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- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?41:03Battleship totals versus fleets that can concentrateNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?55:51French submarines in 1904: a threat with operating limitsNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?1:02:58Why France could not put its whole budget into the navyNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?1:13:53Why Italy might join before GermanyNotable Point
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- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:21:16Fast battleships for threats on two sides of a countryQ&A
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- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live28:15Rebuilding Napoleon's navy around training, Toulon and GibraltarQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:07:51Charles de Gaulle life extension and carrier continuityQ&A
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- What happens if Emperor Napoleon III of France backs Emperor Maximilian of Mexico to the Maximum?6:55Why did Britain allow French intervention despite the Monroe Doctrine?Q&A
- What happens if Emperor Napoleon III of France backs Emperor Maximilian of Mexico to the Maximum?7:46How French amphibious power constrained Mexican armiesNotable Point
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...45:48Assessing the destroyer that the yard actually builtNotable Point
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- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?54:04French and Italian reactions to German carriersNotable Point
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?57:25Force H and British resource strain in the wargameNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:02:25Napoleonic convoys and blockade at both endsNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?13:40Why naval parity with Italy constrains FranceNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?25:25Italy’s advantage and France’s interrupted naval responseChapter
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?50:10Different carrier prospects for France and ItalyNotable Point
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- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:37:50French battleship designs with quadruple turretsQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live58:07French naval expansion without the First World WarQ&A
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- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:05The French Navy's worldwide base networkChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...2:22French and Italian fleets in the treaty eraChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...5:02Dunkerque, Strasbourg and Béarn at BrestChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...6:31Older French battleships as convoy escortsChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...10:26French fast capital ships and Allied naval strategyChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...12:07French escorts and submarines across several seasChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...22:39Overseas stations and patrol reachChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...24:12What was at stake in the 1940 fleetChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...26:53The Allied loss of the fleet and Mers-el-KébirChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...29:42Naval capability and the collapse of French governmentChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...41:57Moving ships, supplies and unfinished hullsChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:04:22Béarn and aircraft patrols in the Atlantic gapChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:21:02Fast capital ships for the Home FleetChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:28:00Cumulative Allied advantage in 1940 and 1941Chapter
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...3:46:28French air-defence FREMMs reinforce the HorizonsNotable Point
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?1:04:28The French fleet and British fears of invasionNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live37:26Would a restored French monarchy have favored the navy?Q&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:31:04Spanish battleships and Béarn in a French interventionQ&A
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- Admiral Henry Trollope: A Great Carronade Career with Sad End3:57Rainbow's carronades against a new French frigateChapter
- Admiral Henry Trollope: A Great Carronade Career with Sad End5:06How Rainbow's chase guns prompted a French surrenderChapter
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- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous1:47:20Mers-el-Kebir and the collapse of Anglo-French trustChapter
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:55A 1940 Italian attempt to seize the French fleetQ&A
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- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs19:24Why FREMM attracted so many national variantsChapter
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs1:04:09FDI combines combat utility with visible presenceChapter
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs1:08:24French, Greek, and Swedish FDI missile fitsChapter
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs1:10:13FDI gun fits, order totals, and French program costChapter
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- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)25:49French minelaying submarines add a specialised fleet capabilityNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)26:55Algérie provides a starting point for later French cruisersNotable Point
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- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?4:50Why destroyers grew beyond torpedo boatsNotable Point
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?5:46France's prewar destroyers and the unfinished third shipChapter
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?7:28The nine M89 destroyers France could not buildNotable Point
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?12:05From Argentina's Mendoza class to France's Aventurier classNotable Point
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?21:36Type 41 guns and the Japanese destroyers' performanceNotable Point
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?23:04The limits of importing an allied destroyer designNotable Point
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?25:04How shipbuilding capacity kept destroyer development movingNotable Point
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?26:31An unfinished destroyer as a measure of industrial strainChapter
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?28:31Why allied support did not remove France's naval obligationNotable Point
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?31:42Why did France order only 12 Japanese destroyers?Notable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:12:00Would an EMALS failure endanger British or French carriers?Q&A
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- What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)2:00:25Would the French Navy join the Baltic operation?Q&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:37:36Anglo-French rivalry without the French RevolutionQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:30:30British distrust of the French government in World War IIQ&A
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?0:18Why the French fleet changes the Allied balanceChapter
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?10:59Using older French battleships for second-line dutiesNotable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?13:47Bases, submarines, and the French supply problemChapter
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?18:33The scale of the French fleet in 1939Notable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?19:19Why Britain would not gamble on ambiguous French ordersChapter
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?21:16What Béarn shows about French naval innovationNotable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?25:38A Darlan-led fleet evacuation to BritainChapter
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?47:41Atlantic escorts and the U-boat force's early lossesChapter
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 28:52The Glorious First of June as a mid-ocean interceptionNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 240:05A faster French carrier conversion for World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:09:27French standard battleships versus shipyard capacityQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:21:10Lyon class versus Francesco Caracciolo classQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)50:48Treaties met three different strategic problemsQ&A
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- Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s20:58French battleships and Italian torpedo prioritiesNotable Point
- Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s29:17Navigatori gunnery and machinery survivabilityNotable Point
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- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?44:06Speed could define a separate treaty battlecruiser categoryNotable Point
- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?53:51Different fast wings could preserve Anglo-American parityNotable Point
- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?56:02French and Dutch commerce protection could support battlecruisersChapter
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)1:44:47France's six-year race to recover from Jeune Ecole disruptionChapter
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- Building upon experience from a position of strength; Imperial Japan's Destroyers in WWI2:13The Kaba class and France's Japanese-built destroyersChapter
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:51Why French and Italian cruisers favored twin turretsQ&A
