<t> Canada's commitment to the European and Atlantic Theatres started in 1939. I don't think that Canada was really worried about a Japanese invasion of the West Coast. Since the Japanese invasion of the Alaskan islands happened during Midway the threat of the Japanese working their way down the ...

<r> For the story of the war in Alask and the West Coast:<br/>
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If the 14th Army was the "Forgotten Army" the campaign in Alaska and the West Coast is "The Forgotten War"which happens to be a book by Stan Cohen - A pictorial history of WWII in Alaska and Northwestern Canada - material from ...

Also not a French Navy expert, all references I can find mention her light armour. Jane's says "Armour: Practically nil except for thin gunshields, splinter-proof Conning Tower and double armoured deck."

<t> IIRC much of the effect of aircraft in the Atlantic was to force the U-boats to dive and allow the convoys to avoid them. In much the same manner a convoy escort was successful if they did not lose any ships. Both the RN and USN tried ASW patrols early in the war with almost no effect. ASW ...

<t> Note that in addition to the armour RN carriers had about twice the AA armament of contemporary USN carriers, compare Hornet to Ark Royal for example. Can't find the quote but I read that Ark Royal never carried its full compliment of aircraft in WW2 as there were simply not enough. The RN felt ...

<t> An interesting book "Make Another Signal" by Jack Broome has quite a few signals mostly RN from 1700s to post WW2<br/>
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Here are a couple not famous but...<br/>
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To a corvette trying to make port after striking a mine.<br/>
"Do not sink in swept channel" fm CinC Western Approaches ...

<t> I am not sure about the IJN sub torps being that good. In "War on Our Doorstep: The Unknown Campaign on North America's West Coast" by Brendan Coyle there are several instances of unreliable torps experienced by the IJN I-boats. Case of torpedoes exploding halfway to the target, failing to ...

Maybe just name one the USS President again and you cover them all.

<t> Remember that PT boats, MTBs and E boats (or S boats) relied primarily on torpedoes against larger surface vessels. They would usually turn and run after firing the torpedoes. MGBs were a different story but they were mainly to fight smaller ships (trawlers, schooners, barges & coastal vessels ...

<t> I would agree with Kwik E Mart. Game players can be far more ruthless in there employment of units than some commanders (I am not sure about REAL Japanese, Russian and Chinese commanders). A US players knows that they will get more carriers and can be somewhat careless at times IRL losing 2000 ...

Not Buttercup would be mistaken for a Flower class corvette.

I believe the formula that the RN eventually came up with was 5 escorts plus one for every ten merchant ships. (30 merchants = 8 escorts) This of course was ideal and early in the war did not happen that often. Larger convoys were more efficient.

Please do continue. As a newbie lurker I have been enjoying this one. Especially as so few AAR have reached this late.