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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1694 on: April 26, 2020, 08:55:37 AM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on April 26, 2020, 08:28:05 AM
Years ago that was reviewed by a writer in an article I was reading and he really liked it and gave us a 2 thumbs
I have the book around here somewhere.  Leyte Gulf naval battle is rather interesting I think and not covered by any movie and thus not well known to Americans.

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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1695 on: April 26, 2020, 09:01:38 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on April 26, 2020, 08:51:04 AM
That is a super-nice cutting board.

And yeah, the "Rose" bowl was played at Dook that year. Organizers were afraid that the "Japs" might bomb Pasadena.
A couple of subs may have fired a torpedo or two at the Left Coast.Not sure there was any/much harassment after Pearl.CWS will be by to correct me on that though



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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1696 on: April 26, 2020, 09:05:44 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on April 26, 2020, 08:55:37 AM
I have the book around here somewhere.  Leyte Gulf naval battle is rather interesting I think and not covered by any movie and thus not well known to Americans.
It was the largest Navl Battle of the War and nothing else came close.Be kind of tough to follow a narrative like that in a movie - have to be a mini series.And I doubt it would get good ratings today even if meticulously crafted,like Drew's Boards
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1697 on: April 26, 2020, 09:17:51 AM »
When someone asks what I did over the weekend, I squint and ask, "Why, what did you hear?"

one of my usual Monday morning lines
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1698 on: April 26, 2020, 09:20:26 AM »
Or you tell me
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1699 on: April 26, 2020, 09:32:50 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on April 26, 2020, 08:55:37 AM
Leyte Gulf naval battle is rather interesting
I have to read that only have read/watched snippets of this battle.I do remember reading US Naval forces didn't have an over all Admiral at this battle and evidently neither did the IJN.So the order of battle was really uncoordinated.Some of the forces were under Nimitz/Halsey and others still under MacArthur(mistake IMO) and efforts disjointed.Should have left Nimitz orchestrate as he got them that far.However Halsey did get suckered into some well planned ruse and the 7th fleet was having their own problems also.But then things weren't going so well either for the IJN.Big messy boat brawl really
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1700 on: April 26, 2020, 10:13:32 AM »
The Japanese did launch balloons filled with incendiaries that reached Oregon et al. and caused some fired.  I dimly recall that a Japanese sub surfaced and shelled LA once or twice, ineffectively.

As for Leyte, Nimitz was "overall Admiral" but he was on shore.  The Surigao Strait battle was the last one with battleships firing on their counterparts in history, a rare event anyway.  US naval air power was just dominant despite mistakes.  The IJN also did not coordinate with the army in the war much at all and Army planes were supposed to strike in coordinated fashion.  Some kamikazes did hit some of our ships including a light carrier sunk.

A lot of folks like to role play a battle had Halsey left the fast BBs behind to guard the strait through which the Yamato came through.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1701 on: April 26, 2020, 10:17:33 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on April 26, 2020, 10:13:32 AM
The Japanese did launch balloons filled with incendiaries that reached Oregon et al. and caused some fired.  I dimly recall that a Japanese sub surfaced and shelled LA once or twice, ineffectively.

As for Leyte, Nimitz was "overall Admiral" but he was on shore.  The Surigao Strait battle was the last one with battleships firing on their counterparts in history, a rare event anyway.  US naval air power was just dominant despite mistakes.  The IJN also did not coordinate with the army in the war much at all and Army planes were supposed to strike in coordinated fashion.  Some kamikazes did hit some of our ships including a light carrier sunk.

A lot of folks like to role play a battle had Halsey left the fast BBs behind to guard the strait through which the Yamato came through.
there were actually fatalities associated with one of those balloons 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1702 on: April 26, 2020, 10:37:46 AM »
The Bombardment of Ellwood during World War II was a naval attack by a Japanese submarine against United States coastal targets near Santa Barbara, California. Though damage was minimal, the event was key in triggering the West Coast invasion scare and influenced the decision to intern Japanese-Americans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Ellwood
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1703 on: April 26, 2020, 10:39:46 AM »
Jake and Ellwood after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor ...
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1704 on: April 26, 2020, 10:52:54 AM »
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1705 on: April 26, 2020, 11:06:15 AM »
Before Pearl Harbor, many Americans viewed Japanese (to the extent they noticed at all) as buck toothed incompetent Asians racially inferior.  After PH, they suddenly were violent supermen with incredible martial powers.

Folks had a hard time grasping the logistical challenges in sending a fleet across the Pacific Ocean.

The IJN fleet after PH spent a good bit of effort attacking the British in India and Ceylon, an area of operations of somewhat limited strategic importance for them at the time.

And after the Doolittle attack, the Japanese then over reacted in turn.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1706 on: April 26, 2020, 11:44:28 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on April 26, 2020, 08:55:37 AM
I have the book around here somewhere.  Leyte Gulf naval battle is rather interesting I think and not covered by any movie and thus not well known to Americans.
Heh!  If it's not in a movie starring the latest Hollywood skanks and doofuses, it didn't happen!
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1707 on: April 26, 2020, 11:45:53 AM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on April 26, 2020, 09:01:38 AM
A couple of subs may have fired a torpedo or two at the Left Coast.Not sure there was any/much harassment after Pearl.CWS will be by to correct me on that though
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