A Report Card on US Admirals of WWII | Former Navy Captain Bruce Janigian | WYL Ep.125
A Report Card on the US Admirals of World War II The Speaker: Bruce Janigian, Former Navy Captain, Historian, International Lawyer, Diplomat and Author The Talk: While a few military academics and historians politely complain that American Generals should not have allowed Russia to occupy eastern Europe at the end of WWII, they all agree that America’s Admirals soundly won the battle of the Pacific. If such is true, by what criteria should we measure and how would we rank those US Admirals? On December 14, 1944, with the advice and consent of the Congress, four officers were appointed by the President to the rank of Fleet Admiral. Yet, only one had a seagoing career that encompassed all three communities, surface, submarine and aviation branches. With decades of hindsight, how should we rank the WWII performance of William Leahy, Ernest King, Chester Nimitz and William Halsey, Jr.?
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