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JAPANESE BOMB DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA, TWICE; ROMMEL DRIVES WIDE WEDGE IN LIBYAN LINE (6/4/42)
Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 6/4/42 | Joseph M. Levy, George Axelsson, Harold Denny, Hanson W. Baldwin

Posted on 06/04/2012 4:08:39 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: milhist; realtime; worldwarii
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To: r9etb; PzLdr; dfwgator; Paisan; From many - one.; rockinqsranch; 2banana; henkster; meandog; ...
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Due to the delay here is the next post scheduled for 0918 hrs. Midway time.

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John Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945

21 posted on 06/04/2012 1:37:17 PM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

I love the part about Rommel bawling out captured British generals about their stupid tactics.


22 posted on 06/04/2012 1:42:30 PM PDT by InMemoriam (Downticket, people.)
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To: tcrlaf

If the Japanese hadn’t stuck with the dogma of ‘air wing only with assigned carrier’, they could have transferred pilots, planes and aircrew from the badly damaged SHOKAKU to the undamaged, but significantly under aircrewed ZUIKAKU [heavy aircraft lossesd at Coral Sea], and sent one of the two largest aircraft carriers [aircraft wise] with the other four. ZUIKAKU would have tipped the scales.


23 posted on 06/04/2012 1:44:01 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

The KIDO BUTAI could not raise their speed to 30 knots. KAGA was a converted battleship hull [AKAGI had bee laid down as a battlecruiser], and her top speed was no more than 26 knots [and may have been less]. Until her sinking, she was the albatross around KIDO BUTAI’s neck. Movements had to conform to KAGA’s speed limitations.


24 posted on 06/04/2012 1:49:11 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: PzLdr

“If the Japanese hadn’t stuck with the dogma of ‘air wing only with assigned carrier’”

In fairness, Japanese Carriers weren’t standardized, with each class having different designs and unique problems, like approach, etc.

Landing on Junyo, for instance, presented an entirely different set of issues for a pilot than landing on Hiryo.


25 posted on 06/04/2012 2:20:40 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
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John Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945

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Herman Wouk, War and Remembrance

26 posted on 06/04/2012 2:26:58 PM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: tcrlaf

That may be true, but SHOKAKU and ZUIKAKU were sister ships of the same class. I really doubt SHOKAKU’s pilots would have had any trouble flying off, or onto her. This is just a classic example of the rigidity that doomed the Japanese navy.


27 posted on 06/04/2012 2:40:37 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: InMemoriam

Hell, that’s nothing. Once when he was wandering around a very porous battlefield, he pulled up to a British field hospital. When the chief doctor came out, and obviously had no clue that his visitor was Rommel [he thought he was a Polish general], he asked Rommel to inspect the hospital and perhaps, spend some time with the wounded.

Rommel did just that, visiting both Empire troops, and wounded German POWs [who were surprised, to say the least]. Then he hopped on ‘Mammut’, his captured Britsh command vehicle, and tore off into the desert.


28 posted on 06/04/2012 2:46:48 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
For your evening broadcast, MBS is first with reports on the Midway battle. Unfortunately, it is complete garbage. It will be a few days before the next reports come out. Hopefully they will be better. Enjoy this one though.

MBS - Captain William Graves on the Battle of Midway

29 posted on 06/04/2012 4:49:54 PM PDT by CougarGA7 ("History is politics projected into the past" - Michael Pokrovski)
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To: PzLdr

I agree with this assessment. I was a cultural issue more so than a military one. I am currently reading the book “Japanese Intelligence in World War II” by Ken Kotani and I’m finding the same issue here. The intelligence gathering failures are more based on cultural rigidness than it is any failures in ability, or technology for that matter.


30 posted on 06/04/2012 4:53:48 PM PDT by CougarGA7 ("History is politics projected into the past" - Michael Pokrovski)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

31 posted on 06/04/2012 5:06:50 PM PDT by CougarGA7 ("History is politics projected into the past" - Michael Pokrovski)
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32 posted on 06/04/2012 5:12:02 PM PDT by henkster (Wanted: Politicians willing to say "No" to people. No experience required.)
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All diagrams posted are from Parshall & Tully, "Shattered Sword; the Untold Story of the Battle of Midway." Untitled
33 posted on 06/04/2012 5:13:57 PM PDT by henkster (Wanted: Politicians willing to say "No" to people. No experience required.)
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34 posted on 06/04/2012 5:14:48 PM PDT by henkster (Wanted: Politicians willing to say "No" to people. No experience required.)
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35 posted on 06/04/2012 5:15:46 PM PDT by henkster (Wanted: Politicians willing to say "No" to people. No experience required.)
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36 posted on 06/04/2012 5:16:44 PM PDT by henkster (Wanted: Politicians willing to say "No" to people. No experience required.)
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37 posted on 06/04/2012 5:18:33 PM PDT by henkster (Wanted: Politicians willing to say "No" to people. No experience required.)
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38 posted on 06/04/2012 5:19:27 PM PDT by henkster (Wanted: Politicians willing to say "No" to people. No experience required.)
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39 posted on 06/04/2012 5:20:08 PM PDT by henkster (Wanted: Politicians willing to say "No" to people. No experience required.)
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40 posted on 06/04/2012 5:20:46 PM PDT by henkster (Wanted: Politicians willing to say "No" to people. No experience required.)
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