @TheImperatorKnight  Well start charging it rent then!
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  342. Will you be telling Jingels that the Alaska's are NOT Battlecruisers any time soon? Jingle's fans will catch this...
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  343. While you were seeing the U-505 did you walk across the museum to see the Pioneer Zephyr? It is their one exhibit that might be as big as the U-505. (999 might be as important since it has been rebuilt into it's original form)
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  344.  @sharlin648  KGV's sunk Bismark? HMS Rodney would like a word with you in the back alley.....
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  345. That may have been true with the larger and more complex plans, or the Japanese may have lost skills as the war progressed. Clearly early in the war local commanders were capable of rapid and decisive action. The battle of Savo Island shows this, as do many of the other actions in iron bottom sound. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Savo_Island
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  346. One case of, unsuccessful, boarding involved the USS Buckley (DE-51). "On 22 April 1944, she joined hunter-killer Task Group 21.11 (TG 21.11) for a sweep of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean convoy routes. On the morning of 6 May, aircraft from the escort carrier Block Island (CVE-21) reported an enemy submarine near Buckley. She steamed toward the surfaced submarine, evading her torpedoes and gunfire, and commenced firing. At 0328 Buckley rammed the German submarine U-66 and then backed off. Shortly thereafter, the submarine struck Buckley, opening a hole in the escort vessel's starboard side. Hand-to-hand combat ensued between crew members of the two combatants on Buckley's foredeck, involving, among other weapons, coffee mugs and shell casings. The U-66 drew astern of Buckley and sank at 0341 in 17°17′N 32°24′W, after hand grenades were dropped down its hatch. "
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  347.  @Drachinifel  "I'm leaving towards a series on the various battle's of Savo Island." Please reference Iron Bottom Sound in the name if you do. It is one of those names that say so much with few words,
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  348. One for the "Vile Pun" folder (doesn't everyone have one?).
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  349.  @names_arent_real1195  "Any plans to cover the golden age of piracy or other periods or locations related to pirates?" Before or during Silicone Valley?
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  350.  @brendonbewersdorf986  "What's the oldest class of torpedo boat/destroyer that could still be useful in WW2 even for just anti submarine escort missions?" Ask the Blucher about very old torpedo's in WWII....
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  351. "which included heavy cruisers Guam & Hawaii." Heh! "Heavy" Cruisers. Cruisers they may have been but some term beyond mere heavy is needed.
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  352.  A Fels  " I'm the not-so-proud recipient of a commendation for bravery in my file for basically panicking the least hard in the one time in my career there was a legitimate danger, during an ambush in Afghanistan." Panicking the least hard sounds like the definition of bravery. Only fools have no fear so they can't be brave. The one shitting his pants but doing it anyway is brave. Find peace and live your life well is what we wish for people like you. And don't get me started on 'Merica's current leaders or I shall be banned and all posts deleted.
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  353. Did the Army ever have Admiral General class tanks???
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  354.  @limeslam6567  US-A-I-D funded things they did not want to tell anyone about. The DOGE audit has revealed so many things and if your news source is not honestly describing what they have found, you need a new news source.
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  355. Which is what many a sailor did who had to face Kaga's air group.
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  356. ???? How do you get casualties from shooting down a balloon over Montana, one of the emptiest states in the US of A?
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  357.  @TheImperatorKnight  Many people seem to have a little voice saying "you can't do that" when they need one saying "yes you can! IF you do the work". I haven't done what you have with your videos but over the last 15 yrs or so I've done things in home repair and motorcycle maintenance I would have not thought possible at the start, so I'm not a complete no-hoper.
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  358. One "L" away from such an interesting name. Sigh!
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  359. Is that real?? (Guess it is...) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Buttercup_(K193)
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  360.  @WALTERBROADDUS  "5 min guide to X Craft submarines? 🤔 Pretty please, with sugar on top. 🍩" Only if it's an hour long 5 min guide. (it has happened before)
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  361.  @chadcuckproducer1037  "Bismarck had a French accent?" Just one of the many things Germany took after the fall of France.
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  362. Any thoughts about listing the most mind-numbing questions you have received? (The kind that make you reconsider your career on YouTube.)
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  363. HEY! The Tones were good ships! Both of them. snark/ON
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  364. Going on a non Drachinifel subject, is anyone happy with the new YouTube form? I ,for one, can not even understand its purpose and am wondering what others think. Thanks for your thoughts.
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  365. So, MN doesn't stand for "Minnesota" in this case.... (snark? ME??)
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  366. Soooo, Next April 1st you will do a history of the HMS Pansy then?
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  367. If we are going there what of the Shōkaku-class carriers? Very good ships and could take a pounding. Just maybe not sub attacks...
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  368.  @thomastheisman1751  Question: Was the Atlanta Class the true USS Second Amendment? (All those 5/38's!!)
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  369. I was suddenly struck with how much money was burnt building the Capital Ships of WWI. Is it possible to give the total, inflation adjusted, for all major navies and close associates such as Australia as in this example?
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  370. The first rule in life is showing up. The Independence class did.
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  371. Had to time travel to be this early.
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  372. I think a standard issue laser guided 5000 lb bunker buster dropped from 20.000-30,000 feet would do pretty well against any battleship built, or even designed.  And there are bigger ones out there once you hit the MOAB class.
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  373.  @bigto88 "Yeah I was disappointed that he didn't utilize his tactical intelligence and shear size advantage over the antagonist. It would've made for a much more satisfying end fight." On a second viewing I came to the conclusion Jack was just playing with him to prolong the pain and could have snuffed him at any time. Look at the horrifying, but strangely satisfying, end to the man who killed his brother.
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  374.  @crazydiamondrequiem4236  "What was Bismarck's top speed when in full load?" Does that full load include a couple shells from the Prince of Wales? (For historic accuracy )
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  375. ??? Not Captain Karen then?
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  376.  @silverhost9782  But it iz so French!
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  377.  @g.mantua1195  "@Scott Giles I was talking about the airplane in general." Reading more closely, yes you were! I am in complete agreement and liked your post.
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  378.  @petestorz172  The Caine Mutiny anyone?
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  379. When are you going to do a review of the Avalon-Hill game Jutland? (Seeing as it combines several of your interests...)
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  380.  @augustosolari7721  "Sad that this week I learned she was fighting cancer." :( 😯
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  381.  @Thirdbase9  "i The US built 100+ aircraft carriers for WWII." But a lot of them were small, CVE small.
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  382. You mean like actual torpedoes? Think we may need a rant contest on those.
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  383. Make that Polish Marines and you have a winner....
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  384. Someone misspelled "hold my sake"....
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  385. Drach needs to do a Rum Ration on Rum some time.
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  386.  @zimriel  " Lucas divorced his." ??? Thought she just got tired of "putting up with his shit". (And grab all that money while she could)
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  387. #5 on the likes!
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  388. Speaking of Kamikazes, how many here have seen Godzilla -1 (is it Gojira-1 in Japan?) or at least The Drinker's review of it? The fact that the protagonist was a Kamikaze pilot who didn't want to die so he faked an engine problem to avoid his mission. As an aside, some kamikazes flew multiple missions as they came back if there were no suitable targets. (much black humor involved there)
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  389. Still giving my daily "Like" although with all the, well deserved, new members it isn't needed as much.
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  390.  @ChinaUpdate  Fair enough. I am just not use to the glasses.🙂
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  391.  @brendonbewersdorf986  "If Bismarck Tirpitz and the two scharnhorst class hadn't been destroyed at this point Could they theoretically have been an obstacle to operation Neptune?" As if they would have had the oil to put them to sea in mid 1944.......😂
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  392. Why do YouTube lead me to this Harrts adv. the day before the election? It just shamelessly auto played after what I selected finished.
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  393.  @ss-2203  "If she was completed in time, what role would the Shinano have served? Would she have even made an impact?" Giant bomb magnet?
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  394. A Five Minute Guide that's five minutes(ish)? WHO ARE YOU, and what have you done with Drach!!
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  395. Can you explain Black Swan Events? (Please laugh..)
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  396. Just don't train yourself out of having a bath... (I'll just show myself the door...)
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  397. France had a major navy? You can say that, post Trafalgar, and still keep your British citizenship? (snark? ME??)
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  398.  @princeoftonga  "’Im thinking a 30s refit New Zealand vs a Deutschland class?" NAH! Think about a 30's refit New Zealand vs a Kongo....
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  399. When will you review the Akizuki? (The IJN Destroyer, not the cat)
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  400. Will you be conducting a poll at some point to find the most popular "Full Nelson" proposal for the Yamato?
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  401. Second Helpings?
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  402. Are you going to adjust your listing of "worse admirals" based on the "must have been appointed by the enemy" officers in the USN at that time?
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  403. I have been finishing reading "Shattered Sword", as I suspect about one third of your viewers are, and was struck by the battle to save Akagi. Thinking about it it seemed so close to Lexington's battle that I sought the Wikipedia history on it. For two ships that had such a similar history even their deaths seem parallel. I think this is worth an informed mention,
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  404. "Why did USN prefered to have slow ww1 dreadnoughts?" They needed to be able to travel long distances in the Pacific, which strongly affected US design in many areas even to today.
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  405. HMS Pinafore...
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  406. What about an Iowa vs. Tirpitz battle!! 20:19 Just some minor trolling on my part. Will leave now.
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  407. Could be a subtle expression of opinion on Amazon by having a bad link...
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  408.  @kelb76  "It wouldn't be a short video" Well do a "Five Minute Video" then.......
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  409. Howard... The... Duck.... A FLOP so big nobody remembers it.
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  410. Because You Tube is evil?? Sometimes the simple answer is best.
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  411. They could always do it, but it was kind of tacky.....
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  412. Don't forget about Admiral Farragut, he of "Dam the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" fame. (or Torpedo 8...)
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  413. "How to Pronounce - French Battleships"  Wouldn't "Poorly. I'm British" have been enough? (It would be for Jeremy Clarkson)
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  414. So please tell us how he got elected.... (SOMEBODY wanted him)
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  415. Wonder which aircraft had the best broadside? 😁
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  416. BRICK LIVES MATTER!! Stop insulting bricks by comparing them to the Fulmar.
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  417. Our current leadership is VERY competent, just not at doing what we think they should be doing. (Defending the US of A)
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  418.  @DaveSCameron  "If only we had 3 wishes of bringing back ships! " Warspite, Enterprise, and???? . . Don't think an Independence would make the cut.
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  419. "SUNK" was the popular "Merican pronunciation back when it mattered.
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  420. Did the Orlando have a sister ship Dawn?
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  421. Yes but then the enemy had to face a spitfire! (close enough)
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  422. And someday you may grow to Black Adder level of wit. :)
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  423. Sometime after they are built?
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  424. Subtle, isn't it?
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  425. The French would "Mime the channel" against a German landing in 1914? Did I hear that right??
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  426. Wouldn't that require backing up??
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  427. To be fair, it was the Germans job to make the bombing imprecise. Flying straight and level for the last few minutes brought all the 88's on them.
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  428.  @kevinsullivan3448  Magnetic fishing? There are magnetic fish out there?
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  429. The US has never been short of crazy nut jobs. Prove me wrong.
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  430.  @hrvojetasner5173  "What if the germans managed (by some unnamed miracle) to capture the whole french fleet?" Unless they captured half of Briton's oil, they would sit in some harbor like the rest of their navy...
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  431. 26 knots for that era battleship is what warp factor?
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  432. Mostly the Japanese.....
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  433. I would not want to take Yorktown or Essex class carriers on a run to Malta when the trip was a sticky one. Different needs, different well thought solutions.
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  434. Are you considering taking the time to write a serious book on the USN Fleet Problems? There does not seem to be one. ( based on a cursory search on my part)
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  435. "barely civilzed convict bred pirates left on a large desert island to die but didn't" There is a t-shirt right there...
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  436. Drachinifel: Have you considered taking some days off and getting a good nights sleep?Not saying you sound over tired lately,,, oh who am I kidding that's exactly what I'm saying! Don't put up a new video, just a "why don't you make some inteligent comment while I'm gone here" post. (kids today!)
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  437. What a wonderful piece of history of which I knew nothing! (Any more like this on your "too do" list?)
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  438. The Wunderwaffen were internal propaganda to keep people fighting and hopeful when the war was clearly lost, and the general staff knew it. 2:12 brings this up quickly. Every major power had weapons in development that "if the war had lasted longer" would have been used. So many have been listed that no more need be mentioned. Even the Wunderwaffen Germany DIDN'T have, oil, has been mentioned. Wunderwaffen is just another kind of Steam Punk in the end, and as much fun to play with.
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  439. Drach, please feel free to take Christmas off. Go watch "A Very Black Adder Christmas" or some such....
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  440. When will there be a Rum Ration about RUM? You know you want to....
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  441. No one expects the Spanish! Oh, Wait,,, Never mind.
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  442. Midevil armor or the modern ceramic body armor?
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  443. Are there seagoing honey wagons?
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  444. Has anyone done a serious review of how a Kongo Class and Alaska Class would match? Serious, not WoW level... On paper they look interestingly close.
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  445. Attend better schools, WhatsOperDoc, attend better schools.. Or at least READ some good books on the subject.
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  446.  @Cbabilon675  "So I know the context. If I can help you out." There's context? Drach referred to the combat death of Adm. Yamamoto as an assassination multiple times when it wasn't, for the reasons stated in my post. Assassination is a loaded legal term, as you should know, and its wrongful use is dangerous.
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  447. Naming the shuttle that NEVER WENT INTO SPACE Enterprise cost Jimmy Carter unknown millions of trekkie votes in 1980. (Not that I'm still anger...)
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  448. As for the P-38, you just need to know where to look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UneGXm6edV4
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  449. Language! (liked it anyway...)
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  450. Reading through should we start referring to the bow as the nose cone on steel ships?
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  451.  @joshthomas-moore2656  "which would you take outside and hit with the stupid bat to increase their intelligence?" Seems someone has never heard of a "Clue by Four".......
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  452. Ironclad Aircraft Carrier? Who made ironclad aircraft? Excepting Grumman Ironworks of course.
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  453. Should have quoted Baldrick's WWI poem for the subtitle. "BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
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  454.  @kendramalm8811  "Seeing as neither had much preparation for night fighting," Did not High Seas Fleet have a good, practiced, doctrine for night action? Thought they had scared the RN into developing one by being good at it.
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  455.  @jlvfr  There could be an entire episode on "Planes that died in stupid ways".
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  456.  @zacklewis342  The WWI German "Paris Gun" might have been the first as its shells were going up 42+ KM before dropping down to earth.
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  457. I have such fears of what is going on that I came here just to see if TIK had dad his door kicked in and was dragged away for a social media post, or this YouTube.
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  458. "Is there any Imperial Japanese Navy achievement that still influence modern navy today?" Their aircraft carrying subs. They can be considered the model for missile carrying subs, Boomers.
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  459. Has anyone snuck a WoW fantasy ship on the list of ships to review?😁
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  460. Less talk more synthohol
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  461. When Japan was considering replacements for the Kongo Class, why did they not consider a high speed replacement? Something as they were upgraded to but with modern protection and main armament?
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  462. Yes, it wore like iron....
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  463. "Having rewatched most of the films leading up to No Time to Die" I managed to misread it as "No Time To Die Hard", once, and was thinking "Bruce Willis is going there again?" ....
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  464. "Britain’s WORST EVER tank battle" Waiting to see the justification for that as there is some competition for that title. For one, when the Commonwealth forces were moving out from the Normandy beachheads towards Caen it didn't go so well. The eliete armor units Monty sent in basically lost an armored division of tanks on an assault while the panzer division(s) involved had to touch up the paint on several Tigers.
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  465. Wonder when Drach will review the IJN MUTO. (Might have gotten into the Christmas Eggnog while typing this...)
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  466. I suspect the problem of transporting a couple million barrels of oil daily across the Mediterranean battle field is one the Axis would have liked to have, considering the alternatives.
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  467. When exactly did Admiral Jacky Fisher loose it? He clearly had by the time he forced the creation of the Courageous class battlecruisers but the exact date isn't clear.
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  468.  @WALTERBROADDUS  " @Nikos Pipilis the RAF and the Fleet Air Arm did repeated attacks on ships in both Norway and France." The Situation Room covers the Norway attempts in great detail, as is their norm.
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  469.  @coldwarrior78  "Why didn't the US try this. The B25 Mitchell was very successful in shooting up ships so why no torpedoes?" US torpedoes? Could that explain it?
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  470. So Drachinifel is going off to get tanked? Did I hear that right?
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  471. Speaking of Amphibious landings is there enough information to do a decent biography of Admiral Richard, close-in, Conolly? I have a feeling the Army loved him much more than the Blue Water Navy did.
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  472. Don't get me started, well guess I already am, on Monty. For a long time my impression was he was a capable officer who, along with his staff, was far over his depth leading the Common Wealth forces in the invasion of Europe. Further study has shown he often held capable people in his command in contempt for reasons that distance and time make seem as mere class difference. He blamed everyone he could for the failure of HIS Market Garden, including Eisenhower. (and this is me being mild on the subject)
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  473.  @Marechalkev327  "Is the USS Washington and its captain/admiral Lee the greatest commander and ship combination?" Kirk: Enterprise: Duh!
