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re: WWII trivia thread
Posted on 6/16/25 at 6:22 am to sledgehammer
Posted on 6/16/25 at 6:22 am to sledgehammer
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Posted on 6/16/25 at 8:02 am to TigerReb7
quote:MI5, he’s a British national.
I just searched for it, but seems he's made the video private now. Bummer. MI6 got to him
Roughly- MI5 = FBI, MI6 = CIA
Posted on 6/16/25 at 9:51 am to Jim Rockford
Just finished "Forgotten Fifteenth" by Barret Tillman and he has a section on B-24 production.
They had 1,250,000 parts including 313k rivets. Ford could produce 1 in17,350 man hours down from201,826 prewar. With 18K it was the most produced bomber of the war. America can get stuff done when we have too.
Also, the women that worked on the lines would hide notes in new aircraft with their name and address and occasionally a bra size.
They had 1,250,000 parts including 313k rivets. Ford could produce 1 in17,350 man hours down from201,826 prewar. With 18K it was the most produced bomber of the war. America can get stuff done when we have too.
Also, the women that worked on the lines would hide notes in new aircraft with their name and address and occasionally a bra size.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 10:39 am to bigjoe1
Willow Run, the Ford plant in Detroit, produced half of the 18,000 B-24’s produced.
One came off the assembly line every 65 minutes.
Most produced aircraft of WW ll.
One came off the assembly line every 65 minutes.
Most produced aircraft of WW ll.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 10:58 am to sledgehammer
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3 Navy sailors for every 1 Marine killed on the Canal. Those early night fights around Savo island were brutal
Especially when you consider a good percentage of those losses were friendly fire. USS Atlanta got raked by our own shells.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 11:34 am to SoFla Tideroller
Neptune’s inferno is a great read on the subject.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 11:45 am to sledgehammer
So is his book "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" on Leyte Gulf
Posted on 6/16/25 at 11:47 am to sledgehammer
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Those early night fights around Savo island were brutal.
1) US radar was not on all Ships and not quite as good
2) us Mark-14 torpedoes were plagues with duds
3) Most US cruisers did not have torpedo mounts
4) Japanese ships were experienced with night fighting
5) US underestimated the range of the Japanese Long Lance torpedoes (22000 yards at 48 kts or 40,000 yards at 36 kts)
I remember reading in one battle we sent the cruisers out in front f the destroyer screens thinking the 8" guns would outrange the 5" guns of the lead Jap destroyers but got devastated by the type-93 (long Lance) torpedoes before the 8"guns (29,000 yards range) were even fired.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 11:52 am to sledgehammer
Posted on 6/16/25 at 11:54 am to SoFla Tideroller
Reading about sailors from other ships describing how the USS Juneau was there one second and gone the next had to be awful to witness. All 5 Sullivan brothers died in the torpedo explosion.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 12:17 pm to Bestbank Tiger
quote:I remember learning about that...
Mafia don Lucky Luciano used his union connections to support the Allied war effort. After the war, Governor Dewey pardoned him.
Mafia was essential in securing the docks and ports, severely cutting down espionage and sabotage. It was a unique situation, as they were aggressive capitalists and didn't care for the Nazis anyway. It kept the military from tying up resources, and the gangs knew the area inside out and were already armed.
It kinda makes me wonder how we don't have gangs today doing unofficial border patrol
Posted on 6/16/25 at 12:22 pm to Jim Rockford
Namesake for Ohare airport.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 12:27 pm to tigeraddict
Also, the Japanese were using flashless powder.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 12:29 pm to sledgehammer
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Reading about sailors from other ships describing how the USS Juneau was there one second and gone the next had to be awful to witness. All 5 Sullivan brothers died in the torpedo explosion.
The Type 93 “Long Lance” torpedo was a nasty surprise to the US Navy. We really didn’t know anything about it or its capabilities. If I remember correctly, it was either late in the war, or maybe even after the war, that we discovered it had a range well north of 20,000 yards. Our own torpedo, the Mark 14, had a range like half that much. The fact we didn’t know this exposed many American surface vessels to the deadly Long Lance in battle, particularly during the Guadalcanal Campaign, all simply because we had no idea we were within their range.
This post was edited on 6/16/25 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 6/16/25 at 12:36 pm to Scoob
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Mafia was essential in securing the docks and ports, severely cutting down espionage and sabotage. It was a unique situation, as they were aggressive capitalists and didn't care for the Nazis anyway.
Mussolini had aggressively suppressed the Sicilian Mafia, which was another reason they were anti-Axis. They were also instrumental in facilitating the allied invasion of Italy
Posted on 6/16/25 at 12:38 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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So is his book "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" on Leyte Gulf
Damn good book. Strongly suggest this one, too. USS Laffey.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 1:06 pm to Fat Man
quote:I didn't know that. But I did know about the PBY's built in Nola.
The PBY Catalina was the original stealth bomber.
The hull was built in downtown Covington (now Dependable Glass). Pulleys from the factor are still on the ceiling.
The hulls were loaded on a train on Gibson Street (still downtown) and shipped to New Orleans where the plane was assembled.
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The PBY Catalina flying boat was manufactured by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft. About 5,000 were built in New Orleans.
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Inside the Consolidated-Vultee plant on Franklin Avenue: Women worked alongside men, but the government had to convince the company to let black men work in skilled jobs, unlike the nearby Higgins Industries, which had an integrated work force. Photo courtesy of NOLA.com
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Posted on 6/16/25 at 1:32 pm to Coeur du Tigre
WW2 reading and learning is my passion. Keep up thr good work
Posted on 6/16/25 at 2:04 pm to Jim Rockford
Guadalcanal Campaign was the real turning point in the Pacific.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 3:11 pm to Jim Rockford
The Battle of Iwo Jima, a heavy machine gunner's average life expectancy was only 30 seconds after setting up their weapon.
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