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"Claus Gustafsen" <claus@gustafsen.nu> wrote in message...
- Maybe some would say that the battlewaggons vere already=20
- outdated when these came along,=20
Kind of, sort of,,,,
but as IJN Vice Admiral Ugaki once enquired sourly why,=20
if battleships had become redundant as some people claimed,=20
the American used so many?=20
Do note good results at Surigao Strait.=20
And that only by luck, & great bravery was great loss=20
avoided at Battle off Samar (where USN BB had left).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
http://soc.history.war.misc.narkive.com/w4YPu7d3/ngf-tidbit-from-korea
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<DIV>"Claus Gustafsen" <<A=20
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<DIV>- Maybe some would say that the battlewaggons vere already </DIV>
<DIV>- outdated when these came along, </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Kind of, sort of,,,,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>but as IJN Vice Admiral Ugaki once =
enquired sourly=20
why, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>if battleships had become redundant as =
some people=20
claimed, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>the American used so many? =
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Do note good results at <SPAN =
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face=3D"Times New Roman">Surigao Strait. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3Dst>And that only by luck, & great bravery was =
great loss=20
</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3Dst>avoided at <STRONG>Battle off Samar (where =
USN BB had=20
left).</STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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