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Battle of Santa Cruz
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Battle of Eastern Solomons and Battle of Santa Cruz Archival Footage – Episode 537
Unauthorized History of the Pacific War Podcast·Jan 13, 2026
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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 · 42K views on this topicSP
The 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 · 42K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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