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- Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age48:09What if Horizon had spread Italy's 76 mm emphasis?Notable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...8:04Trafalgar, Channel invasion pressure, and French commerce raidingQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:19:56A Lyon-class battleship with the Free FrenchQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:01:21Arromanches and Le Intrepide in Azur Lane's French fleetQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:43:44French mine capacity preserved a compact sea-denial optionQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:09:11A 1914 Brittany earthquake could turn mobilization into disaster reliefQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:11:58Could a different air group make Clemenceau a Midway rival?Q&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:15:23French capital ships without the Jeune Ecole detourQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:39:28Dividing the High Seas Fleet after Scapa FlowQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:44:27Why another French transition class would not fix the fleetQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:21:59Which secondary powers could build cruiser carriers?Q&A
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- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?1:28:10Allied light carriers could complicate a cruiser offensive in Southeast AsiaNotable Point
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?1:30:48German construction limits and French allegiance leave further uncertaintiesNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...32:46How a giant Spanish fleet would alter the naval balance in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:27Suez without American interventionQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:54Why the French FDI frigate can make sense for SwedenQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:31A third Clemenceau and French carrier availabilityQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:04Why bringing Richelieu to Jean Bart's standard required a surveyQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:49Why Italy's future destroyer needs missile depthQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...1:12:16A French Navy moving shock trialNotable Point
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- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)2:25:27Would France replace its carrier plans with Invincible?Q&A
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI0:00Aviso torpilleurs and France's destroyer starting pointChapter
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI7:07The Arquebuse program creates a two-coast destroyer forceNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI11:02Claymore and Branlebas expose Jeune Ecole legacyChapter
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI11:15Industrial specialization constrains French destroyer growthNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI16:11Flotilla defence still requires a balanced fleetNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI17:44Standardized small destroyers create flotilla massNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI20:29Infrastructure limits procurement doctrineNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI22:03Spahi and Voltigeur show the tradeoffs of larger destroyersChapter
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI23:06The 65 mm gun offers a compromise between two calibresNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI33:01Chasseur layout anticipates later destroyersNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI35:12Bouclier-era ships approach contemporary destroyersChapter
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI38:29Wartime weapons upset a finely balanced designNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI40:18Reliable turbines replace mixed destroyer machineryNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI42:14French turbine development draws on international exchangeNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI45:07The final prewar classes gain range and carry larger crewsChapter
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI49:43The M89 fleet destroyer remains unrealizedNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI52:46Turtleback bows give way to an Atlantic-style shapeNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI53:24Larger destroyers compete with the need for more hullsNotable Point
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:49:30Danton variants and French dreadnought transitionQ&A
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- Ironclads go Two Decker....4:52Why La Gloire was eclipsed despite being firstNotable Point
- Ironclads go Two Decker....19:03A stronger French ironclad could force Britain to build upwardChapter
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:25:28France's FDI is not the Type 83 comparatorQ&A
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate27:32The risks of waiting for British and American fleetsNotable Point
- Bruships21:25A French navy still at war and British forces in the Indian OceanNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:05:24Anglo-German alliance in 1880Q&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans36:53A second Charles de Gaulle for FranceQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans39:39Four French carriers would also need more escortsNotable Point
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans2:21:24Goeben and Breslau in the Indian OceanQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)11:11Treaty allowances and funded fleets give different naval rankingsNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)14:41French naval logistics reshape the scenarioChapter
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)22:11Brest and Toulon make the French fleet hard to ignoreNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)24:49French specialist forces complement Royal Navy massNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)26:06Béarn is limited but still usefulNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)29:24Channel and Biscay forces combine sea denial with escort workNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)30:52Submarine treaty limits left France and Italy more freedomNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)32:49Why Britain expected French submarines to cover the MediterraneanQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)40:06French submarine design matters at GibraltarNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)44:30The Redoutable class turns submarine quantity into ocean reachNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)47:00Overseas formations make France a worldwide operating navyChapter
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)48:48France brings substantial forces below the capital-ship levelNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)52:00France assembled a balanced fleet despite uneven fundingNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)53:48Free French ships could alter ABDACOMQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)54:30Darlan's leadership question turns on ministerial authorityQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)55:32French support depended more on bases than abundant oilersQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)56:03France would decide which surviving ships to keepQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)56:46French experience reduced quad-turret accuracy problemsQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)57:41Existing ammunition postpones a wholesale French rearmamentQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)58:39Allied industry could sustain mixed French ammunitionQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)59:32Béarn would probably stay out of the Taranto strikeQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:00:25France could buy ships abroad before rebuilding yardsQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:00:51Jean Bart would need a uniform main batteryQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:01:19Older Duguay-Trouin cruisers still have escort rolesQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:01:42Early French AA standardization would favor British weaponsQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:06:15British 5.25-inch and 4.5-inch rearmament optionsQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:08:14Treaty limits did not cap French submarine numbersQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:11:25Seventy French destroyers improve Churchill's bargaining positionQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:12:04A Mers-el-Kebir sortie still favors SomervilleQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:12:59Darlan is the hinge for a whole-fleet evacuationChapter
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:15:01The fleet could pull most of the French Empire into the warNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:28:31French North African airfields shorten the Malta supply problemNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:36:49French submarines preserve Britain's Far East screenNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:38:08France's collapse was the Allies' largest single warship lossNotable Point
- 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
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:58:31French fast ships tighten the Atlantic netChapter
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:03:12French escorts keep British destroyers with the battle fleetNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:05:37The French Navy refuses the surrenderQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:07:31Richelieu could join the fast fleet in 1941Notable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:22:33Production-security plans help sustain unique French calibersQ&A
- 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
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:30:39An early Allied command gives Singapore a fleet instead of Force ZNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:36:06French naval personnel could fight ashoreQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:36:35Older cruisers and large destroyers could receive AA conversionsQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:38:39French ship quality varies by class but matches Italy overallQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:43:56France planned to join its Far East force to the Royal NavyQ&A
