Ep. 16: Gerry Roncolato on the U.S. Navy
School of War
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The US Navy at the Outset of World War II
The first year of World War II was a pre-war Navy running up against the reality of a peer competitor fight. We had never planned an interwar period to fight in the South Pacific. And my argument is that we won the Pacific War because we fought the Japanese. After that by 43, where the material advantages were grinding them down and they couldn't stand it anymore.
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