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  474.  Vlad Tepes  " "Drach how would you unblock the Suez?" With or without Swordfish being involved?
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  475. "Perhaps ever" Battlestar Galactica (reboot) would like to have a talk with you in the back alley...
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  476. Five minute guide runs fifty minutes.... Are these metric minutes, or something?
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  477.  @n3zyd  Getting through to the transports would have really been pulling taffy. (As they had found their ship weapons in the bottom of the stores)
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  478. Looking at the current Democratic party......
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  479. In talking about a "Pearl Harbor at Sea" why didn't you mention the Naval Battle of Malaya? The lose of the Prince of Wales and Repulse at sea, fully alert, and prepared for attack, served notice of the place of battleships in WWII. Those were good ships. No speculation needed. Just that is enough.
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  480. 34:08 Japanese submarines? Not Torpedo Boats? Time did move on.
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  481. Need to rename these guides to "Five minuets and more. Much More."
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  482. Is this where The Pythons "spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam spam, eggs and spam" came from. (not to spam you here)
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  483. WHAT! Three days and still no new video? Who are you, and what have you done with the REAL Drachinifel? (He would have had seven up at his current rate)
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  484. Two thoughts on this: 1) Intelligence has a long history of being horribly, horribly wrong. Western intelligence during the Cold War as revealed when the USSR fell and German intelligence on the USSR when the invaded (OOPS!) are just a pare of examples 2) People act like all this foolishness is in the past and nothing like this is happening today. Ever wonder what people believe today that is just as false? Think about that too hard and you will be drinking more. (just stay with the good stuff)
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  485. Kind of lost me when you said The Beeb, BBC, and NPR were the most highly rated news sources. It would seem you follow neither or have no means to actually see how honest and complete their stories are.
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  486.  @ZurLuften  "Why were there no allied light carriers/escort carriers present during the Normandy landings" They had a very large carrier called HMS England. Don't know if they also used Wales.
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  487. Can you find enough information on captain Leslie E. Gehres of the Franklin to do a proper, and much deserved, history? By that stage in the war the USN had so many ships entering service they may have been using some "lessor" candidates...
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  488. Anyone notice the Star Wars inspiration, starting 29:43 ish? Dropping a grenade into the magazine should have been easier than to bullseye a Womp Rat from a T-16. (was that scene filmed in England?)
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  489. Post that as a review and watch sales double...
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  490.  @JSremus  "why were USS South Dakota and USS Washington not made available to Callaghan for the first battle on the night of the 13th?" Because "Callaghan"??
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  491. The Iowa Class were Battlecruisers. Change my mind. (sips cup of covfefe )
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  492. Almost as big? Let's get a ship count and troop count on that.
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  493. Depends. What did they do to be Bad??
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  494.  @MrPro897  "What speed makes a "fast battleship"?" Think it depends on how slow everything else is. (heh!)
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  495.  @scottmason2557  "You mention in your video on the Taiho that her name means "Rising Phoenix" " Does seem how she went in the end.......
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  496. Iowa, yes. The Enterprise...... At a certain point you don't get to say one is better than the other.
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  497. Can't be. Doesn't weave..
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  498. There was "some guy" the Royal Navy had in the Mediterranean who seemed pretty good at it...
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  499. Yes. Did they have to pay a royalty?
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  500. How about an image of Fisher that says "Speed Kills"?
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  501. PRODUCTION HELL! or GOD'S OWN PUNISHMENT! Snarky posters ask. You decide!
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  502. Well before Covid-19 we had that Wuhan Flu the media was talking about. (Comment banned in 3..2..1 )
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  503.  @DELTATROOPER5555  "As the topic of food has come up before what navy during WWII had the best consistent at sea desserts and which offered the most variety?" And what tops ICE CREAM ALL THE TIME!! Especially in the hot parts of the Pacific.
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  504. A hard reality is that many of the greatest hero's we cheer were famous largely for the number of enemy they killed. I do not want to get into the underlying morality since in war each side is trying to kill the other as quickly as they can, that is what war means, just an acknowledgement of the extent of the loss. You have covered this subject in the sinkings of the Hood and Bismark, and did it well. I just feel there is more to be said on this, after careful thought, and that you are capable of doing so. I have seen to many comments where the destruction of a ship is treated like a video(on-line? I'm old) game and cheered and then there's the whole submarine/U boat thing. Too many will cheer a commander or crew, who may have been very skilled and brave, without considering that they also killed many people we would consider civilians. I have felt the need to say this for several months. When War comes it has many costs and we should acknowledge them.
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  505. How many see FAA and default to "Federal Aviation Administration" rather than "Fleet Air Arm"?? (Talk about two peoples separated by a common language)
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  506. Isn't Caledonia an old jazz/blues song?
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  507. Can not help but notice you said "Bomber Harris" as if your your mouth had trouble forming the words..
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  508.  @SeveralWeezelsInaTrenchcoat  "The most steampunk looking ship ever built or designed but never built?" It would be French.
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  509. This Dilbert movie looks interesting!
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  510.  @ComradeArthur  " None of the Essex class CVs suffered an aerial torpedo hit." By that time did the IJN have any torpedo planes left? (F6F says "YUM! Torpedo Planes!)
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  511.  @kingquackie7284  " So I have been wondering, how did a pair of D4Y Suiseis manage to evade detection when they attacked USS Bunker Hill? and how hard was it to spot a single aircraft during ww2?" I've been wondering that myself. When I learned they had a n early form of transponder (IFF) it started to make sense. The IJA learned to spoof the USN signal, without telling the IJN of course, seems a real possibility
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  512. It actually came? This is as unbelievable as that Trump fellow getting elected. Checking the date to see if it's a Friday the 13th, can't be April 1st already!
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  513. Did any early war Swordfish crew become destroyer captains? They seemed to fit the right mental profile....
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  514. Not "a cunning plan"?
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  515.  @grif1811  Conclusion or Ugly Death? We ask: You decide.
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  516. The Arctic convoys to the USSR are up there. Good game potential too!
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  517. A more serious question is what you think Halsey's next assignment would have been if the Center Force HADN'T turned away....
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  518. You mean the drinking contest they had once they all passed the great beyond?
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  519.  @ArmiesAndBattles  " That's what the Americans said after dropping two atomic bombs on Japan." Oh Hell No we didn't!! (Insert Trumaneque phrasing here. And cover your ears)
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  520.  @ph89787  Not so much on landing....
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  521. Will you do a history/biography of Robbo Voice, say on April First? Bonus points if it's done by Robbo Voice.
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  522. I believe the Taffy's weren't doing the air search in that area because they thought Halsey was still up north covering the straight. Would need to do a search to confirm that. If Task Force 34 had been formed Admiral Lee, by reputation, would be certain that air cover was up, either from the Taffy's or by some small fleet carriers assigned to him. Still all guessing.
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  523.  @Cdodders27  "Beatty vs. Halsey. Who wins?" Does Halsey get his carriers? If so "Game Over Man!"
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  524.  @ibbi32  "What is the most beautiful capital ship between 1900-45 in your opinion" What ever he chooses it will be British!
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  525. Why wasn't the first episode subtitled (Beatty, you idiot!) since that does seem to be your honest take.. (snark? ME??)
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  526. Umm, By late spring of 1942 weren't Aircraft the primary form of coastal defense? They're also hard to avoid by just moving 10 miles,16KM.
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  527. "Was HMS Hood the best ship in the interwar period?" Hood? what about CV-2 & CV-3, and lets add Akagi. People were holding on to Battleships as the heart of the fleet as Aircraft Carriers were still theory. That changed when the shooting started.
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  528.  @potatosalad5323  "What happen if Us manage to finish building Uss Montana?" At that point the USN would be looking for floating battle ships to sink. US and Royal Navy would near have the only ones left.
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  529. "What was the fastet time to sink a battleship in WW2, meaning after it being attacked for the first time and suffering the damage that would lead directly to the sinking of it." Royal Oak. Sunk by a U-boat in Scrapa Flow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Royal_Oak_(08)
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  530. How Canadian of them! (second message)
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  531.  @richardm3023  "It would also be less than my ex-wife and her 3 sisters all in the same car." And what was your car, to handle that load? (So you like them BIG then?) (heh!)
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  532. Somewhere I read German reports on the affect of naval gun fire on army units. If it was by Drach can someone name where. If it wasn't by Drach can you report on it?
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  533. @Ranari's Brawling Channel "What WW1 battleship/battlecruiser performed best during WW2? And why?" You mean besides the Warspite, right?
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  534. It was America. They could have BEEN Poles, like half my family and big chunks of most cities.
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  535. But! But But! What about Battleship Guns NOT used in Battleships. I'm talking about you, Alaska class 12" guns!
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  536.  @Ralph-yn3gr  "USS Des Moines vs HMS Dreadnought (both with and without updated fire control). Who would win? Both displace just over 20,000 tons when at full load." If it's at night, or likely longer range, my money's on Des Moines. (Go Iowa!)
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  537. So when will you quantify what all that naval fire power at Normandy would have done if General Rommel's belief had been followed that the German army had to be in place to drive the invaders into the Sea in the first 24 hours?
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  538. What is your favorite shade of Battleship Grey? And yes, this is an attempt to parody some of the questions posted. It would be very embarrassing if this was a "thing" with many serious views...
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  539.  @danielregnard882  f you could travel back in time and stick a GoPro or 360 action cam onto any point of a ship to get footage of a historical event, what would it be?' Do you mean besides HMS Victory at the Battle Of Trafalgar?
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  540. As an aside, I was surprised to read the also underappreciated P-40 was used to replace Hurricanes in the fighter role in North Africa as they were considered better in that role.
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  541. Here's all this terrifying news---- Have a Good Thursday!
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  542.  @vikkimcdonough6153  " What's the worst case, in the period the channel covers and OUTSIDE of Imperial Japan, of a nation's naval war effort being sabotaged by interservice rivalry?" Luftwaffe vs. Kriegsmarine as a good guess.
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  543.  @TheImperatorKnight  Quite!
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  544. "My favourite were the Derfflinger class 😁😁. Such beauty" I remember giving the British "Derfflinger" while playing Jutland. (Good days, good days.)
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  545. In the US two major Railroads, the SP (Southern Pacific) and the AT&SF (Santa Fe - the one with the War Bonnet paint scheme), began experimenting with oil fired steam locomotives in the mid 1890's and were converting large numbers of locomotives by the late 1890's. Oil firing was a well known and established art by 1899 so upscaling it would have just required wanting to do it, and accepting the occasional "OOPS!". (BOOM!!)
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  546. Super Dreadnought's, if that naming convention continued, with a new superlative added for each new generation, what would they have gotten to for the Yamato class? Super Super Duper Dreadnought's? Hyper Super Super Dreadnought? Of course this is a silly question but playing the game of answering it is a good mental exorcise. (if it's April 1st before you get to answering this, that is fine)
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  547. Did the Imperial German Navy cause WWI, as many claim? IE, without it England would not have been involved so there would have been a much smaller land war only in Europe.
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  548.  @delurkor  "Alternatively an episode on Fritz-X hits, winners and losers." There was always a winner. Sometimes the ship. Sometimes the Fritz-X.
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  549. So few comments on such a moving post. I suppose it might be as there is little to say after the veterans spoke so clearly of the events and their part in it. Finding those interviews was finding a treasure, which you shared.
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  550.  @WALTERBROADDUS  "there was an entire live chat just Wednesday..." Seems you missed the point of not that it needs to be 3 hours reference. British Wry humor use to be famous. I might be an outlier in remembering that but "Tight Little Island and The Ladykillers, two movies so old that Vanguard was till in service when they came out, should display the point better than my words.
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  551. Don't worry. 999 other liked it within moments so there's your 1000 among many.
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  552. Will you have different theme music when it is a ship of sail rather than boring steam power?
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  553.  @glauberglousger6643  "Can you clear up how U-1206 sank and what caused it? (The famous incident relating to its plumbing/toilet)" Yes! And then tell us more about the operation of a Poop Deck. (so going there, child that I am)
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  554. If you are looking a hook for an episode, charting the changes in the British Navy during the life, or rule, of Queen Victory would be interesting as it would cover almost all of the changes of the 19th century going from wooden sailing ships (I think) to Turbinia. I will confess this thought came after hearing the Kinks "VICTORIA" playing in the background.
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  555. The MN Commandant Teste, of COURSE it was capable of offensive action. It was FRENCH. (Rudeness counts, right?)
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  556. Insert fart joke here... (should have outgrown this by now. "shrug")
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  557.  @evocorporation6537  "Am I wrong for actually liking Postman?" Only if he rings twice. (Talk about your classics there)
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  558. RoboVoice should read its biography on April 1st. Everyone wants this. Just ask them. Where it was born, its parents, what it was like in school, its early years, how you discovered it, what other videos it has voiced, some of its greatest hits, is it retired or doing other work. Then there is the personal side, such as preferred pronouns, its stance on Covid protocols and such may be a bit much...but we would live with it.
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  559. Is this a book request?
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  560.  @davidbryden7904  "Would like to see that episode on Greek Fire 🔥" We are burning to see it!
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  561. "Have Japanese considered using midget submarines as kamikaze torpedos?" https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a26291433/japan-kamikaze-mini-subs/
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  562. Based on how well the Luftwaffe unit that had been trained for the Graf Zeppelin performed in this attack, has anyone reconsidered how well the Graf Zeppelin itself would have performed if completed in a timely manner?
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  563. Cr@p! Now I need a drink after this. Then I'm going to start reading Revelations to make the day complete.
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  564. Isn't DESTUCTOR a Super Hero name?
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  565. This movie was so boring that I couldn't watch the CRITICAL DRINKER review and had to stop. It's that bad....
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  566. "How well would a P-51 work as a carrier fighter." Best model for that would be the Seafire variant of the Spitfire. There is a Wiki on it, for one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Seafire#Specifications_(F_Mk_III)
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  567. In rating the Essex class as the best carriers of WWII why the hating on the Shōkaku-class ? Even a 'MERICAN! (me) can see they were probably the best of the war, excepting that radar thing.
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  568. You still need to do the story of Marine Diesel Development, even if only the Germans used them to move warships..
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  569. "s there anything germans didn't make the first of?" Peace? Where they the first to make peace?
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  570. Anything about the "Extremely Rude Air Patrol"?? to be fair and all...
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  571. "When she was sent to the breakers..." Boo! Hiss!
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  572.  @lisagerman2111  ??? Isn't "shady" a default setting for a politician, ANY politician?
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  573.  @gingerbrummie  "It was a battlecruiser" And yet, strangely, the Iowa Class aren't?
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  574. And they didn't even have a USS Johnson to carry them!
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  575. Captain Larry Seaquist claimed the USS IOWA had a surprisingly small bow wave at full speed. (of 36-37 knots!) Are there videos of the Iowa class to confirm this or is this likely an Old Captain having fun with a young Brit? He did seem to think the Royal Navy had a great, and deep, sense of humor and was quite willing to give as good as he got.
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  576. Once you have more museum ships than active one's, is it time to scale back the program?
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  577.  @smokejaguarsix7757  "Typical Brit. Little to no credit for major achievements of the allies while ..." Drach is to good and honest a historian for this criticism. When he does fall into it a bit, friendly mocking is all that's needed. I have noticed his respect for the US Navy seemed to grow during his Guadalcanal Series, except for some of the clear idiot captains during night actions of course. Just read the "Captain Ka-Bar" comments about the F4F destroying a Bettie with its landing gear.
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  578. "@Ezekiel Alaric they had 3 , lost one in siberia and one to japan ships ambush" But you should have seen the Crazy Hot Chick riding the last one...
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  579. And they STILL beat me...
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  580.  @rolfs2165  "If you could have any one ship lifted and rebuilt, which one would you choose? You mean "Besides the Hood, if you could have any one ship lifted and rebuilt, which one would you choose?" Right?
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  581. For energy for China, how long is the chain from Russia? Seems there are deals to be made there that both would be happy with.
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  582.  @rathernotsay8185  "Would you ever consider doing a collab with TIK history?" TIK does naval history???
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  583. So why wasn't this the "One Hundred and Twelve Minuet Guide to the KGV Class"?
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  584. What I find interesting is that YouTube brings up this video in their recommendations.
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  585. Does the Saratoga "glow in the dark" now, or has the radiation abated?
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  586. Drach's a Lefty?!? How did I miss this, and do I now need to check for a "left bias" in his many features?
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  587. "Like emptying the entire bottle of ketchup on yer chips (hot, fried, they go with fish)" WHAT! No Malt Vinegar? Just some boring ketchup?? (and I'm just some guy from Milwaukee..)
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  588.  FonkyHonky  "I see this heavy cruiser and often wonder if those 9 8” salvos could take out the next class up like a battleship with 14” guns.." Well a bunch with these guns shot up a Kongo. Does a Kongo count?
