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| Cape Esperance: 1st US Naval Victory in Guadalcanal Campaign |
| 2021-10-17 |
Prelude to Cape Esperance |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 Col. Trevor N. Dupuy, an author I really liked, observed that "1 in 6 pre-war divisional commander were sacked in the first months of the war". The political and bureaucratic skills to advance in peace really don't make you a good warfighter... |
| Posted by: magpie 2021-10-17 20:45 |
| #2 Unfortunately, we had the margin to allow Darwin to sort out incompetent commanders. We don't have that margin today. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-10-17 16:53 |
| #1 This was when our pre-war surface Navy started learning how to fight. An important and overlooked battle. |
| Posted by: Matt 2021-10-17 15:05 |