Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Force Z

Also searchable as Prince of Wales and Repulse, Singapore naval force.

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  1. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:34:46Fighter cover for Prince of Wales and RepulseNotable Point
  2. Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    41:19A surviving Force Z and an Allied fleet in Southeast AsiaQ&A
  3. Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    43:53Night aviation in the Force Z counterfactualNotable Point
  4. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    1:32:28French Indochina and Japan's possible war planChapter
  5. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:03:27Heavy anti-aircraft fire, formation disruption and Force ZNotable Point
  6. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:18:12Improvising stronger air defence for Force ZQ&A
  7. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:20:24Could Hermes provide fighter cover for Force Z?Q&A
  8. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:21:29The air-support misunderstanding around Force ZNotable Point
  9. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:23:35Concentrating Force Z for a night attack on the invasion shippingNotable Point
  10. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    2:17:18Force Z: why a small deployment could weaken deterrenceChapter
  11. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    2:19:27Why keeping Force Z in Europe offered limited reliefNotable Point
  12. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    2:20:38Force Z and the accumulated consequences of earlier decisionsNotable Point
  13. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    17:25Extra US cruisers in the Philippines still need a workable command planQ&A
  14. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    21:41How interservice language left Force Z without fighter coverNotable Point
  15. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    23:26Phillips's staff and flagship could have strengthened ABDA commandNotable Point
  16. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:07:07A Malayan Dido-class cruiser would find many claimantsQ&A
  17. No Pearl Harbor: Japan Enters WWII without attacking America
    11:17A three-month delay creates two different clocksNotable Point
  18. No Pearl Harbor: Japan Enters WWII without attacking America
    19:53ABDA without an American warNotable Point
  19. No Pearl Harbor: Japan Enters WWII without attacking America
    28:07The Philippines on alert while America remains neutralNotable Point
  20. No Pearl Harbor: Japan Enters WWII without attacking America
    28:45A reinforced Force Z still faces the full Kido ButaiChapter
  21. No Pearl Harbor: Japan Enters WWII without attacking America
    30:04How "no air support" concealed available fightersNotable Point
  22. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    17:37MacArthur, Singapore, and the assumptions behind Force ZQ&A
  23. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    20:42If Force Z could sustain 33 to 34 knotsQ&A
  24. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    1:49:36If Prince of Wales and Repulse survive Force ZQ&A
  25. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    1:54:38Why a surviving Repulse would not immediately receive American 5-inch gunsQ&A
  26. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    2:22:05Buffalos in Malaya: missing requests and inexperienced pilotsNotable Point
  27. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    49:41Asiatic Fleet cruisers reinforce Force ZQ&A
  28. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    52:18Hermes and Gladiators in a larger Force Z exerciseNotable Point
  29. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    53:30Force Z and the meaning of 'no air support'Notable Point
  30. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:22:47Lissa, invasion weather, and naval self-defeatQ&A
  31. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:36:34Prewar American battleships for AustraliaQ&A
  32. Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)
    20:05Could extra American destroyers have saved Force Z?Notable Point
  33. What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)
    2:26:09A full Eastern Fleet could replace isolated Force ZQ&A
  34. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    1:05:17Earlier cruisers could give Force Z a proper screenNotable Point
  35. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    1:09:17A larger Force Z complicates Japan's opening movesNotable Point
  36. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    1:19:30Maintenance slack could modernize Hood before a Far Eastern deploymentNotable Point
  37. Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?
    29:29Eagle turns an improvised conversion into useful air coverNotable Point
  38. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:25:06How carrier continuity could change Hermes and Force ZNotable Point
  39. Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:31:02What automatic 5.25-inch guns could have changedQ&A
  40. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:33:32HMS Eagle at Singapore and the survival of Force ZQ&A
  41. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:37:51Why Eagle would prioritise Fulmars over dummy Swordfish attacksQ&A
  42. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:38:11Supplying Eagle's radar refit at SingaporeQ&A
  43. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:08:38Why Singapore lacked its planned radar specialistsQ&A
