was he a retard?
>>18580107When it comes to weather? Yes. Everything else? No.
>>18580108why didn't he destroy the japs at leyte?
The world wonders.
>sir, theres a crazy typhoon ahead, should we go around it? we have to need to arrive at our destination with urgency >no go through it>loses a bunch of ships >5 minutes later >sir, there's another Typhoon, that last one really fucked us up, we'll go around this one this time, right?>no, go through it! >...
>>18580109Hindsight is a wonderful thing but in reality he did a decent job with the information he had available even if he did end up chasing a decoy fleet. If he had chased down the remaining Japanese fleet MacArthur would have had kittens.
>>18580109He was called back to protect the Taffys because Kinkaid was a retard who either misunderstood or failed to relay Halsey's intent to go North.Seriously, the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea proved that the Center Force was the lesser threat as long as you aren't retarded and stay out of their range. Samar could have been avoided entirely if Kinkaid told Ziggy that Halsey went North and to scout the strait. Even with Samar happening, the Northern Force did nearly as much damage as the Center Force.
>>18580107>>18580110>Turkey Trots To Water
>>18580110lel that was the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread>throws hat across the bridge
>>18580113Why was Halsey going North himself in a Battleship to engage Carriers?He should have detached a force to deal with the carriers. His mission was to protect the landing and he should have stayed with his battleships. He got suckered because he lived up to his nickname and others died because of it.
>>18580116>Why was Halsey going North himself in a Battleship to engage Carriers?Because the battleships had a ton of AA guns.>He should have detached a force to deal with the carriers. His mission was to protect the landing and he should have stayed with his battleships.That is objectively false, his mission was to sink the Japanese fleet, Kinkaid's mission was to protect the landing. Splitting of the battleships to fight at San Bernardino Strait would have resulted in needless casualties. Lee previously refused such an engagement at the Philippine Sea for the same reason. Halsey is criticized because battleshipfags are salty that they didn't get their Yamato vs Iowa fight.
>>18580117>didn't get their Yamato vs Iowa fightThis is a legitimate criticism
>>18580117Halsey never mentioned using Battleship AA. In fact, one of the reason he cited for NOT leaving it behind was that he felt it was vulnerable to aircraft once the Carriers left on his "Bull run." Halsey's explanation also makes no sense because there WAS air cover from the slow escort carriers. Air cover that was decisive in the ensuring fight.Taffy Three fought off the Japs without the Battleships, are you seriously suggesting they were better off without additional battleship support during the action?Halsey is criticized because he got suckered into chasing carriers with no planes while leaving Kinkaid exposed because Halsey refused to let someone else have the glory of sinking the carriers. He didn't want to sit behind guarding the landings on one of the battleships while someone else got to fight.
>>18580119>In fact, one of the reason he cited for NOT leaving it behind was that he felt it was vulnerable to aircraft once the Carriers left on his "Bull run."CAP and AAA are two sides of the same coin, you want both for maximum effectiveness.>Taffy Three fought off the Japs without the Battleships, are you seriously suggesting they were better off without additional battleship support during the action?Try reading again, if Kinkaid did his job and they scouted the strait, then they would have just bombed the Center Force from 200 miles away, taking only minor aircraft losses while they radio Halsey about a much less dire situation.>Halsey is criticized because he got suckered into chasing carriers with no planesThey had more planes than they Japanese fleet had at Coral Sea. Raids from those planes did nearly as much damage as the completely avoidable Battle off Samar.>He didn't want to sit behind guarding the landings on one of the battleships while someone else got to fight.The orders were very explicit, Kinkaid was to work with MacArthur and guard the landings, Halsey was supposed to go after the Japanese fleet.
>>18580107Dude sure loved hurricanes... >>18580108...and baits.
