<t> It was a fishing boat with military radio team on board. Does this make it a patrol boat? Probably, I guess.<br/>
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But in the Falklands two options available to Admiral Woodward, which he writes about in his book, were to use merchant ships to check for mines in Falkland Sound with their ...

<t> If you can achieve surprise, perhaps, but that's a very big if. <br/>
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In my current game, the IJN came back only 3 weeks after the initial attack, didn't achieve surprise, and lost Shokaku, sinking nothing in return. The USN carrier squadrons had been based ashore whilst the CVs sailed ...

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None of that is relevant though. When you have a unit you think will see action you must set its altitude. At that precise moment, what do you set it to? That is the only question I am interested in. Pilot quality, defensiveness, type of ...

<t> CAP does work against searches, although combat animations are never shown. If you can place a large CAP over your TF, then when you check the aircraft losses screen next turn you will often see kills. Small, one-aircraft elements sneaking up on your forces will always be hard to stop completely ...

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[New for the West: the Japanese knew the actual account for abt a quarter of a century; see <URL url="http://www.combinedfleet.com/MidwayBook.htm">http://www.combinedfleet.com/MidwayBook.htm</URL>
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Indeed. It ...

Shattered Sword is the best western account - by a country mile - of the Japanese perspective on events. It's a recent release, is meticulous in approach and does present new evidence.

Highly recommended, Captain...

<t> If Crutchly might me reappraised, how about also a taking a look at the guy who commanded the ANZAC crusiers for the early war months, John G Crace? He seems to have made a favourable impression upon the US officers he worked with, including Fletcher, yet WitP has him rated as pretty incompetent ...

But, say, 3 or even 4 days pad?

What were the Japanese staff officers talking about if not?

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[Aparently only about 10,000 tons of the Tankers 80,000 ton capacity had be taken from them.
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About 13000+ tons of fuel transferred prior to the attack ...

<r> All the fuel info is public domain. <br/>
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Distance from the Hitokappu Bay to Pearl - under 4000 miles.<br/>
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Max cruising range for the shortest legged Japanese CV (Soryu) - over 8000 miles (Obviously, battle speed will reduce this, but the other CVs could go a fair bit further ...

Jeez, I got off lightly. 1 BB lost at Pearl (another in dire straits), but PoW and Repulse survived with only 1 torp hit on Prince and another dud. Buffaloes from Singapore got involved, which may have been the difference.

Definately get Japanese Destroyer Captain.

Black Shoe Carrier Admiral by Lundstrom is also every bit as good as his First Team series.

I'm not American, but I didn't see TRL as portraying the US as bad guys. Just as guys, really. It did show tortured and mutilated US corpses which hardly portrays the Japanese as saints.

It wasn't a patriotic film either, I grant that, but it wasn't trying to be.

<t> I dunno, that fact that some Japansese questioned the authenticity of the portrayal in Letters (including folks who initially backed the film), leads me to think maybe they have a point. The dog shooting scene for instance, just doesn't ring true for me; nor do a few other things with the more ...

Excellent photo!

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TRL is great, incidentally.
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That is all. [:'(]

Pure - Gary Numan

Surely have to be Buffalos.
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Great footage which was new to me, thanks for the link.
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Going from memory (obviously I could only watch it once), but it's a remark to Affleck's character by an RAF Squadron Leader or Wing Commander.
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