- 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
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- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:39A postwar NATO cruiser design to keep developingQ&A
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?34:45Destroyer replacement needs across prospective partnersChapter
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...36:18France Libre and carrier namingQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:59:58Why a complete new large-combatant fleet would take decadesQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:10Why a shared European fleet becomes an industrial contestQ&A
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?43:26Gloire, Warrior, and constrained naval counterfactualsNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII0:46A great-power fleet beyond Free French reachChapter
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII1:36Which French ships did the Royal Navy miss most?Q&A
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII2:42Contre-torpilleurs in task-group doctrineNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII5:01Léopard's training service and changing weaponsChapter
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII7:29Léopard's Channel fighting and the need for a staff shipChapter
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII9:23Léopard's Free French commander and wartime pseudonymNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII10:19Léopard's British rearmament and uncertain submarine claimChapter
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII14:18Léopard and the liberation of La RéunionNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII15:15Tigre's long war with few opportunitiesNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII19:31Le Fantasque and the cruiser-destroyer boundaryNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII23:42Machinery trouble brings Le Triomphant to the Free FrenchChapter
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII27:37Le Triomphant's cruiser label and worldwide repair cycleNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII31:40La Terrible from Mers-el-Kebir to CorsicaChapter
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII35:18La Terrible as a useful but late Allied assetNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII36:48Why the Bourrasque class's ordinary utility matteredNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII42:53A Polish-crewed Bourrasque-class destroyer without sparesChapter
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII45:07Mistral from partial scuttling to NormandyChapter
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII48:28Toulouse-Lautrec Montfa and divided French loyaltiesNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII49:40L'Adroit as workhorse design and Dunkirk lossChapter
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII52:32Alcyon and Basque enter Allied service lateNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII54:07What a mass French fleet escape might have changedNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII55:21La Combattante's Hunt-class service at NormandyChapter
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII56:23La Combattante carries de Gaulle and French currency to NormandyChapter
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII58:49La Combattante's mine loss and the rejected torpedo claimNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII1:00:00Could a larger Free French fleet have supported itself?Notable Point
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:44:39Naval orders and the dispersal of French cannon productionNotable Point
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:08:31A French fleet built against Jeune École ideasQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:44:59Could Madagascar have become a French Singapore?Q&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:06:07When French hotel-style battleships might have workedQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:43Suez without American opposition and the price of military autonomyQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:06:34Britain and Japan would lead light-carrier adoptionNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:14:04Light carriers could spread beyond the major naviesNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:33:12Would cruiser stations also receive seaplane tenders?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:58:33What happens to French light carriers after the 1940 surrender?Q&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48:09A joint Forrestal-class carrier programmeQ&A
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...10:27Courbet and Paris escape amid changing French government ordersChapter
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...13:41Courbet and Paris support bomb trials, accommodation and reserve firepowerNotable Point
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...15:06French naval strength makes the fleet a bargaining asset and a threatNotable Point
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...22:48Surcouf escapes Brest but its British seizure causes deathsChapter
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...26:26Fleet agreements need contingencies for an ally's defeatNotable Point
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...28:35Surcouf's refit raises questions about crew cost and future useNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...1:04:16Kaba turns imported knowledge into warship exportsChapter
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)26:40Why longitude mattered differently to French and British fleetsNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?16:54Italy and France could avoid the largest battleship-gun raceNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...34:08Competing explanations for French reciprocating-engine ordersNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:07:16Choosing among Italian, French, Dutch, and Polish interwar destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:37:24Where Mogador and Volta would fit in Free French serviceQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:07:28Fashoda escalates into an Anglo-French warQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:16:08French Mediterranean ports after a counterfactual Fashoda defeatQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:14A Franco-Italian war during the Spanish Civil WarQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:19:03Would a larger Royal Navy deter German surface construction?Q&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:57:29A postwar Anglo-French union expands across EuropeQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)31:34Warrior and the limits of technological deterrenceNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:40:00Type 45 and Horizon retained common launchers after Britain left the joint programNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...28:52French ebonite as supplementary torpedo protectionQ&A
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?19:15What each navy historically chose to bendNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:15:17Small flight decks as alternatives to seaplane carriersNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:24:39France's Mediterranean and imperial commitmentsNotable Point
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...33:30French and Russian shipbuilding without the entente agreementsQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:07Why Britain and France count as medium global naviesQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:56Comparing naval task groups and their supportNotable Point
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 202616:09The Jeune École made torpedo boats a fleet strategyChapter
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 202624:29Could unusual French battleships project technological strength?Notable Point
- Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...23:16Why weaker French ironclads still mattered to a worldwide navyNotable Point
- The Ranks of Some Navys of the World... Round 1 of many!35:01French admiral grades created international protocol problemsChapter
- The Ranks of Some Navys of the World... Round 1 of many!36:58French captain grades preserve age-of-sail commandNotable Point
- The Ranks of Some Navys of the World... Round 1 of many!40:22French NCO depth and age-of-sail vocabularyChapter
- The Ranks of Some Navys of the World... Round 1 of many!42:53National service as an explanation for France's many enlisted gradesNotable Point
- The Ranks of Some Navys of the World... Round 1 of many!47:19Rank patterns reveal foreign influence and status politicsNotable Point
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers11:46Jeune Ecole torpedo strategy meets the distant blockadeChapter
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers28:33SMS Greif used gun power to push French torpedo boats awayNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:54Why the fictional Franco-Soviet frigate needs a much larger hullQ&A
- Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!11:43Allied navies search for von Spee after CoronelChapter
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...11:20Why a German war against France risks drawing in BritainNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...21:21French cruisers carry a global mission on treaty displacementChapter
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...22:28A proposed French cruiser fleet divides missions between smaller shipsNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...27:34French floatplanes project presence beyond cruiser numbersNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...29:19French political instability limits sustained naval investmentNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:52:18Richelieu-class battleships in 1914 would overturn Mediterranean and Jutland assumptionsQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:37:34An account of naval cover for events in IrelandNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:38:20French frigates as a visible commitment to interveneNotable Point
