@SuperbattleshipYamato hard to argue against any of this really. The IJN was so far gone by this point in the war that there’s not really much they could have done to salvage their situation one way or another. The bit about the allies not having many LSTs in general is something I never knew before though.
What are you reading
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@ABWorsham4 Currently I’m reading False Flags, Disguised German Raiders Of World War 2.
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@ABWorsham4 I’m not familiar with False Flags, but I’ve read Mrs. Ferguson’s Tea Set, Japan and the Second World War: The Global Consequences Following Germany’s Sinking of the SS Automedon in 1940 by Eiji Seki. It’s an excellent account of the exploits of the German commerce raider Atlantis, and I found it fascinating as a Japanese perspective of WWII.
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@The-Pripet-Martian I have read two books concerning Atlantis, The German Raider Atlantis and Ship 16. I’ll look for this book.
False Flags doesn’t cover Atlantis much. It covers the lesser known raiders and supply ships.
I didn’t realize the US Navy actively hunted for the raider Komet. The raider entered the Pan American Zone in the Pacific near the Galapagos Islands sinking 3 Allied vessels.
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@ABWorsham4 The more I read, the more I learn that American neutrality pre-Pearl Harbor was extremely nuanced, to say the least. Very interesting stuff.
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@The-Pripet-Martian said in What are you reading:
@ABWorsham4 The more I read, the more I learn that American neutrality pre-Pearl Harbor was extremely nuanced, to say the least. Very interesting stuff.
No doubt, escorts were taking an active role in the Battle of the Atlantic. American made jeeps, trucks, tanks and planes were operating in North Africa, firing munitions fabricated in the States.
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The Defenders of Taffy 3 and The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors. Good accounts of the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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@ABWorsham4 I’m currently reading George Marshall, Defender of the Republic.
I finished Hitler’s Secret Pirate Fleet by James Duffy. Also I read a 1955 classic, The Secret Raiders by David Woodward. These two books finished my quest for knowledge of German Commerce Raiders.
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Currently I am reading a book called Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-boat Codes. So far it has been pretty interesting.
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I’m reading anything by Antony Beevor, such as ‘Ardennes 1944.’ Also ‘Band Of Brothers,’ being a classic.
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@ABWorsham4 I assume that is about the Skorney raids?
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@abworsham4 I’m currently reading Shelby Foote’s The Civil War, A Narrative, Volume three .
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Have any of you read Sean McMeekin’s book, Stalin’s War?
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This is my current read.
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Hi AB
Started Forsyth The Fox a few weeks ago. Only about an hour in. Triplea keeping me busy and hockey playoffs going now, so be a bit before i finish it :)
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