  44. What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?
    3:45How surviving Force Z could anchor the Eastern FleetQ&A
  45. What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?
    5:17Chance and preparation in the encounter with Force ZNotable Point
  46. What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?
    6:47Repulse's Australian visit makes the timing of war matterNotable Point
  47. What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?
    9:36Phillips's return could clarify requests for fighter coverNotable Point
  48. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    1:33:18A carrier-backed Force Z could contest the South China SeaChapter
  49. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    1:42:07A victorious Tovey could take the fleet to the Far EastNotable Point
  50. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:22:22A focused Hood modernization could prepare a Far East flagshipQ&A
  51. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    49:54Could Prince of Wales have survived Force Z?Q&A
  52. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    56:01How the meaning of air support affected Force ZNotable Point
  53. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:00:46The land-based naval bombers that attacked Force ZNotable Point
  54. Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)
    1:31:38Force Z and the deterrent value of uncertaintyChapter
  55. Future Fleets: Some Ideas of Naval Warfare
    53:39Force Z shows how mistakes shape weapon effectivenessChapter
  56. Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:07:47Britain receives a fleet of Defence-style super cruisersQ&A
  57. Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers
    26:08Dominion flagships multiply imperial fast-ship strengthQ&A
  58. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    9:34:23A wartime Royal Navy suddenly equipped with Implacable-class carriersQ&A
  59. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    2:48:34How Dominion battleships could have changed Singapore's defenseQ&A
  60. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    8:49:49Could Sunderland flying boats save Force Z?Q&A
  61. Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships
    31:44Why battleships still made sense in the late 1930sChapter
  62. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:27:34How a German fleet in Norway could change Force ZQ&A
  63. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:03:50Earlier carriers could support Force Z before their air groups were readyNotable Point
  64. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    1:30:05Surviving carriers, Crete, and Force ZNotable Point
  65. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?
    1:41:19An early Vanguard reshapes the Bismarck chase and Force ZNotable Point
  66. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?
    1:46:50A faster battle line would pull carrier construction forwardNotable Point
  67. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:20:07A Short Sunderland drives off Force Z's attackersQ&A
  68. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:55:30Furious and air cover for a Dutch-led forceNotable Point
  69. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:54:56Could proximity fuzes save Force Z?Q&A
  70. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:16:12Admiral Duncan takes four hundred destroyers to the PacificQ&A
  71. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:19:52Catapult Hurricanes defend Force ZQ&A
  72. If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?
    4:48How Force Z plausibly misses the fatal air strikeChapter
  73. If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?
    10:30Why Japan cannot simply try again the next dayNotable Point
  74. If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?
    12:04Phillips repairs the fighter-support failureNotable Point
  75. If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?
    27:18ABDA concentrates its scattered ships around Force ZChapter
  76. If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?
    51:41Luck and readiness explain Force Z better than underestimationNotable Point
  77. 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
  78. 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
  79. The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!
    1:17:17Operational agreements made Atlantic interoperability the real prizeChapter
  80. The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!
    1:19:22Would Far East command have kept Tom Phillips in Singapore?Notable Point
  81. Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:43:14An OTO 76 mm gun on Repulse could save Force ZQ&A
  82. Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:49:26How Force Z survival changes SingaporeQ&A
  83. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    31:18Force Z reaches Pearl Harbor before SingaporeQ&A
  84. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:55:08Could Britain have concentrated more capital ships in the Eastern Fleet?Q&A
  85. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    1:02:19Crete changes fleets, North Africa, and Force ZChapter
  86. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:40:56Should Sea Wolf escorts protect carriers or Force Z?Q&A
  87. Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:17:44A viable ABDA naval force in Southeast AsiaQ&A
  88. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:57:37A carrier protects Force Z and threatens Japan's invasion fleetQ&A
  89. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:15:53Pacific combat shifted the balance from reach back toward volumeChapter
  90. Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:14:22Force Z did not instantly end wartime faith in battleshipsNotable Point
  91. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:27:55The communication failure behind Force Z's missing fighter coverQ&A
  92. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:31:56Carrier fighter cover and the Force Z comparisonQ&A
  93. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:54:51A small carrier and regional repairs for Force ZNotable Point
  94. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:58:02An Australian naval-gun factory before World War IIQ&A
  95. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    1:59:02Isolated cruisers faced a carrier strike without layered air defenseChapter
  96. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:09:48Would an all-Bofors battery have saved Force Z?Q&A
  97. Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:54:20Where a 1970s-style HMS Edgar would matter most in 1939Q&A
