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IMHO it's not that naval bombardment was rare (though in certain periods of the war it was), it is that the scope of casualties we often see in witp, is almost unheard of.ORIGINAL: bradfordkay
Naval bombardments are one of the more, shall we say, controversial aspects of this game. I have heard many times the argument proposed that, aside from the "Tokyo Express" bombings of Guadalcanal, one can't find any instances of "drive by" naval bombardments.
In perusing the Churchill Centre website, I came across this paragraph from a speech the Prime Minister gave in February of '41:
"How far-reaching these resources are we can see from what happened at dawn this morning, when our Western Mediterranean Fleet, under Admiral Somerville, entered the Gulf of Genoa and bombarded in a shattering manner the naval base from which perhaps a Nazi German expedition might soon have sailed to attack General Weygand in Algeria or Tunis. It is right that the Italian people should be made to feel the sorry plight into which they have been dragged by Dictator Mussolini, and if the cannonade of Genoa, rolling along the coast, reverberating in the mountains, reached the ears of our French comrades in their grief and misery, it might cheer them with the feeling that friends-active friends-are near and that Britannia rules the waves."
I am trying to find out more about this attack, but here is at least one instance outside of the Tokyo Express where we had such an occurance. Perhaps there are several more we haven't uncovered as well.
ORIGINAL: blam0
ORIGINAL: Mark VII
That was by Sub if I remember correctly.ORIGINAL: blam0
Quite overlooked is the late 1941 bombardment of a Southern California amusment park, which destroyed the ferris wheel there.[8D]
You are correct!
ORIGINAL: rtrapasso
ORIGINAL: blam0
ORIGINAL: Mark VII
That was by Sub if I remember correctly.
You are correct!
Heh - my Dad's ship accidentally bombarded Ventura, California one day during AA gun practice - the Navy officially declared a Japanese sub had done it... his ship left port rather abruptly after the incident. IIRC, they left SO abruptly they hadn't got their anchor completely up before getting underway that they snagged and cut an important underseas communications cable... [X(] [8|]
[:D] [:D] Well, that WOULD be a good story... but it happened well after war had been declared (1944, iirc).ORIGINAL: Charbroiled
ORIGINAL: rtrapasso
ORIGINAL: blam0
You are correct!
Heh - my Dad's ship accidentally bombarded Ventura, California one day during AA gun practice - the Navy officially declared a Japanese sub had done it... his ship left port rather abruptly after the incident. IIRC, they left SO abruptly they hadn't got their anchor completely up before getting underway that they snagged and cut an important underseas communications cable... [X(] [8|]
That "underseas communications cable" was the direct line from Washington DC to Japan and negotiations were underway when the line was cut. Each party thought that the other had hung up on them and....well, the rest is history (and created a good game).[:D]
ORIGINAL: witpqs
If sys damage is applied to BB's for bombardments then the same should apply to any occasion their main batteries fire.
ORIGINAL: rtrapasso[:D] [:D] Well, that WOULD be a good story... but it happened well after war had been declared (1944, iirc).ORIGINAL: CharbroiledORIGINAL: rtrapasso
Heh - my Dad's ship accidentally bombarded Ventura, California one day during AA gun practice - the Navy officially declared a Japanese sub had done it... his ship left port rather abruptly after the incident. IIRC, they left SO abruptly they hadn't got their anchor completely up before getting underway that they snagged and cut an important underseas communications cable... [X(] [8|]
That "underseas communications cable" was the direct line from Washington DC to Japan and negotiations were underway when the line was cut. Each party thought that the other had hung up on them and....well, the rest is history (and created a good game).[:D]
ORIGINAL: rtrapasso
ORIGINAL: blam0
ORIGINAL: Mark VII
That was by Sub if I remember correctly.
You are correct!
Heh - my Dad's ship accidentally bombarded Ventura, California one day during AA gun practice - the Navy officially declared a Japanese sub had done it... his ship left port rather abruptly after the incident. IIRC, they left SO abruptly they hadn't got their anchor completely up before getting underway that they snagged and cut an important underseas communications cable... [X(] [8|]