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I see that you have reverted to type Mr Gollin-bullying and rudeness-probably right for a silly cantankerous old man;who just has to have the last word .

Alright Phil- I accept and I take your point-no doctrine but RN Fighting Instructions.

IMHO-countries should not cede control of areas to immigrants such as the 'no-go' zones in France. The intelligence resources of host countries should redoubled in investigating the mosques and madrases for any kind of terrorist sentiment and all leads should be pursued. Profiling-the dirty word-wo...

The summer of 1943 saw an expansion of US bomber forces in England as aircraft began returning from North Africa and new aircraft arrived from the United States. This growth in strength coincided with the commencement of Operation Pointblank. Devised by Air Marshal Arthur "Bomber" Harris a...

Hi Steve It is my understanding that If a two group action is to be carried out-fine but where a group at sea comes under attack-no- because a detachment is usually picked up and sunk. [/color] No. No such doctrine. (By the way, I presume you think the Battle of the River Plate was against this myt...

Thanks Dave for your intervention-the order to keep formations together came to a head in the Mediterranean during the Evacuation of Crete-An Adm King sent a destroyer from his formation to sink a small steamer- it was pounced upon by the Luftwaffe and sunk.This Adm then sentnot one but two light cr...

Hi Steve
It is my understanding that If a two group action is to be carried out-fine but where a group at sea comes under attack-no- because a detachment is usually picked up and sunk.

Phil- Admiral Cunningham claimed that the "Golden Rule" in the confined waters of the Mediterranean was that ships must keep together for mutual defence and never be deployed for individual tasks.

Bob-I am of the opinion that the line ahead formation was the downfall of most of the early cruiser battles-when they fired (using standard propellant) their gun flashes made Japanese targeting easier and more importantly-accurate.The Japanese doctrine of filling the sea with running torpedoes was a...

R/Adm Daniel Callaghan USN In April 1942, he was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral and was appointed as Chief of Staff to the Commander, South Pacific Area and South Pacific Force Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley. In November, as commander of Task Group 67.4, he led US forces in an engagement off ...

Yes Thorsten see link below :-

http://www.wwiiarchives.net/servlet/act ... dex/1284/0

Thank you Byron for finally settling the Blue controversy-it would now seem thar a number of factors influenced her failure to pick up Mikawa's entry into the Slot

Yes-you are right Kevin-I was speaking from memory; but quite obviously I got it wrong-I did include Callaghan-memory does make one the fool at times.

Thanks Steve for your interest and input as you say-The amateurs versus the professionals-Game over-but two USN admirals dead -one by friendly fire.The lookouts both missed Makawa's entry; and as usual the Americans gunfire lighting up the battle scene like a fairground.A bloody rebuff for Midway. :...

After two days of constant action, the tired crews of the Allied ships were at Condition II which meant that half were on duty while half rested. In addition, several of the cruiser captains were also asleep. Approaching Guadalcanal after dark, Mikawa again launched floatplanes to scout the enemy an...