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by neil hilton
Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:20 pm
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: The Greatest Naval Battle in History
Replies: 257
Views: 277620

Re: The Greatest Naval Battle in History

But with a US invasion fleet coming over the horizon all those planes, even with the forces deficiencies, would have gone kamikaze on them by the hundreds. Not a pretty sight.
by neil hilton
Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:16 pm
Forum: World War II
Topic: Was US participation in WWII superfluous?
Replies: 146
Views: 85158

Re: Was US participation in WWII superfluous?

Also add to this the political and economic pressure put on Britain by the US to break up the empire.
by neil hilton
Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:32 pm
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: The Greatest Naval Battle in History
Replies: 257
Views: 277620

Re: The Greatest Naval Battle in History

This would be very dangerous for the US fleet as the Japanese expected it and maintained a huge airforce on the home islands. This was why the US initially decided on high altitude bombing with B29s up in the jet stream so the Japanese aircraft couldn't get at them.
by neil hilton
Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:27 pm
Forum: World War II
Topic: Was US participation in WWII superfluous?
Replies: 146
Views: 85158

Re: Was US participation in WWII superfluous?

My mistake spelling Gandhi oops. The rest of my statement was correct.
by neil hilton
Wed Dec 05, 2012 4:05 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: 10 moments that changed the course of the war at sea
Replies: 117
Views: 28244

Re: 10 moments that changed the course of the war at sea

The author of a German report on the equipment, Otto Hachenberg, subsequently became a colleague of the present author in radio astronomy. He died in 2001 and his report of May 1943 was discovered among his papers. It reveals that the principle of the cavity magnetron was already well known in Germ...
by neil hilton
Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:55 pm
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: The Greatest Naval Battle in History
Replies: 257
Views: 277620

Re: The Greatest Naval Battle in History

A few months is a little too quick I think (it would probably take that long just to plan such an operation) but a few years may be too slow as it would be doubtful the Japanese could destroy the US fleet rather than forcing it to retreat. I was erring on the side of caution. Also considering the ev...
by neil hilton
Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:47 pm
Forum: World War II
Topic: Was US participation in WWII superfluous?
Replies: 146
Views: 85158

Re: Was US participation in WWII superfluous?

It's a mystery to me as to just how complacent the US in particular was about allowing the USSR to overrun Eastern Europe. Well of course there wasn't much choice about the actual physical overrunning, if Germany was to be defeated. But the ensuing total domination of those nations (with the except...
by neil hilton
Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:30 pm
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: The Greatest Naval Battle in History
Replies: 257
Views: 277620

Re: The Greatest Naval Battle in History

I disagree. If the US had lost the Leyte Gulf campaign it would have set the war against Japan back a few years while a new fleet was prepared and troops trained. If the Greeks had lost at Salamis they would not have been able to recover and the Persians would be able to control Greece easily, what ...
by neil hilton
Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:57 pm
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: The Greatest Naval Battle in History
Replies: 257
Views: 277620

Re: The Greatest Naval Battle in History

I have some sympathy with both sides of this argument. Leyte is never referred to, as far as I'm aware, as anything other than a battle. If it was a campaign you'd be able to point to specific engagements, each individually named, as being the battles fought as part of that campaign. And what do yo...
by neil hilton
Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:15 pm
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: The Greatest Naval Battle in History
Replies: 257
Views: 277620

Re: The Greatest Naval Battle in History

I think the problem with this how it was reported in the press. BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF is a good newspaper headline CAMPAIGN FOR LEYTE GULF isnt. Same with the Battle of the Atlantic which is clearly a campaign and yet everybody calls it a battle because thats what the ordinary man in the street unde...
by neil hilton
Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:38 pm
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: Greatest Warship Name Ever
Replies: 98
Views: 72542

Re: Greatest Warship Name Ever

If my memory serves me right the first ship named Enterprize was English, note the spelling. It think she was a race built galleon and took part against the Spanish Armada in 1588.
by neil hilton
Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:19 pm
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: The Greatest Naval Battle in History
Replies: 257
Views: 277620

Re: The Greatest Naval Battle in History

A campaign is a strategic operation which has one or more battles in it classified as high intensity tactical engagements, it is the battles purpose to defeat the enemy forces and the campaigns purpose to direct the strategic motives. Eg the Guadalcanal campaign was to control the island of Guadalca...
by neil hilton
Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:24 pm
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: The Greatest Naval Battle in History
Replies: 257
Views: 277620

Re: The Greatest Naval Battle in History

further, if you will consider Midway as a battle but since the overall plan was conceived by admiral nimitz and delegated it to admiral fletcher as the overall commander of midway that makes Midway a campaign and not a battle. again my friend lets not confuse the issue of definitions what is a batt...
by neil hilton
Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:12 pm
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: The Greatest Naval Battle in History
Replies: 257
Views: 277620

Re: The Greatest Naval Battle in History

The battle of leyte gulf is truly naval battle caused naval ships truly engage in battle and you cannot find in any naval battle, aircraft carriers were sunk by naval fire, its only in leyte gulf. in the atlantic...i dont consider it as a battle..why?? cause majority sunk are merchant ships..if i w...
by neil hilton
Thu Nov 22, 2012 5:16 pm
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: The Greatest Naval Battle in History
Replies: 257
Views: 277620

Re: The Greatest Naval Battle in History

Of course this is just my opinion, it does make sense though?