  98. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    11:58Force Z and the danger of demanding absolute protectionNotable Point
  99. Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:05:25How New Zealand Catalina production could change Force Z's reconnaissanceQ&A
  100. The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 1941
    1:06:19A Pacific Fleet demonstration in the South China SeaChapter
  101. The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 1941
    2:24:56Would exercising with Force Z violate American neutrality?Q&A
  102. The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 1941
    2:34:42Could Force Z join the surviving American fleet?Q&A
  103. An Indomitable Force Z
    0:00Indomitable's grounding created a narrow historical hingeNotable Point
  104. An Indomitable Force Z
    2:40What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?Q&A
  105. An Indomitable Force Z
    6:28Losses and overwork exhausted Britain's available carriersNotable Point
  106. An Indomitable Force Z
    10:35Force Z was too small and too far forward for deterrenceNotable Point
  107. An Indomitable Force Z
    16:38Indomitable would probably bring a much larger destroyer screenChapter
  108. An Indomitable Force Z
    23:47Tom Phillips, doctrine, and layered fleet air defenseChapter
  109. An Indomitable Force Z
    31:40Why Force Z sortied against the Japanese landingsNotable Point
  110. An Indomitable Force Z
    35:04An ambiguous air-support message hid available fightersNotable Point
  111. An Indomitable Force Z
    37:50Why AA cruisers could not replace the fighter layerNotable Point
  112. An Indomitable Force Z
    38:52Indomitable restores the missing fighter layerNotable Point
  113. An Indomitable Force Z
    42:18Repulse lacked the systems for a 1941 task-force flagshipNotable Point
  114. An Indomitable Force Z
    48:11Renown could supply the modern flagship Force Z lackedChapter
  115. An Indomitable Force Z
    53:16How Indomitable's fighter cycle could defeat the bomber attackChapter
  116. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    3:23Why Force Z sailed without HMS IndomitableChapter
  117. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    15:41Deterrence, Singapore, and the composition of Force ZChapter
  118. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    19:28The U.S. destroyers that might have reinforced Force ZNotable Point
  119. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    23:59What Prince of Wales and Repulse actually brought to Force ZNotable Point
  120. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    31:01Tom Phillips's destroyer career and decision to sortieNotable Point
  121. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    43:01Why Japanese supply shipping made Force Z's sortie rationalChapter
  122. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    48:19The fatal ambiguity over air support for Force ZNotable Point
  123. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    54:37Why the historical Japanese strike overwhelmed Force ZChapter
  124. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:09:32How many cruisers should have accompanied Force Z?Q&A
  125. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:11:06The point of divergence: Indomitable and Repulse form Force ZQ&A
  126. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:29:26Could Indomitable also bring the Australian fighters into battle?Notable Point
  127. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:32:38Why Indomitable probably saves Force Z from the air attackChapter
  128. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:35:27A surviving Force Z changes ABDA naval concentrationChapter
  129. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:45:19How Force Z's survival could transform the Battle of the Java SeaNotable Point
  130. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    2:11:43Would Japan attack carrier-equipped Force Z without fighter cover?Q&A
  131. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    2:23:58Could Japan rush a smaller carrier force south?Notable Point
  132. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:18:33Force Z facing the Nagato classQ&A
  133. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    1:05:46Independent reconnaissance could ease the Force Z air-support problemChapter
  134. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    56:17K25 cruisers and layered fleet air defenseQ&A
  135. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    24:03Could float Sea Gladiators have bought Force Z time?Notable Point
  136. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:27:57How saving Courageous could reshape later carrier operationsQ&A
  137. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:30:51Would carrier fighters have saved Force Z?Q&A
  138. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:33:10How a surviving Force Z could change Allied concentrationQ&A
  139. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:34:52Why Churchill sent Force Z to SingaporeNotable Point
  140. 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
  141. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:41:21How carrier fighter direction could bring Buffaloes to Force ZNotable Point
  142. Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:03:21Nagato and Mutsu pursue Force ZQ&A
  143. Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral
    30:09Why flagship accommodation was an operational capabilityNotable Point
  144. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    3:26:36Where Repulse goes after surviving Force ZQ&A
  145. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    5:09:06What Japan could do without attacking Pearl HarborQ&A
  146. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    5:13:17Why two capital ships offered a limited deterrent against JapanNotable Point
  147. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    2:28:41A surviving Ark Royal with Force Z and ABDAQ&A
  148. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    8:23:12How fighter cover and radar could change Force Z's fateQ&A
  149. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    8:25:43A museum story about the aircraft that found Force ZNotable Point
  150. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    4:40:52A second Ark Royal could alter Taranto, Bismarck, and Force ZQ&A
  151. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    4:54:31What Bearn could add to the ABDA defenseQ&A
  152. Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!
