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The Drydock - Episode 210
🕑 Added 2022-08-13 12:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Grumman Cat
We already had our '1914 autumn.' It came in February this year. In eastern Europe.
Art Brogden
Germany 1st was the official codified policy. Churchill managed to keep us dancing around in the Mediterranean for over 2 years but the American Army needed the combat experience. It also provided the Allied navies with invaluable training in Amphibious landings. MacArthur and Nimitz were perfectly aware of the policy, as was Adm. King...
Hugh Fisher
On balancing priorities between Europe and the Pacific, the politicians would have the final word. My understanding is that there was a "Europe first" agreement between the three allied leaders. They could do the economic maths which said that Japan, even with their newly conquered resources, was not even close to Germany as a threat. King and MacArthur would have thrown epic fits, but the ships would have gone to the Atlantic.
john c driscoll
Summers such as the one you're having tend to remind me of the summer of 1914. The weather was similar. Here's hoping this summer isn't followed by a similar fall.
John Hargreaves
North sea pirates: you mention south coast England and Brittany but do not mention the Barbary pirates which raided ships and coast
Bryan Stephens
I am so behind! I got so hooked when I had a 90 min commute some days.
