Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Battle of the Philippine Sea

Also searchable as Battle of Philippine Sea, Great Marianas Turkey Shoot, Marianas Turkey Shoot.

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  1. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    25:20The Philippine Sea fleet shows the scale of destroyer demandChapter
  2. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    28:19What makes a naval battle the largest?Q&A
  3. US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...
    3:37:01Distributed naval warfare means multiple task groupsNotable Point
  4. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:36:00Carrier early warning before the Philippine SeaQ&A
  5. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:31:41Concrete-filled bulges on ZuikakuQ&A
  6. Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:27:32Saving Japanese pilots changes the Guadalcanal choiceQ&A
  7. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:03:36A better-prepared Japanese air arm at the Philippine SeaNotable Point
  8. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    1:14:15Taiho and the limits of improving one carrierQ&A
  9. IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class
    59:27Zuikaku's shrinking late-war air groupNotable Point
  10. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    57:29What the Philippine Sea losses say about combat radiusNotable Point
  11. Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!
    21:49Command tunnel vision and the staff’s corrective roleQ&A
  12. USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser
    43:32Wichita's later Pacific campaignsNotable Point
  13. The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC): Long Patrol
    13:47What does "largest naval battle" mean?Notable Point
  14. Largest Naval Battle Ever Fought? The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC)
    14:59What makes Ecnomus one of history's largest naval battles?Chapter
  15. Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)
    9:17Kantai Kessen and the danger of assuming enemy cooperationNotable Point
  16. Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)
    15:32From the first Majuro plan to Tan No. 1Notable Point
  17. Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)
    27:36Factionalism distorts Japanese naval commandNotable Point
  18. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    2:02:20Spruance's battleships as the fallback at the Philippine SeaQ&A
  19. Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat
    1:12:11Night action, wind, and initiative before the Philippine Sea battleNotable Point
  20. Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat
    1:42:02Philippine Sea and the danger of winning harderQ&A
  21. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P11/14 Soemu Toyoda
    17:07A-Go, Shō-Gō, and Ten-Gō under worsening oddsChapter
  22. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    8:11Philippine Sea seminar frameChapter
  23. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    17:22Hellcat versus Wildcat at Philippine SeaQ&A
  24. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    19:02Midway-to-Marianas force changesQ&A
  25. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    27:19Kantai Kessen timing windowNotable Point
  26. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    30:44Wartime aviation technology limitsQ&A
  27. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    35:39Could Japan seek peace after the Philippine Sea?Q&A
  28. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    46:37Ching Lee in carrier commandQ&A
  29. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    52:55Why the Allies chose the Marianas over RabaulQ&A
  30. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    58:52Could Japan lead with a night surface approach?Q&A
  31. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    1:22:44Carrier command structure comparisonChapter
  32. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    1:28:52Philippines relief-force alternativeQ&A
  33. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    1:39:06Floatplanes, carrier aircraft, and search coverageNotable Point
  34. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    1:42:12A command structure assembled for the plan, not the teamQ&A
  35. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    1:49:49How Task Force 58 standardized carrier groupsChapter
  36. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    1:54:25Why the force balance never reached Kantai Kessen parityChapter
  37. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    2:01:32Japanese fighter direction at the Philippine SeaQ&A
  38. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    2:13:20Japanese formations converged from separate basesNotable Point
  39. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    2:16:15Tojo's government fell after the Marianas defeatQ&A
  40. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    2:21:56Submarine kills versus the destruction of Japanese land airQ&A
  41. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    2:25:15Hellcats dismantle the Guam reinforcement planChapter
  42. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    2:30:39Why Willis Lee declined a night battleship actionChapter
  43. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    2:33:32Could Japanese land-based air have changed the battle?Q&A
  44. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    2:35:29Why battleships still mattered in a carrier battleQ&A
  45. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    2:38:50Tanker losses cut Japanese fleet mobilityNotable Point
  46. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    2:49:33The loss totals reveal whose decisive battle it becameChapter
  47. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    3:01:19The fundamental flaw in Kantai KessenChapter
  48. Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books
    2:33:29Victory at the Philippine Sea was a system advantageQ&A
  49. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    1:33Carrier air groups as institutionsChapter
  50. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    8:37Kantai Kessen meets American strategyNotable Point
  51. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    26:01Command structure before the battleChapter
  52. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    28:30Mitscher defines carrier supremacy as a fleet teamNotable Point
  53. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    34:40Why Spruance and Mitscher used different flagshipsNotable Point
  54. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    47:33The force balance behind the command chartNotable Point
  55. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    57:29Saipan triggers the fleet battleChapter
  56. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    59:58Taiho was Japan's armored carrier answerNotable Point
  57. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    1:02:03Submarines report before they attackNotable Point
  58. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    1:09:40Bomb stocks limit the next morning's optionsNotable Point
  59. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    1:09:40Layered CAP and the turkey shootNotable Point
  60. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    1:11:48Guam aircraft reveal a split air-command failureNotable Point
  61. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    1:24:41The survivors expose Japan's training trapNotable Point
  62. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    1:25:49Lee refuses to gamble on night battleNotable Point
  63. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    1:27:53Taiho's torpedo and damage control failureNotable Point
  64. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    1:32:36Mitscher's long-range strike and night recoveryChapter
  65. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    1:36:04Why the strike hit Japanese oilers firstNotable Point
  66. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    1:37:33Haruna's captain contains a turret hitNotable Point
  67. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    1:41:34The final doctrine lessonNotable Point