    1:04:04A surviving Force Z could slow the fall of the Dutch East IndiesQ&A
  153. Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!
    1:52:01A fleet of Malta carriers and Lion battleships would transform British strategyQ&A
  154. Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    51:55How a submarine-focused Germany changes Royal Navy strategyQ&A
  155. Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    29:46Could Force Z make Java Sea a larger battle?Q&A
  156. Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    32:26A stronger ABDACOM complicates MacArthur's commandQ&A
  157. Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    33:36Torpedo caution and a usable coalition flagshipNotable Point
  158. Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    36:37From Force Z to a possible Java Sea carrier battleNotable Point
  159. Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff
    26:37HMS Unicorn and forward aviation supportQ&A
  160. Bruships Gothenborg style...
    51:44If Force Z survived, it could anchor an Allied carrier forceQ&A
  161. Bruships Gothenborg style...
    1:03:40Surviving Force Z makes an Allied carrier counterstroke credibleQ&A
  162. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    8:35A delayed carrier force and Force ZNotable Point
  163. Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more
    19:42Why SM.79 sinking totals need operational contextQ&A
  164. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    3:45:18Force Z and the ambiguity of asking for air supportNotable Point
  165. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    3:46:59Force Z survival and an Allied carrier counterstrokeNotable Point
  166. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    3:50:07T-class submarines as pickets for a surviving Force ZQ&A
  167. Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)
    2:37:20Why the Royal Navy would try to save Prince of WalesQ&A
  168. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    3:27:11Who underestimated Japanese capabilityQ&A
  169. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    3:06:15Secondary-theater work and a possible Force Z escortQ&A
  170. Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    55:58The R class as an armoured convoy and base defenderNotable Point
  171. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    1:15:03Exercise lessons, AA defense, and Force ZQ&A
  172. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    1:25:38Tracer ammunition and Force ZQ&A
  173. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    3:36:06Force Z was more than a torpedo-protection failureQ&A
  174. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    1:19:08Royal naming and the Force Z deploymentQ&A
  175. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    2:52:44Reginald Henderson survives into the Second World WarQ&A
  176. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    48:27Why the Admiralty wanted more than two battleships at SingaporeQ&A
  177. HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!
    1:17:25Revenge anchors Eastern Fleet Force BChapter
  178. Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered
    54:34Why navies use opaque names such as Force H and Force ZQ&A
  179. HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution
    42:04A necessary refit removes Furious from the Force Z questionNotable Point
  180. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    2:12:57Why Force Z needed fighters more than another cruiserQ&A
  181. Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty
    1:33:25A stronger Regia Marina pins British ships in the MediterraneanNotable Point
  182. 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
  183. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:32:24Why Task Force 11 broke off the Rabaul raidChapter
  184. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:33:49Why carrier fighters might have saved Force ZNotable Point
  185. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    2:42:27How a surviving Force Z could have strengthened ABDANotable Point
  186. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    2:48:12Why Force Z sailed without carrier air coverQ&A
  187. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    17:10A construction pause kept Unicorn away from the early warNotable Point
  188. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    2:42:19Paused construction left Force Z without the fleet meant to reinforce itQ&A
  189. Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books
    2:32:19What Repulse needed from an anti-aircraft refitQ&A
  190. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    2:16:51Reserve battleships could build an Indian Ocean force before Force ZNotable Point
  191. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:07:59Glorious and Force Z as strategic defeatsQ&A
