Comments by "Dave Sisson" (@Dave_Sisson) on "Countering Plan Z - What would the Royal Navy have done?" video.

Okay the German surface fleet could have been contained by a slightly smaller part of the Royal Navy than was historically devoted to it, but the biggest fight in the west was for control of the Mediterranean. The British had to keep a big chunk of their navy located there to stop Malta falling and stop the Axis shipping stuff to North Africa. Then they had their third naval theatre of the Indian Ocean with a surprising number of carriers, battleships and other naval assets located there. I doubt the Royal Navy had enough assets to open a fourth theatre in the Pacific, especially when the Americans wanted to keep most of the glory in that area to themselves.
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