"Giffen at Rennel Island: Monumental Screw-up or Scapegoat?" Topic
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| Texas Jack | 27 Jul 2016 3:47 a.m. PST |
"Both" would have been a good choice. |
| Zippee | 27 Jul 2016 10:01 a.m. PST |
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would have been a better option |
Frederick  | 27 Jul 2016 5:10 p.m. PST |
Giffen made a choice – move his ships ahead of the escort carriers in order to achieve the mission time line and disperse the ships in the event of a Japanese submarine attack – the problem was he got hit with an air attack He made a mistake but you could see how he could have done it |
| Mithmee | 27 Jul 2016 5:38 p.m. PST |
Plenty of our Admirals screwed up during that part of the war. But in the end the Japanese navy was a ghost of what it started the War with. Between Guadalcanal and Midway they could no longer face the US Navy and when it did it got shot to pieces. Yes he positioned his ships against attacks from Subs and he did not figure on a dusk attack by aircraft. |
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