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To: rlmorel

https://www.oddhistorian.com/if-world-war-one-was-a-bar-fight/


78 posted on 03/25/2021 8:16:19 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Tallguy

LOL, now THAT’S funny, to see that. So I agree with someone, or they agree with me!

On a related note, there was a description of The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, in which the IJN force of a battleship, cruisers, and destroyers, had split up into two columns, and coming towards them to go between the two columns was an somewhat inferior column of American cruisers and destroyers.

Forces were so close and intermingled in those black hours just after midnight, that an American destroyer nearly collided with an IJN battleship, and the destroyer was so close it was just pumping five inch rounds as fast as they could fire, and they saw them leave the muzzle and immediately disappear into the superstructure of the Kirishima, and the superstructure began to glow cherry red from the fires within.

It was described as a “Bar Room Brawl with the lights turned out”, but one sailor said that someone kept turning on the lights for a second as big guns fired on each side so you could get a glimpse of who was where, then the lights went immediately out.

Chaos.


80 posted on 03/25/2021 1:38:23 PM PDT by rlmorel ("I’d rather enjoy a risky freedom than a safe servitude." Robby Dinero, USMC Veteran, Gym Owner)
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To: Tallguy

Human nature is strange. WW1 is so tragic you almost have to laugh at it. Must be some kind of reality-avoidance or defense mechanism.


81 posted on 03/25/2021 1:50:08 PM PDT by Tallguy
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