  192. If not Pearl Harbour?
    1:17:39Singapore and the problem of American neutralityChapter
  193. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    39:25Furious offered Force Z a different kind of deterrenceNotable Point
  194. British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    3:47A German carrier could indirectly increase British Pacific strengthQ&A
  195. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    3:30:20Could four German battleships exploit December 1941?Q&A
  196. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    1:54:30Why the Singapore strategy failed in the worst sequenceQ&A
  197. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    1:57:17A Sydney base changes Far East reinforcementNotable Point
  198. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    2:27:52Why Force Z had no clean withdrawalQ&A
  199. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    2:55:15Major losses turn the surviving fleet into a threat in beingChapter
  200. The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore
    1:21:00An Australian repair base changes Force Z before war beginsNotable Point
  201. The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore
    1:23:36Repulse's evasive turns and Prince of Wales's gunfireNotable Point
  202. The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore
    1:25:55An eleven-day transit changes the response to MalayaChapter
  203. The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore
    1:35:24Joint planning could reduce the command failures around Force ZNotable Point
  204. The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore
    1:38:12Force Z's air-support message exposed a joint-command failureNotable Point
  205. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    1:39:29How two meanings of air support failed Force ZQ&A
  206. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    2:14:12Japan faces a stronger, carrier-backed Force ZChapter
  207. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    2:26:47Japan's problem reaching Malaya's west coastNotable Point
  208. WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...
    1:19:11A stronger Far Eastern fleet changes Japanese choicesChapter
  209. WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...
    1:27:13A major Far Eastern fleet requires senior combined commandNotable Point
  210. Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics
    1:27:10How a failed Pearl Harbor raid could alter Malaya and Force ZQ&A
  211. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    1:15:31Force Z basing balanced military reach and political signalNotable Point
  212. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    1:18:14Force Z showed why prestige ships needed a balanced task forceChapter
  213. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    1:24:31Dispersed fleets needed larger, multi-role destroyersNotable Point
  214. Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?
    2:20:45Force Z: deterrence without a balanced task forceChapter
  215. Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?
    2:28:20Would Indomitable simply have been sunk with Force Z?Q&A
  216. Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!
    1:24:09Dutch Lion-class battlecruisers in the Far EastQ&A
  217. Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?
    1:56:57Could Dominion ships have strengthened Force Z?Q&A
  218. Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer
    22:25A reinforced Force Z in the opening Pacific WarNotable Point
  219. Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 2
    59:44Carrier integration makes Force Z the exceptionNotable Point
  220. Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years
    38:42Layered air defence at seaNotable Point
  221. Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued
    2:12:36How the 1939 carrier pause reached Force ZNotable Point
  222. Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!
    58:36A carrier-backed Force Z changes the opening warQ&A
  223. Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!
    1:07:07A surviving Force Z could threaten Japan's advance on SingaporeQ&A
  224. Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!
    1:18:44Repulse's loss was not mechanically inevitableNotable Point
  225. HMS Renown, the RN's most Underated Capital Ship of WWII?; Key Ship Series 3, Ship 8
    41:28What separated Renown from RepulseNotable Point
  226. Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!
