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> Battleships were effective in several Pacific surface battles against the Japanese Navy... Only because neither the US nor the Japanese had carriers in those
by gozur88 10y ago
> Battleships were effective in several Pacific surface battles against the Japanese Navy...
Only because neither the US nor the Japanese had carriers in those engagements. The writing was on the wall when the Brits crippled the Italian gunship fleet with a single obsolete aircraft carrier in 1940.