Talk:Chester W. Nimitz

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I believe that there are two problems with the WWII section of this page:

First, this page seems to be excessively praiseful of Admiral Nimitz, to the point of excluding other important figures. While I personally agree with the comments made, I don't think they belong in a neutral article as they present him as infalliable and as a man destined to win, which he was not. Although the United States did push the Japanese back, the Japanese were very successful in the earlier stages of the war. The article also does not mention the heavy fighting that occured before the course of the war was reversed.

Second, the article does not mention the divided command in the Pacific, which Admiral Nimitz played an important part in.

I'm not qualified to make the changes needed, (I'm still an undergrad), but I think that they should be noted and changed if possible.

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"As rapidly as ships, men, and matériel became available, he shifted to the offensive and, by his brilliant leadership, unflagging optimism, and outstanding skill as a strategist, defeated the enemy in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway, and in the Solomon Islands Campaign."

Weren't a lot of these battles fought before the US Navy received much in the way of reinforcements, and indeed isn't that part of what was so impressive about his command during the period of 1942, that despite the then limited resources he had available, he was able to acheive so much against the Japanese

Teach me! I am japanese. AT Battle of Peleliu Wikipedia japanese version,"in 1982 japanese rebuilt Shinto Shrine on Peleliu and in 1994 on that stage they set epitaph with epigram which was composed by Admiral Nimitz [[1]]" which was engraved followings

{Tourists from every country who visit this island should be told how courageous and patriotic were the Japanese soldiers who all died defending this island}

Admiral Nimitz composed that truly? I doubt it seem similar to Epitaph of Simonides Battle of Thermopylae.59.139.180.26 14:45, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree with the first commenter that this article sounds too positive,it idealizes him, rather than objectivley analzing him. And ironically, it almost glosses over his main achievement-the command of the US Pacific Fleet during WW2.

The Battles of the Coral Sea,Midway,and the Solomon Islands are mentioned in a sinlge sentence,while the prewar incident where his ship ran aground gets a paragraph [which the article says could have cost him his career, but it doesn't say why it ultimatly *didn't* cost him his career.]....This article isn't terrible, overall, but its pretty vague in places.I don't know all that much about Nimitz, so I can't fix it, but I hope someone does.--Filippo Argenti 18:15, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Is the Passed Midshipman rank attributed to him correct? Wouldn't it be just Midshipman? Midshipmen at the US Naval Academy progress from Midshipman Fourth Class (Freshman) to Midshipman First Class (Senior) Wikihonduras 17:34, 16 March 2007 (UTC)