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  589.  @kemarisite  "you've never read an American newspaper, have you? Sensationalism and exaggeration is the entire business model of American journalism." Never heard of the Fleet Street Tabloids then Frank? I just hope the two groups would not take our complaints as a challenge and a competition..
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  590. Could you please do a review of the IJN GOJIRA, a MUTO class battleship? I believe it was a proposed response to the Tillman proposals. No need to rush on this , very early April would do.
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  591. ANYONE ever tell the Japanese holdouts "if you surrender you get Beer"??
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  592. TURNS into? Not is from the start?
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  593. If you raise it and rename it is it the undead version?
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  594. Minion cannons were real?? When will you have a Minion's episode and do a deep dive on them?
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  595. The PoW being sunk at sea by aircraft was very important in the history of warfare. Just in the wrong direction for battleships.
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  596. If Hitler had sent the first wave of V-1 Bombs against the invasion fleet at Normandy how affective would it have been? Navies were pretty good at putting up AA by June 1944 so it might not have been as one sided as some think.
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  597.  @SS-ec2tu  "Japan would have gone through older US ships like a hot knife through butter." Are you sure? Some of those old Standard Class Battleships were tough enough to have an atomic bomb dropped on them, twice, and not sink.
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  598.  @TimelyAbyss  "In order to demonstrate the pace of technology at that time, what ship do you think was the first ship that would have been able to defeat two or three dreadnoughts in combat?" It would be a U-Boat, but what number? (Prove me wrong) (heh!)
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  599.  @joshthomas-moore2656  "What happened to the carrier HMS Dasher?" It bumped into the USS Maine? And I am very sad to see that there apparently was never an HMS Dancer. (sigh!)
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  600. Why yes! It did burn nicely!
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  601. Does anyone else think the new music is less than inspiring? AND is this something we can blain on You Tub?
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  602. How do you give this more likes?
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  603. My cats would like a play date...
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  604.  @blackcorp0001  What happens at sea stays in Vegas? (I'm cOnfused!)
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  605. Your exaggerated titles may be driving the views you want away. I made a recommendation of your site on Perun's, any common viewers here?, and that was their reaction. They refused to view even one. It might be best to just be yourself.
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  606. Why did not the RN include the Po-Tat-O among their small arms inventory as the USN did?
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  607. Now compare Manstein's Auto Biography to Montgomery's. (You know, for honesty...)
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  608. Wasn't Pearl Harbor itself "The Great Decisive Battle" under the Kantai Kessen? What existing ships remained that weren't the core target under the plan. They even treated the war like that, for six months..
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  609. ???? Why didn't the US Navy just ask the Airforce for some help? Or was the USAF insistence the Navy paint Gojira Red first an issue?
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  610. MEOW!  Required post dictated by my alpha cat.
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  611. @UNSCForwardontodawn "Given the Mersey was designed and built to counter the Merrimack, which ship would have won in a fight between them?" The North Atlantic would have won.....
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  612. Since I believe we can make suggestions for future videos, may I suggest some of the battles between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina? as stated, WWII battles between the IJN and the US Navy seem to dominate due to their number. Also, I would like to know if the Warspite was in the same Sea or time zone when it hit the Giulio Cesare. (snark? ME??)
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  613. Commerce raiding would be very effective against an Oil State. It seems ginormous oil tankers are more flammable than the crew, or owners, would like making them a relatively easy kill.
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  614. If you are ever looking for a new topic to cover may I suggest this: Destroyer Captains, and crews, have a long history of being insanely aggressive and considering themselves elite units across time and navies. Covering some of the lesser known stories illustrating this could fill quite a bit of time in a pleasurable way. (Finding the info, not so much)
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  615. 8:15 "He was also 73..." Someone doesn't know the age of many of his viewers.
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  616. Great! Now I'm thinking about a battleship gun that can fire a Tall Boy sized shell!! Thanks for that... (grumble)
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  617. They would have been stuck in the shallows. (duh!)
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  618. ​ @Celtic Ogham123 "During the Yamato's final stand, why did it not last nearly as long as her sister ship the Musashi as they were similar ships? " One Battle Ship, 7000 (close enough) Carrier planes attacking?
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  619.  @harryjohnson9215  "How did thay hide all those weapons?" Hammer Space! (Duh!)
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  620. Is YouTube, perhaps, blocking a U571 feature by a historian as the inevitable torpedoing of the story line would make the Lusitania sinking seem like a mere scratch?
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  621. The many Yamato design ideas had a surprising number with diesel power. Such power would have been a huge advantage in the Pacific with its reduced fuel consumption. I assume many other navies looked into that but only the Deutschland Class used diesel power so there is some real history in the development of ship sized marine diesels which are so common today in container ships and such. Anything to say on the matter?
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  622. So. Gave up on the contacts then?
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  623. "What is the most insane story of damage happening to a vessel and surviving it that you know about?" USS Franklin. Didn't you watch that post?
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  624. Have you yet covered the most extreme cases of using a Historic and Grand ship name on a piddling small and inappropriate vessel? Think of Hood or Enterprise being used on a harbor patrol cutter as an example of the idea. (Please don't let either happen)
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  625. @John Thomas "They’re a very deluded bunch and they have our pity." Less ranting and more information would better serve, unless you are trying to come off as a deluded fool yourself. Who invented the water tube boiler then, and when? There are also many cases where major innovations were developed independently with two or more legitimate claims.
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  626.  @Stardude78  Probably when South Dakota managed to get some 16" shells out.
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  627.  @misham1213  "What do you think of nuclear torpedos?" Thought #1: Not for short range use....
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  628. Is the loss of the Shinano to mere torpedo's from one sub an indication of the vulnerability of the Yamato class? Some act as if aerial torpedo's were more like mosquito bites to them (it took 22 hits to sink her!)
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  629. How about "a lot more subs starting day one. plink the US supply chain Bigly." ??
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  630. How many twin 5/38's could be put on a Tillman in a WWII upgrade? (going there)
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  631.  @xiaoka  " except with oil and natural gas…" That's a pretty big "except". Just ask Sadia Arabia.
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  632. The Prequel as it where.
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  633. Dad jokes R-Us...
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  634. Isn't Akizuki the most important "ship" in WoW?
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  635. @3rd Ear "that'll be Dune then.. aka GOTs in Space." And the sequels are all "Season Eight".
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  636.  @bucksfanatic5863  "And did the RN and IJN also have dedicated carriers to train their carrier pilots during WWII?" . Reading the history of some of the early RN carriers that were active in WWII several served that roll later in the war.
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  637. Well, Hotels Should be in the Mediterranean...
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  638. Erwin Rommel....... Whatever they could find.
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  639. A 5 minute guide that's under 6 minutes???
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  640. Any special plans for Episode "42"?? (For Douglas Adams fans everywhere.)
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  641. If Drach makes it to number 666, just a random selection no other reason, what questions are likely to still be left? All the sensible ones should have been asked by then. Feel free to be creative in your recommendations.
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  642. Have you considered, and explored, the possibility that Kings view of the Royal Navy was shaped and reinforced by too many officers being of poor quality, In Kings well trained eye, and the RN itself having become to rigid in important ways simply from existing for so many centuries? Or, to take a different tack, his view of Winston Churchill on naval matters was the same as yours and who do you THINK was running the Royal Navy during this time? (even chunks of WWI )
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  643. The USN Fast Carrier Task Force of WWII made the decision NOT to maneuver under attack. From Wiki:"Other than this measure, the carriers in the task group would not take evasive action from their attackers. This was in marked contrast with the Imperial Japanese Navy, but the choice made for more stable platforms for the anti-aircraft fire of all the ships in the task group and allowed the ships in the group to sail more closely together." Since the IJN was very effective at dodging bombs, was this the right policy?
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  644. I'M not shocked about the Chinese Spy case. There have already been so many with Top elected officials.
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  645. Careful. There are still Firefly fans out there. (And I don't mean that stupid old airplane!) Shiny!
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  646.  @Tevildo  What if we decided to call the USS ROBIN "CV-6A". That was good enough for Starfleet and using that number is hardly an insult.
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  647. Would that be a system for targeting the Dutch? If so, little need for it by then......
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  648. One of the important features of Japans Long Lance torpedo is that it used a 24" tube rather than the standard 21". Were there any studies on the advantage of the larger size, with out using the explodey propellant mix of the long lance of course. Range, speed, and explosive charge are all things that could be increased.
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  649. Best drink fast as it's a short one...
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  650. Please tell us more on your coming decent into "crazy-cat-lady". (Cute Cat!)
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  651.  @lordshipmayhem  "In the era between the start of the ironclads and the end of World War II, there must have been some ship classes that proved ineffective or in hindsight just plain insanely impractical, but actually got built." You mean "Besides the K class,".....
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  652. A full weekend off? Is she cute? (OK, that is not the only possible reason just a fun one...)
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  653.  @lutenantsweedpertasa  "@Drachinifel how would the Battle of the Denmark Straight have played out if HMS Hood hadn’t actively scattered herself to the four winds?" Scattered herself? Come on! She had help! (Give the Germans some credit there.)
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  654. Coffee at noon? Late sleeper then?
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  655. Anyone game this? (sounds like fun)
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  656. Since many of the requests are the moral equivalent of “if the Incredible Hulk was blue rather than green how would this affect his power (and can a Red Hulk beat a Yellow Hulk?), how do you respond to such as this without insulting the questioner or losing your mind?    Not that I would ask such a thing, and how is the HMS Pinafore review coming? (blinks) (avoids eye contact)
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  657. Does the source material exist to do a proper presentation of WWI Fighters? That is just such an interesting era of aviation history.
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  658.  @michaelkovacic2608  " Can loaded tankers be set aflame by firing incendiary 20mm rounds at them?" Ask yourself this, would YOU want to be on a loaded tanker taking 20mm incendiary hits?
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  659.  @charlescasturo9146  If an hour is a quickie someone is going for bragging rights...
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  660. First flop? Tell me more about the Fantastic Four movies...
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  661.  @WALTERBROADDUS  " The Germans were fascinated with huge guns" ........... Nope! Not going to comment!
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  662. "Would you rather fight 10 Fletcher-sized Yamatos, or 1 Yamato-sized Fletcher?" I'll have what he's drinking/smoking...
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  663.  @hawkerhellfire9152  "If the planes were not launched how many US battleships would reasonably have been lost against Yamato?" Night battle with US Radar advantage... Please look up "Battle of San Bernardino Strait".
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  664. Two questions: 1) Please quantify what would happen if the Panzer divisions had foolishly put them selves in range of all those navy guns by rushing the beaches at Normandy? 2) What is the British comparable for "beating a dead horse"?
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  665. M1 Hellcat?
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  666. I have noticed you are ignoring the question of "what-if Task Force 34 had been left by Halsey at Leyte Gulf?" Would it have been so one sided that no mention need be made? Were the 16" guns, and radar, that good? (The World Wonders...)
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  667. "Through time shenanigans, USS Iowa rocks up in the pacific theater in 1942 with the 50 W23 shells that were produced, would they be used for anything besides land bombardment?" I suspect the Kirishima would have had an even worse time in Iron Bottom Sound, if that is possible.
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  668.  @Pandemia616  "bro don't jinx it. Do you want them to Jason into a preachy black lesbian?" A preachy black lesbian (what! not also Jewish? :so you hate Jews?) could make a GREAT Jason! (we're into dark humor, right?)
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  669. Let us all sing a "Torch" song!!
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  670. So, No mention to be made on the "after hours" activity during the conference? Washington is known for the after hours activity being very active...
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  671. Grounded on her way to be scrapped and had to be broken up in place? What's Russian for "Warspite"?
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  672.  @khaelamensha3624  Some B-25's had a 75mm cannon. (B-25G)
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  673. And even their subs, per rumors...
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  674. Now you make them sound like cruise ships. Their use would put a different spin on "Viking Tours" though.
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  675. "Chamberlain got a raw deal in history and that after he got back from Munich he ordered re-armament. " It is well known and accepted history that at that time Britain started a desperate rearmament race at that time. He well may have been "blowing smoke" to buy more time for it. The "Peace with Honor" quote should be on his gravestone though, or at least chalked on daily by visitors.
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  676. When you review the next Deutschland-class ship, please explain why they were not the last pre-dreadnaughts? If you go on their thin armor, please explain why they were not the first pre-battlecruisers. (26 knots WAS early Battlecruiser speed after all)
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  677. So was it Hikaru Sulu or Pavel Chekov taking that evasive action?
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  678. People talk of Battle of the Battle Komandorski Islands as the last major surface engagement without air support but it seems more interesting as a commerce raider attack on a guarded convoy. If you find the time, time-what's that, talking about it as part of the WWII history of surface raiders would be interesting and informative.
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  679. I don't think I would want to be on the receiving end when they delivered "bang"....
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  680. Not to go there BUT, ever wonder what propaganda you believe? Any serious study shows every one uses propaganda to some degree, which makes it hard to know what really happened/is going on.
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  681. "How has someone disliked the video already?" It just means you have personal dedicated spammers. (duh!)
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  682. Based on the history of the Royal Navy vs the US Navy, at what stage is the US navy vs the PLA Navy of mainland China? It doesn't line up right but feels like the interwar period.
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  683.  @knmo2642  "Japan vs Germany 1940s naval war. Who wins?" Are you joking or trolling? In surface combat the German "fleet"'s life would be measured in weeks, or days, if it showed itself. U-boats Might make it interesting, maybe.
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  684.  @martinvagnerpind6302  Callaghan's death greatly improved the navy's chain of command and that could be the reason. Also, Roosevelt...
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  685. "@princeoftonga 4 hours ago For most officers the invention of torpedo bombers would have been seen as a threat certainly but only really an added thing to think about rather than an existential threat to the surface fleet." Tell that to the Bismarck, or the PoW for that matter.
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  686.  @gwtpictgwtpict4214  Common, it's not as if the USN had WORKING torpedoes at Midway. (Think Drach had an episode on that...) So don't blame those poor, old, and slow (Might have been faster than a Swordfish. Maybe) Devastator's for not sinking anything.
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  687. Something so War Like on Easter? Really now! (Takes bite of Ham...)
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  688.  @TheLeper2001  And if there is anything a battle line ship wants to called it is "cute!"....
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  689.  @cadenstoldt2288  "Did Surface warships ever use their AA guns on other warships?" Taffy Three.
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  690. Based on this ships guns, should WoW have a "Muzzle Loader" class?
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  691. The Critical Drinker isn't locked in with Bad Movies. Bad Movies are locked in with HIM! (playing on the actual best line in the movie) When PRIME let me watch the movie it was far better than I expected. Once past the required stereotype take on real world politics, and who is a hero/villain, I found it every bit as complex and intriguing as did the Drinker. My only word of caution is to pause it about half way in and come back another day. Or just watch Deadpool as who needs any more Superhero movies after that one?
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  692. "A Main Battery" (3:10) Heh!
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  693.  @phinhager6509  or tried for a mad dash to either join the British fleet in India or Egypt, or the US fleet in Hawaii " The US fleet in Hawaii.... AND in time to come along for Midway. (Wonder which Carrier group would get it??)
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  694. A serious question, that some here may also wish to comment on: Did any major navy take submarines seriously as a major/primary weapon during the WWI-WWII period? I see them trying to work around submarines, in effect pretending they don't exist, more than anything else. Germany made great use of U-boats in both wars, but manly from weakness in other areas that prevented the construction of a large surface fleet. They were also basically operating coastal subs That were less than optimal for long term ocean use. There also seemed to be no navy that had an active push in the between war period to expand the possibilities of submarines. (maybe Japan) Japan has been mocked for using their subs mostly as part of fleet operations without admitting how successful they were. Just count how many US carriers were sunk by subs in this use. For a "thought experiment" just imagine if in all the surface battles around Guadalcanal the US had been able to put 8-12 subs (with torpedoes that, you know, WORKED) in the "slot" rather than the destroyers, cruisers and battleships they used. They should have done as well or better if properly led at far less cost in men and material.
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  695. "Atlanta vs Dido who would win?" What is the standard? The number of, say, zero's they could shoot down?
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  696. OH! *$@#&%! (I can't believe I typed that) what a performance at the River Plata. The early WWII war on the Seas, before universal radar and air coverage changed the rules, was the most interesting period and the RN was very good with those earlier rules.
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  697. Don't hold back. Tell us what you really think!
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  698. Since it's the 75th anniversary of Leyte Gulf, would you care to do an analysis of what would have happened if task force 34 had actually been created? No need for those slow battleships to hold back the carriers.
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  699. 1275 comments in two hours? I must miss much by being on the free feed! (And I could not drink enough to watch that one...)
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  700. Weed?? Surely you mean RUM!
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  701. Tony The Beard, (heh!).
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  702. 1942 Halsey or 1944-45 Halsey?
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  703. Why does it even exist? Simple. To become an object lesson in the hands of The Drinker. (And to drive down Disney stock).
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  704. They said there would be no math...
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  705. Well, the "Mericans at the time couldn't believe Europe would do something so Stupid. Again.....
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  706. Are you sure it isn't the bow sections hating their ship?
