Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Air Power Theory

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    5:18:31From Douhet's terror theory to area bombingChapter
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    42:10Why the Regia Marina insisted on shipborne reconnaissanceChapter
  3. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    1:44:57Air-power predictions and changing military technologyQ&A
  4. Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?
    1:19:36Airpower forecasts versus deployable forcesNotable Point
  5. Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History
    3:01Douhet's apocalyptic air war did not abolish limited conflictNotable Point
  6. Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History
    5:42Why naval air power cannot be treated as placelessNotable Point
  7. Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...
    2:43:56Medium bombers and the limits of Axis air power over MaltaNotable Point
  8. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    4:18:42Douhet and the postwar case for attacking civiliansQ&A
  9. British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper
    34:43Service historical research and the carrier argumentNotable Point
  10. “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”
    8:12Acoustic mirrors and the danger of hindsightNotable Point
  11. “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”
    32:28Douhet's heavy-bomber theory assumed an extremely short warNotable Point
  12. “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”
    38:00Why the bomber could get through but not fulfill Douhet's promiseQ&A
  13. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1908
    8:52Ostfriesland shows the limits of Billy Mitchell's air-power trialNotable Point