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!47:39Why guaranteed availability can require four shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:53:27Greece and Italy join the Central PowersQ&A
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...2:13:04How would other European navies respond?Q&A
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit51:38Fleet operations continued between the famous battlesNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:38Allied air defence depends on an available shipNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...9:29How shipboard food becomes a naval traditionNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:55Which unbuilt carrier concepts were least worthwhileQ&A
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers19:07French paper studies preserve interwar carrier thinkingNotable Point
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers20:34A French hybrid carrier tried to fit colonial roles into 20,000 tonsChapter
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers24:13Ryujo and Commandant Teste show different answers to limited tonnageNotable Point
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers29:26Reference books for tracing carrier designNotable Point
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers32:21PA9's specialized hangars left little room for aircraft growthChapter
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers51:26Counterfactuals test when paper carriers could matterNotable Point
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-450:00Two carrier histories for comparative studyNotable Point
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-454:25Commandant Teste as a mobile aviation baseChapter
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-458:30Mission growth reshapes Commandant TesteChapter
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-4527:02Joffre compared with Ark Royal and Graf ZeppelinNotable Point
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-4528:40Joffre's asymmetric flight deck and island tradeoffsChapter
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-4531:27Joffre's lifts reveal a different carrier-operations bottleneckChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle9:52How reports of Gloire shaped Warrior and Black PrinceQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle2:53:13Two naval-aviation books for operational and design ideasNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:36:58Why French budgets constrained interwar naval exercisesQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:37:32A French victory at Trafalgar was only the first hurdleQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…4:33:14Evacuating France's political leadership as well as its troopsNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon11:41Akagi's strength versus Béarn's value before carrier conversionQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon1:02:04How the French fleet could reshape Britain's 1940 warQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon1:04:47Matching French crews and older battleships to an Indochina defenseNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon1:06:58France's naval budget had to cover divided coasts and an empireQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War36:45An Axis-aligned French Navy in the MediterraneanQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War59:37How French shipyard workers sabotaged German constructionQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War4:25:29Why Moskva loses the design comparison with BearnQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War4:32:14How escaped French and Dutch fleets alter Britain's naval warQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:41:21Why an Allied fleet swap punishes the Soviet Union and BritainQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust6:06:07The larger catapult Queen Elizabeth drawing was France's PA2Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust6:35:35Ninety years of French aircraft-carrier developmentChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust7:47:45The better Bearn conversion France did not chooseQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust8:04:44Why Ranger is a fairer comparison for Bearn than LangleyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust6:01:02How naval access brought supplies and reinforcements to MontevideoChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress3:38:19A French Panama Canal and the politics of two-ocean fleetsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:46:42If Stalin received a French-scale fleet in 1938Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida5:42:12Why the game's République draws a turret-layout objectionQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida6:41:29The British response to a fifteen-gun BayernQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida9:37:24Building the Japanese entry in a treaty-cruiser game challengeNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida9:49:45The French cruiser trades larger guns for a technology advantageNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida10:07:41The weight penalty in French divided quad turretsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida10:52:40Were guillotines installed aboard French Revolutionary warships?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II1:28:26French pre-dreadnoughts without the Jeune ÉcoleQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II1:50:21Why better French anti-aircraft guns would have limited strategic effectsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:31:31Why better guns leave France and Germany's larger problems intactNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II5:26:03If the Qing Navy defeated France in 1885Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II6:43:40Cruiser preferences from Takao to Algérie and WichitaNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II6:51:34The machinery risks inside the Lyon classQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II6:54:10Rearming a Danton with twelve-inch wing gunsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II7:23:13Why semi-dreadnoughts survived into the dreadnought transitionQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II9:23:20Where Mogador might serve after the fall of FranceQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:04:55How Jeune École theory distorted French fleet developmentQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:12:43Brennus as the least-bad Fleet of Experiments battleshipQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:42:15A carrier-centered postwar French fleetQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:56:42A 1940 French fleet reappears in the presentQ&A
- Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"24:28Cherbourg and the failure of risk-fleet coercionChapter
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:27:08Preserving an eighteenth-century French 74Q&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:35:06The French 36-pounder in age-of-sail combatQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:03:40A larger Austro-Hungarian fleet and French planningQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:10:14Could France buy dreadnoughts or seek foreign yard assistance?Q&A
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:21:33Modern frigates expose the missing low tierChapter
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:26:50Shrinking fleets consume their own readinessChapter
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:31:01Uncrewed vessels can extend but not replace presenceNotable Point
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:10Will France's next carrier surpass the Ford class?Q&A
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?12:40Surcouf receives a treaty exception for a different gun doctrineNotable Point
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?43:50France builds around Surcouf while Japan reaches toward the I-400Chapter
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?45:51Foreign cruiser submarines sustain a much larger British escort fleetChapter
- Nuclear Powered Warships: are they worth the cost?35:49A French nuclear escort as a force multiplierChapter
- Nelson: A Very British God of War...29:18Ça Ira and Nelson's advantage at GenoaChapter
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?29:53France and Italy face capital-ship replacement choicesNotable Point
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?1:13:16France must answer Italian fast capital shipsNotable Point
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?1:18:40Continuous building drives reciprocal modernizationNotable Point
- Battle of Winchelsea(1350)... defeating the first Armada?22:43Sluys and English raids hollow out the French Channel fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:35:37French naval reconstruction and strategic autonomyQ&A
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships26:19Why France built the Danton class after DreadnoughtChapter
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships28:44Shipbuilding knowledge, infrastructure, and fleet massNotable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?17:48How an intact fleet reshapes Allied bargainingChapter
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?40:36A plausible division of the High Seas FleetNotable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?56:51Why larger French and Italian fleets matter globallyNotable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?1:06:25G3s, N3s, and Lexingtons before a delayed treatyChapter
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?1:09:20German humiliation and fears of Japanese design fusionNotable Point
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:17Continental navies adapt Kearsarge differentlyNotable Point
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...38:43Why Allied navies would discard captured German battleshipsNotable Point
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P32:41:04What is the largest warship Hoche could defeat?Q&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:03:59The nineteenth century's largest naval missed opportunitiesQ&A
