The Admiral No One Trusted — Why Roosevelt Chose Nimitz After Pearl Harbor скачать в хорошем качестве

The Admiral No One Trusted — Why Roosevelt Chose Nimitz After Pearl Harbor

December 1941. Pearl Harbor did more than sink ships — it shattered the U.S. Navy’s confidence in everything it believed about modern sea combat. Battleships rested on the harbor floor, commanders saw their careers end overnight, and the doctrines that shaped American naval thinking for decades were suddenly worthless. Just nine days after the attack, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a choice that stunned the Navy’s leadership. He placed the broken Pacific Fleet in the hands of Chester W. Nimitz — a quiet submariner, a staff officer, a relatively junior two-star admiral who had never led a battleship and whom many senior figures believed was completely unsuited for the role. Nimitz leapfrogged twenty-eight officers who outranked him. The Chief of Naval Operations had reservations. The new Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Fleet viewed him as nothing more than an administrator. Even Nimitz himself had already turned down the position once. Yet within six months, the same Pacific Fleet Japan thought it had eliminated would halt Tokyo’s advance, destroy its carrier strength at Midway, and rewrite the future of naval warfare forever. 💬 If you have stories about World War II or your ancestors shared them with you, share them below. 🔔 Follow to see more real moments where respect is shown through actions, not words. #ww2 #worldwar2 #worldwar #ww2history #ww2sercets #ww2facts #ww2history #worldwar2history