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- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:19A surviving Force Z and an Allied fleet in Southeast AsiaQ&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...43:53Night aviation in the Force Z counterfactualNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:25Why replacing an E-2 means replacing more than its radarQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:43:36Breaking the Separatist blockade of RylothQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:59Carrier pairs and a recovery reserve at RylothNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:25:55Earlier Japanese scouting before the Battle of the Coral SeaQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:59:04Why cheap drone swarms do not automatically defeat carriersNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...41:17Japanese cruiser scouts find targets without exposing carriersChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon23:15Why a restored Kidō Butai still loses the production warQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust2:07:14Why instantly repairing Pearl Harbor's battleships changes littleQ&A
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?23:52What would make Britain back the X-1 concept?Notable Point
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?1:19How the Royal Navy studied American Pacific battlesChapter
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:10:50Why Singapore is a difficult Pearl Harbor targetNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:15:20The decisive carrier battle shifts toward the Java SeaChapter
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:24:56The Java Sea is the wrong setting for Kantai KessenNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:31:38British fighter direction offers the US Navy a shortcutNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:32:58Coastwatchers narrow Japan's routes to the Java SeaNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:49:19Would Force Z divert carriers from Wake Island?Q&A
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?2:23:19Allied surface ships pursue a crippled Japanese fleetQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:41:55American carriers in a Wake Island relief battleQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:15:12Admiral Hara inside Japan's centralized command systemQ&A
- Chūichi Nagumo: The Creation of the Kidō Butai's Kaigun Chūjō48:29Why withholding a third Pearl Harbor strike made senseNotable Point
- Chūichi Nagumo: The Creation of the Kidō Butai's Kaigun Chūjō53:54Why Nagumo reversed the Midway aircraft armamentNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...3:21Pearl Harbor's third-wave target prioritiesNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...52:37Kido Butai as an underprotected sword and shieldChapter
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...1:01:52Spruance takes Halsey's carrier command at short noticeNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...1:03:42Task Force 16 and 17 divided scarce escortsNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...1:48:13Nagumo's rearming cycle cost the strike windowChapter
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...1:55:55Spruance launches without waiting for perfectionChapter
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...1:58:08Midway's losses reflected decisions made before contactNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...2:00:25The tradeoff in combining the American carriersNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...2:03:12Concentration as a command-and-control solutionChapter
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...2:08:52Nagumo's tactical skill did not fit strategic commandNotable Point
- What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?16:26How the fleet's course changes the encounterNotable Point
- What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?18:58Kimmel's carrier instincts and intelligence handicapNotable Point
- What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?46:15Rendezvous with Lexington and EnterpriseChapter
- What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?50:03Japan's choice: attack the base or hunt the fleetNotable Point
- What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?53:24If Japan strikes the empty baseChapter
- What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?59:06Kido Butai attacks the fleet from behindChapter
- What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?1:05:26A rear attack concentrates damage along the battle lineNotable Point
- What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?1:07:19The American carriers launch a counterstrikeChapter
- What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?1:10:09The likely outcome for the fleet and KimmelNotable Point
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 19411:28:46If Kido Butai attacks an empty Pearl HarborChapter
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 19411:34:33If Kido Butai hunts the battle line insteadChapter
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 19412:18:27Could the battle line cut off Kido Butai's return route?Q&A
- An Indomitable Force Z1:07:30A surviving Singapore would attract Allied fleet reinforcementsNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z1:09:07Operation C could become a major Allied-Japanese carrier battleChapter
- An Indomitable Force Z1:14:09British night strikes and American daylight attacks could complement each otherNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z1:17:08Bomber losses and logistics create compounding Japanese problemsNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z1:20:18A smaller Allied carrier force could still hurt Operation CNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z1:22:42Operation C could not simply be rushed forwardNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?1:48:10How Operation C could become an Allied-Japanese fleet confrontationChapter
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?2:23:58Could Japan rush a smaller carrier force south?Notable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?2:40:18Extra carriers could free Fulmars to illuminate TarantoNotable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!2:36:04Could a surviving Force Z draw the carrier battle to Southeast Asia?Notable Point
- Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 333:26Capital-ship economics can make starfighters rationalChapter
- Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 335:49Cheap hull-count politics can lock a fleet into obsolescenceNotable Point
- Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 337:30Fighter capacity can displace dedicated escort shipsQ&A
- Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...51:11Preparing Pearl Harbor while Japan fires firstNotable Point
- Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...56:00How an American carrier ambush might workChapter
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 10857:27A secret American alert turns Pearl Harbor into a trapChapter
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1081:01:07Waiting for Japan to fire preserves political legitimacyQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1081:05:26Destroying Kido Butai opens Japan's defensive perimeterQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1081:10:15Tojo orders the exposed attack to continueChapter
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1081:23:10An alerted battle should still be decided by carriersQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1082:14:19Discovering the Wake invasion force creates a different carrier raceQ&A
- So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?59:16A massed British night strike meets JapanChapter
