Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Dunkerque Class Battleships

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  1. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    19:11Richelieu's wide range of preliminary designsQ&A
  2. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:14:43Why France selected the Dunkerque designQ&A
  3. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    27:19A seven-to-ten Japanese ratio and small capital shipsNotable Point
  4. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    5:02Dunkerque, Strasbourg and Béarn at BrestChapter
  5. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    10:26French fast capital ships and Allied naval strategyChapter
  6. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    24:12What was at stake in the 1940 fleetChapter
  7. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    1:03:12French ships and the allocation of British capital shipsChapter
  8. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    1:05:55French capital ships could give Hood time for a refitNotable Point
  9. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    1:21:02Fast capital ships for the Home FleetChapter
  10. ShinMaywa US-2: Seaplane for the Future
    6:17Why allies value a small fleet with a specialist roleNotable Point
  11. What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?
    18:33The scale of the French fleet in 1939Notable Point
  12. What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?
    19:19Why Britain would not gamble on ambiguous French ordersChapter
  13. What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?
    58:40More Atlantic capital ships against German raidersChapter
  14. What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?
    1:01:36Fast ships find the fight and heavy ships close inNotable Point
  15. What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)
    1:57:41Strasbourg sits more clearly on the fast-battleship sideNotable Point
  16. What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)
    2:47:04French fast battleships fit a Royal Navy weaknessNotable Point
  17. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    6:25:51Scharnhorst and the disputed battleship boundaryNotable Point
  18. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:50:07Six Nelsons under a twenty-capital-ship treatyQ&A
  19. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:55:24Would France build larger Dunkerques or more of them?Q&A
  20. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    1:43:43How to place a fast capital ship between battleship and battlecruiserNotable Point
  21. Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?
    1:08:39A stronger Royal Navy alters the French-fleet riskNotable Point
  22. Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction
    20:37Why subdivision matters to battlecruiser survivalNotable Point
  23. How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership
    1:18:05Tardieu traps France between parity and economyChapter
  24. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    1:51:51Modernizing Lyon with Dunkerque gunsNotable Point
  25. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:08:23Why France would replace the Courbets before the BretagnesQ&A
  26. Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership
    1:28:03Why smaller Deutschland guns would not prevent DunkerqueQ&A
  27. What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?
    59:46Fast Nelsons would outmaneuver Japanese and American battle linesChapter
  28. Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...
    1:45:23France and Italy face new capital-ship choicesChapter
  29. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    1:24:55Is Dunkerque a battleship or a battlecruiser?Q&A
  30. The Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    43:45French carriers and strategic independenceNotable Point
  31. The Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    45:35Why Dunkerque's protection matters more than the battlecruiser labelNotable Point
  32. French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s
    25:34Speed, range, and the raider-hunting carrierChapter
  33. Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat
    3:24:26French naval guns were constrained by metallurgy and productionQ&A
  34. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    31:11Faster loading requires a redesigned German turretQ&A
  35. Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice
    2:40:41Would France build Dunkerque without naval treaties?Q&A
  36. Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    15:48Dunkerque, Richelieu, and France's two-theater problemQ&A
  37. French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons
    15:21Interwar aviation spread across cruisers, battleships, and colonial shipsNotable Point
  38. Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 1938
    44:40Dunkerque under treaty and infrastructure constraintsChapter
  39. Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?
    1:32:06Dunkerque's forward main battery on a French Star DestroyerChapter
  40. Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?
    1:54:27Why French fleet design depended on British strategic supportNotable Point
  41. Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London
    2:02:09France and Italy gain earlier battleships and competing carriersChapter
  42. Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers
    19:26Parity with Italy traps French naval planningNotable Point
  43. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    1:05:25The armor problem with a Dunkerque-style PanzerschiffQ&A
  44. Check Campaign 3: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    47:42Were Scharnhorst and Dunkerque battleships or battlecruisers?Q&A
  45. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:44:21Dutch Dunkerque-style battlecruisers in Allied serviceQ&A
  46. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:35:47An all-forward battery for the Courageous counterfactualQ&A
  47. Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 4
    44:46Dunkerque pushed Scharnhorst toward a third turretNotable Point
  48. Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out
    2:48:28Dunkerque's unlucky career and the choice of a battleship nameQ&A
  49. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    1:39:30Why all-forward guns suit a modernized battleshipNotable Point
  50. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    2:40:38Were the Dunkerques designed mainly against the Deutschlands?Q&A