- Sikorsky S-55/H-19 Chickasaw/Westland Whirlwind: Ploughing the Waves for the Modern Naval Helicopter15:17French services choose opposite sides of the licenseNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...58:42A German capital-ship windfall before the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:15:15Would a paper fleet bring war closer?Notable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:10How other powers might read a larger Taranto victoryQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:41:31How the Caracciolo class could upset Washington treaty arithmeticQ&A
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why1:29:16French 130 mm guns and the first-hit philosophyChapter
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why1:33:44Why France's 138.6 mm destroyer gun underdeliveredChapter
- Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville & the Battle of Hudson Bay(1697)22:24Pelican and the French squadron bound for York FactoryChapter
- Battle of Winchelsea(1350)34:03How Sluys made the Crécy campaign possibleChapter
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?5:18French dreadnought design met the limits of its shipyardsChapter
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?9:08Normandie and Lyon stretched France's investment in 340 mm gunsNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:03An earlier American fleet accelerates the naval arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:20:31Who might use a hypothetical 17-inch treaty limit?Q&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:55:24Would France build larger Dunkerques or more of them?Q&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:55:29Italian carriers force an Allied Mediterranean buildupQ&A
- École navale: Where France Rebuilt a Navy0:00École navale's mission and 1830 foundationChapter
- École navale: Where France Rebuilt a Navy7:44The Jeune École and France's recovery of naval memoryNotable Point
- École navale: Where France Rebuilt a Navy9:14French naval schooling before École navaleChapter
- École navale: Where France Rebuilt a Navy11:35The floating academy and its Borda training shipsChapter
- École navale: Where France Rebuilt a Navy13:46French flag rank and the problem of international precedenceNotable Point
- École navale: Where France Rebuilt a Navy29:02The Jeanne d'Arc application cruiseChapter
- École navale: Where France Rebuilt a Navy30:05The academy moves ashore, suffers war damage, and rebuildsChapter
- École navale: Where France Rebuilt a Navy37:45A leading naval school still depends on sustained investmentNotable Point
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory7:02Perrée offers a French alternative to VilleneuveNotable Point
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory26:30Brueys anchors in the exposed Aboukir BayChapter
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory33:34The opposing fleets: French weight versus British depthChapter
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory50:53Suffren provides the counterpoint to France's naval nadirNotable Point
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory1:12:47The French van is attacked from both sidesChapter
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory1:30:17French recognition failures turn fire inwardNotable Point
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory1:34:15Lost muster books complicate French casualty estimatesNotable Point
- Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence49:22Clean French ironclads exposed a readiness weaknessNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:02Why Italian ships lead for crew comfortQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:43:46Why the French Navy deteriorated mostQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:03:02Durand-Viel's heavier-gunned battlecruiser compromiseNotable Point
- OTO Melara 76/62: Flexible Capability in ways that matter!38:49FREMM gun fits follow mission rolesChapter
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:10Dutch and French plans for war with JapanQ&A
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...55:28Why French vice admirals did not always rank alikeChapter
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...59:59French captain grades tied rank to command experienceNotable Point
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...1:04:42The many masters in French lower-deck ranksChapter
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...1:59:14How archaic rank titles still work in modern naviesQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:57Early CATOBAR concepts for the Queen Elizabeth classQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...22:09Could NATO share the battleship response to Royal Sovereign?Q&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:37:03How Richelieu's armor scheme workedQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:53An Italian interwar carrier forceQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:04Italian and French completions reopen the treaty building holidayNotable Point
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:51French warships defect to Britain in 1940Q&A
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability32:50French cruiser aircraft as instruments of imperial presenceChapter
- 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
- Suffren: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Voldermort0:00Why the Royal Navy feared SuffrenChapter
- Suffren: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Voldermort8:42French institutional memory and Suffren's experienceChapter
- Suffren: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Voldermort21:26A fleet without a common officer cultureNotable Point
- Suffren: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Voldermort52:30Suffren's honors, faults, and naval legacyChapter
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?2:32:20Why troops living off the land lose readinessQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...7:18When French carrier ambitions become a funded programNotable Point
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:53:44Clemenceau's practical carrier designQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:41What rank translations hide about military institutionsNotable Point
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:02:58Why French publicity emphasizes smaller frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:47:49When the French fleet could have joined Britain in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:59:12Why naval uniforms arrived late in the age of sailQ&A
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?38:07Plan Z could not freeze the Royal Navy in 1938Chapter
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose15:47How France lost naval expertise before the coalition warsNotable Point
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose2:22:50How capable were Dutch crews in the 1790s?Q&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...29:51The French fleet joins the Royal Navy in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:01:00The French fleet lacked time and fuel to escape ToulonQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:06:40How the Royal Navy could use the French fleet in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:19:00An untreatied naval race would strain interwar France mostNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...22:18The Nile campaign leads to the Malta convoy battleNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...42:39Malta gives Napoleon a base but exposes his routeNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...1:00:09Why the French line at Aboukir Bay was vulnerableChapter
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...1:15:15French firepower masks institutional weaknessChapter
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...1:20:39Four French frigates offered a signaling advantageNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...1:30:28A command conference leaves French ships unreadyChapter
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...1:41:37The French decoy fails against Nelson's identification systemNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...1:56:04French captains are caught away from their commandsNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...2:09:57French gunnery compounds the tactical defeatNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...2:13:01Improvised French measures add confusion after darkNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...2:25:55The inactive French rear leaves only four ships to escapeChapter
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...2:59:26L'Orient's loss consumed a young capital assetNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...3:14:18Did L'Orient's loss change French ship design?Q&A
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...3:17:25Conflicting carronade calibres for L'OrientNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...3:18:52What did Denis Decrès do at the Battle of the Nile?Q&A
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...3:22:56L'Orient's destruction affected the later use of her nameNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...3:25:55Was L'Orient planned as a later French battleship name?Q&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:23:02What determines when a carrier aircraft becomes obsoleteQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:59:15Why France pursued twin-engine carrier attack aircraftQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 11: from SDSR to Pearl Harbor, with a stop at CVA-01 along the way...23:19Who gained most from the interwar naval treaty system?Q&A
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned20:03Grand Duke Alexei's strategy-free fleet buildingChapter
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned35:57How the Anglo-Japanese Alliance constrained FranceNotable Point
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:02Would other navies demand ships after an early Italian challenge?Q&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:11:49Was limited French dockyard expansion only a state-yard problem?Q&A
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin2:33:47Benchmark navies are more useful than greatest-navy rankingsQ&A
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic1:27:08Which First World War leaders shaped the next navies?Notable Point