- So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?1:04:12British and American forces trap the Kido ButaiChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII6:54Aircraft capability determines the value of a carrierNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII57:11Wasp would have added a third American flight deckNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:03:47Simultaneous searches trigger the battleChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:06:02Carrier strikes are generated in wavesNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:12:45American strikes damage Shokaku and ChikumaChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:19:28Hornet is overwhelmed despite defensive doctrineChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:23:05Flight-deck operations constrained evasive maneuverNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:30:10Junyo's strike adds damage without stopping EnterpriseNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:33:02Kinkaid withdraws as Hornet is lostChapter
- Soviet Naval Aviation Doctrine: Always Wrestling the Same Demons1:03:02Multi-axis missile salvos against carrier defencesNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!42:26Midway and Coral Sea as attempts to reset decisive battleNotable Point
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin56:33Falklands carrier striking power lacked reconnaissanceNotable Point
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin57:54Using Second World War carrier lessons with careChapter
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?1:03:20Canal disruption versus attacking carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends2:49:44A German carrier group with Bismarck and TirpitzQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed51:57American night carrier doctrine in 1942Q&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:54:24Britain's response to a German 21-inch battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built2:40:45Why better Japanese anti-aircraft guns do not yield a simple Midway resultQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!31:22Why one available US carrier was an abnormal riskQ&A
- If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike27:14The target criteria: range, emotion, and ships at seaChapter
- If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike28:17Taranto intelligence and the Swordfish torpedo wireNotable Point
- If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike41:20Mobilisation cover for the Philippines and Singapore optionsNotable Point
- If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike43:50San Francisco as a strike-and-ambush targetChapter
- If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike51:37Pearl Harbor may have overachieved its purposeNotable Point
- If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike1:07:14Philippine bomber range and the convoy attrition trapNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 223:37The decisive battle versus a sustained carrier warNotable Point
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:24:49Would German carriers raid Britain?Q&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:45:36Norway becomes a carrier-and-battleship fleet actionChapter
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:37:33The Sydney strategy points toward an earlier Coral Sea battleNotable Point
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics35:14Turning Pearl Harbor into an ambushQ&A
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway19:18Carrier commonality and Japan's constrained alternativesChapter
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway42:45Cruiser integration revealed different command culturesNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway47:22American task forces treated escorts as part of carrier powerChapter
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway1:11:35More ships could dilute attacks on Japan's carriersNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway1:15:15Simulations expose the value of defensive balanceNotable Point
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 446:56Enterprise's wartime legacy and Magic CarpetNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 343:47Matapan combines carrier reach with battleship destructionChapter
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 351:49Warspite and the outmatched Eastern FleetChapter
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:33:50How Nimitz could unravel Japan's opening offensiveNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?14:22A Wilhelmshaven raid proves the carrier-strike ideaChapter
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 651:55:54Who wins: two Lexingtons or three Courageous-class carriers?Q&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video54:09Three British carriers waiting in the Indian OceanQ&A
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France25:20Evacuating the fleet does not preserve France's industrial baseNotable Point
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France39:21A larger carrier force intensifies the Taranto raidNotable Point
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France1:13:47An Allied carrier concentration seeks decisive battle in AsiaChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out54:00Why Pacific battleships saw fewer fleet actionsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:44:13A second Japanese Indian Ocean raid instead of MidwayQ&A
- Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)24:40Could a small Japanese strike have changed Operation Tan No. 2?Q&A
- Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)44:01Could Japan release home-defense aircraft for Tan No. 2?Q&A
- Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)5:34Operation A-Go and the limits of a second Pearl HarborChapter
- Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)11:08Operation Tan's inadequate strike scaleNotable Point
- Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)18:01Ulithi as an overwhelming targetChapter
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat1:04:32Pacific carrier warfare and the value of rangeNotable Point
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat1:12:11Night action, wind, and initiative before the Philippine Sea battleNotable Point
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books2:54:55How a Second World War carrier group might fight BismarckQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:45:36Carrier warfare moves naval battle beyond visual rangeQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...16:55Carrier strike exercises and dive-bombing practiceNotable Point
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?1:59:42Would surviving battleships delay the carrier war?Q&A
- Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/23:35AI combat results and the limits of exercisesQ&A
- Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/25:49How institutional incentives shaped dive bombingNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War3:28:54A British command against JapanQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War3:48:28Why British carriers could not always launch an alpha strikeQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War3:59:13Why Japan pressed ahead at MidwayQ&A
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers55:17Why Crete's carrier-covering operation is easily forgottenNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 417:00Using HMS Eagle to find Akagi firstChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 423:56Retaliation after Birmingham is attackedNotable Point
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-4347:39Somerville's intended answer: evade by day and strike at nightNotable Point
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:04:26Intelligence gave Somerville warning, not certaintyQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:09:49Fleet Air Arm doctrine was constrained by engines and aircraft supplyQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:54:08What Indomitable might have changed for Force ZQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-432:19:08The Kido Butai raid was not an entirely new kind of threatQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-432:37:48If Force Z had survived: carrier support and Singapore's gunsQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-432:41:15The quieter period after Madagascar still had an operational purposeQ&A
- An Introduction to Operation Ironclad: May 1942 Invasion of Madagascar12:04Planning against Japanese interventionNotable Point