  51. Bruships 130: Battleships
    2:13:50France's response to a 38 cm-armed ScharnhorstQ&A
  52. What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?
    47:53France answers with fast hunting groupsChapter
  53. What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?
    1:39:04A stronger Free French fleet could change its leadershipNotable Point
  54. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    54:44France accelerates a fast raider-hunting forceChapter
  55. Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett
    34:46French fast capital ships as an alliance contributionNotable Point
  56. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    37:20Postwar value of the Dunkerque-class battleshipsQ&A
  57. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    1:42:58Why Dunkerque was a battleship and Alaska a large cruiserQ&A
  58. Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    0:53Why the Dunkerques resist simple classificationChapter
  59. Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    10:56The Deutschlands turned a cruiser killer into DunkerqueChapter
  60. Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    19:10The case for calling Dunkerque a fast battleshipChapter
  61. Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    28:42Strasbourg gained protection after Italy escalatedNotable Point
  62. Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    33:05Dunkerque combined 29-knot speed with Atlantic reachNotable Point
  63. Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    34:47All-forward guns shaped Dunkerque's protection and firepowerChapter
  64. Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    39:15Promising ships ended as damaged hulks at ToulonChapter
  65. Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    44:37The class suited distant presence and crisis responseNotable Point
  66. Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    48:47Anglo-French planning assigned the Dunkerques to raider huntingChapter
  67. Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    53:18Wartime duties shifted from Atlantic convoys to deterring ItalyChapter
  68. Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    55:35Their usefulness made the Dunkerques dangerous after France fellNotable Point
  69. Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    1:00:38What if the Dunkerques had joined the Allies?Notable Point
  70. Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
    57:03French redesign versus an Italian Caracciolo programmeChapter
  71. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    1:16:57Normandie, Lyon, and French design momentumChapter
  72. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    1:46:31France’s need for a credible fast battleshipChapter
  73. Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty
    3:00:28How would later battleships fit a higher treaty baseline?Q&A
  74. Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 5
    32:48Joffre and Dunkerque suggest a raider-hunting task groupNotable Point
  75. Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built
    2:54:16Four battleships under a 100,000-ton class budgetQ&A
  76. Battleships of the Treaty Era
    48:33Dunkerque and France’s parity problemChapter
  77. Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 9
    7:11Gascogne as the bridge to AlsaceChapter
  78. Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?
    1:38:28Why France underbuilt cruisersQ&A
  79. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    4:10:41Capital ships underserved in English-language historyQ&A
  80. Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'
    31:17Why a French high-velocity 13-inch gun is not a simple upgradeQ&A
  81. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    2:20French innovation versus carrier weaknessChapter
  82. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    38:12French naval rank and political weightNotable Point
  83. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    48:24Treaty tonnage and missed fast carriersNotable Point
  84. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:06:39Fast carriers, global commitments, and task groupsNotable Point
  85. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:17:10An early Joffre and twin-engine carrier aircraftNotable Point
  86. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:27:00France had yards available for carrier constructionNotable Point
  87. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:39:57Could France pair Dunkerques and carriers?Q&A
  88. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    2:21:07A fast French fleet without its air componentChapter
  89. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    2:30:25Normandie's design and the break to DunkerqueNotable Point
  90. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    2:45:00French naval competence and government distrust in 1940Notable Point
  91. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    36:07Why Dunkerque could not simply receive 15-inch gunsQ&A
  92. Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...
    1:26:51Why a fleet of Dunkerques would have alarmed BritainQ&A
  93. Epic Blunders of Naval History
    39:06Treaty persistence and Germany's missing fleet infrastructureChapter
  94. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    8:24A French battle fleet in the Indian OceanQ&A
  95. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    58:42Rearming French capital ships and delaying JapanQ&A
  96. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    10:29French fleet quality and the fast-battleship distinctionChapter
  97. Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?