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  707. "Edited for Advertiser-Friendly Guidelines"?????? So how much of your soul do you need to sell for that?
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  708. 22K likes as I click it. Wonder if anyone will notice?
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  709. Oh, that OTHER King George V.. I suppose that will do, I guess....
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  710. I have seen The Operation Room's "Hunt for the Tirpitz, 42-44" and an struck by the waste of Royal Navy resources in trying to sink her. Would the Allies cause have been better served by just having a constant watch by RN submarines? Catching a torp would at least be a mission kill if she came out.
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  711. LIES! HMS Captain was never afloat...
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  712. How DARE you imply the JS Kaga is an aircraft carrier! Any search for images will show just how false that is. (harrumph!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JS_Kaga
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  713.  @DaveSCameron  The 'Merican take is. "Yes, but then I would have to kill you."
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  714. Every "WILD RUMOR" about Pres. Biden is common in the US of A. The White House has been hiding the health of Biden only to have it revealed in the debate. He also just disappeared while on the campaign trail just before quitting his campaign to the point people were wondering if he was still alive. When he did appear before cameras his poor health was visible. A wise guess is he has started having mini strokes, which anyone who has watched an aging parent should know about. Forget the politics, this is a hard time for those who love him.
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  715.  @Tevildo  Since BB-7 was laid down in1897 requiring it to remain active would CUT USN strength. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Illinois_(BB-7)
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  716. "If you were able to save one British capital ship at the end of WWII that isn't Warspite." You said "Hood" in a most strange way... All right, saving it once it is on the ocean floor would be a bother...
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  717. Can you do a full episode of book recommendations? My, possibly failing, memory is there was one but I could not find it. Having one that is actively updated would be a joy!
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  718. Anyone know the difference in turning skill between an Essex Class and a Yorktown Class, for those who saw the clip of the Enterprise playing Doge Em.
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  719. Being slow and/or forgetful, has the reason been explained WHY the Courageous Class carriers were never given full length flight decks, useful as they would have been?
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  720. Isn't the receiving ship the one you fire on?? (asking for a friend )
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  721. Does anyone know the airspeed velocity of a fully laden Swordfish? (for you Monty Python Fans out there) I have heard rumors it was so slow that if the wind was strong enough a fast ship could run away from one.
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  722. So did 55 "fat middle aged dick heads" down vote this?
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  723. Read up on Bomber Command and the Mighty Eighth Army Air Force and you might change your mind a bit on that. Dresden Anyone? And that was played much bigger by firebombing Tokyo.
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  724. Wasn't much fun for those in the battle....
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  725. Someone didn't notice "helpless" was in quotes I see.
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  726.  @brenokrug7775  The worst observed in 91 years? Does that mean it was worse 92 years ago or that they have only been counting for 91 years?
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  727. No song this time? Sad!
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  728. So based on their role and their usage Drach is saying the USN Fast Battleships were Battlecruisers, (everyone knows the Iowa's were the Battlecruiser form of the not finished Montana's)?? Did I hear that right?
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  729. Seem to be 31 idiots or full blown trolls so far.
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  730. "Why were all these famous ships sent to the scrapyard?" Briton elected Labor.......... (that simple)
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  731. Better than "one step forward, two(or more) steps back"....
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  732. Could the auto load system of the Des Moines class be up scaled for larger guns. A final version Montana class have a firing rate of, say, four rounds per minute would have been a bit of a game changer. You could see other navies rushing to build "Montana Class Battle ships" and all existing battle ships becoming "Pre-montana Battleships". Of course WWII, Carriers as the new Capital Ships, and the whole Hiroshima thing would have to not happen.
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  733. And Sucky torps...
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  734. TIK, Since you refuse to be limited and go where ever your curiosity and research take you it may be time to do a thorough talk on veganism and the inevitable result of a protein less diet. Just your mention of the health troubles Mussolini and Hitler suffered under such a diet says you have done much of the work.
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  735. The "World War II for Dummies" in the background is GREAT!!
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  736. Straight wing? The Venom was straight winged? (time to go look up the definition) As an aside, I keep seeing it with the booms tail removed in a flying wing form. Must sip my morning coffee faster...
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  737.  @richardvernon317  Rather than Swallow it needed a V name. De Havilland Voldemort?
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  738. Is the guide primarily for the benefit of Japanese pilots and U-boat captains?
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  739.  @ladyponfarr5479  "how did they determine hits and damage during Fleet Problems?" 12-sided dice. (Duh!)
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  740. NO! It was suppose to happen in the Philippines, not Pearl. Everything was set to make clear it was an unprovoked attack with US forces taking the blow. Lots of bigwigs in the Swamp that is DC who should have been in the know had the reaction of "Pearl Harbor? Don't you mean the Philippines?"
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  741. Isn't the Hetzer the best German "Tank" of WWII, by far?
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  742. WIMP!! I've been hiking on hilly trail, in the fresh air and bright sunshine, all through Lockdown. Our governor hates such as I.
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  743. Per Wiki, if you trust them: "The Lexington-class battlecruisers were officially the only class of battlecruiser to ever be ordered by the United States Navy." (Well, there was the Alaska class...) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington-class_battlecruiser
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  744.  @JarrisGames  "Why did Britain only build/was only allowed the two Nelsons when the Americans had the 3 colarados and Japan was at parity with Britain with the Nagatos?" HOOD. The Royal Navy had the HOOD.
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  745. If they don't float why is Drach talking about them? (blink!)(blink!)
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  746. I would like to point out that at the time of the first American bombing attack the Army Air Corps still believed precise bombing was possible with the Norton Bomb Sight. (And it was, sort of...) Later all bets were off and they were up straight bombing cities. It got very ugly by late 44 and into 45. I read a rewrite of Dante's Inferno and they had the RAF and USAAC leaders in a deep circle of Hell. It seemed right.
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  747. Why aren't there at least a thousand more likes?
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  748. One can only wish...
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  749.  @Drachinifel  But you are responsible for your answer, which is my point. Calling it an assassination these days makes people think it is a war crime when it clearly wasn't. And many will go there. One key role of historians is correcting popular misconceptions. This, I fear, is a big one that needs correction. Perhaps I am wrong and it was just an innocent phrasing, and lord knows you answered so many questions on the fly as to make this seem like a minor point. For those reading through let me make clear Drachinifel has been excellent in his presentation of history. I have seen all his video's, including the now missing ones. My largest complaint is all the books he's "forced" me to buy.
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  750. To often they were the "sinking tanks".
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  751.  @jdarxk  "May I suggest looking at the USS Dunderberg? It had a interesting history." With a name like that it better have...
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  752. Now that you have had an hour 20 minute plus talk on the Italian navy and the Mediterranean campaign are you going to cover more of the specific battles. Your one on the Battle of Cape Matapan is the level one would hope for.
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  753. Even if they had that industrial might without oil they would have still been up that well known creek. 10,000 parked ME109's and FW190's because you're out of oil is worst than a waste.
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  754. But Wait! There's more! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUfzmz9Bmus
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  755. Is "Battlecruiser" a term that became obsolete, much like "torpedo destroyer", once the space needed for Battlecruiser speed became small enough where the original compromises of a Battlecruiser were no longer needed? This would align with HOOD being the first "fast battleship".
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  756. Was HMS Karen a true Karen in the modern dense?
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  757. Why yes. Drach has done HMS Glorious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV25q60Shv8&list=PLMK9a-vDE5zGZ1QKlmyGaR1igNmdfNVE3&index=3 (That is what you meant?) (whimsy)
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  758. The parallels between this and the custom work of the best train modelers is complete. Just the stories they could share on finding proper drawings for the model they want to build are so just-the-same.
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  759. Oh Fudge! I almost forgot to like this video. Surely I'm alone on this. Right?
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  760. I keep hearing "Museum Ships" rather than "New Zealand Ships". Getting old, and hard of hearing, can be entertaining!
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  761. FAKE NEWS!! They were never 5 minutes....
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  762. It seems Drachinifel has a rather subtle opinion of Winston Churchill, based on several of his posts. The Dunkirk evacuation had ended on June 4th, 1940. The Battle of Britain, which everyone expected in some form, began July 10th, 1940. Winston had a lot on his plate, including wondering who in the government and services did not have the mindset for the war that needed to be fought, with incomplete and constantly shifting knowledge. As I approach is age of that time, the great wonder is he didn't die from a heart attach under the pressure. People had other, political reasons, to discredit him by all means possible. (Which seems a shame as there were enough true reasons to stick too) This does bring up the problem of forming an accurate history on any controversial historic figure, Beatty, Halsey, etc.
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  763. Yes but would you want to read those "communications"?
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  764. Not saying the late 109 wasn't a bother... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PA70pN6zPM
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  765. The "Jug" also crushed the 109 at altitude: (long list) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD2EcpzcvT-tvemNaIYUfZfV3s8K8Gbgh
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  766. Type 90??? (heh!) 11:05
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  767. Need some/more Japanese plains. The legend that was the zero was still being produced in 1945, for one, and had a magnesium friendly frame which should enhance crew "survivability". And then there's parts availability.....
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  768.  @rh5842  "I have been on the current USS Texas, have you ever been aboard, and if so what did you think about it?" Give him a week....
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  769. The 56 down votes, as I type this, are they all IJN veterans or are there some Brit Battleship people involved?
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  770. What is your business plan in case YouTube goes horribly, horribly, wrong under it's new owners? (I do like their more efficient and honest Moto of "Be Evil" now that they removed any redundant words)
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  771. Could have been Chekov.
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  772.  @thew8belt169  Use a bigger stick....
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  773. Don't hold back. Tell us what you really think about this movie...
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  774. "The ever advancing threat of climate change..." Is that add on a YouTube requirement or a true belief of the content creature?
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  775. Boomer markers...
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  776.  @Cailus3542  Destroyer Leader is a known type and it seems that is what they were.
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  777. Read through the insults and not one "I fart in your general direction!" Tsk! What DO they teach in schools today?
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  778. "Were there any WW2 submarines whose hulls were proof against the lighter aircraft gun calibers, or was any armed aircraft an existential threat to a sub caught on the surface?" As others have said, the pressure hull needed to be thick enough to be, small, bullet proof. Now the pressure tanks surrounding it, not so much.Plink enough holes in enough of those and it's going down.
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  779. I have become aware of combined cycle power plants where a gas turbine uses its wast gas to heat a boiler. Electrical power plants using this can reach 65-67% efficiency and it is starting to make its way into marine applications. (Think COGAS is a term for that) As an Engineer, might you not want to talk about that? Seems it could bring stunning range increases for oil burners.
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  780. So, When is Disney going to write The Drinker a "Big Fucking Check" for story ideas??
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  781. Still no questions list? Bother! So was the SMS Blucher, commissioned 1909 left to die at the hands of the Royal Navy Jan 1915, the first heavy cruiser? Looking at the full displacement and weapons vs. the IJN heavy cruisers and the USN Baltimore class the parallels are strong.
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  782. If the Independence Class carrier conversions had not occurred what would the USN done with all those extra Cleveland's commissioning in 1943?
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  783. "Second battle of Narvik. A decent battleship can take out large numbers of destroyers,even in very close quarters." That wasn't a battleship. That was the HMS Warspite. Do not confuse the two. (watch the Warspite review, or read its' Wiki.)
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  784. Honda Point? Is there a Toyota Point in US waters? (Asking for a Boomer friend)
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  785. Captain Rimmer? I assume every Red Dwarf Fan noticed.
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  786. "why the Germans continued to build torpedo boats when other countries went solely with destroyers." PT-109.....
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  787. Needs more "Likes" so get cracking!
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  788. Ever watch Army of Darkness? Ramming speed will never be the same if you have. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H44R6TpWG8
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  789. Please Please! PLEASE! have something special for episode "42". (Don't dis the Douglas Adams fans...)
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  790. Only listened once? SLACKER!!
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  791. Everyone know MUTO is "Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism" of Gojira fame, right?
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  792. "I haven't examined the plumbing layout (on an Iowa)" WHY haven't you examined the plumbing layout? I smell another possible Wednesday video here....
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  793.  @dougjb7848  Clearly my word choice was focused elsewhere. It's not as if I have a history of snark or such.....
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  794. OH! (insert cuss word here) You've just CURSED The Expanse. Expect the new season to become naught but a soaper now. (Would that be a weepy over where they speak British?)
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  795. Halder: Nah! It'll be fine!
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  796. If the Musashi, and possibly other battleships, had been at Truck did Lee have his battleships properly trained and ready?
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  797. Speaker of using V-Weapons to bomb cities as a possible War Crime I did a simple search of Mark Felton Productions for "Bomber Harris" or "Curtis LeMay" and found naught. Did I miss them? The Nazi Cult really was that bad but, unfortunately, their evil was not unique and over emotional statement about a movement that died 79 years ago serves only to give cover to others who only have better press.
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  798. Should not Captain Seaquist be sipping some rum during this interview? It IS a Rum Ration video after all!
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  799. So Bond's not dead?
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  800. This 5 Minute Guide is under One Half Hour! Whiskey! Tango! Foxtrot! Dissing the Poles much?
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  801. This is making fun of the "Five Minute" thing, for the inevitable complaints.
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  802. And there were Polish Commando and Airborne units. The Airborne units played a role in Monty's disaster , er I mean, His Operation Market Garden.
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  803. How about going slightly off topic and giving a technical review of the Sideways Evergreen ship and its extraction?
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  804.  @dandarling152  How do you replace that much of a bow, replace that portion of the keel, and have it stay strong? Seeing as they lost that much of the bow, how strong do you think it was in the fist place?
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  805. After watching this movie based on your review I can no longer look at the Ligthouses of the Great Lakes, unsalted and shark free, the same. You have colored one of the small pleasures of the region.
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  806. Greg says: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKdnMZCA-9k
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  807. So why weren't you talking about his action in Gallipoli? Really, what more needs to be said? At least some historic readings say that action alone sowed the seeds that lead to Australia and New Zealand thinking of themselves as independent countries rather than colonies of Britain.
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  808. OK. Who wants to watch some Fascist Power Rangers? I suspect someone is cobbling together an episode even as I type.
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  809. I think that early in the war they were using MK-14 torpedo's, or the German Engineered equivalent of them.
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  810. I think, just maybe, the crew of the USS Franklin were quite a bit closer...
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  811. Steam-Punk? I believe that would be the British K-Class....
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  812. I feel compelled to point out that a major inflammation of relations occurred when then speaker of the house Pelosi flew to Taiwan on a military, rather than civilian, transport. It seems this was much more of an "in your face" military move than reported with heavy stealth and ECM used. There had been visits by speakers of the house before, but they flew in civilian flights and there were no issues. This all happened after Biden "brought the Adults back in charge" and seemed to mismanage several important areas almost immediately.
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  813. At the end, I read pom pom as porn porn. Note to self: clean glasses.
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  814. In rating Pirates how would you rate "The Dread Pirate Roberts"? (heh!)
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  815.  @leeboy26  Is this the British form of "snark"??? (If so, well done.)
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  816. Hey Boomer! (USS Colorado winces...)
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  817. Tried a little to hard on this one. Nice try though!
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  818.  @TheMidnightKarneval  " I feel so bad for him" Depends: Did the check clear and how big is it?
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  819. Is the HMS Pinafore on your list of requested reviews? (If not, why not? Is something wrong with you requestors?) I am assuming there was some concept of ship type in mind for the play. Wike has:"Gilbert made sketches of H.M.S. Victory and H.M.S. St Vincent and created a model set for the carpenters to work from.[" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c548RjB8jzQ
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  820. THAT! Jerry Pournelle? (sorry for being so late to the show)
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  821. Last time I was this early it was because I was so late for the prior one...
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  822. It is docked next to the Big E in many a persons mind.
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  823. Then why are those huge ore boats "Lakers"??
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  824. Listened to a clip of them. Gawd their music SUCKS! (just saying..)
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  825.  @yangchuanosaurus  "Worst part is a lot of people loved the last season and thought it was amazing, whenever it pops up on some kind of echo chamber social media there is always a few dozen people defending the season." Likely paid spam-bots. Know you nothing of Social Media"??
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  826. Well China and Russia DO have a fairly long common boarder so by that measure they are "close"...
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  827. And it has a high nitrogen additive!
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  828.  @allangibson8494  Um, you did figure out that "the good stuff" referred to what you found yourself drinking, and not your news source?
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  829. SuperGirl? Not Power Girl? Well there goes a huge marketing advantage. (heh! heh! Huge...)
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  830.  @lidlpotato2047  " but nice BBs shouldn't be this curvy" But what Navy wants their BB's to be "nice"? Scary. Intimidating. That is the look to be going for.
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  831. What are the best rums currently available, and what are the most popular?
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  832. Was the early treatment of the Mark 14 torpedo a War Crime or mere Treason?
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  833. How DARE you not end with the Goldfinger theme???? Hisssssssssssssss!