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership33:39French government instability weakens treaty diplomacyChapter
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership37:26The Jeune École legacy compounds French policy instabilityNotable Point
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership1:18:05Tardieu traps France between parity and economyChapter
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:15Could more French warships have joined the Free French?Q&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:43:32Would France export its tumblehome frigates?Q&A
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!1:54:49Rowley's independent victory off GuadeloupeChapter
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:13:59Why the Joffre class was not a design dead endQ&A
- Simone Antonio Pacoret de Saint Bon: Father of the Regia Marina4:40French innovation versus fleet standardizationNotable Point
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty1:03:43French instability and fear of an Anglo-American settlementChapter
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty2:12:30Dino Grandi protects Italian freedom of actionChapter
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty2:19:57Tardieu and France's naval distrust paradoxChapter
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty2:43:30Why Italy could not make the Mediterranean Mare NostrumQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...45:27Why France retained CATOBAR carriers when Britain did notQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:23The Jeune École detour and France's dreadnought lagNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:32:27Were France's LN.401 and Br.810 underpowered?Q&A
- Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,5:08The Armada of 1779: overwhelming force undone by diseaseChapter
- Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,19:13Kempenfelt's smaller squadron faces Guichen's escortChapter
- Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,22:34The 1781 Battle of Ushant: a fast strike on the convoyChapter
- Italian Submarines of WWII: Shackled Potential or Victims of Geography?4:23Geography let Italy concentrate against a divided French fleetNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...11:48The Jeune École's torpedo objection to battleshipsNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!24:20Why Hoche was called the Grand HotelNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!26:10Unstable French propellants and Toulon magazine explosionsQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!1:50:01Normandie, Lyon, and France's unbuilt battlecruisersQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!1:51:51Modernizing Lyon with Dunkerque gunsNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!1:55:42Could France have avoided the Hoche and Marceau design path?Q&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!1:57:37Joffre, Malta, and an Admiral-class carrier conversionQ&A
- A 1920s Caspian Sea Carrier: What happens if the German/Soviet relationship includes a carrier?17:27Bearn and Joffre test French aircraft-handling ideasNotable Point
- A 1920s Caspian Sea Carrier: What happens if the German/Soviet relationship includes a carrier?33:07Foreign navies react to an interwar carrier programNotable Point
- A 1920s Caspian Sea Carrier: What happens if the German/Soviet relationship includes a carrier?1:08:19French and Italian carriers collapse treaty restraintNotable Point
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...45:58Why Western SSBNs avoid bastionsQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...1:17:21Vindicator experience and the failed Brewster BuccaneerQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...1:31:19Keeping French battleship construction continuousQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...2:38:33Why French and Russian naval designers remain underratedQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:12:51A French battle fleet without Jeune École disruptionQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:18:53A repeatable French path to pre-dreadnoughtsNotable Point
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?1:28:00Henderson at Force H changes diplomacy as well as operationsNotable Point
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:26Why an Alsace-class battleship would not begin with a 1948 gunQ&A
- Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees1:09:19Hull form balanced speed, stability, and crew workloadChapter
- Admiral James Saumarez & the Battles of Algeciras28:29Rigging systems reflected different manpower tradeoffsNotable Point
- Admiral James Saumarez & the Battles of Algeciras36:42French prizes shaped Royal Navy ship namesNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...16:03Missions, sea control, and institutional continuityNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...16:03Sané's 74 and the Royal Navy's adaptationChapter
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...59:42The Jeune École and the growth of small combatantsChapter
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:11The Thousand-Ship Navy as an allied fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...9:13Navies undermined by their own political leadershipQ&A
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…31:20What arming a ship en flûte meantNotable Point
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live3:14:29Captured ships and reserve squadrons complicate Trafalgar totalsNotable Point
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live3:25:43What happened to USS America in French service?Q&A
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes1:27:25Why Rodney's line-breaking plan failed at MartiniqueChapter
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes1:45:40Rodney breaks the French line at the SaintesChapter
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...11:17Why Béarn was a difficult carrier conversionQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:57Are French and Italian frigates lightly armed?Q&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:08:23Why France would replace the Courbets before the BretagnesQ&A
- Paulet Affair of 1843: When the Royal Navy found itself in charge of Hawaii1:41:09The French occupation of 1849 followed a harsher patternChapter
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:55What made the French battleship Hoche look capableQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:49The Marceau class and France's return to capital-ship constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:58Hoche and the problems of successive redesignsQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:49French EDAR versus traditional landing craftQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:18The Surcouf and the problem with cruiser submarinesQ&A
- Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?23:56France's naval lag meets Third Republic instabilityChapter
- Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?1:01:02Japan and France could use the cap to catch upChapter
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked48:35Russell turns superiority into victory at BarfleurChapter
- How effective was the Russian Navy13:28Sinop turns Russian naval success into a balance-of-power crisisChapter
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!2:53:17Formidable breaks the French line at the SaintesChapter
- Marquis de Santa Cruz: The Man who could have given Spain the World...9:17Muros Bay and the Bazán method of battleNotable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:10A neutral Pacific navy could enlarge a French cruiser designQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:55A larger 1934 German fleet triggers an Allied building raceQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:04:00Why the Mediterranean posed a different risk from home watersQ&A
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...23:11Why France could not jump straight to dreadnoughtsNotable Point
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...40:41Observing the Sino-French War and studying combined operationsChapter
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II1:58:03How Britain and France might answer a 16-gun HawkinsQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...30:46A French purchase of the Suez Canal sharesQ&A
- Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 1028:41Constellation and L'Insurgente in the Quasi-WarChapter
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?4:18France's strategic dilemma and the appeal of small shipsChapter
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?17:16Design perfection versus operational enduranceNotable Point
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?41:19Devastation and Courbet reveal diverging construction rhythmsChapter
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?51:44Before the pause, French yards could complete warships in six yearsNotable Point
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?1:06:35Factional leadership turns procurement into a political contestChapter
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...1:45:24Hoche's seakeeping and the Marceau-class developmentNotable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise1:43:23Why Long Beach and Hoche split opinions on warship appearanceQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise3:57:31L’Orient and the limits of the Océan-class first ratesNotable Point
- Flotillas of the Danube24:27Did France maintain a Danube flotilla?Q&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership1:12:20Why French warship design worked best when practitioners controlled theoryQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership1:28:03Why smaller Deutschland guns would not prevent DunkerqueQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership1:54:52Doubling Washington Treaty carrier tonnageQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership3:07:21The uncertain paper trail for a French 18-inch-gun battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?3:32:59Suffren deserves wider recognition as an operational admiralQ&A
- Tribal Class of 1907: The WWI Channel Response Force30:39HMS Zulu and how minefields shape a battlespaceNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...1:45:23France and Italy face new capital-ship choicesChapter
