The Drydock - Episode 148

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question.

AUTKaiser

Thanks for the answer to my question about the Japanese Navy-Army rivalry. Also thanks to Dubsington for his comments above. The Clan angle never occurred to me. Being American it's still hard for me to conceive of a situation where one branch of service would tell another to" just go die and leave me alone". I suppose now if Scotland becomes its own country and the Cambells join the army and the MacDonalds join the navy then we can expect an entertaining hullabaloo! I would also like to second those above who are concerned for your well being. It took me three days to get through this. I can't imagine what you go through. You do such a fine job I'd hate to see you burn out trying to make our dull lives interesting. Please take care of yourself.

John McDonough

A mammoth undertaking Drach! Thank you!

Bob Hedges

In the first WW it was not really certain that the entente would allow UK to fight against Germany; only the political machinations of in government powerful hawks in the first WW precipitated the entry of UK in war.

John Hargreaves

I am concerned that for April and may my questions haven't been answered xD at least not that I can see. I usually watch the drydocks multiple times so I may notice it later

Sorry, Drachma, but I passed HMS Unicorn last July (not open at the time) and I understand that her deck cover is pretty much original. I'd prefer she was restored with that left in place rather than ditching it, putting masts on and making it a copy of Trincomalee.

I recall being on the bridge of a US Navy warship when the bow guns were on target. It is so kewl to feel and see the ship rolling and pitching whilst the gun barrels stay absolutely rock stable as if on land. Indeed, on one occasion, a sea gull landed on the muzzle of the gun since in the somewhat rough seas it was the safest and most stable place to rest. However, about two seconds later, the bird discovered that when gun barrels are being that stable, it usually means that they will be firing shortly. And, although the sea gull did learn this lesson, it was unable to apply this knowledge any further.

Vintage Car History

6 hours jeez

Chris Bruce

My opinion is still that Spruance was a better admiral than Halsey. Spruance was a thinking admiral throughout WWII and should have been a a better successor to King. Regards

John Hargreaves

Hate to say it but the time may have come to throw up a poll, let everyone vote for as many questions as they'd like with "voting power" multipliers for their donation tier, and then just answer the top 20 questions. You're gonna kill yourself with these monster videos.

Dubsington

Six hours of joy. Batten down the hatches and stand by to learn.

Capitano Lorenzo

Re the japanese interservice rivalries: The navy and army had opposition similar to rival *political parties* in most countries. Both branches had a seat in the cabinet with what amounted to veto power, and legislators tended to line up with one or another. Further, the big industrial conglomerates (which tended to be owned by noble familes) lined up with one or the other.... e.g Mitsubishi was navy, Kawasaki was army. So in a sense they were also business rivals.

Dubsington