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So she's upright? Wouldn't be too surprising since it should be quite deep where she went down no?
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2015-03-04, 13:55 | Link #64 | |
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When people read about WW2 in history books they don't get the full story and I mean heck even with footage like this, as in only the footage that painted the war in the way the victors wanted has ever officially been released (so far). Books especially allow people to somewhat remove the sheer scale and horrifying war that was WW2 and it reallly is scary to think what our species plunged the world into at that time. |
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2015-03-07, 19:04 | Link #66 | |
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b.) You'll need to be an actual IJN nerd to confirm this, but apparently one of her captains was a laid-back fellow who wasn't above joining his crew during off-hour drinking... Unannounced.
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2015-03-07, 20:30 | Link #68 | |
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As for Junyou, I got it from a KanColle panel...
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2015-03-09, 02:13 | Link #73 |
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Serving in both World Wars actually isn't that special. All Kongō-class, Fusō-class and Ise-class ships were in service by the time World War I ended. Ships of the British Queen Elizabeth-class and Revege-class were present at Jutland. And the Renown-class battlecruisers were active during World War I as well. All of them (Texas as well) are younger than Kongō though.
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2015-03-09, 02:40 | Link #74 |
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The only active American battleships in World War II that are older than Kongo are Wyoming and Arkansas. Wyoming was a training ship for the war. Arkansas was convoy escort and shore bombardment duty in the Atlantic until the fall of Germany, then transfered to the Pacific in time for Iwo Jima and Okinawa. She was at Bikini Atoll with Nagato for the Atomic Bomb tests.
Both served with the British fleet in World War One...Sixth Battle Squadron. USS Utah, USS Kearsarge, and USS Illinois was also active, but not as a battleship. Utah was a target ship tuned AA gunnery training ship. Kearsarge was a crane ship. Illinois was an armory ship. (USS Oregon was a museum ship until the war, then scap and storage barge)
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2015-03-09, 22:18 | Link #75 | |
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2015-03-10, 02:06 | Link #76 |
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And that counts as active since she gets one battle star. Utah, Arizona and Oklahoma lasted less than half an hour into the war, but they were part of it.
As for recent episodes, Yuudachi's upgrade includes a small white saile on her back. This references something really bad that happened involving her getting sunk. The Japanese version of events has it that the crew put up some form of sail to boost morale during her last battle. The Americans on USS Portland, thought it was a white flag of surrender and started to ignore Yuudachi is accordance with the standard conventions of war. Then Yuudachi started firing again (or more torpedoes). That pissed off the Americans. They sank Yuudachi ("That S.O.B." according to her captain) and for about a year afterwards started to give "no quarter" to the Japanese. No surrenders taken, just kill them...("honorless bastards" I think would be the phase after that). Yuudachi did a bad thing that got a lot of Japanese killed over having that sail out that night.
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2015-03-10, 18:37 | Link #77 |
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Not exactly a music video, so putting this video here. it is quite an interesting watch I should say:
From Pearl Harbor to the end of the Pacific war, Kancolle engine style While I'm not sure about the absence of certain kai2, and some actions being a bit simplified (like Fusou sinking instantly with everyone else at the same time, same for Yahagi), the guy certainly took time to replicate most major battles with a custom game engine. Be warned that it isn't really a pleasant ride, especially with all the sinking lines. That said, I couldn't help but had some dry laughs at some occasions due to how ludicrous the bullying was, like what happened to Nishimura's Fleet or Yamato.
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2015-03-10, 19:45 | Link #78 |
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Wow that is a rather shocking depiction of just how stacked the odds were against Japan and it was conveyed with just simple graphics. The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot was especially painful to watch. And Nishimura's encounter at Leyte was completely insane. Interesting that one of theme songs from Attack on Titan was played during those battles. The US fleet was truly a sleeping giant that had awoken. Still, it was a testament to Yamato and Musashi's legend to see just how much effort it took to sink theme even with airpower. I also liked the nod to American damage control, bringing some ships back into the fight. Unlike Taihou... Speaking of I don't recognize the graphic for the sub that sank her, who was that?
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2015-03-11, 01:26 | Link #79 | |
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