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:23:42New treaty quotas accelerate Italian and French design choicesNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 31:12:31France's PANG and the price of strategic autonomyChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 31:13:26Could France buy F-35Cs for PANG?Q&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20241:51:05Why modern allies can share carrier coverageNotable Point
- Battle of Elli6:43The 1897 defeat behind Greek naval reformChapter
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?7:46Hoche's short window as a capable ironcladNotable Point
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?46:13Could Italy open the war with a strike on Toulon?Q&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?2:02:30Why Hoche looked so visually complicatedQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?3:59:10France designs against Littorio, not a weaker BismarckQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?4:17:57Which Royal Navy ironclads could Hoche fight?Q&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?4:34:42Why L'Orient's explosion has no single clean attributionQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...8:53How prize money differed between naviesQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...2:19:46An Alaska-class conversion would be nearly a fleet carrierQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:14:47The strongest cruiser designs of the 1930sQ&A
- Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings45:54Quick-firing guns undercut the Jeune École's cheap-warship promiseNotable Point
- Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings48:36Suffren meets U-52 without an escortChapter
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...57:56How national nuclear infrastructure shapes ships and energy policyNotable Point
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:15:53Why an Asama-class cruiser overwhelms HocheQ&A
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...1:10:17The allied carrier networkChapter
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:24:09Why a delayed Second World War still hurts Plan ZNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:20:49Why Italy built so many torpedo-cruiser classesQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:22:34Why French sloops disappear from popular naval historyQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:59:02French naval innovation and Britain's industrial responseQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:19:29Recognizing an 1880s French Navy paint schemeQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/41:23:02Huguenot departures stripped senior expertise from the French NavyNotable Point
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/452:37Why France could not match the Royal Navy ship for shipQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/42:24:46British rope quality and French rigging precision in the age of sailQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/45:09:03A carrier Tornado could keep France in the multinational programQ&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast10:05Did naval treaties delay warship technology?Q&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast35:07Trafalgar's two columns and its flag officersQ&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast48:51Commanders forced to fight against their usual styleQ&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast1:39:52Why France chose Jean Bart over a Clemenceau rebuildQ&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast2:28:18Quantity and quality in the prewar naval racesNotable Point
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax4:40:28British organization outweighed France's larger naval infrastructureQ&A
- So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?27:17A different fate for the French fleetNotable Point
- So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?53:18Interning the French fleet keeps Indochina outside Allied protectionNotable Point
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 11:43:36An Anglo-French Super Jaguar for carrier strikeChapter
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 12:05:03How dockyards and bases shape carrier designChapter
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!59:34What a joint European carrier project would requireQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!1:29:24From Stalingrad counters to helicopter and missile cruisersNotable Point
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers17:39The Joffre class and French global reachChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers43:45French carriers and strategic independenceNotable Point
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers1:03:27PA2 and the operational value of a second carrierChapter
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...2:24:04Adding Spain and Brazil destabilizes Washington treaty arithmeticQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...2:37:57Foreknowledge makes Trafalgar worse for the combined fleetQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...3:25:20Three shafts fit PA-NG's place below a US supercarrierQ&A
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!1:06A position over the Elbe and Kiel Canal approachesChapter
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!30:30The French Téméraire class and captured 74sNotable Point
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!32:18Officer losses and French naval effectivenessNotable Point
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...2:14:58French and Italian allowances reshape the treaty balanceNotable Point
- Vought F 8 Crusader: The Cold War Corgi! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 92:00Why France's purchase of the Crusader matteredNotable Point
- Vought F 8 Crusader: The Cold War Corgi! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 94:14Long service and Cuban Missile Crisis reconnaissanceNotable Point
- Vought F 8 Crusader: The Cold War Corgi! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 940:21The Crusader in French carrier serviceChapter
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 10627:15Would Britain seize French islands after a Heligoland crisis?Q&A
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!0:00Why a carrier force needs spare hullsChapter
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!1:24Domestic technology still needs enough ships and support crewsNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!3:20A carrier programme spanning 26 years and several strategic erasNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!9:10A carrier as an enabler, command ship, and national symbolNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!15:47How shipyard politics constrained the carrier's designChapter
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!18:06Funding pauses, renaming, and a delayed carrier programmeNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!37:00Nuclear-carrier prestige versus usable national powerNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!41:41Why alliances require reciprocal military valueNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!44:18Operation Agapanthus and a multinational French-led task groupChapter
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!46:08Allied escorts and covering commitments during warNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!51:53Using three Rafale squadrons to sustain one carrierNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!56:47Carrier availability and the choice of a successor forceNotable Point
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.41:57An alternative French naval strategy from the 1880sQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.2:14:32French battlecruisers instead of slow battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.2:21:44French battlecruisers after the fall of FranceQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....3:17:17FDI frigates and a possible Type 83 tumblehome hullNotable Point
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall1:57:38Why navies did not always use their treaty tonnageQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:37:39A North Vietnamese battleship against French sea powerQ&A
- For History: Which Three ships should never have been scrapped?26:43How geography and maintenance helped destroy Great MichaelNotable Point
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin46:20How helicopter carriers serve national maritime rolesChapter
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:52:10What the panel would change before the Second World WarQ&A
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage1:47:21The 600-ship Navy carried greater aviation densityNotable Point
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat1:11:47French battlecruiser choices before 1914Q&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat1:14:48A delayed First World War and the Entente's larger capital shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat1:22:13Japan joins Britain and France against Germany and the Soviet UnionQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:11:04The Radetzky class in a 14-inch dreadnought worldQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:39:24Britain's response to fifteen French capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:40:58An enlarged French fleet after defeat on landQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:35:45France sustains captured High Seas Fleet shipsQ&A
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...27:59CATOBAR is powerful, but no longer the global defaultNotable Point
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:50:01Why the Balaney torpedo boats symbolize French naval declineQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:58:00A French capital-ship program without the Jeune École turnQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:17:50Higher treaty limits would not resolve the naval balance problemQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat3:24:26French naval guns were constrained by metallurgy and productionQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!15:49Which First World War capital ships matter in a second war?Q&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!52:46French colonial ironclads carried armored presence overseasNotable Point
