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   XPost: alt.history.what-if, sci.military.naval, soc.veterans   
   From: SolomonW@citi.com   
      
   On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 05:16:19 -0500, Rich Rostrom wrote:   
      
   > "Byker"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I dunno about Vinegar Joe, but Adm. Ernest King was   
   >> clearly the worst Admiral in WWII.   
   >   
   > Don't be silly.   
   >   
   > There were literally hundreds of admirals in WW I,   
   > probably over a thousand in all the powers combined.   
   >   
   > Many of these were elderly timeservers, or mediocrities   
   > put in charge of some harbor installation or support   
   > function (ordnance, construction, training, personnel).   
   >   
   > King may have been stiff-necked, rude, and gratuitously   
   > hostile to the Army and the British. There's no question   
   > that he made some mistakes. But he presided over the   
   > devolopment of the largest navy in history, which after   
   > the early stage of the Pacific won every battle or campaign.   
      
      
   Yes and included in these victories is his substantial contribution against   
   the U-boats by the end of 1942, the uboat happy times were over.   
      
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