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  834. What would the typical anti ship weapons load of a CVE, of Taffy fame, be. I would assume it would also depend on the roll assigned to a CVE and that 500 lbs bombs and such could be purposed for different rolls with different fuse settings. Since the three Taffy's were there to support ground troops I would guess the bulk were antipersonnel and that might be a problem when they tried to kill ships. (Pesky and inconsiderate IJN!)
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  835.  @Shoehandler1142  "@Drachinifel If the tirpitz, somehow, broke out into the Atlantic and the home fleet couldn’t get to her in time, could the Washington take her on without the famous admiral lee and her accurate crew aboard her?" She would need a King George V with her if she was going to try to play Rodney on the Tirpitz.
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  836.  @jeebus6263  Forty Two...... (Duh!)
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  837. Wait! Is that an anti-drinking message at the end?? For those who might be lead astray, by the Critical Drinker of all people, Jesus first miracle was the making of Wine from water. And the good stuff too!
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  838. Does Drach know the date? This is interesting but not in the spirit of "Floaty-Log", by jove!
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  839. Is this for the three people in the world who didn't know Vlad was KGB?
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  840.  @alanhughes6753  " until Cunningham noticed and told her to p**s off." How did they signal that? Does the RN have a flag for that?
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  841.  @Sei_gsicht  "Assuming the French would have kept their ability to build beautiful tumblehome hotels until lets say the richelieus. Did you ever wonder, how a tumblehome > 35000t fast battleship would look like?" That is such a Mad Fever Dream we simply must see it...
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  842. About people dissing Roosevelt's comment on bombers from Germany. He said planes can already travel that distance, with the implied "how long till bombers can?" That and the B-19: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_XB-19
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  843. The Fifty Minute Guide to Warships (more or less) would be a better name....
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  844.  @indyrock8148  "Q: did the Italians build the most stylish battleships?" Don't the Italians build the most stylish everything? (with some rocks, of course..)
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  845. The only "what if" I hope to ask: What if the Regia Marina had more oil available early in the war? Enough to come out of port with their major ships and to do training? No one thing could change the Naval War more that I can see.
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  846. Try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quo-AgC4ZiU
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  847. And this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH5XSwyb_EU
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  848. Who has a link to these AI speeches?
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  849. 00:45:36 , How ignorant of History are my listeners? (Prove me wrong)
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  850. Can you cover the history of the Resolute Desk in the Oval office as it was made of oak timbers of the HMS Resolute and was given as a gift by Queen Victoria. The History of HMS Resolute and why such a gift was appropriate is very interesting and worth covering.
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  851. One of the methods of story telling is too start with a very specific event then slowly make it more vague until rather than being about one thing it is about many things. Take it to far and it becomes about nothing and the story is Lost. (I can do bad puns too) One of the fun problems in understanding The Lighthouse is you are inside the ravings of a ,likely, drunken mad man with the jumbled thoughts and images that it brings. I'm going with everything told is from the view point of Pattinson's Winslow/Howard. There would be so much projection by him onto the behavior of Dafoe's Thomas Wake that in the end you wonder if Wake was drinking at the start. (Well it IS Dafoe we're talking about..) Late in the story when it is clear Ephraim Howard, or is it Thomas Winslow, is by himself in a state of delirium alone with images of past sins breaking through his comforting stories. The light house is in to far gone a state for Wake not to have been dead for a long time and the question becomes when was he killed? I had noted early how Howard/Winslow was clumsy and struggling with the wheelbarrow which would make sense if the ledger entry was real about his drunkenness. Jumbled or not there are still moments of Gold. Wakes curse to be eaten by the Sea would have Shakespeare wishing he had written it, among others. There are other takes on it including the one given that he was never on the island and this was all a feverish dream as he was dying in the great forest. Another one is he was dead in Hell and the lighthouse was where he would face his sins and his punishment. So do your best on this one.
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  852.  @somethinglikethat2176  "by an extremely wealthy British Empire" Someone doesn't know much about history....
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  853. I have that link open now. Wonder if it can be posted here? His take is stunning and I think of it whenever someone is doing a piece on The Bulge.
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  854. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LOfS2kp7V8&list=PLTmfUSLEYW5KA9bJws9DX-xXaxIBPEwW8&index=115
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  855. I, for one, would be OK with your having a Chinese Video Game company as a sponsor. (If the games were good)
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  856. Four Piper's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_piper The unmentioned thing is the US took over the defense of some Caribbean islands that Briton needed, freeing critical resources.
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  857. Does this mean we short short Disney stock?
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  858. So can you confirm your not dead yet?😁
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  859. If the Warspite had somehow earned and had the Maori Battle Kilts would the Fritz Bomb X missed?
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  860. Were the USN Combustible, Vulnerable, Expendable class Escort Carriers (sometimes shortened to CVE's) Engineering Failures along with being a success? They had the "Explode" part down cold as it seems a magic bullet aircraft cannon shot could set them off. They were also built from inferior just good enough, maybe, steel that tried to use NO critical materials in there alloy and were not designed for long life. They were designed to be built fast and cheap, and that's why they were there at all, the F4F's and SBD's didn't seem to care once launched. (As an aside, Kaiser Corp (great name ) could have taught the Third Rich how to stretch rare materials and they were using steel cartridges for their machine guns by the end.)
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  861. Much the same way people like Steam-Punk. And they do look very steam-punky.
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  862. To stop using cocaine I would have to start first.....
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  863. Why doesn't Tony have at least 100 times the viewers?? Should we blame YouGoogle's algorithm's, or does someone just not like him?
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  864. Anyone else think Drach should cover the IJN Muto?
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  865. For the views this needs 100K more likes.
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  866. Go watch some Monty Python video's, or any season of Blackadder, for a good start. (Then there's the classic "Top Gear")
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  867.  @vincentrees4970  "Alaska Vs Scharnhorst- who would win? For the sake of argument, let's put them in the North Atlantic" How long has the Scharnhorst been at sea and how much damage from that, which it always received, does it have at the time?
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  868. 3:39: AHHHHHHHHH! My EYES! MY EYES! (does seem a bad restyling..)
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  869. "Jose Raul Miguens Cruz2 months agoThis idiot was completely battered by Malinovsky during the whore war! Sorry whole war I meant." Sooo, Tell us more about this "whore war"??
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  870. As a simple "What If" question for which I do not see a simple clear answer: What If The Regia Marina had sufficient oil to allow full fleet operations, rather than being required to sit in port so often?
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  871.  @bkjeong4302  "And they would only have gotten 2 more carriers anyways." Six vs. Four carriers at Midway might have been noticed... (And they would have still had pilots & crews then.)
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  872.  @joerogers6043  "Where would you place an AA cruiser(s) in your fleet to get the best affect? Near the outside? Next to the capital ships?" Next too whatever ship I am on. (Duh!)
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  873. So "IRON SKIES" isn't fact based? Everyone here seen it? Best moments?
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  874. As a suggestion, please stay with real ships like Boaty McBoatface.
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  875.  @nuclearllama7239  "Why and when did cruisers go out of fashion in modern navies?" Look at the displacement of a modern Destroyer, then look at the displacement of the old style cruisers of which you speak. You're welcome.
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  876. YAY!!
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  877.  @darth3911  "We have always been at war with Oceania"...
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  878. "From 1941 to the beginning of 1943 the SBD would in be in the vanguard of the US air corp". The US Navy, Marines might help, would like some words with you in this back alley. You simply too often make basic mistakes. Viewers can find better sources.
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  879. I have loved every episode that covered an obscure or lesser known aircraft. The F-16 has to be near the top of the list that aren't that. This is a good telling of the story but who here hasn't seen at least 16 tellings of the F-16 story? This is the closest to a complaint you will hear from me, and I do hope this doesn't mean you have already covered all the planes no one had heard of.
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  880. How many here had the old Pyro Table Top Navy 1/1200 Prince of Wales model back when they were age appropriate for one? Good times! Good times.
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  881. The Critical Drinker needs to list some recommended drinks after a review like this.
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  882.  @SeveralWeezelsInaTrenchcoat  " there some good candidates in the Victorian Royal Navy" Never sat through "When Hotels Go To War" then? (heh!)
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  883. 11:28 Have you, by any chance, heard of the Edmund Fitzgerald?? (Simply race into a port indeed!)
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  884. If Europe gets into a mess with Russia I could see them going Nuclear...... (and in a way that won't help the power grid much)
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  885.  @vridiantoast7096  Shall we start making a list??
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  886.  @scottmason2557  Most likely they would have gone mad trying to make them work...
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  887. You need to read more history. This was a basic Nazi belief and act, to humiliate all of Jewish culture.
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  888. The strengths an weaknesses of Mark's approach are clear in this production. While I am certain the history he presented is well documented he also carries a large number of assumptions to the point one can question what he did not look at. At the time of the incident war time censorship was in full affect. How would Mr Felton determine if they were used to suppress concerns on if it was an accident? Posts by commenters state suspicions were ripe among Patton's soldiers. Military discipline fell off a cliff at the end of hostilities and going on a bender made good sense at the time. Such a time is also the best time to hide an action for that very reason and every actor had elite commando units skilled at this kind of action but where would you look to see if it happened, where did Mr Felton? The idea that no one had any suspicions on till two rather trashy novels, and related movies, came out just does not stand to a close examination. The fact that the accident was well documented and very common at that moment plus there being no documentation of a stealth action should be enough as long as you talked some about the known actions. That did not happen.
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  889. Are the Quokka on Rottnest Island trying to kill you, as all the wildlife of Australia are?
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  890. So many people have no idea how tilted, biased, and even lies the global reporting on Trump can be. Many democracies are poorly governed by people who seem to have contempt for their own people. I don't think many British are happy with their current government or the Tories who preceded them as an example. In all cases any true outsider who tries to get elected is demonized in the press.. That makes it hard to know who they really are.
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  891. Did the Luftwaffe ever "thank" their Italian allies for this ship?
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  892.  @rat_king-  "Will we ever see a hovercraft video? " My hovercraft is filled with eels...
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  893.  @CharlesStearman  "and as far as I know most of them were successfully picked up after bailing out or ditching." "Most"........
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  894. Wait for Websters RANT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_DnRn9hyFU
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  895.  @bobsmith2637  Do you mean something like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA0E7kRhd6M
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  896.  @bobsmith2637  If you know about Tractor Pulls, the tractor pulls a sled and the weight/load on the sled increases till the tractor stops. Here is a 110HP Case pulling one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVxByLO_6cA
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  897. Ewww!
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  898. Nelsonian range? The term of the period was side-arm range, which it was in several cases.
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  899. Wonder if John Parshall gets more questions from his from his fans about Shattered Sword or the Kitty Butai?
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  900.  @theleva7  It would run high and not explode so where's the punishment?
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  901.  @chasehedges6775  But the check did clear........😊😊😊
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  902. The Grand Tour?? Don't you owe those "Formerly Known as Top Gear Guys" a royalty for that?
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  903. About time. At least as good, so far, as The Expanse.
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  904. What are you planning on doing once you have finished covering classic battleship and pre-battleship history in excruciating detail? (Which should be about a week and a half at this rate)
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  905. This seems to be a path, with sponsorship as a sign, that slowly sucks all the reason we loved it here or keeps it going when even the creator has lost their joy and drive. Seen this happen before in different venues. Not that I was PLANNING on being a wet blanket. (it just happened)
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  906. Name That Song! (heh!)
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  907. It is interesting that the two biggest/cleanest victories of the US over the IJN happened when Halsey was away. (Midway. Turkey Shoot.)
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  908. As far as boarding, I know there was a sub and sub hunter action in WWII. Can not remember the details so will do a search.
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  909. "Once the keel is laid what's next?" Does it get a cigarette to smoke? Do you call it the next morning or is it straight on to the next keel?
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  910. "How much do you feel most naval historians struggle with objectively discussing their own nations?" Drach's response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB5Nbp_gmgQ (Rule Britannia at the POMS)
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  911. So what was your old favorite? (I do have a soft spot for "Washington wacks Kirishima")
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  912. Dr Felton, please explain how you "assassinate", rather than kill, a uniformed officer of the enemy on the battlefield? They are combatants and if a squad got close enough to Bren or BAR the command post they would not be war criminals but likely winners of the Victoria Cross or the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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  913. No Heart of Gold description? So Sad here..
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  914. Jersey. Not USS New Jersey. And you should be back on your home side of the Atlantic now...... Sad. :(* *Great posting!! Now want to go there.
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  915. What else gets you as annoyed as this kind of patently false internet claim? (or was it just the dissing of the Royal Navy on something they were very good at?)
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  916. Just how good were the USN Standard Battleships, yes there was a range of them, against their age competitors? There were quite a few countries building battleships in the run up to WWI and only a few were battle tested so questions remain. If this has been answered could someone provide a link to it?
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  917. "I'll sleep when I'm dead".... (Now where is that from??)
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  918. Well he did mention the Nelson that rode on Victory. Does that count?
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  919. "Drach in Space "! Now I'm thinking of the PIGS IN SPACE intro on the old Muppets Show. (Yes I'm old. Either get off my lawn or come over here so I can hit you with my cane) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN0wK-wXqY0
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  920. Have you considered doing a post on tanks, for once? (snark? ME??) I have enjoyed many of your posts for the reasons you give for having made them. With all the reading I had done over the decades it still wasn't clear to me that the one "Wunderwaffe" Germany was lacking was oil, and how that drove Germany's war efforts. I had been long aware that the German surface fleet did not have the oil to stay at sea yet still I didn't see.
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  921.  Joel Smith  " What about the Col. Sanders a monitor with the 24" gun used in the great chicken wars? " If it was in the great "chicken" wars it actually wasn't used then, was it?
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  922. Alaska vs. Iowa. Which one is a Battlecruiser?
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  923. So we short Disney stock even now??
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  924. 11,860 comments (as this is typed)? Well bloody good luck posting a new one......* *Now does it go to 11,861?
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  925.  @malusignatius  "Given how he acted at Jutland, how come Beatty wasn't cashiered for negligence?" For the same reason Field Marshal Douglas Haig wasn't. You may need to read up on the depth of his failure. He should have been dismissed, and possibly shot.
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  926. Fisher vs. King. Whose Ego wins?
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  927. Has anyone properly gamed the outcome if Task force 34 had been formed and left by Halsey during Leyte Gulf? I understand there is some flexibility in the actual ships assigned and their location, probably close to Taffy One.
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  928. HEART OF GOLD for Episode "42" of the Dry Dock!!
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  929. So who said "there are three kinds of lies. Lies, dammed lies, and statistics." Use to be quoted a lot......
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  930. "Her"?? Not really into the Christianity thing I see. (Official view: GOD is far beyond the concept of gender.)
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  931. Swordfish? Has he gotten back yet?
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  932. Down voted that wretched pun. (hope that cures you...)
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  933.  @cadengrace5466  "What do you hate the French that much?"  Don't know much about the British, and the English before them, do you. (I think they still hold a grudge over the Norman Invasion, and the "Dooms Day Book" thing.)
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  934. Your video on the struggle of the USS Franklin all but states the Japanese had found a way to Hide aircraft from radar and that might have been the real secret of successful Kamikaze attacks. A joint discussion with one of the plane people (that Greg guy?) could be stunningly useful, if there is any there there.
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  935.  @GaldirEonai  "Speaking as an engineer, what's your opinion of the guy who tried the duct tape fix and fried the ship's systems instead?" Need ""' 's around "duct tape" as it wasn't around at the time. Still a good description of what he did...
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  936.  @thomasbakkenmoe6605  "Say you have the frame (hulls) of the two American battleships to work with and you know they are going into a close range battle like this: how would you refit the ships in order for them to be as effective as possible. (You are redesigning them for this one battle)" One word: Chobham.
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  937. Why, why, why wasn't the name "Contra" chosen over "Destroyer"??
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  938.  @lobsterbark  " But most of the development of automobiles was around electric and steam until after WW I. " And the Model T Ford started production when? (1908) History is never as simple as people think.
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  939. This is the only possible response to this post. Eternal Father...(Chose a British version. There are others) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KCiMdR1ox0
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  940. Has anyone cheered your doing a piece on the US Civil (not very) War river battles? (And didn't you start the story of some British officer named, I think, Nelson? Would be nice to finish it)
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  941.  @eitanrosen464  "In your opinion, what was the best duel purpose gun of the Second World War." German 88. (DUH!)* *Please note you did not ask best NAVAL dual purpose gun of the Second World War.
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  942. But enough about the US or EU.... To be blunt, the West is full of those very problems.
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  943. One of the best, and most inspirational, rants I've heard.
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  944. Let me know when they get to "Jurassic Parking Lot".
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  945. What! No questions yet?
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  946. 00:55:07 Go BIG or Go Home for the IJN....
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  947. Since Darth Vader "borrowed" more than a few things from Dr Doom, does Disney now owe itself royalties?
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  948. So the next episode will be "Horse Meat Ration" then?
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  949. I heard recently, at some unauthorized pacific theater site, that the RN Pacific Fleet in its final deployment along side the US Pacific Fleet, brought along a group of mosquitos armed with that bouncing bomb thing. They were to be used against large IJN vessels, both of them at that point in the war. I will not go into the politics that stopped that and simple ask: Is That True? Would you have liked to see that happen? Should I be asking this of Rex or Not a Pound for Ground Cover? Thank you.
