Comments by "Doug JB" (@dougjb7848) on "The Drydock - Episode 305" video.

  1. Clevelontaribeq
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  2. “Pumping oil” was not the critical issue. Transporting that oil to a refinery, converting it into its many militarily useful forms, and then transporting it to final consumers was the critical issue. US submarines were already starting to impinge upon IJ petro-logistics by mid-1942, and would not have been greatly hampered if IJ had controlled Guadalcanal than they were historically.
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  3. I think “not doing the raid” would have had a greater effect on Coral Sea. The USN would have had four carriers available, not two. Lexington might have survived and Yorktown might not have been damaged, allowing USN to field four carriers for Midway, not three. USN could have had 100% more carrier strength for Coral Sea /vs/ 33% more for Midway.
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  4. Sorry, not sure what you are on about. Almost all nations’ focus was submarines whose primary armament was torpedoes, with mine laying as a secondary function.
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  5. 💯 agree about QE. But Warspite was not named for a monarch, so, is ineligible. 😢
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  6. 57:15 Having Bearn would somehow make “being the target of a kamikaze attack” even worse.
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