Quote:
|
All also ask the same concerning Courageous and Force Z.
|
Perhaps he means Glorious,there was lots of complaints at the time about political interference and reckless misuse of carriers directed his admiralty position in the early war, especially with Glorious being ordered to sail independantly to a hearing with only 2 destroyers as escort.
Force Z is a simpler matter, Churchill was the architect of the plan and was still adamant about the vital importance of Fortress Singapore(which was always starved of resources which is strange for a vital fortress that must never fall)....yet his own plan said of force Z that it could not go ahead without carrier support.
It went ahead without a carrier and the ships went to the bottom.