Comments by "Paul Frederick" (@1pcfred) on "Task Force 34 and The Battle of Leyte Gulf" video.

  1. The carrier wasn't the most important target. Protecting the beachhead was the most important task. By then the Japanese didn't even have competent pilots to fly off carriers or fuel for their planes. So sacrificing the carrier was nothing to them. That's why they did it. Halsey was just a hotheaded fool who took the bait hook, line and sinker. If the man had any pride he'd have committed suicide after that titanic blunder. But alas he lived to spin endless excuses for the rest of his life.
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  2. The Japanese totally played Halsey for the fool that he was. They knew precisely what he'd do and he did exactly that. The man should have been shot for his massive dereliction of duty and utter incompetence. Then to not man up and admit your blunder? The shame!
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  3.  @legogenius1667  he wasn't called Bull Halsey for no good reason. When someone exhibits a pattern of behavior it is not wrong to call them out on it. The guy was too type A for the people around him.
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  4.  @Philistine47  no my yob is a meme.
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  5.  @TranscendianIntendor  war is a team effort. Combined operations wins the battle.
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  6.  @Philistine47  it should be everyone's job to be as strategically valuable as they can be and win the war.
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  7. The Battle of Leyte Gulf was epic because Americans showed the Japanese how Bonzai was done.
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