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ChezDaJez -> RE: What's This Thing #3 (2/20/2005 9:37:21 PM)
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I would assume that Doorman was given command for 2 reasons:
1. Intimate knowledge of the area and...
2. The US recognized that we needed Dutch ships and with them came the political requirement to use their commanders. The same with the Brits.
I highly doubt that any of our Allies would willingly take a back seat to us unless absolutely necessary. After all it was their colonies under attack and they needed to be seen as leading the effort back in their home countries. It would have been political suicide for anyone to just step aside to the US. No country wants to see their navies being led into battle by foreigners when they have capable commanders themselves.
Chez
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