Well, this is... unusual.
Pray tell, where, exactly, did the USN and IJN engage in surface combat involving capital ships before the well known encounter Off Guadalcanal on 14-15 November 1942? I would be fascinated to learn where the
Was the war basically over on 14 October of 1942? That was when the Japanese sent sent the Kongo and Haruna (both vessels being battleships) to blow the pogies out of Henderson Field for the first time? Was it over on 12-13 November when Kirishima and Hiei engaged the U.S. cruiser force (e.g. TF 67) off Guadalcanal, in an engagement that resulted in the eventual loss of Hiei due to the combined impact of naval gunfire and follow on bombing from aircraft during the day of the 13th? Or the night of 14-15 November?
Pray tell, where, exactly, did the USN and IJN engage in surface combat involving capital ships before the well known encounter Off Guadalcanal on 14-15 November 1942? I would be fascinated to learn where the
took place since NO OTHER record of these engagements exists in any history or account of the war.I can’t really because I do not read Japanese but he was very matter of fact that they knew it was there because they had engaged her at night more than once in the previous five months and got their butts whipped by radar targeted 16” rifles.
Was the war basically over on 14 October of 1942? That was when the Japanese sent sent the Kongo and Haruna (both vessels being battleships) to blow the pogies out of Henderson Field for the first time? Was it over on 12-13 November when Kirishima and Hiei engaged the U.S. cruiser force (e.g. TF 67) off Guadalcanal, in an engagement that resulted in the eventual loss of Hiei due to the combined impact of naval gunfire and follow on bombing from aircraft during the day of the 13th? Or the night of 14-15 November?