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Battle of Santa Cruz
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The decision for Halsey to engage in this battle was ill-conceived and nearly resulted in the loss of USS Enterprise.
“the whole battle was kind of ill-conceived. This is an example of an over-aggressive Halsey sticking two carriers into uh up against superior Japanese numbers, you know, and it could have been even worse”
Unauthorized History of the Pacific War Podcast · Jan 2026 · 1 episode · 38K views on this topicThe battle was an American defeat that resulted in the loss of USS Hornet.
“The final carrier battle in 1942 is an American defeat. Yeah. So, this is um the destroyers. Now, they're These These These These are Hornet's crew.”
Unauthorized History of the Pacific War Podcast · Jan 2026 · 1 episode · 38K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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