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  950. "MERRY CHRISTMAS and GO AWAY NOW!" I want that card.....
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  951. Trafalgar is coming later this year, good, but it IS January you know. There seems to be an entire year of year left.....
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  952. Required link, because of the ramming and all: (from Army of Darkness) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GChgSPC94oc
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  953. Still want to know the CV number of "USS Robin". (heh!)
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  954. The "119 minute guide to the King George the Fifth class" seems to have started after the choice to use a conventional layout rather than being an improved Nelson. Could this be raised in a part two, or someone provide a link to where it was covered? It would seem the weight savings would have allowed the full twelve 14" gun layout along with the improved armor, and possibly more fuel bunkerage.
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  955. WHAT! Turtle, not Turtle Tank guide?? Please be more current.... (snark?)(ME??)
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  956. Not enough "pew's" in pew-pew for the USN of the time. (add a dozen or so to start)
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  957. What plans do you have for episode 666? (It's coming...)
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  958.  @MamLewis  "what ship would you pick and why?" Besides Warspite...
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  959. Oh Look. Someone thinks Biden is in charge! Use Biden administration as it is clear to the locals that President Joe Biden is in steep decline due to his age.
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  960. Does "Fast Carrier Task Force" really translate as "Kido Butai"? They do seem very close from what I can find.
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  961.  @wolfshanze5980  "I know in "modern times" we know the Ward fired the first shots of WWII" The entire reformed Nation of Poland would like a few words with you on that "first shot" claim. And after that, about a third of China, the third not under Covid lockdown, would also like to share a few words.
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  962. China's Navy is the "Peoples Liberation Army Navy". Does that mean they have unusually close Army Navy relations, unlike the typical knife fighting seen elsewhere?
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  963. Ryan of Battleship New Jersey has claimed the fast battleships were misused in the pacific as they were not formed into their own battle line with the view no other type of surface ships could survive engagement with such a battle line. In use the fast battleships were dispersed to protect the fleet carriers.
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  964. China's Navy is the "Peoples Liberation Army Navy". Does this mean their Army and Navy have unusually good relations? (I believe that navy formed just. in. time. to meet the end of the era you cover)
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  965. I am certainly glad there is no military application for this new technology, not! How many smart munitions were GPS Jammed in the Ukcraine War??
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  966. Have you considered doing something on the Battle of Midway? Not that you would have to spent three hours or such on it? (let's not be silly) (reposted so Drach might read it)
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  967. Not Greg of Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles (Supermarine Seafire 47 Superprop!)?? (Sad) 🤔
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  968. And now to listen to Matt!
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  969. Girl Genius, the famous on line Steam Punk Mad Scientist comic, has a thing about "Revenants"... (or am I the only one here reading it?)
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  970. Could the Kongo's be called Glass Battleships due to their armor?
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  971. "The Drinker Recommends... All Quiet On The Western Front" Which one? (I'm voting for Both)
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  972. During WWII British al-u-mini-um was so inferior to aluminum that they were forced to build their best aircraft out of wood...... (Whistles, avoids eye contact)
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  973. Image looks strangely Warspite-ish.. (can we say that here?)
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  974. It seems life is very boring for a battleship, unless it's in frequent, major, gun fights. Other wise, Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, then scrapped.
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  975. When will Drach concede that the Iowa's (state of my birth) are Battle Cruiser's, without doubt or concession? Treaty BB's and Montana's are battleships, Iowa's are Battle Cruisers.
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  976.  @ditzydoo4378  "But that's the subject for another video".. No, No it isn't. What were you trying to do, have a 5 min. video last 5 min.?
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  977. Since you are so good at crunching the numbers, could you please spend 90 seconds describing how long the Wehrmacht would have lasted if the had rushed the Normandy beaches, and all those naval guns? Which, oddly, might have been 90 seconds....
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  978.  @Drachinifel  Summer? Which year? (The way things have been going..)
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  979. "I would have to do a video on Taranto first" Well? We are waiting...
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  980. Since the Operations Room posted on the Drøbak Sound battle, when do you post yours? (There has been a pattern lately) Possible title: "How to lose a Hipper class to obsolete shore defenses in one easy lesson".
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  981.  @i.alicorne  "Better timing than 1022 at Midway" Better timing for who? (somebody got the short end of that stick. and then was beat with it)
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  982. If they had been built as cruisers, how many would have been scrapped at the same time anyway?
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  983. US Naval Tactics? Weren't there other major navy's at the time, such as Japan, Briton, that weird Kaiser guy? What about them? (heh!)
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  984.  @outtaideas849  "So, what's your favorite drink?" As if he has only one. (the one in his hand?)
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  985. Woodrow Wilson was an idiot and a Bigot. He instituted racial segregation at the Federal level where it had not existed before, among other sins. Your praise for him is a sign of a poor education on this subject.
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  986. Wasn't Mr "Bearn" played by Rowan Atkinson? (you get forgetful when you're old...)
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  987. The Royal Navy R Class battleships seemed to be a close match to the US Standard Class battleships, a sliding scale depending on which standards so we will say 14" and above. Is there general agreement to this?
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  988.  @thomasjamison2050  " and very much to the point, Canada could readily be isolated by land" Do suspect that if that had been tried Canada would have handed the US Army its ass, just like in the War of 1812. (it pays to read some history)
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  989. Did Jackie Cochran ever get a chance to fly a Blackbird? (heh!)
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  990. Germany and Japan?
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  991. How many have bought "TORCH", by Vincent P. O'Hara, in the last week? (Mine came Friday)
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  992. In your Task Force 34 video (yay!) if Admiral Lee had decided to use smoke to totally muck up IJN optical sighting (Under the "don't give a sucker an even break" rule) what ships would be laying the smoke and where would they be in the battle line? I don't have a clue myself on this. Related, the 16/50's of the Iowa class had a wide spread at long distance. How did that fit in your battle calculations. It's only a couple minutes for both so they should be an easy fit in a Drydock! (Says the lazy viewer)
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  993. Peter has drunk the anti-trump cool aid I fear and that may be coloring his reporting on many things. One thing about Trump everyone seems to agree on is he was a complete outsider in elected politics, it also seems the various federal bureaucracies were horrified that an outsider was elected (without their approval). I don't know what stories Peter heard that are true and which were just fabricated justifications for actions in an office knife fight for power, and most likely Peter doesn't either. I also hope most of you here have never seen such a knife fight as it can destroy your faith in people.
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  994. The long boat on 04-01-2023??
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  995. THAT Ward...
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  996. We're packing Droids here, not that we like, or trust, GOOGLE or anything.
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  997. A ship of true Legend Status. Loved it from the first time read of it.
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  998. TIK, why I didn't answer your poll was you always come up with new things I didn't expect but then open my eyes. You have earned a great deal of respect for the work you have done. The trolls are just proof of that.
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  999. YAY!
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  1000. So when does The Expanse become Game of Thrones-Season Eight?
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  1001. When will you be getting to the "Alec Baldwin Misapplication of Bullets" event? I can think of no more worthy commentator on the event and already have several seasoning options for the required bowl of popcorn while listening to it.
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  1002. "Go Away Now!" No! Not till we comment.
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  1003. So the Kongo class WHERE Battleships by WWII. Drachinifel on the most recent Unauthorized History of the Pacific War where he is a most honored guest. (heh! and go see, er hear, for yourself)
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  1004. ?????? Thought Greek Fire was an adult drink.
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  1005. As an aside on that aged whiskey thing , they have started brewing Bourbon in Wisconsin. The 21st Century is turning out better than expected. (we can talk about my expectations elsewhere.)
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  1006. Was most likely the mad images of an already dead Dafoe in the mind of Robert. Still pure gold.
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  1007. Every ship design ages out and becomes obsolete. I believe a long discussion on that, much like your existing ones on armor and boilers, would be useful and entertaining.
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  1008.  @secretmr.x3358  "was able to watch it yesterday even without singing in" Is it a catchy tune😁 you normally use? Can you hum it?
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  1009.  @darrellsmith4204  "I read that as "Led Zeppelin in Concert"" Showing our age are we?
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  1010. Now do "The One"... Jet Li, Moran and Wong. Hated by the critics. So much to recommend it!
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  1011. Two Kriegsmarine veterans seem to have down voted....
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  1012. We have a choice: Either "Have a Nice Day or Watch this episode. (I gave it a like and will go outside in pleasant weather to find the nice-day vibe)
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  1013. " or just one good shot from graf spee and rip battlecruiser." Some one seems to forget the British Battle Cruisers had 15" guns and the Graf Spee only 11". At Jutland several British Battle Cruisers took serious poundings from German 11'ers without going all explody, mostly from not storing their ammo in easy to explode piles around the turrets and such. Add in their speed advantage and it would be much like a hapless BF-190 at 20K+ feet getting pounced from above by a P-47.
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  1014. I'm just glad TIK hasn't been arrested yet. (Rule Britannia!) (snark?)(ME??)
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  1015.  @spacezoo5079  The Drinker wrong?? It all depends on what bottle he was on at the time.
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  1016. Seems the D class were just really big, and early, Fletchers. (Fletcher's chosen so we 'MERICANS! can understand)
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  1017. " my first thought was BB guns" Oh GOOD! I'm not alone.
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  1018. I did not like this because I enjoyed it but because it was both horrifying yet necessary to see.
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  1019. Iowa Class. Battle Cruiser if there ever was one....
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  1020. Should you not compare this movie to Pro Wrestling battles?? Play by play on the monkey vs lizard battles using WWE clips would be fun, even if exhausting to produce.
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  1021. I believe you mean the other five of the Kedo Butai. Japan had more than five other carriers even if you limit it to fleet carriers.
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  1022. ???? TIK, does Drachinifel let you post WWII Naval items? (heh! Like and respect both of you)
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  1023. ???? Weren't we? (snark?)(ME???)
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  1024.  @bonerlad  " Are we going to get a CV-6 uss enterprise video? " He should do that only if he pairs it with the HMS Warspite, possibly WWII only, on a time line basis jumping from ship to ship as the date moves. Such a video would also help with our image of the course of the war.
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  1025.  @19rudy73  Now I have an image of Trump hoarding Kamala's money$$. Thanks for that. (old man shakes fist at clouds)
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  1026.  @francisnopantses1108  Now we won't know till November will we.
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  1027.  @joebrown2122  "what could heavy cruisers do that justified their production, instead of procuring more light cruisers" Sink a Kongo class?
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  1028. Is HMS Brazen a great name for a destroyer or what?
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  1029. Would not proper sewage treatment plants be a worthwhile infrastructure goal with long term benefits? From what I have heard they could spend a couple Trillions there.
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  1030. Define porn. Does it include "look at the GUN on that tank!"?
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  1031. You posted this on Christmas? You Heathen. Nothing is more in spirit with Christmas than a machine of war such as this. (cool video!)
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  1032. Could you discuss the failure of level bombing to be anywhere near as effective as hoped in the mid-war period? Once there were guns in place to shoot down low flying planes it stopped working and even against stationary targets they needed up to 1000 planes at 20,000 feet to try to hit what 3-6 could hit a low levels and hitting moving ships became a joke.
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  1033. During the US (un)Civil War the US Essex an Ironclad and the US Enterprise a timberclad were part of a fleet used against a fort (fort Henry) on the Tennessee river. (I've been burning through Civil War videos) Though some would find this interesting.
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  1034. TCD, don't hold back tell us what you really think!
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  1035. No comparison to the Hipper class?? The Hipper's were also larger than treaty size and with their German engineering many would claim the Hipper's HAD to be better than the Baltimore's....
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  1036. I see that (snark/on) was required here. Did not think it was needed. And you forgot about the shorter range and unreliable powerplant of the Hipper's. (Let's pile on!)
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  1037.  @hydrodrift  "What would’ve happened if the U.S knew about the Pearl Harbor attack?" So, you're not into that conspiracy theory thing.... (just do a search for "FDR knew about Pearl Harbor" and count the results)
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  1038.  @doktahkommik7571  "What’s your opinion on ark Royals career?" Now I want to do a search for bands named "Ark Royals" and am wondering who their drummer would be...
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  1039. So tell us more about this Boris the Johnson guy. More to the point, after a successful Brexit, will he feel a need to expand/improve the Royal Navy? If for no other reason than to defend British fishing regions from the French.
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  1040. What is the likely battle prep and out come of a fishing rights battle between Britain and France in 2020? Is the currently a WoW scenario for this? (trouble maker? ME??)
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  1041. You're talking about a video game? Stopped with those about the time of Leisure Suit Larry. (A true Classic!)
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  1042.  @soundknight  Which 190? The BMW powered one or the Juno powered one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIYd7RYoNsM
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  1043. The Great White Flee. I read the book! Can't remember but think it was High School, not Junior High.
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  1044. Was work ever done on cooling naval gun barrels? With increases in firing rate this started being an issue and certainly was one by the time of dual purpose guns in WWII. It never happened but it would be surprising if there were no studies done. I an not certain if it's even possible to do on a recoiling gun, but I'm an accountant not an engineer..
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  1045. No poop deck? Then were did they, errr.....
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  1046.  @derrith1877  The proper response was: Rolling eyes and asking "what are you, eleven?".
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  1047. Twitter, and Elan Musk, are under assault and much of it seems to come from people who were fired for poor performance. I am to far from twitter to know what is really going on but have read enough history of what has gone on to know "Twitter is collapsing" could be a false story. So how do you determine what is true? That is a core question for all your work. Conventional wisdom is everywhere, and often wrong.
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  1048. YouTube seems to have earned a great deal of ill will among it's viewers and providers.
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  1049. 66th!! YAY!
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  1050. Clearly makes the point that it is near impossible to honestly say who the "best" general was due to the lack of information on how the German army actually functioned, the many different kinds of demands made over the war, the differing quality of the opponents, and even what qualities are needed to make the "best" general. Then he never says Walter Model. There is a reason he was "Hitler's fireman" for broken units and hopeless situations. (but what do I know? I'm just some accountant)
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  1051. Were the German 11' guns really that bad? One would expect direct hits by them to eventually Jutland (BOOM!) a mere cruiser.
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  1052.  @kemarisite  " there are several aspects to that answer." Short version: Time made them that bad....
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  1053. Is PT-109 read as "One Hundred Nine" or as "One-Oh-Nine"? In my childhood it was always One Oh Nine but that could have been just the period, listen to the Beach Boys "409" from 1962 and you hear the use.
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  1054. Now do a review of Reacher, the least Woke thing I've seen. Not that's needed for any grande reason just so your viewers will watch it now. I'm even willing to put up with Amazon to see it!
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  1055. 40K likes on it's second day... Wonder if Wollywierd has noticed yet? Drinker might want to be careful about any free drinks offered since he is so off "The MESSAGE".
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  1056. Being at THAT stage of adolescence when I first heard the name "Der Finger" was what it was called. (And lets just avoid Focke-Wulf.....)
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  1057. per 00:43: 14, HMS A** Whooping. (Might be more of a USN name)😁
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  1058. China Update and Drach dropped at the same time. Life is rough!
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  1059. Well, it was a sorry joke that...
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  1060. I don't know about you by I would enjoy an attempt at a proper Power Girl. to be honest in listing the reasons it's hard to come up with a third one...
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  1061. So is this movie a tale of what the Wymen in Power at Disney did to achieve it? Best I can come up with..
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  1062. TIK! Don't hold back. Tell us what you really think.
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  1063. Captain KA-BAR in his F4F beat them that close to the Sea...
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  1064.  @davidharner5865  "Standard'! Penny vs. Queeny?" Are you trying to make book?
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  1065. How do you pronounce British ship names in English? ( I live in Milwaukee so words like Kinnikinnick and Wauwatosa seem normal to me.)
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  1066. Strange thought I've had. What if Germany, starting in WWI, had developed torpedoes with much smaller charges for anti shipping use. The standard torpedoes would sink a freighter quickly. One that would sink one slowly would give time for rescue. Above humanitarian concerns you would not only sink the ship but occupy several more with rescue attempts making the cost more than that of a fast sinking.
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  1067. By the BRITISH?? Hisss! It was the POLES who did all the heavy lifting there. (Drach has a video on that one too)
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  1068.  @Underwaystudios  " Is it common for a country to keep ships in active continuous service for as much as 50 years?" Age of Sail, YES! Age of Steam? Not as such...🤔
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  1069. Are Seydlitz Pinatas going to be a thing now at events and related parties? If that happens I do wonder what would spill from them. The small airline bottles of alcohol in honor of her helmsman would be appropriate.
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  1070. Drinker, Don't hold back! Tell us what you Really think!!
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  1071. Do they have a Kirishima? (as if you have to ask "why?"...)
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  1072. When are you going to do a Rum review on Rum Ration Wednsday?
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  1073.  @stevevalley7835  " What award would you suggest for the head of BuOrd, Admiral Strauss?" The Golden Mark 14 Award? Shaped like a, well you should know.
