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Carrier Task Force

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  1. What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?
    49:28Lexington-carrier pairs could create early fast task forcesChapter
  2. What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?
    1:01:24Dominion carriers could accelerate naval aviationChapter
  3. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    17:12Carrier command and the use of specialist staffNotable Point
  4. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    22:11Carrier mass improves hit probabilityNotable Point
  5. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    24:12Secrecy, range, and protection define the strikeChapter
  6. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    37:40Kido Butai's escort strength and surface riskChapter
  7. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    11:06:35Why naval radar networks are hard to targetQ&A
  8. Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception
    35:16Cunningham challenges wartime ship designsChapter
  9. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    35:14How did Japan control its carrier task groups?Q&A
  10. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    1:03:27Why Japan selected six carriers instead of its whole carrier forceChapter
  11. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    1:07:21The logistical cost of taking more carriers to Pearl HarborNotable Point
  12. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    1:52:29Multi-carrier operations emerged from common technical pressuresNotable Point
  13. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:12:28The Indian Ocean shows why isolated ships valued Bofors reachNotable Point
  14. Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...
    1:23:48A fast flying squadron built around carriersChapter
  15. Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS
    39:39What APS-20 radar added to a carrier forceNotable Point
  16. Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS
    41:20Useful airborne warning beats an unattainable idealNotable Point
  17. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    49:25Kinkaid, Nagumo, and the forces at Santa CruzChapter
  18. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    54:37American task forces versus Japanese dispersalNotable Point
  19. HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure
    21:29Melbourne and her Daring-class escort forceNotable Point
  20. HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure
    33:27Australian distance, threat axes, and carrier exercisesNotable Point
  21. Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!
    1:14:52Why a concentrated enemy fleet suited Kido ButaiNotable Point
  22. The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans
    1:20:42What escorts and doctrine support the Soviet carriers?Q&A
  23. The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans
    1:28:20Would the Soviet carriers refuel their escorts?Q&A
  24. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    2:02:42Alaska-class ships as carrier-raid insuranceQ&A
  25. Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered
    3:06:39Iowa's fast battle wing and Britain's mixed task forcesNotable Point
  26. Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered
    3:19:34Alaska's carrier-screen role and Iowa's response forceQ&A
  27. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    10:25How raid success strengthened the Essex priorityNotable Point
  28. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    41:34Wilson Brown and the politics of American flag rankChapter
  29. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    55:39Frank Jack Fletcher learns carrier warfare on the jobChapter
  30. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    58:56William Halsey and the offensive alpha strikeChapter
  31. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:02:32Building carrier task forces without fast battleshipsChapter
  32. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:22:50Three navies built different carrier task-force modelsChapter
  33. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:28:46Hull count does not equal operational availabilityNotable Point
  34. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    1:48:31Why heavy cruisers had to protect the early carrier raidsChapter
  35. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    1:49:22Lexington battlecruisers as carrier escortsNotable Point
  36. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    2:00:24Sending a carrier task force to ABDA CommandQ&A
  37. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    1:16:23The fleet tests concentrated and distributed carriersChapter
  38. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    2:07:24Carrier task forces combine scouting, reach, and gunpowerChapter
  39. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    18:30Why cruiser and carrier roles conflictedChapter
  40. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    21:13Royal Navy exercises defined a carrier's escortNotable Point
  41. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    22:06Kongō modernization points toward carrier task groupsNotable Point
  42. HMS Warspite: The Survivor - KSS3 S3 Comment Response
    6:28How a 28-knot Warspite could reinforce carrier hunting groupsNotable Point
  43. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    10:26Lexington as reconnaissance ship and carrier task-force guardQ&A
  44. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    21:51Lexington construction could have accelerated fast fleet oilersNotable Point
  45. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    1:55:57A German carrier changes how Britain risks its ownChapter
  46. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    2:15:56The 11-inch ships screen the Norway formationNotable Point
  47. WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...
    1:27:13A major Far Eastern fleet requires senior combined commandNotable Point
  48. Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 5
    32:48Joffre and Dunkerque suggest a raider-hunting task groupNotable Point
  49. Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties
    1:05:59The missed Lexington battlecruiser optionChapter
  50. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    1:39:45Two Lexington battlecruisers could guard fast carrier groupsNotable Point
  51. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    1:43:09A 1930s American battlecruiser would be designed for fast carrier groupsQ&A
  52. Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 2
    8:56A battle line meets carrier task forcesChapter
  53. Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 2
    59:10Why 28 knots made Montana expendableChapter
  54. Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 2
    59:44Carrier integration makes Force Z the exceptionNotable Point
  55. Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 2
    59:51A Lexington reconnaissance-fleet counterfactualNotable Point
  56. Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 2
    1:05:36Why navies retain proven capabilitiesNotable Point
  57. Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 2
    1:07:19How a rival could revive battleship constructionNotable Point
  58. Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 2
    1:09:39Capital ships inside a whole fleet systemNotable Point
  59. Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 2
    1:26:54A faster successor for carrier cooperationChapter
  60. Stalingrad Class Battlecruiser: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 7
    6:44A gun-armed escort for a Soviet carrier forceChapter
  61. Stalingrad Class Battlecruiser: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 7
    18:31A layered Soviet carrier battle groupNotable Point
  62. Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?
    2:30:22What does a few knots of battleship speed change strategically?Q&A
  63. Bruships 90: Books From the Road
    54:10Using Invincible as the treaty cruiser standard reshapes every ship categoryQ&A
  64. Bruships 90: Books From the Road
    4:05:31Why the Kriegsmarine could sortie raiders but not sustain an Atlantic task forceQ&A
  65. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-40
    47:41Modern carriers can outrun their surface air-defense escortsNotable Point
  66. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments
    19:26Better force packages for hunting BismarckQ&A
  67. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1941
    6:38Force H as an early fast carrier task groupNotable Point
  68. Portland Class: Heavy Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen?
    23:20Portland screens carriers at Coral SeaChapter
  69. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    2:35:58Would an early carrier war teach mass-strike operations?Q&A
  70. Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books
    1:38:44How four Admirals could operate with carriersQ&A
  71. Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books
    2:19:25A 1970s Renown as a carrier-group command shipQ&A
  72. The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)
    1:14:33Why were Baltimore cruisers kept with carriers?Q&A
  73. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    43:44A fleet carrier leading escort-carrier groupsQ&A
  74. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    2:41:12A surviving Singapore shifts the Pacific carrier warChapter
  75. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    2:48:48A combined Royal Navy-US Navy carrier forceQ&A
  76. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    3:22:17Fast battlecruisers as carrier escortsQ&A
  77. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    5:15:39Alaska's value as a fast carrier escortQ&A
  78. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 2/4
    28:18Why the Regia Marina was Britain's strategically awkward opponentNotable Point
  79. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    1:52:27How a surviving Pacific Fleet could reshape MidwayQ&A
  80. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    1:33:40From carrier gun batteries to layered task forcesQ&A
  81. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    1:51:01Why the Royal Navy preferred separate carriers and cruisersQ&A