Admiral Tom Phillips and the final command of Force Z

By Bruce Pascoe

Message from the Editor

In an impressive and no-holds-barred investigation into the command decisions that led to the destruction of Force Z, reflecting on a tragically recurring and lethal combination of command over-confidence and staff obsequiousness, the author catalogues a cascade of failures that at innumerable stages were all too predictable.
A 50 minute read.

The fate of Force Z has been investigated and speculated on since the sinking of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse on the 10th of December 1941. The main key to the interest in Force Z is that, “Prince of Wales and Repulse were the first capital ships to be sunk solely by air attack while underway at sea and fully prepared for action.”1Garzke, W. H, Dulin, R. O., and Denly K. V. (2012) “Death of a Battleship: The Loss of HMS Prince of Wales December 10, 1941 – A Marine Forensic Analysis of the Sinking” Retrieved from https://dokumen.tips/documents/a-marine-forensics-analysis-of-the-sinking.h…

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