    29:03Dunkerque speed versus four Richelieu-class shipsQ&A
  98. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments
    9:20Could the French fleet have dispersed to the Far East?Q&A
  99. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments
    47:06French Dunkirk-type ships with British heavy gunsQ&A
  100. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    5:45A continuous Dunkerque production alternativeNotable Point
  101. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    15:24Dunkerque turret complexity versus fleet numbersNotable Point
  102. Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today
    20:57Italy versus France in the 1930sQ&A
  103. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 2
    2:52:01Why France chose Dunkerque's gun calibreQ&A
  104. 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)
    29:42French destroyers in a Mediterranean speed competitionNotable Point
  105. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    23:50Smaller battleships for French and Italian fleetsNotable Point
  106. Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)
    25:51Could Britain keep the United States out of the war?Q&A
  107. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    1:35:54What would France contribute to the coalition?Q&A
  108. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    2:38:29Rearming transferred Dunkerque-class ships for British supplyQ&A
  109. All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)
    1:02:01Dunkerque: forward guns for French strategyChapter
  110. Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament
    1:24:15Why was Dunkerque not protected against Hood's guns?Q&A
  111. Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament
    1:26:07Dunkerque as a compact answer to treaty threatsChapter
  112. Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament
    1:30:22Dunkerque versus Alaska: speed chooses the fightQ&A
  113. Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament
    1:33:22Were Dunkerque's 13-inch guns enough for modern war?Q&A
  114. Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament
    1:35:39Dunkerque's intended advantage over lighter opponentsNotable Point
  115. Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament
    1:37:11Why place fuel between Dunkerque's boilers and magazines?Q&A
  116. Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament
    1:38:30Did Dunkerque and Alaska have very different reload rates?Q&A
  117. Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament
    1:38:49Dunkerque's speed and machinery compromiseQ&A
  118. Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament
    1:44:17Was Dunkerque's bunker fuel itself an explosive?Q&A
  119. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    3:23:33How 16,000-ton 9-inch cruisers could change DunkerqueQ&A
  120. Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…
    2:20:28Alaska, Renown and Dunkerque in a three-way comparisonQ&A
  121. Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)
    1:50:34Dunkerque, Littorio, and Richelieu: strategic demands in designChapter
  122. Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)
    1:55:36Why Dunkerque was not a pocket battleshipQ&A
  123. Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)
    2:02:24Why Dunkerque needed range beyond the MediterraneanQ&A
  124. Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)
    2:11:50Dunkerque's armour reflected French industrial limitsQ&A
  125. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/4
    18:43What a first Panzerschiff could teach designersQ&A
  126. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    4:16:32French capital ships as a different Force ZQ&A
  127. Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books
    27:55How Italian rebuilds widened the capital-ship raceQ&A
  128. A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-1956
    2:48Italian capital-ship parity under disarmament uncertaintyNotable Point
  129. A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-1956
    3:29Italy studies answers to DunkerqueNotable Point
  130. A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-1956
    6:42Reconstruction trades some combat power for fleet renewalNotable Point
  131. A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-1956
    16:22Rebuilt Cavours support a watchful-waiting strategyNotable Point
  132. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    39:50Dunkerque's aft aviation space and secondary-battery tradeoffsNotable Point
  133. Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes
    35:35Why quadruple turrets looked better on paperNotable Point
  134. Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes
    1:14:08Concentrated firepower also concentrated riskNotable Point
  135. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    28:50Taranto's place in Mediterranean force balanceChapter
  136. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    56:18Cunningham accepts the risk after Ark Royal attacks DunkerqueNotable Point
  137. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    5:54French naval resolve without weakening the army in EuropeNotable Point
  138. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:37:17Why the Dunkerque class remains a battleship designQ&A
  139. Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy
    1:11:02Why Dunkerque and Strasbourg were fast battleshipsQ&A
  140. An Introduction To Battle Cruisers
    40:59Dunkerque as a small fast battleshipChapter
  141. Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A
    38:46Warship classes with punishing seakeepingQ&A