Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Dive Bombing

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  1. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:30:42Fleet Air Arm torpedo and dive-bombing paperQ&A
  2. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:24:47Why precision-bombing promises failed against weather and moving shipsQ&A
  3. What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live
    1:02:31How the Admiralty encouraged private aviation researchQ&A
  4. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    12:55The hoped-for archival evidence on a Vickers dive-bombing sightQ&A
  5. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    46:39The unrealized two-carrier damage caseNotable Point
  6. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    1:03:51Organizing a three-wave night strikeChapter
  7. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    1:33:35Albacore and Skua reputations after TarantoNotable Point
  8. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    1:44:31How effective was the Pom-Pom against Stukas?Q&A
  9. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    1:48:07A near miss on Warspite became a claimed direct hitNotable Point
  10. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II
    2:15:56Why dive bombers cannot reliably choose a battleship's weak endQ&A
  11. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:12:45American strikes damage Shokaku and ChikumaChapter
  12. Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?
    2:25:13Heavy bombs against maneuvering and defended shipsNotable Point
  13. Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?
    2:31:34Did the Royal Navy expect dive-bomber attacks?Q&A
  14. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    2:24Dive-bombing origins resist a simple national claimNotable Point
  15. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    21:02Dive bombers help torpedo aircraft reach battleshipsNotable Point
  16. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    2:17:08A Taranto raid with a dawn follow-upNotable Point
  17. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    3:22:39War accelerates implementation more than inventionQ&A
  18. 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)
    33:27Fulmar and Swordfish retained little-used dive-bombing capabilityNotable Point
  19. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    34:54Why the Fleet Air Arm moved beyond a dedicated dive bomberQ&A
  20. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    2:01:20Skua accuracy survives its fighter compromiseNotable Point
  21. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:27:37A Dauntless with the Skua's dive-bombing sightQ&A
  22. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:28:21Why a later Helldiver still struggles to win Royal Navy acceptanceQ&A
  23. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:35:05What the Fleet Air Arm would learn from the SBD DauntlessQ&A
  24. What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s
    19:32Naval purchasing power and Vickers' dive-bombing sightNotable Point
  25. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    1:35:12World War I Flower sloops still served in World War IIQ&A
  26. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    1:42:36Bomb-hit location shaped small-warship survivalNotable Point
  27. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    18:33Why 1920s carrier aircraft did not immediately replace battlecruiser scoutsNotable Point
  28. Acacia Class: Batch 1 of World War I's Flower Class - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 2
    20:50Foxglove's rescue work and Second World War survivalChapter
  29. British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    15:05One German carrier changes deployment more than British designQ&A
  30. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    1:04:43A dive-bombing sight may reveal an Admiralty workaroundNotable Point
  31. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    1:34:43Exercises conceal the danger to destroyersNotable Point
  32. Egret Class: The First Class to lose as ship to a guided missile - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 1
    13:36HMS Auckland lost to dive-bombers on an escort missionChapter
  33. King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'
    30:42HMS Centurion: target ship, decoy, and Mulberry breakwaterChapter
  34. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    2:29:38Strategic-bombing priorities delayed naval dive bombingQ&A
  35. Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years
    1:29:01Cancelled fighters and multirole naval aircraftNotable Point
  36. Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?
    2:16:21Swordfish could also dive-bomb ground targetsNotable Point
  37. Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!
