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The article says that Third Fleet was the designation of the "Big Blue Fleet" when under the command of Admiral Spruance, and that Spruance and Halsey alternated command of the fleet for major operations, allowing the other admiral and his staff time to plan for subsequent operations.
But then it says
the Third Fleet's next major combat operation would have been Operation Olympic, the invasion of Kyushu...in November 1945, during which it would have operated simultaneously with the Fifth Fleet for the first time.
If there was only one fleet in reality, and both Third and Fifth Fleets were simply staff bodies for planning and carrying out operations, how would they have operated simultaneously?
Surely it would be more logical that one would carry out Olympic whilst the other was planning the next op, Coronet. Xyl 54 (talk) 22:33, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Reply
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