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  1074. Since by now you should have visited TN-Texas (Texian Navy. Look it up) what was your impression of a true Dreadnaught Battle ship?
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  1075. USAID money dry up then??
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  1076. Since you said such nice things about Admiral Spruance, WHAT IF Admiral Halsey had come down with shingles again so Spruance was in the Admirals chair at Leyte Gulf? How would that have affected Center Force's chances?  (Should be worth a good 32 seconds of time to cover...)
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  1077.    "How would naval military history have been altered if water (h20) had the consistency of custard. Serious question." Please tell us what you have been drinking so we can decide if we want some. (very light snark setting on this as who doesn't enjoy a good drink?)
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  1078.  @johnbaer1528  Is he going to do a review of WoW then?
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  1079. Do not beat yourself up over an error, just update the material and reference the error. In the early days of the internet as a force, the aughts, blog based news sources would be first with the news and very fast at updating, with note of the error, when errors were found. They were so much better than legacy press this way. Those who attacked them were trying to destroy a new medium that was far out performing the old, probably to maintain control of the news. (but who knows) You have earned my trust the same way. Please continue. (And get out of the house more. Go out for a beer on occasion.)
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  1080. More "sexy"?? Considering the Royal Navies occasional reputation in that area, do you want to go there?
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  1081. "strongest navy in earth" Hmm. May 1941. Was the Royal Navy the largest on the seas at that time? I THINK it was, due to new construction exceeding war time losses, but I don't have hard numbers on it. I don't think American construction had ramped up enough yet, and had started slightly behind. Japan had started at 60% (by treaty) and didn't have the shipyard capacity for a construction sprint.
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  1082. Your still running XP?
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  1083. You do raise the interesting question of what the proper plural for Scharnhorst should be. I believe with Prius the plural is Prii so "'s" or "es" can't be counted on. (heh!)
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  1084. Should we all down vote till Drach tells us what the *#&%@! the theme music is? Might get his attention... (heh!)
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  1085. Thank you for that! And now to discover the weakness of internet search engines as I wade through the Video game and movie sound tracks looking for a sound clip that is close to your intro. (Might need another lockdown to find the time)
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  1086.  @ayushkulkarni3867  "Why was the us industry in general and shipbuilding industry specifically so underestimated in both world wars??" Because we also made a lot of crappy stuff along with the good stuff at the time, and tried to sell it Globally. We were the Worlds China at the time and had our own "chinesium".
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  1087.  @joshthomas-moore2656  "Which type of cruiser either light or heavy was the most useful for the navies of world war two?" Which Cleveland Class was most useful.....
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  1088.  @galbert117  "If there ever had been a battle where the Kantai Kessen could have taken effect which battle could it have been?" Midway...... (Duh!)
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  1089.  @richardmalcolm1457  " Leyte Gulf was more in the nature of a desperation heave against what the IJN knew was now a greatly superior U.S. Navy." Well the Taffy's were getting close to sending in the Cheerleading Squad...
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  1090. Tried a we bit to hard in this one.
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  1091. Wait! Wait! Wait! The IOWA class aren't Battlecruisers? HOW are they not Battlecruisers?
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  1092. There is just so much bad history in this I had to down vote it. The first thing that struck me was Military Aircraft and Tanks were being developed by the Weimar Republic in the USSR in cooperation with the Soviet government. The Luftwaffe did not have its start with Hitler by a decade.  And go to "Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles" for extended descriptions of the BF109 and other WWII aircraft. You will be stunned by the quality.
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  1093. Well "Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus" was a real thing... (As real as a cheap movie can be at least)
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  1094. So, doing the MIG-21 anytime soon?
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  1095.  @scottmason2557  "Which ship or navy during the period that the channel covers would you believe is the best example of Murphy's Law of "' Everything that can go wrong will go wrong''?" Kriegsmarine Surface ships of WWII come to mind with very little thought.
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  1096. "What if the Great Lakes had seen all 5 ships of the line completed?" War Gamers would have gone insane?
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  1097. Out at sea? Don't you mean "on the Lake"?? Being a Midwesterner who has spent most of his life within 20 miles of The Big Mich I tend to notice these things.
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  1098. " Vice Admiral Fletcher frowns thoughtfully, ahead of time and before his ships are in any danger, and declares "It's a trap."" And so the inspiration for Admiral Ackbar is revealed!
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  1099.  @kemarisite  "All of the work of carrier operations, but none of the glory of sinking Japanese combatant ships, " Tell that to the Taffy's, who strangely enough, seemed to have some anti ship munitions aboard.
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  1100. Now I want a rainbow colored battle tank!
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  1101. 10% of 35? How do you sink half a ship? (Half sink a ship? That HAS happened with destroyers....)
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  1102. Since China now has the Worlds Largest Navy (What! You didn't know this?) how about a review of it? Strengths, weaknesses, and GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS might be a good start.
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  1103. "Why Do they Look Like That?" Because they are French? It's a thing. The French are different....
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  1104.  @adamalton2436  "ummm Yorktown was at Midway. I was asking a follow up to Drachinafel’s question about if she could be saved. If she’d been saved my question was what impact Yorktown might have made at Guadalcanal (having another flattop)." At what point are you assuming she was saved? The basic assumption would be the sub doesn't torp her at the end. THAT Yorktown wasn't going anywhere soon. Would have been in dry dock long after the start of Guadalcanal.
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  1105. "Today we take a look at the little know crossover between the early automotive industry and the development of naval propulsion." Say WHAT?!?!
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  1106. As to the "you don't have to carry a gun everywhere" line, another YouTube channel I respect, @inifel, has an ongoing rift about the US Navy and the "USS Second Amendment". Back in the day, before missiles and such, they did like their guns! In WWII he has this description of their attitude. "Is there an empty space on the ship? Why is there an empty space on the ship? Put A Gun There!!" Just look at any US ship in the Pacific from mid 1943 on and count the AA guns. As a bonus any time you got close enough the pompoms did a great job of hosing a ships bridge and decks. (See Battle off Samar for a good example)
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  1107. Small potatoes but the P-80, later F-80, was flying at the same time as the Meteor and ME-262. It also wasn't quite ready for use but a small number were flying in Italy late in the war in an attempt to intercept Arado Ar 234 bombers being used for intelligence flights. Being British, no one told you. (heh!)
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  1108. Was the SMS Blucher, commissioned 1909 left to die at the hands of the Royal Navy Jan 1915, the first heavy cruiser? Looking at the full displacement and weapons vs. the IJN heavy cruisers and the USN Baltimore class the parallels are strong. When you look at the weight savings of high pressure boilers steam turbines and oil fuel vs. low pressure boilers triple expansion engines and dirt pretending to be coal, the displacements are even closer.
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  1109. Soooo, this is NOT on the Nimitz Class?
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  1110. So did a search on "Iratus" and found "Iratus: Lord of the Dead" from some game of some kind. Does this mean the title is "Fleet Admiral Ernist King-Always/Ever Lord of the Dead" ??
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  1111.  @phodon129  And "Iratus" is also a character name, for real, in some game. Have fun with an alternate explanation. (you really think I didn't catch the "always angry" fist read? Drach's viewers are clever that way.)
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  1112. Drach, you may be misidentifying the emotions involved. A sense of survival at the time would have you jumping into the Sea, opening your Mae West, and paddling away close to the speed of a cigarette boat. Thinking you are mostly already dead and going all "I'll gouge your throat as you swallow me so you CHOKE ON YOUR OWN BLOOD!!" seems more likely. And they had to live up to that Wildcat pilot after all.
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  1113. Japan's Naval blockade of China was key to their success there and the failure of the Allies. Since by late 1943 the US Navy had their own Kido Butai of great strength how possible would it have been to have a strong carrier sweep to "harsh the mellow" of the blockading forces by mid 1944? If they were also sinking Japanese shipping during the sweep it could have had a great affect IF it wasn't too costly for other operations.
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  1114.  @Alsadius  Don't most of us postdate the Eisenhower administration?
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  1115. The Ditto class?? Did I read that right?? (heh!)
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  1116. Or more to the point. Which German Radar was the best and closest to US/Brit standards?
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  1117. Heh! Heh! Heh! "Poop Deck".....
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  1118. Can we vote on Drach's worst(best?) pun??
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  1119. China: Just fund a Panama Canal competitor. It would be quite the flex, building it is something you are good at, and the county it would go through would be very loyal to you. (I AM a trouble maker)
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  1120.  @juicysushi  "The Sesame Street aliens have arrived on Earth in the age of steam and steel,....Lacking limbs however makes it hard to load guns easily. " Please don't post after over doing your Rum Ration. Thank you! :)
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  1121. What! No multiple images from your visit to the full wooden replica? (It can not be THAT far from home)
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  1122. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCynGrIaI5vsJQgHJAIp9oSg/videos
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  1123. https://www.youtube.com/c/ArmouredCarriers
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  1124. I believe Russia has more of its Nukes pointed at China than anyone else. Can someone confirm this?
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  1125. Mr Barge would like a few words with you about that "floating Brick" comment...
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  1126.  @darrenblake2362  "Could the IjN have operated jets from there carrier fleet that existed would they have /or where they developing carriers that could?" Look up the Nakajima Kikka. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Kikka
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  1127.  @darrenblake2362  "Could the IjN have operated jets from there carrier fleet that existed would they have /or where they developing carriers that could?" Look up the Nakajima Kikka. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Kikka
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  1128.  @nikujaga_oishii  "what could a Japanese 'proper treaty-era heavy cruisers if not for the treaty limit' have looked like - e.g. estimated size, armament, protection, speed, etc?" Umm, wasn't the IJN already laughing at treaty limits? Their heavy cruisers seemed way over the limits.
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  1129.  @sooflower_183  "What if Prince of Wales and Repulse were never sunk" If they had booked to Pearl after that, could the USN supplied and repaired them so they could have a "play date" with the carriers at Midway? I, for one, would not like to be the captain of a Kongo closing on a carrier formation at night not knowing that POW(!) was among them....
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  1130. The only way Game of Thrones Season Eight, the Mary Sue fanfic, should be fixed is the way a puppy or Kitten gets fixed. Please Dox the authors! Someone? Anyone?
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  1131. Did a search for "Gary the Wanker" on YouTube and nothing came up. Id he on s different platform? (heh!)
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  1132. Do they keep the Iowa's? And if so, are they treated like a Battlecruiser force?
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  1133. "You'd better copyright your fix before Martin steals it to finish his book." Think that he could easily be distracted by a food cart so the Drinker is probably safe...
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  1134. Perhaps Ryan Drake needs a Hollywood encounter. Either one of his actions spills into the on site shooting of an action/adventure movie or he is hired as an "advisor" for such a movie. A wise and skilled author, with a wicked sense of humor, could make it happen in a clever and enjoyable way. (know any?)
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  1135. 0:43 makes your point better than anything one could type.
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  1136. I can't help but think that after the first Tallboy hit in the bow the Tirpitz was finished as a sea going vessel and all military actions against it after where a waste of lives and resources.
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  1137. So it's just Cabrini-Green in Amsterdam. Who WAS selling this bilge Globally?
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  1138. One of the most interesting posts!
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  1139. What is the best set of game rules for those trying to recreate naval battles? (If ship XX fought ship XY, for example)
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  1140. Have you considered doing book reviews in some of your time slots? Since you seem to always be reading the time to do a review would be very small compared to that spent in the reading, and we would all enjoy it.
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  1141. Waiting for the next two today. (Spoiled, I am.)
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  1142. Using that Black Adder theme did seem a little Over The Top. (Well Goodbyeee )
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  1143.  @MikelH0  WWII is a no-brainer... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore-class_cruiser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland-class_cruiser
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  1144.  @MikelH0  "@scottgiles7546 what about WW1" Who do you think I am, Drach?? I'm just some old Geezer who likes history and knows some of the more obvious answers. (Does heavy and light even apply to WWI? Weren't they created by interwar treaties? IF it does RN most likely as they had more of everything than anybody back then)
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  1145. Fukushima?? Didn't they teach you about Hiroshima?* *Kids Today!
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  1146. Wonder if Drach has a proper April the 1st posting ready to drop?
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  1147. At 4:21 how many are going "I can see Enterprise as a Battleship"....
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  1148.  @arnavkalgutkar6169  "If airplanes were never developed but everything else progressed as in our history, how would have naval forces have developed?" ATTACK HELICOPTERS! HUGH FLEETS OF ATTACK HELICOPTERS!! Also: how BIG would Zeppelin's get with no aircraft to shoot them down so easily?
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  1149.  @nonii8526  "When you refer to your channel you say “we”, who is this other person?" Whatever his name his title is "Editorial".
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  1150.  @Vespuchian  "which in your estimation is the least surprising result or foregone conclusion of a naval engagement?" Operation Ten-Go? If we play this game please list the even less surprising outcomes.
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  1151. No King George V glass?? There is a reason Drachinifel is the go to source for WWI-WWII warships. (And the Iowa class are Battlecruisers, just not named as such)
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  1152. A 5 minute guide that's 5 minutes, sans intro,?? Why do you hate this ship so? Is it because it is French (built)?
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  1153. I think you have the order backwards. It's a shame JRR isn't still around to ask him.
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  1154. I saw Hot Shots long before top Gun. (Hell, I saw Hot Shots Part Duex before Top Gun) I think that shaped my attitude as top Gun seemed rather silly, except for the live at sea carrier shots of course. (Look up "awesome" and there's a video clip)
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  1155. Cow.....
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  1156. Does Drach need to do a Movie review now? Maybe The Critical Drinker could help, or knows someone who could...
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  1157.  @dimasgirl2749  "What was the fate of the Japanese pilots who survived the Battle of Midway?" The ones who did not get wounds that stopped them from flying died in combat, mostly in the battles around Guadalcanal.
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  1158.  @calvingreene90  "And the Ju 87 Stuka is one of the best dive bombers ever built" Might be, but now I'm waiting for someone knowledgeable to do a comparison with the old Slow-But-Deadly SBD, and possibly others.
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  1159. MADE you a bitter cynical man?? That's what attracted me in the first place! Might need to start Drinking less if you're getting that forgetful.
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  1160.  @johnladuke6475  Bringing up a bowl of popcorn for while you're watching him tread should be up there..
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  1161. Toyota and Honda hardest hit by the strike. (snark?) (ME??)
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  1162. Cleveland class whistles. Looks at sky...
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  1163.  @fragotron  And some people are humorless prats, not that we know any. So what's your point?
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  1164. Video game movies? I would be waiting for the "pong" movie...
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  1165. Have you ever considered violating all your normal guide lines and doing a piece on the Edmund Fitzgerald? A truly huge, modern, ore boat lost in a mere fresh water lake in a small storm. I suspect many in your Global Audience are unaware of it's story, although that Gordon Lightfoot song has got around a bit.
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  1166. Don't hold back. Tell us what you really think!
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  1167. Best be.
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  1168.  @Almond19912  So no Beta version? Well Drat, Drac.
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  1169. Gesundeit!
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  1170. Horribly designed? But it's German, they don't do horrible just "overly complex". (Please adjust your statement...)
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  1171.  @henriquekonradt541  Pre Dreadnoughts had Tsushima, Dreadnoughts had Jutland, so what would you say is the greatest and most era defining, altough smaller, battle of the "modern" Battleship era? (aka. some engagement in WW2) Force Z getting slaughtered by planes at sea... Clearly the most defining moment, even more than Pearl Harbor.
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  1172.  @carloschristanio4709  "How long would it have taken the us or British to replace aircrew if they had a midway?" ??? The US HAD a Midway, and were very happy with the result, the IJN not so much. You may need a rephrasing along the lines of "How long would it take the US or British to replace aircrews if they suffered a loss like the IJN at Midway?"
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  1173. Should also offer a "Critical Drinker Booze Bottle Plushy".......
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  1174. Having been led to read the Wikipedia post on the "Glorious First of June" by your Drydock 180 I simply must ask why you have wasted so much of your, and I suppose our, time on the age of steam and steel? There was a complexity, depth, and sophistication that is stunning to the unaware.
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  1175.  @shanemcdowall  "You are an anti-Maori bigot". People are so quick to make charges like this over nothing. That was a despicable word choice by you and more damaging than the poster you directed it at, please note I said "more" damaging. Please do better. Perhaps ask him for even a bit of documentation for his claim? Just read the Wiki on Aotearoa and at best it's a term that was created well after the English take over with no existence before.
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  1176. When you talk about how implausible it was to have the US President lead the attack, should I mention President Bush The Elder was a carrier pilot in WWII. The story becomes a bit more reasonable but truth be told, it hearkens more to Richard The Lionheart or even King Arthur for the forceful image.
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  1177. Top Five French Pre-Dreadnoughts then?
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  1178. Isn't Peter Zeihan good for Blackrock's World View?? (heh!)
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  1179. "Only not as evil". Use to say that about Microsoft, and Disney.... Guess they still say that about Disney.
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  1180. YOU TAKE THAT BACK!! (Coffee Hater, you!)
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  1181. Still a lot of year left..
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  1182. "Will you cover the Battle of Midway in the future?" Oh if only I could post an image of a dead horse being beaten here!
