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IJN night battle superiority

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26th May 2005, 15:22

Jim P.

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Re: IJN night battle superiority

In Richard Franks' opus entitled 'Guadalcanal' he tells of the Japanese, with their superior optics, actually spotting the U.S. Navy battle fleet at the 1st Battle of Savo Island BEFORE the radar equipped U.S. Navy found the Japanese fleet.

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