The British Pacific Fleet - Sweeping Sakishima, Brooms Needed

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  @Drachinifel · 1 year ago · pinned

  Pinned post for Q&A :)

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  @SonOfAB_tch2ndClass · 1 year ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDdASusW9A4&amp;t=1925">32:05</a> &quot;...and after a polite request that <b>in no way shape or form</b> involved the transfer of a substantial amount of Navy Issue Rum, and no you cant prove anything as all the paper work was tragically eaten later on by a wild Bunyip!&quot;<br>Now thats what I call a <b>RUM RATION!</b> :3

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  @tonystevens9278 · 1 year ago

  In 1964 the by then heavily rebuilt HMS Victorious visited Yokusuka. One of the senior Japanese dignatories being entertained by the ship at a reception remarked that he was delighted to be able to visit a vessel that his late brother had &quot;landed on&quot; in 1945!

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  @enjoyingend1939 · 1 year ago

  It was so funny in a tragic way seeing that image of the british cruiser with a cartoony shadow of the kamikaze plane that hit the armored belt.

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  @TomFynn · 1 year ago

  500 pound bomb: [Explodes on Formidables flight deck.]<br>Formidable: &quot;&apos;Tis but a scratch.&quot;

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  @PalleRasmussen · 1 year ago

  The beautiful destroyer we see at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDdASusW9A4&amp;t=895">14:55</a> is HMS Whelp - R37.<br><br>I checked because it did not look like any British destroyer I had seen before (not being Alex or Alex).<br><br>HMS Whelp was one of eight W-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Completed in 1944, the ship spent most of the war assigned to the Eastern and Pacific Fleets. She screened British aircraft carriers as their aircraft attacked targets in the Japanese-occupied Nicobar Islands, the Dutch East Indies, Formosa and near Okinawa. Whelp was present at the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay in 1945 and later in Hong Kong.

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  @The_Lone_Aesir · 1 year ago

  As an american i am very grateful for these kinds of videos as what we learn in the USA is soo focused on our own contributions that stuff like this rarely gets the light of day

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  @NVRAMboi · 1 year ago (edited)

  Drach, thank you for filling in the considerable &quot;blanks&quot; for me regarding the actions of the RN Pacific Fleet. I especially enjoy any and all instances of cooperation (and sharing of equipment) between the Royal Navy (incl the commonwealths) and U.S. Navy. Had no idea regarding the P-40 Kittyhawks/Warhawks external fuel tanks being used with the Sea Fire. (GEEK out!) Very cool. Thanks again from the states.

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  @captainjoshuagleiberman2778 · 1 year ago (edited)

  RN Supply Section - Sydney - &nbsp;sir I have two weird signals here from the BPF. &nbsp;What are they? &nbsp;The first is requesting twice the typical ration of rum. &nbsp;The other is saying the Chief Artificer on the Victorious was bored and manufactured 200 drop tanks for the Seafires. &nbsp;Okay, did you inquire about them. &nbsp;Well regarding the rum, apparently everytime someone yelled Kamikaze, Admiral Vian would order up spirits. &nbsp;Are you sure about that? &nbsp;Yes, Captain Scorcese confirmed this. &nbsp;Ok, I don&apos;t want to hear anymore, just fill the order.😂

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  @ScienceChap · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDdASusW9A4&amp;t=245">4:05</a> the KGV class ships are so good looking... Love them.

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  @kpdubbs7117 · 1 year ago

  I often wonder how many Reacquisitions Officers deserve Victory Crosses and Medals of Honor for the lives they&apos;ve saved by their under the table wheeling and dealing.

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  @douglasmaccullagh7865 · 1 year ago

  The drop tanks are a wonderful detail. &nbsp;It is amazing what can be accomplished when the paperwork is kept out of the way.

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