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America Couldn't Have Won World War II Without Britain's Submarines

America Couldn't Have Won World War II Without Britain's Submarines
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/bu...marines-112216

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The sphere where submarines interfaced most closely with the British Pacific Fleet’s surface task forces was in the provision of air and sea rescue to retrieve downed Allied pilots. These boats normally operated near enemy-held coasts, and the proximity to Japanese territory posed grave danger to them.

A typical example of this type of sub operation was the 55-day patrol (the longest for a British submarine during World War II) of the Tantalus, part of the 8th Flotilla. From early January to late February 1945, she prowled the South China Sea looking for downed Allied pilots. Although she was never called upon to rescue any ditched airmen, her travels took her across the paths of several enemy luggers, lighters, and a tug boat, which she destroyed using gunfire.

While the Brits made a contribution to the Pacific War, to say that we couldn't have won the war without them is just plain silly. This is right up the alley of National Interest's click bait type articles.

What's the story with National Interest? They seem to have submarine articles daily, I usually only use one or two a week, but someone there is really keen on underwater warfare. :06:

Generally low quality articles. Not researching the subject very well, spelling and grammar errors, repeating articles, posting articles from others (albeit they usually cite the source) click bait titles. Just poor journalism.

I would agree with ETR3 on this one national interest has questionable links and well to put it mildly a lot of us can pull the article apart.

While the contribution was there from the UK in the pacific id have to concede as a brit the american contribution in europe was larger than what we sent to the pacific.