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  1183.  @pscwplb  "How much of Vasa's crew would have been involved with her construction" Would this be, file it under "they had it coming" ?
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  1184. Cleveland's Rocks!
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  1185. The last time I was this early the Kongo class were still considered battleships.
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  1186. So what does it mean if you got all the inside references?
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  1187. Just bought another book because of this. Thanks Drach!
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  1188.  @paulwhite1908  "What do you think would have happened if the midway class carriers were built before the war started ? Do you think it would have been over for Japan" Not if they were still using Brewster Buffalo's...
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  1189.  @bkjeong4302  "Germany’s geographical location means that it’s always going to be at a major disadvantage in naval wars." Well, unless they take France in a cake walk or something...
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  1190. Please offer how the USN pronounced their names while Iron Bottom Sound was being filled....
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  1191. Saved Warships DIDN'T include CV-6 USS Enterprise??? (Hisssss!) Would SO want to see that parked next too HMS Warspite... (OK It's ONLY 4 warships...)
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  1192. "Lets not forget about the Werewolves he unleashed when all was lost!" ??? I've only heard of "Werewolves of London". (Even have a song about it...)
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  1193. About the San Fransisco, opened the Wiki page on it and read this: "Originally classified as a light cruiser before she was laid down due to her thin armor, she was reclassified as a heavy cruiser because of her 8-inch guns." Originally classified as a light cruiser due to her thin armor...... Seems THAT's interesting to know.
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  1194. Say, does anyone know what CV number the USS ROBIN was?
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  1195.  @Tevildo  Oh sure! Give a serious reply to a question that deserved a snarky one.
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  1196. First Hour!! YAY!!
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  1197. You're asked about interesting cases of unexplained damage or sinking of ships and could not Remember the Maine? The mere fact that a newspaper war used it to start a real war should be enough to make it interesting.. (Kids Today!)
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  1198. Last time I was this early I was still late...
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  1199. "My uncle was one of the guys on the float carrying an Avenger in Bush's inaugural parade." Pic's or it didn't happen...
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  1200. Do a review of what ships the HMS Pinafore was based on! There is no ship "in" the Royal Navy better known and it deserves a proper treatment. It is also a good engine to introduce Gilbert and Sulivan to the poor empty souls unfamiliar with them. (Everyone needs Gilbert and Sulivan on their play list.) This song makes clear that the Royal Navy was a very serious affair with very serious people that deserved a serious play, just not here, WE'RE Gilbert and Sulivan... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezr5_vae1CE It also has this timeless insight into human nature and bureaucratic structure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCBxI9yKLgw (Strangely, I want some Cap'n Crunch after hearing that..)
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  1201. Personal review of The Thing (1982): Nice Doggy! (heh!)
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  1202. There is a wonderful piece on the Battle of the Bismark Sea on YouTube which explains in detail how a Japanese convoy was so thoroughly taken apart from the air. They were "Pearl Harbored" and it certainly made up for the loss of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse in its affect on the war. IJN, "don't go there or you are sunk". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcrQgWgjFZQ
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  1203. I came at the movie as one who had read the Robert Heinlein and the less than subtle re-write was clear. The book is so different from the movie that it's a different thing with the same title. Peter Jackson's "Hobbit" was truer to the novel than this one. And it was just so heavy handed at it, dripping the cliches of its time. Drinker, read the book. Then we'll talk. The Old Grump. (Get Off My Lawn!)
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  1204.  @rogersmith7396  " Tell it to Doolittle." If those aircrews had any more brass in their balls they would have to be destroyer captains.
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  1205. It's good to know Chicago has revived its (19)20's reputation. St. Valentines Massacre anyone?
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  1206. In reference to his comments on the Battle of Cape Engaño, is "Sneaky Judy's" a Great band name or what!
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  1207. "- USS Colorado and sisters. Of course, their massive downside is the awful speed, " To have awful speed don't you have to have speed in the first place??
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  1208.  @jonathanwhite5132  " What would the situation be if Bismarck made it to France?" RAF would have had a bit of a target there....
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  1209.  @Eric_Hutton.1980  "The warships of these two nations had a tendency for their warships (cruisers) to lose their bows during World War II due to various means." Should it be HMS Glass Lizard or USS Glass Lizard? Both being classes of course.
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  1210. Pigeon would have been a GREAT aircraft name! Anyone use it?
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  1211. Space Battleship Yamamoto vs. Battleship (Missouri)?? Don't know if anyone saw that second movie...
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  1212. 7:13 , For all you Douglas Adam's fans out there. (did the sub remember its towel?)
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  1213. So how much have sales/views of Whiplash spiked after this review? Got me interested!
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  1214.  @bkjeong4302  "What is the worst warship CONCEPT you can think of? Not in the sense the design is bad but in the sense that the ship’s intended purpose makes no sense whatsoever." You mean "besides the Carrier/Battleship right?
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  1215. Can't help but notice all the interest in the HMS Thunder Child. Did your basic internet search on it. Learned there is even a book, along with many models built, "The Last Days of the Thunder Child". Wonder what the strange pull is of those few words in an old novel.
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  1216. Saay, what is todays date?
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  1217. The Yamato didn't quite make it there, for some reason.
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  1218. There needs to be a "The Drinker Lets Subscribers Comment" on the Ryan Drake novels. From observations so far hilarious snarky comments on, er, deep, thoughtful, and subtle observations of the characters, story arc and story telling in general are to be expected.* *(think he bought it?)
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  1219. You should try some Kentucky Bourbon, next time you're in the USA firing up your totally legal Disney+ account...... (it's the reason I don't drink scotch, that other whisky)
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  1220. If Hutch gets in trouble with the Law he Better Call Saul!
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  1221. Someone clearly did not pay enough attention to Breaking Bad. The clues to Walter White's self driven destruction were clear, if a bit subtle. Getting cancer just put him East of the Nile where he was free to become who and what he always wanted to be. He loved being being a Drug Lord and having people fear him. Being able to kill people and walk away. Just go to the flash back when he was in "Bio-Apple" with the hot, smart, RICH, girl. He blew up the relationship and left the company because he could not stand the wealthy, He was never nice, just charming and very, very smart. (Might need to cut back on the drinking there) (Note I did not sat stop. No need to go crazy!)
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  1222. Hank was the hero of Breaking Bad, not Walter. Heisenberg, White. Think about it.
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  1223. Thank God the Battle of Samar was an even match then!
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  1224. ??? Thought burning our Capital was one of the popular actions by the British Empire. (think they could do it again if we ask nice?)
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  1225. Short take: YouTube Evil...
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  1226.  @Drachinifel  "A few more weeks, the next battle is of course the big one!" Only if you count Third and Fourth Battles of Savo Island as one battle. For me it would take some time to decide which one was bigger. Unless you go all "Battleships win. Battleships ALWAYS win".
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  1227. I didn't post this because I hadn't seen the live stream, but because I had. The " Not that you would have to spent three hours or such on it? (let's not be silly)" was the tell. (doesn't anyone remember Wry humor?)
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  1228. So I take it no naval units were involved in the charge of the light brigade. Or is that what part II will cover?
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  1229. If you did the hard and needed work of actually writing a good book on the USN Fleet Problems would you be invited to things like the USNI Panel Discussion on WWII at Sea? (I just want the book)
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  1230. "How many takes did it take for you to get the HMS By Jove video done without laughing?" One. He's British....
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  1231. Was she hot? (Required guy question)
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  1232. Is it just me or has Drachinifel become more respectful of the US as he studies the WWII Pacific campaign?* If so it could be that he has become aware of how serious a Navy the IJN was at the start of the war, the the USN would be lucky to have parity in ships and resources when the started taking offensive actions, that US ships, crews, personnel, and even some officers showed great skill and courage? Or he could have realized "Captain KA-BAR" would perform aerial melee on him with an F4F's landing gear. *Still shows more respect for the pre-revolution French Navy.. (Who gave as good as they got.)
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  1233. I think the coming of railguns would hash any assumptions on traditional guns, although a gps guided shell is a fun idea. (as long as your on the right side of the gun.)
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  1234. Red Blood cells or Red Shirts??
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  1235. Has anyone Doxed the 111, so far, dislikes?
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  1236.  @MrRomiq  Still a Marvel Movie....
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  1237.  @MrRomiq  " acording to to your logic even Blade, Daredevil, Deadpool and Ghost Rider should be considered marvel movies?" If it's based on a Marvel comic and licensed by Marvel how can it not be a Marvel movie? The Drink didn't say Disney-Marvel movie, just Marvel movie.
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  1238. Just more proof that a swordfish sunk the Bismarck. Quite the plane.
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  1239.  @mbryson2899  "Swordfish also made a serious impression on Italian battleships, even in the face of a LOT of ship and shore based AA." Well only if this story is true: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKTMQgvowws
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  1240. OK boomer...
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  1241.  @khalidahmed8402  "We’ll see, I personally think its going to be garbage." They both can be true. "Good compared to" covers a lot of ground.
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  1242. And why didn't he - insert cuss word here - take the day off to be with his family? (canned post by Drach?)
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  1243. Are you going to post anything for "Happy Treason Day!" (A.K.A. The Fourth of July)? I, for one, find that a wonderful inside joke among friends.
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  1244.  @SeveralWeezelsInaTrenchcoat  "The most overrated ship from WW2" Bismark?
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  1245. Asking the watchers here. In a battle of Arrogance who would win Admiral Fisher or Admiral King? Excuse me while I pop some popcorn and await the response.
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  1246. Siegfried but no Roy???
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  1247. Don't forget BIGGER guns.
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  1248. 17 min in and all these posts....
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  1249. And, strangely, the USN had to do that After the Pacific Fleet was sunk in a "sneak attack". Not that that was ever seen before...
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  1250. Might rather be the embezzler..... ("Might")
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  1251. So tell us more about the Outer Hebrides. Pretty certain I have a bowl of popcorn somewhere around here...
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  1252. That is too small a view of this.
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  1253. An obscure plane I never heard off, heaven on a Tuesday morning. (And why couldn't they just strengthen the fuselage?)
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  1254. The USSR invaded Finland and Germany, total @#$!!'s that they were, were the only ones fighting Uncle Stalin in a big way. Anything need to be added? No? Good!
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  1255. "As a kid". But you are grown up now, we hope. Seeing it again might pop some memories. (happened to me with the early Bond films.) (Yes. I'm that old)
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  1256. Old take on the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB7PRY1Aqds
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  1257. Not First! (2nd? fourth?)
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  1258. "Like a love child of James Bond and Duke Nukem"...... Oh no potential THERE! (Does the Critical Drinker delve in game design?)
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  1259. In the development of ironclads during the period when sails would still be needed for long ocean travel would it have been practical to have a mast go through the turret so the turret would rotate around the mast while being anchored below. With the twin layout of the guns I can see it working even if it's not as much fun as the mast being mounted on the turret. It would resolve the problem of having a mast in front of the turret.
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  1260. ???? Using his daughter was cheap casting. (Duh!)
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  1261. There was a time when covid was whimsical??
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  1262. So who plays Captain Evans?
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  1263.    "Alcohol abuse changes a man" FYI: In Wisconsin alcohol abuse is spilling your beer.
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  1264. It is a shame the chosen time frame does not cover, however briefly, the earlier Japanese campaigns against Korea where admiral Yi Sun-sin handed Japan their ass. Repeatedly. (is the language choice ok?)
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  1265.  @mpetersen6  Because Washington IS built on a swamp. (drained and filled) Others have to make their own...
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  1266. "Meaning of 69" on Wiki. It's best if you then go to " In other fields" for some fun possibilities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/69_(number)#In_other_fields
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  1267. "Where would we put a ship?" (in Great Britain) Scrapa Flow. (duh!) Much like the Arizona and Missouri at Pearl.
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  1268. ??? There is always the Haggis to draw them to Scotland....
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  1269. Here is the hard reality they have been steering you away from. They were not to protect our cities but our missels from a first strike. Which make them a stabilizing rather than destabilizing force. Cities are wide open easy targets. Even a miss will do unimaginable damage. Missile Silos are buried and hardened and need a direct hit to remove so a first strike will now leave most untouched. If you have been taught different you have been lied to.
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  1270. Well the Q&A is slow to come up now..
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  1271. Why didn't Drach show the German ice cream machine in U-505?? (snark/on)
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  1272. Kindle would be instant download.... (Just saying....)
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  1273. Alright. How many now want to see Peter Dinklage in the NBA?
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  1274.  @GuardianViolet  "It's a travesty that Eskimo is still the only Tribal in Azur Lane" They need more? Could they handle more?
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  1275. Traumatize me for life? Good thing I'm already so deep into mine. (And Get Off My Lawn!)
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  1276. @Live Action Sonic " It's clear his writing is inspire by both Poe and Lovecraft " Poecraft?
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  1277. People still talk that if Rommel's plan of having the available divisions rushed to push the invasion forces into the sea on the first day, D Day could have failed. I thought Sicily had proven operating within range of large naval gunfire was a very bad idea for panzer divisions and such. Would you care to take the time to look at the in place Allied naval forces and German units in reserve and predict a likely outcome? (I have mine, without crunching the numbers)
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  1278. The Critical Drinker has pretty much stated The Scotland pub scene is that "volatile", only he did not us volatile...
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  1279. Everything Peter has said here was conventional wisdom a decade ago. (seems he left off Craigs List taking all the ad revenue from local papers which was a strong revenue stream for them) He doesn't cover when, why, and how news was bad and unreliable before then with a few national choke points for large stories. After a certain age everyone will have seen several major stories they know are completely wrong and seen the reaction to them. That's what you need to cover, not "fact checkers".
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  1280. Reading through the comments everyone should know that "Arr!" happened with every army on every battlefield and since the Wehrmacht has already been linked to the nastiest SS actions they were likely in the nastiest "Arr"ing of the East front, only you will never get an honest number. Not only are there so many groups trying to exaggerate or minimize the acts of any group named there are enough PHD's (Piled Higher & Deeper) stating " all * (naughty word starting with "s") is "Arr"!" The idea the "Arr" is the worst crime that could ever happen, since it can only happen to women so no man can comment on it, and only men can be guilty of it is something only the very protected can believe but that attitude has colored too many academic papers and might even be in one TIK used.
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  1281. So, how did that battle turn out??
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  1282.  @brianbagnall3029  Lucas spinning in his bed? Obviously you never heard of Jar-Jar Binks if you can write that straight and sober.
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  1283.  @themanformerlyknownascomme777  " the railroads complained that FM's opposed Piston engines were too hard to work with, do you agree with the railway companies or is this just another case of laziness on their part" As a total Train-Nut! (and proud off it) there is a good chance I can answer this better than Drach could. The most precise and expensive single part of a piston engine is the crankshaft. The FM had two of them, one on the bottom and one on top with the pistons in between. For one thing that meant if you needed to work on a single piston for any reason such as a bad piston ring you had to remove the crankshaft first. If you have ever seen an image of one that engine was HUGH with a crankshaft to match. Removing it and placing it away for safety without damaging any of the critical machined surfaces was no easy task, and then you had to put it back. No other engine in railroad service made such demands on a shop and the question comes as to how many even good shops could do it. The FM's had twice the service life between rebuilds compared to the best of the others but a rebuild for most was beyond them so they were sent back to Beloit for that. None of that strikes me as the railroads being lazy.
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  1284. Embrace the power of "and".
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  1285. Perhaps in "Engrish"?? (Just for the fun of it...)
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  1286. You're back so soon? BAD TIK! Take some more time off! Unless you were getting really antsy,of course. Then it's fine.
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  1287. After Deadpool there is no need for another Superhero Movie. Change my mind.
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  1288. The truly paranoid would think Himmler did not actually die that day and this was all cover for his extraction for deep debriefing and hiding from the Soviets.
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  1289.  @wilsonriley1856  Well there's that, yes. Unless you prefer HOOD as it clearly became a Spirit.
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  1290. "Foreman lays out a pretty solid case that the French were fairly in favor of intervening for the CSA in the US Civil War, and preferably in concert with the British; and it was British diplomacy that helped dissuade them. " Isn't "eF! the French!" a common goal for all the British, always?
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  1291. A question for the poster's here: If the RN at some point decided to produce a new battle cruiser/very fast battleship class using the Nelson class layout would it have been the "Admiral Nelson Class"? (running away now!)
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  1292. Who was your expert for the Floaty Log video??
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  1293. Tear down 90% of the levees. Let the silt flood in like God intended so the marsh land returns. Now is that hard?
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  1294.  @Ron52G  There were planes dropping torpedoes long before the Swordfish. Do hope this Wiki link works: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Type_320
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  1295.  @MegaloHorse  " so why not say the numbers in metric as a default instead of saying imperial and then explaining it with metric? (it is a minor thing, but I had to ask)" Because he is British. (And you had to ask why??)
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  1296.  @jonnydestecroix7162  " what would the battle of samar look like if halsey hadn't ran off like an idiot " Please see the outcome for Operation Ten-Go for the best feel of what would happen. Drach has a video on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ten-Go
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