[BroJoeK]

headline: "Australia Sets Fighting Mark (Baldwin) – 12"

quote worth noting:

"The Australians -- and their neighbors, the New Zealanders -- have in proportion to their size, contributed a greater percentage of men to the armed services and perhaps more effort (per capita) than the United States has done."

The US war effort was critical to victory, but some allies did more per-capita than we did.

[colorado tanker]

The US never went to full mobilization of all men of military age. We didn’t have to to win the war and that kept the war industries humming.

[colorado tanker]

I don't know if Hanson Baldwin had inside information or it's him being his usual insightful self, but Admiral Crutchley was not entirely or even mostly at fault for the CF that was the Battle of Savo Island. He had been called to a meeting with Turner and Vandegrift to plan for the aftermath of Fletcher pulling the carriers out and left his American senior skipper in charge of the squadron, who on being advised promptly went back to sleep. BTW, one Admiral McCain was asked for extra air patrols over the Slot, but that inexplicably never happened.

There was an interesting reference in Churchill's book to Gen. Martel. He was an early and vocal advocate for mechanized warfare. In his Russian post he was insightful in his reporting and believed the lessons learned about tank warfare with the Germans on the Eastern front would be more useful to the Allies in the coming French campaign than the fighting in North Africa. As you can see, that didn't make him especially popular with his own folks.