Can we have a "Pacific Submarine War for Dummies" FAQ?

jason taylor · 11-20-06, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Steeltrap

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

The primary consenus circulating seem to be that the US Navy submariners had it pretty soft compared to the Germans, and that'll be a hard consensus to overcome. The truth of the matter was it was a different war in a different theater with different geography fought with different machines and naval philosophies.

Plus, we had those ice cream machines....that makes us look soft.

No, if you really want the USA to look soft, compare the amount of supplies required by a combat division of Germany and the USA......

Read "Brute Force: Allied Strategy and Tactics in the Second World War (Hardcover) by John Ellis" for specifics, but the comparisons are scary indeed!

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Well what about looking soft? If you want to look tough join a biker gang. If you want to win a war, having more material then the enemy can be useful.

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