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2023-08-10 Europe

The Spanish Armada - From its Origins to the Lizard (Part 1)

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Posted by badanov 2023-08-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 ...If you have an interest in naval history, you owe it to yourself to be watching Drachinfels' stuff - he's smart, he's often funny, and he knows what he's talking about.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2023-08-10 04:55|| 2023-08-10 04:55|| Front Page Top

#2 If you enjoy military history and the lead up to the invasion of Poland in WWII you might find The Spies of Warsaw very interesting.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-08-10 05:39|| 2023-08-10 05:39|| Front Page Top

#3 If it's Recommendations Thursday, I would put in a double vote. First for 'War on the Run'. Second, 'Bust Hell Wide Open'.

Both biographies of 2 extraordinary men. The first Major Rogers and the second Nathan Bedford Forrest. Both well researched and meticulously documented and engaging reads about these American heroes, both true forces of nature.

Posted by Cesare 2023-08-10 08:18|| 2023-08-10 08:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Mentioning recommendations:

Rising Sun, Falling Skies by Jeffery R. Cox, a lawyer of all people. I recommend this narrative to get a detailed look at the Java Sea campaign Dec. 1941 to March 1942.

Really whetted by appetite to learn more about the US Asiatic fleet pre WWII.

Also, based on a separate video I am about to receive The Shame of Savo: Anatomy of a Naval Disaster by Bruce Loxton.

As a side note, a lot of solid works coming about the Guadalcanal Campaign.

Posted by badanov 2023-08-10 09:46|| 2023-08-10 09:46|| Front Page Top

#5 RE: badanov
Yes, I am interested in the story of the battle of Guadalcanal.
I have seen the Battle 360 episodes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_360%C2%B0
I have seen the Lost Evidence episodes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Evidence
I have seen the Clash of Warriors 2002 episodes:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395383/episodes
Vandegrift vs. Hyakutake
I saw them over-the-air in Los Angeles on Story TV 54.2:
https://storytelevision.com/schedule/
and on Quest TV 46.5:
https://www.questtv.com/schedule
The battle of Savo Island was always very unclear.
It appeared that the Japanese owned the night and so Bull Halsey would take the Enterprise aircraft carrier away from the islands to save the only carrier still in service after the USS Wasp was torpedoed.
I guessed the Japanese had great night optics and tactics.

Posted by boomerc 2023-08-10 13:08|| 2023-08-10 13:08|| Front Page Top

#6 The battle of Savo Island was always very unclear.
It appeared that the Japanese owned the night and so Bull Halsey would take the Enterprise aircraft carrier away from the islands to save the only carrier still in service after the USS Wasp was torpedoed.

Admiral Ghormley was commander of the South Pacific Area when Savo took place.

Halsey replaced him in October, 1942

Posted by badanov 2023-08-10 14:09|| 2023-08-10 14:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Recommended here, a few years back - Neptune's Inferno. I thoroughly enjoyed it. More of a naval viewpoint.

Posted by Bobby 2023-08-10 16:03|| 2023-08-10 16:03|| Front Page Top

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