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Originally Posted by Spruence M
Seems to me that aircraft carriers should be worth more than a battleship. I understand the German mentality about it, but they were the most dangerous things on the high seas.
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I find it more reasonable - the British Carriers were not raising the same threat as the American ones did in the Pacific. Even the Illustrious was carrying mosly Swordfish biplanes that were not as dangerous as modern aircraft... They did help to sink the Bismark but it still took the old battleships to seal the deal. |
Aircraft and 'Jeep' Carriers often shadowed the convoys headed north to Russia. Disembarking vitally needed fighters to Russia, Gibraltar, Malta, North Africa etc. It was due mainly for that reason that Hitler would not allow his heavy units out into the Atlantic for fear of them being damaged or sunk.
The effect/impact carriers had in the Pacific is well documented (and rightly so). But do not underestimate the contribution made by their lesser/unsung British cousins.