No, I wouldn't expect you to post that garbage again either. And I do realize that you are merely quoting things that you have read; I am not...
I cannot agree that the skirmishes in the Solomons islands "hurt the USN badly". These were really minor tactical clashes, involving, for the most...
Yes, Ranger's maximum aircraft capacity was 86 aircraft; she could carry, and operate, large numbers of fighters and act as a CAP CV if that was...
Marshall has very little to say about it. King would push for the transfer and the Brits and Australians are also screaming for it. Roosevelt the...
I think you are on the correct track, here. I did some quick research and found that Japan's total production of oil in the 4th Quarter of 1942...
That's probably what would happen. While in the Atlantic, the Ranger delivered upwards of 75 land-based fighters (P-38's) at a time on ferry...
The Ranger was most definitely better than a CVE and served in combat in the Atlantic. There was no reason she couldn't serve in the Pacific as a...
First, let me state that my father's first ship was the old Ranger; he flew SBD's off her flight deck on Neutrality Patrol for several months...
Yes, the Allied interdiction of Japanese supply routes to Guadalcanal did inflict severe losses on both the Japanese Navy and the merchant ships...
Here is an aviator's map of the area south of Darwin showing the route of the Northern Australian Rail line in the vicinity of Katherine. I...
No, if US intelligence picks up the hints that Japan is getting ready for a major invasion, as would be likely, the US could have both the Ranger...
Actually, I believe lwd is correct; Eugenics is a solid scientific theory and applies scientific principles whether applied to humans or animals....
Actually, it's not as simple as that. At close ranges, and high velocities, a 7.62 rifle slug, in the absence of yaw inside the victim's body,...
The article contains several errors, the most notable being that the V-2 rocket could "only carry a 30 ton" warhead. I have checked a number of...
SO what? You claimed I made a specific statement which I didn't; You were going to check with the mods to reproduce my statement; but apparently...
Actually, the Australian codebreakers identified Midway as the target early in May, but King didn't believe them because of advice he got from his...
LOL! Perhaps, but I can't see the IJN telling the IJA, "Go ahead and invade Darwin in early June; our ships will show up in a couple of months to...
Sounds to me as though these guys did a very dangerous job, and did it well! They were every bit as important and courageous in the Pacific as...
I thought I made my willingness to "agree to disagree" with Kruska, obvious. I personally don't care what he thinks. My position is that those...
The term "Captive Nations" has been in use for many decades. It is not something I made up. Captive Nations Week (the third week in July) was...