    28:12How Force Z might have changed ABDA commandQ&A
  227. Bruships 110: Naval Aviation
    53:28Prince of Wales as an unlucky Royal Navy nameQ&A
  228. Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts
    34:25Repulse refit, dual-purpose guns, and Force ZNotable Point
  229. Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History
    1:17:50How additional cruisers could change Force Z's air battleNotable Point
  230. Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain
    3:29:26Narvik, Force Z, and Matapan offer different battle viewpointsQ&A
  231. New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...
    1:02:35Force Z disappeared into the ABDA command structureQ&A
  232. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    1:41:34A Trincomalee-based Force Z could have become an ABDA coreQ&A
  233. What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    59:19Force Z remains a contingent outcomeChapter
  234. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    1:58:36Repulse trades 15 specialized guns for 12 dual-purpose gunsNotable Point
  235. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    2:07:41Force Z depends on carriers, fighters, and earlier lossesChapter
  236. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    2:38:48Could Brewster Buffaloes have protected Force Z?Q&A
  237. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    2:43:13Wartime production freezes earlier development choicesChapter
  238. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    3:35:54One bomb at Jutland and TarantoQ&A
  239. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    1:30:23Could stronger carrier support have changed Singapore?Q&A
  240. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video
    1:01:41Force Z and the consequences of pausing carrier constructionQ&A
  241. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video
    1:23:33A Ceylon-based alternative for Force ZQ&A
  242. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    3:28:50Earlier British carriers expand the options at Taranto and against BismarckQ&A
  243. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    3:31:25Surviving Force Z could give ABDA a stronger battle fleetQ&A
  244. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    2:39:52Could an escort carrier have saved Force Z?Q&A
  245. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    25:46ABDA needed a coalition staff before the warQ&A
  246. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    39:22How fighters could have disrupted the attack on Force ZQ&A
  247. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    1:22:30Why Force Z and Ark Royal mattered differently from HoodQ&A
  248. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    1:54:01Dutch battlecruisers as the core of a stronger Force ZQ&A
  249. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out
    41:26How Force Z survival might have changed ABDA commandQ&A
  250. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out
    1:15:34The 48-hour measure that might have helped Force ZQ&A
  251. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-40
    13:06A modernized HMS Tiger as a distant-station raider hunterQ&A
  252. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-40
    1:37:14How a carrier could change the fate of Force ZQ&A
  253. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments
    6:26How a carrier might have changed Force ZQ&A
  254. 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
  255. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments
    13:42Force Z's air-cover problem was partly a signals failureQ&A
  256. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1942
    3:09Crete and Ark Royal constrained carrier support for Force ZChapter
  257. Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times
    41:03Dutch battlecruisers and carriers for the East IndiesQ&A
  258. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    25:10Dutch technology without enough construction capacityChapter
  259. Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.
    1:21:43India's missed transition from teak ships to steel warshipsChapter
  260. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    2:25:46An armored carrier joins Force ZQ&A
  261. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    2:29:11What a full destroyer squadron adds to Force ZQ&A
  262. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    2:32:23Where Prince of Wales and Repulse go without Force ZQ&A
  263. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 2
    1:12:34Yamato against Nelson and Rodney in 1942Q&A
  264. Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)
    2:59:24A carrier for Force ZNotable Point
  265. County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)
    27:58Exeter arrived too late to reinforce Force ZNotable Point
  266. 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)
    43:26Dutch destroyers lose their planned formationChapter
  267. 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)
    45:11Force Z, gun choices, and interrupted carrier constructionNotable Point
  268. British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion
    34:48Battlecruiser value depends on the theaterNotable Point
  269. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    48:06How Force Z's survival could strengthen ABDAQ&A
  270. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    1:12:29Why a recovered British battleship would fill a museum gapQ&A
  271. Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    28:10Why capable Japanese torpedo bombers still needed massQ&A
  272. Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)
    27:31Repulse beyond the loss of Force ZNotable Point
  273. Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney
    2:12:51Repulse, Force Z, and the missing carrierChapter
  274. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    19:03Late-war radar helps Force Z only if the force works togetherQ&A
  275. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    1:57:51A surviving Force Z becomes the core of an eastern battle groupQ&A
  276. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    2:01:27Admiral Tom Phillips went down with Prince of WalesQ&A
  277. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    2:01:42Renown's modernization might not save Force ZQ&A
  278. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    42:56Why a British fleet belonged nearer SingaporeQ&A
  279. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    2:25:12A stronger Force Z needed a balanced fleetQ&A
  280. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    2:32:11Force Z nearly reached vulnerable transportsQ&A
  281. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    2:09:06A carrier changes Force Z's information problemChapter
  282. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    2:20:57From Mediterranean sea control to MalayaQ&A
  283. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    2:35:13Why carriers still change Force Z despite uncertaintyQ&A
  284. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    2:43:57Would carriers simply become the main Japanese targets?Q&A
  285. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    2:53:44Why the bombers attacking Force Z lacked fighter escortQ&A
  286. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    2:26:02Q&A: where four Admiral-class ships might serveQ&A
  287. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    2:15:11What if HMS Unicorn had accompanied Force Z?Q&A
  288. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    1:35:38Could Britain have mounted a Taranto-style raid in the Pacific?Q&A
  289. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    47:57A broad guide to the Royal Navy's warChapter
  290. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    56:31A surviving Force Z could anchor ABDA commandQ&A
  291. Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore
    1:17:06Carrier losses shaped Force ZQ&A
  292. Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore
    3:03:13Japan sought technology from the Force Z wrecksQ&A
  293. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    2:09:46Force Z needed fighter cover more than better gunneryQ&A
  294. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    2:41:39ABDA's enduring command-and-control lessonQ&A
  295. Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.
