see Midway... Guadalcanal was literally one of two battles in the Pacific where battleships actually fought.
Europe doesnt seem so aircraft carrier focused because ze Germans had a pitiful surface navy and the Italians got owned by fucking Swordfish.
i think the fact that most battleships in WW2 faced no or very little contact with enemy ships is highly indicative of.the fact they were obsolete going into the war
I mean I have my disagreements but this is going beyond the scope of the thread and at the end of the day this shit barely matters, so whatever and military analysis as a field is way less objective than people think it is. You're not wrong on the first two points, I just think it's reductive to characterize the entirety of surface capital ships as a 'waste', especially as early as '41.
see Midway... Guadalcanal was literally one of two battles in the Pacific where battleships actually fought.
Europe doesnt seem so aircraft carrier focused because ze Germans had a pitiful surface navy and the Italians got owned by fucking Swordfish.
i think the fact that most battleships in WW2 faced no or very little contact with enemy ships is highly indicative of.the fact they were obsolete going into the war
I mean I have my disagreements but this is going beyond the scope of the thread and at the end of the day this shit barely matters, so whatever and military analysis as a field is way less objective than people think it is. You're not wrong on the first two points, I just think it's reductive to characterize the entirety of surface capital ships as a 'waste', especially as early as '41.
true and i hope i didnt come off combative lol. this is just banter it dont matter. :deng-cowboy: