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| Overall thesis in the book |
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| Allied victory tends to be oversimplified. It was NOT inevitable. It can be attributed to four major points: resources, tactics, morale, and strategy |
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| Battle of Seas: Main points |
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- We did not come, see, conquer. We learned and adapted.
- New technologies, strategies, tactics
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- gained french ports and thus had control of entire atlantic
- traveled in wolf packs (organized by Donitz)
- war of strangulation
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| Why they were dominating: |
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| Our technology was weak sauce. ASDIC, echo soundings and depth charts were useless. Convoys were little help. German intel was dominating (B-Dienst)- cracked British naval codes. H ups production: 300 available u.b.'s When US enters, unprotected convoys take more losses in first four months than all of '41 |
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| Hitler pulls out u boats to protect against phantom Norway invasion. Changed our codes, render B-Dienst useless. HUFF-DUFF, Leigh light Searchlights, black outs, Admiral Max Horton (huff duff, sub killer units, convoy training). Bletchley Park breaks Germ naval codes, directs convoys around subs. Air to surface radar. 4x as many subs taken down |
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| By '43 U boats are taking more casualties than kills made. Portugal gives Allies air base that virtually erases Atlantic Gap. U-Boats withdrawn |
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| Japs wanted to extend their empire to the Western Aluetians, Midway and down through SE asia all the way to Australia. After PH they were going about their business pretty much unscathed. |
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| Japs take Hong Kong, French Indo-China, Thailand, Burma, Dutch East Indies, and Philippines. and Malaya and Singapore (Allies surrender to Jap force half their size) |
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| Not decisive, but Japs turn away from Port Moresby. Allied intel sends two carriers. Lexington sunk, but US sub torpedos Jap flag ship |
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| Rochefort's intel. Air power is huge (adaptation) If japs get Midway we're FUCKED |
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Resources: it's how you use it: Malaya, Midway: outnumbered force wins
Tactics: Horton
Morale: Coral Sea- we can hang with these guys. Japs- Fuck
Stragegy- Coral Sea and Midway are pivotal to remainder of Pacific |
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