I think your impression of Roosevelt is all too altruistic. No one in their right mind is in favor of going to war and as the then serving national...
Isolationism leading up to the US entry into the war is a popular misconception. Certainly when compared to late 1940 the number show a sharp...
Roosevelt's opinion of British imperialism had nothing to do with it. He, and Churchill together in concert for that matter, had already identified...
He would have eventually sought a declaration of war from Congress (couldn't do it on his own, you know, clearly a constitutional issue - Congress...
There are some constitutionally challenged people in some states yammering on about secession . . . that does not equate to any one or more of the...
Shore facilities were not mentioned once, not a single instance, in the operations order for the attack on Pearl Harbor. Launching of a third wave...
Not being particularly willing to write up a history of air operations at the Battle of Midway, I would note that there are plenty of very good, and...
Further, if one wants to restrict the research to the use of flying boats for SAR purposes, a significant piece of the puzzle would be production...
For some basics on SAR orientation in the Pacific pages 97 through 104 of...
That would be nice, but it's a long series now, covering some 25 plus years.
I watched a couple and got bored. Might I recommend S M Stirling's novels of the change which starts with "Dies the Fire" and goes on, now up to...
And for a commentary on Japanese Army Air Forces training see the November 1945 Military Review published by the US Army Command and General Staff...
By the way, if you're interested in USAAF training programs you might want to look at...
One thing to remember was that the Japanese were not always in a position to implement an effective search and rescue. Look, for example, at the...
Part II In general, CV type OTU training instructions included five major points: (1) The use of the type’s primary weapon, (2) Tactics and...
Part I – still banging up against the 10K character limit. I can’t comment on anyone’s current pilot training programs. As far as WWII is...
Part II Significantly, whatever combat experience the IJN pilots did acquire in China would only stand them good stead if the USN pilots flew like...
Another 2 parter . . . keep banging up against the 10K character limit. Part I Re: your comment on the experience of the Flying Tigers. The...
Torpedo attack Pt II This is why torpedo squadrons are divided up into divisions and sections. In USN VT doctrine, torpedo attacks against capital...
Torpedo attack Pt I While I work as time allows in the background on analysis of torpedo vs bomb delivery stats from the USN in WW2, I will take a...
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