    2:17:54Which HMS Albion belongs in a Force Z counterfactual?Q&A
  296. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    1:27:22Why a Tribal-class destroyer does not appear in the Force Z rosterQ&A
  297. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    4:16:32French capital ships as a different Force ZQ&A
  298. A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea
    20:54Escort capacity, Force Z, and carrier survivalNotable Point
  299. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    43:53ABDA's command problem and the value of a visible Allied forceQ&A
  300. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    2:36:29The US ship the Royal Navy most needed in 1941Q&A
  301. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    2:44:32How a carrier could change Force Z's optionsQ&A
  302. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    2:50:03A Ceylon-based Far East fleet as deterrenceQ&A
  303. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    4:01:50Dowding in Far East CommandQ&A
  304. Bruships 55: New Books
    4:27:09Singapore's defence and the case for a stronger supreme commanderQ&A
  305. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    2:32:36Prince of Wales and Repulse as ABDA's command coreQ&A
  306. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions
    23:32A plausible carrier air group for Force ZQ&A
  307. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions
    35:47Avoidable carrier losses and Force Z's missing hullsQ&A
  308. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions
    41:51An ABDA fleet with ships, staff, and communicationsQ&A
  309. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions
    49:58Force Z air cover and carriersQ&A
  310. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions
    1:17:39Force Z, hindsight, and Japanese naval capabilityQ&A
  311. A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 1941
    1:20Force Z and the claim that air power killed the battleshipChapter
  312. A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 1941
    3:36Hermes, Indomitable, and Force Z air coverNotable Point
  313. A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 1941
    8:12Singapore defenses and the Malayan air shortfallChapter
  314. A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 1941
    11:10Britain knew the naval-air threatNotable Point
  315. A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 1941
    12:31Boulton Paul Defiant production and Far East fighter shortagesNotable Point
  316. A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 1941
    13:33Carrier construction pause and Far East consequencesNotable Point
  317. A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 1941
    15:07Learning from naval paths not takenNotable Point
  318. A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 1941
    16:54Phillips, Somerville, and Far East Fleet commandNotable Point
  319. A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 1941
    17:25Singapore as a lifeline for Pacific strategyNotable Point
  320. A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 1941
    19:23Singapore as a prolonged reinforcement contestNotable Point
  321. Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z
    0:19Force Z and the carrier availability problemChapter
  322. Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z
    4:34Pound's Ceylon plan for the Far EastChapter
  323. Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z
    18:25Why Force Z had no carrierChapter
  324. Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z
    24:04Ceylon and a stronger ABDA alternativeNotable Point
  325. Bruships 48: Reading History
    2:15:28A 1982 Falklands task force in 1941 MalayaQ&A
  326. Bruships 48: Reading History
    2:36:39A plausible Ark Royal air group for Force ZQ&A
  327. Bruships 48: Reading History
    2:51:23Why the Brewster Buffalo was not simply hopelessQ&A
  328. Bruships 48: Reading History
    3:07:28Ark Royal's planned refit versus wartime urgencyNotable Point
  329. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?
    27:09How fighter cover could disrupt the attack on Force ZQ&A
  330. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?
