Late-night SATURDAY NIGHT videos for Salty Army!
if you want some SUPER-WONKY videos on how the U.S. Navy WON the Pacific War in WW II... these two discussions between THREE outstanding WW II historians (actually, one of them is a retired Navy attack submarine Captain become submarine Squadron Commodore) ARE EXCEPTIONAL on topics that even most Pacific War naval experts are a little shy on!
In video one, "Admiral Halsey's CARRIER RAIDS on FORMOSA"
(present day Taiwan) just a week or two in advance of the U.S. re-INVASION of the PHILIPPINES at the LEYTE GULF landings
shows how the PROBLEMS FACED by the U.S. NAVY today - SWARM drone and missile attacks - ARE NOTHING NEW - the U.S. Navy FACED THE SAME DREAD sailing within striking range of HUNDREDS of Japanese army and navy aircraft in 1944-45.
And in the Formosa raids, navy PILOTS, airmen and ship crews WERE ALREADY EXHAUSTED from WEEKS of FULL-PACE BATTLES... with the HUGE U.S....