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Radar is the Strange Weapon. The British had Radar towers during the Battle of Britain and the Germans, not knowing what they were, ignored them. It allowed the Spitfires and Hurricanes to meet the Luftwaffe in the Channel
Every time I watch a video like this, showing the AA gunners beating off aerial assault by the Japanese, I remind myself that by the times these events were happening we had AA shells armed with VT fuses, a little-known fact that explains a lot about how successful we were in defending ourselves. I fear the stories would be a lot different if we had not had those VT fuses.
What I love about all of these documentaries is that they prove Soviets were ineffective in air, they were pathetic on ground, their equipment was shabby, tactics outdated, and so on. And yet in the end, they crushed the Axis powers, especially Germany, like made mincemeat of them. Wonder how? Or maybe that's just Soviet propaganda. 🙃
There were two aircraft carriers named Yorktown that served in the second world war, the Yorktown-class carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) was sunk at the battle of Midway, the Essex-class carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) survived the second world war, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, was a recovery ship for Apollo 8, was in the movie "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and is now a museum ship and National Historic Landmark in in South Carolina.
I thought they were good ships that gave very great service, considering their design limitations and slow speed. However, they could not fire their nine main battery rifles, full head. Do use all three turrets, required unmasking the three buried.
The biggest result of the standards was block obsolescence. While they were rebuilt to a terrific design, they were still slow. Having served as an OOD on board all the a Iowas, during my 37 year career, I can state without equivocation, that was the way to go.
My geat uncle being in WW2 witnessed 3 bombardments while on land from the BIG "J" . He told me it was a good idea to kneel down a even at a safe distance OR it would knock your feet out from underneath you
"the Most Jaw-Dropping Guns Ever Seen"? The Royal Navy's 'Nelson' class had 9 x 16" guns just 7 years after Idaho and every US Navy BB after Colorado had 16" guns.
The Zero fighters ran out of fuel and ammunition? I don't think so. They were continuously cycling through their carriers to rearm. They were simply out of position when the dive bombers arrived. Not very good situational awareness.