    2:48:48A successful Taranto strike could transform the Skua's reputationQ&A
  38. HMS Cossack: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 1...special edition...
    37:35Dive-bomber evasion before stronger Tribal air defensesNotable Point
  39. Bruships 110: Naval Aviation
    1:05:05A three-carrier Taranto strike changes mission allocationNotable Point
  40. Bruships 110: Naval Aviation
    2:39:23The Fleet Air Arm's fight for dive-bombing toolsChapter
  41. Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History
    37:15Separate naval procurement creates competitionNotable Point
  42. Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History
    1:08:07Carrier experience reshapes fleet air defenceChapter
  43. Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History
    1:18:41Why naval aircraft needed stronger enginesNotable Point
  44. Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History
    1:39:25A larger multi-carrier strike at TarantoChapter
  45. If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response
    4:25How a 1939 naval war might change Japanese air attacksNotable Point
  46. Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain
    14:34Visual-range pigeon guidance points toward European anti-tank warfareNotable Point
  47. Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain
    1:34:16The Blackburn Skua hid a dive bomber inside a fighter requirementQ&A
  48. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    44:51Why 80 degrees matters against dive-bombersNotable Point
  49. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    1:27:06Why the Royal Navy underestimated dive-bombingQ&A
  50. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    32:22Fabric covering did not make every Swordfish wooden-framedQ&A
  51. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    1:42:52Why dive-bombers could not simply target carrier liftsQ&A
  52. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    2:31:02Skuas could add dive bombing to a larger Taranto strikeQ&A
  53. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-40
    44:27Interservice assumptions distorted naval anti-aircraft designQ&A
  54. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    2:22:54How Admiralty money could conceal aviation developmentQ&A
  55. Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"
    2:54:56Afridi's loss after the successful Namsos evacuationChapter
  56. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    2:32:09Why guided weapons did not immediately end dive bombingQ&A
  57. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:02:07Why a torpedo bomber could not simply dive with its heaviest loadQ&A
  58. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    41:39British Avengers as torpedo aircraft and bomb trucksQ&A
  59. Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 3/3 Scapa to Type 322
    2:41How historians handle gaps in naval aviation recordsChapter
  60. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...
    16:55Carrier strike exercises and dive-bombing practiceNotable Point
  61. The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation
    42:00Swordfish anti-submarine patrols remained front-line combatChapter
  62. The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI
    31:33Parnall's G.4/31 offered a multi-role alternative to the SwordfishNotable Point
  63. The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI
    42:51A Flycatcher defect led to Britain's first official contractor dive testsNotable Point
  64. The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI
    44:30The Flycatcher and Skua show prewar Royal Navy dive-bombing continuityNotable Point
  65. The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI
    46:40Why a full-power Flycatcher dive produced a distinctive roarNotable Point
  66. The Fairey Story Anew...
    1:24:39Flycatcher's small bombs serve policing, incendiary, and exercise rolesNotable Point
  67. The Fairey Story Anew...
    1:27:42The Flycatcher turns a fleet fighter into a dive-bombing pioneerChapter
  68. The Fairey Story Anew...
    1:36:38British dive-bombing leadership yields to the heavy-bomber doctrineNotable Point
  69. The Fairey Story Anew...
    2:40:25Swordfish ripple dives reveal a broader attack repertoireNotable Point
  70. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond
    42:51Why Taranto and Pearl Harbor resist simple comparisonChapter
  71. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    2:02:28Why level bombing magnified small aiming errorsNotable Point
  72. Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/2
    5:49How institutional incentives shaped dive bombingNotable Point
  73. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-22
    42:04Diverging paths in carrier aviationNotable Point
  74. Flower Class Shorts no 1: HMS Foxglove
    2:44Dive-bomb damage and wartime support serviceChapter
  75. Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)
    50:42M.1/30 turns fleet needs into detailed design rulesChapter
  76. Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)
    1:24:19Skua turns Henderson's carrier requirement into a fighter-dive-bomberChapter
  77. Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)
    1:29:28Why the Skua had a flat-looking canopyQ&A
  78. Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)
    1:31:17Skuas sink Königsberg at Bergen, then suffer in NorwayNotable Point
  79. The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?
    26:23Six-inch guns as an anti-aircraft barrage weaponNotable Point
  80. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    1:09:52Why one-ton bombs changed the armour calculationNotable Point
  81. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:48:01Fleet Air Arm torpedo and dive-bombing rolesQ&A
  82. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:50:40A Swordfish dive-bombing attack on a submarineNotable Point
  83. T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full
    21:42Why the Tribal class needed stronger anti-aircraft armamentNotable Point