    34:30Why Force Z needed depth behind SingaporeQ&A
  331. Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces
    2:17:33How earlier carrier losses left Force Z without air coverQ&A
  332. Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces
    2:21:36Why HMS Indomitable did not reach Force ZQ&A
  333. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    1:57:17How a carrier could have changed Force ZQ&A
  334. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    2:12:16Force Z's loss angered Britain more than it demoralized itQ&A
  335. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    2:16:19Carrier fighters and the defense of Force ZQ&A
  336. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    2:19:37Air defense succeeds by disrupting concentrationNotable Point
  337. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    2:40:57Three avoidable carrier losses reshaped Britain's warNotable Point
  338. Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...
    1:20:45Why Tom Phillips received command of Force ZQ&A
  339. Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes
    1:34:37How older battleships could still alter Japanese planning off MalayaNotable Point
  340. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion
    8:22Why Singapore made a surprise air attack imaginableNotable Point
  341. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 2: Papers & Treaties
    2:33Why aircraft carriers became capital shipsChapter
  342. Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters
    9:29Force Z and the changing balance between aircraft and battleshipsNotable Point
  343. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    1:52:27How a surviving Pacific Fleet could reshape MidwayQ&A
  344. Town Class; big impact with a light footprint
    1:55:09Why the prewar Far East cruiser plan collapsedChapter
  345. Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol
    16:23Cruisers in Far Eastern deterrence plansChapter
  346. Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol
    41:55What a carrier could have changed for Force ZNotable Point
  347. Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark
    2:52:58How an available Formidable might have changed Force ZQ&A
  348. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    40:30An Admiral-class carrier at the Denmark StraitQ&A
  349. Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War
    4:01:41Force Z as a fleet in beingQ&A
  350. Amphion Class Cruisers
    39:38How earlier carrier losses weakened the Far EastNotable Point
  351. Amphion Class Cruisers
    44:48What a balanced ABDA force could have changedNotable Point
  352. Amphion Class Cruisers
    45:57Assessing Admiral Tom PhillipsQ&A
  353. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:27:55Reading on Repulse and Prince of WalesQ&A
  354. Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean
    1:06:29Alexandria's 1st Flotilla and the Far East trade-offNotable Point
  355. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    1:54:08What Indomitable might have changed for Force ZQ&A
  356. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    2:37:48If Force Z had survived: carrier support and Singapore's gunsQ&A
  357. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    2:42:16Would Phillips have kept command after losing Force Z?Q&A
  358. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    3:09:47Would Somerville have used Force Z differently?Q&A
  359. An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)
    24:48A global commerce war and an alternative role for Force ZNotable Point
  360. An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy
    33:33Conventional deterrence, forward forces, and decision speedNotable Point
  361. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    1:25:29Force Z and command fit in the Malaya disasterNotable Point
  362. An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P2/4 Inter-War
    21:00Singapore's Catalina reconnaissance shortfallNotable Point
  363. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan
    0:03Rules for rebuilding the Far East commandChapter
  364. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan
    20:00Concentrate the battle fleet and convoy escorts at CeylonChapter
  365. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan
    23:03Hold the fleet and bargain for reinforcementsNotable Point
  366. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan
    24:25Turn the delayed fleet arrival into an operational shockNotable Point
  367. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan
    27:17Ceylon keeps the fleet distant but still responsiveNotable Point
  368. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan
    30:00Bring the fleet into a torpedo-bomber threat zoneNotable Point
  369. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?
    0:02Why the land campaign shapes the naval storyChapter
  370. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?
    17:52Reinforcements existed, but not for the December crisisNotable Point
  371. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?
    18:49Force Z: capital ships with a thin screenNotable Point
  372. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?
    25:06Why Phillips took Force Z north without air coverChapter
  373. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?
    26:40Forward deployment made a response unavoidableNotable Point
  374. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?
    27:37A destroyer concentration offered another gambleNotable Point
  375. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?
    30:25Indomitable would not fix the force's small scaleNotable Point
  376. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?
    37:04Why Malaya and Force Z failedNotable Point
  377. Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:08:21Where Prince of Wales might go after a surviving Force Z withdrawsQ&A
  378. Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:35:02Why rotating Force Z into shore bombardment still required air coverQ&A
  379. Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy
    57:08Why two battleships could not deter JapanQ&A
  380. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    34:35Force Z and the danger of sending an incomplete fleetQ&A
  381. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    1:26:04Why Force Z needed a carrier more than prestigeQ&A