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!2:11:12Why broad French specifications produced the Charles Martel problemQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!3:02:36French naval strength in 1870 before the Jeune ÉcoleQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...47:44Reading on the postwar French NavyQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...1:30:59How Britain and France would hunt a Captain Romani-class raiderQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...1:34:04Judging the Mogador class by wartime opportunityQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...1:41:41Why French naval parity with Germany would break the treaty systemQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...1:49:53Why pre-dreadnought is a retrospective labelQ&A
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier34:18France's far-flung bases lack a unified support systemChapter
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier1:03:12National strategy sets each navy's logistical ceilingNotable Point
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier1:03:50A French seaplane carrier creates a mobile patrol baseNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion35:30Why naval treaty compliance variedNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier17:22France: fast capital ships, carriers, and Mediterranean deterrenceChapter
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:47:42Joffre's proposed air group and its logistics burdenQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!3:05:38A French sixteen-gun 13-inch battleshipQ&A
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 54:57How four navies built their 74-gun fleetsChapter
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 511:17Evolutionary procurement and national riskNotable Point
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 531:26Survivability, rigging, and usable manpowerNotable Point
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 540:17Third rates as the fleet's working strengthChapter
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 545:24HMS Implacable and the cost of losing naval heritageNotable Point
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?39:31Deploying a 36-ship French large-destroyer fleetQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?51:41French Navy force mix from 1890Q&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:51:08A delayed war and the Normandie classQ&A
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:22:08Fast battleships expose dock and canal constraintsChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:42:49Rearmament exports could strengthen PolandNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:43:15Mistral-style LHDs and Royal Navy prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:26:39Hoche at the boundary between ironclad and battleshipNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 245:05Fleet numbers versus individual ship strengthNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)19:27Why a captured French ship did not become a British copyQ&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)23:14Richmond returns at the Battle of the SaintesNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)26:38The Saintes and the French objective of JamaicaNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)29:34French captures adapted for British serviceNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)30:42Captured warship names as psychological warfareNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)34:06Long voyages and long periods on blockadeQ&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)57:13Terrible at the First Battle of UshantNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:28:19Hood steals the anchorage at St KittsChapter
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:28:38French Caribbean ambitions after ChesapeakeNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:39:32The Glorious First of June: tactical victory, strategic argumentChapter
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:43:08Northumberland's name passes between naviesNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:58:41Grenada and the danger of unverified fleet intelligenceNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:03:52Cape Henry: an indecisive battle with a decisive positionNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:09:21Mahan, French caution, and the purpose of a naval battleNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:10:34Royal Oak at the Battle of ChesapeakeChapter
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:28:03Why the wooden wall is a specifically British metaphorQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!46:44Designing a French navy at five percent of GDPQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:13:34French 80-gun ships and the limits of design qualityQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:31:14Which Saint-Louis cruiser design was most likelyQ&A
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice2:40:41Would France build Dunkerque without naval treaties?Q&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered1:51:13Who benefits if the High Seas Fleet is not scuttled?Q&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:22:20French large-destroyer design after MogadorQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:35:09Joffre-class construction and American carrier transfersQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:37:30Why capital ships survive technical obsolescenceNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:24:35French Wildcat, Dauntless, and Vindicator ordersQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:56:35Who France's super-dreadnought fleet was built againstQ&A
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...2:58:32Fleet carriers and supercarriers answer different national needsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:21:17French global commitments versus Italian concentrationQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:56:46Testing a 6:6:4:2:2 capital-ship ratioQ&A
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign15:48Dunkerque, Richelieu, and France's two-theater problemQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:12:35French naval deployment in the Norway campaignQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:36:34Why France accepted a one-carrier nuclear fleetQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:37:42The Etendard IV as a new weapon for the Clemenceau classQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:39:59Breguet 1120 as a tentative Sea Venom and Sea Vampire successorQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:18:03Breguet 1120 adoption and later French carrier fightersQ&A
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!18:38Inflexible and the 64-gun fleets at CuddaloreChapter
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!35:28Sceptre and the broken French battle line at TrincomaleeChapter
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!42:24British praise for Suffren and the cost of punishing captainsNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 347:16Let deck choice shape independence and interoperabilityChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 354:27Adapt the deck across aircraft generationsNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons1:36An accessible survey of French naval historyNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons6:00Why shore and sea aviation need different structuresChapter
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons7:40Early seaplanes as an answer to capital-ship limitsNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons9:30Béarn, treaty constraints, and a missed carrier forceChapter
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons15:21Interwar aviation spread across cruisers, battleships, and colonial shipsNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons17:19The recurring vulnerability of a one-carrier fleetNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons18:04The collapse of Anglo-French maritime planningNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons20:45Transferred carriers rebuild France's expeditionary air armChapter
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons22:50Why industrial sovereignty shaped French naval procurementNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons26:01What French naval aviation squadron numbers indicateChapter
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons32:19Why a carrier must fit its navy's own strategyNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons35:51Shipboard culture and personnel retentionNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons36:53Clemenceau and Foch anchored a distinctly French carrier armNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons39:59French independence inside NATO carrier operationsNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons41:37How modern French naval aviation groups its operating forcesChapter
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons44:18Carrier aviation as mobile diplomacy and conflict managementNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons46:40Rafale, Hawkeye, and the limits of aviation independenceNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons48:58French requirements, procurement politics, and carrier depthChapter
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons49:03Where to continue researching French naval aviationNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons52:16What two Béarns might have changed before the Second World WarNotable Point
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:48:01Which navies struggled most to secure government funding?Q&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built23:50Why the French squadron held back in the Third Anglo-Dutch WarQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built3:21:36How drink traditions varied between naviesQ&A
- German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 834:01German catapult experience was not a unique advantageNotable Point
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193844:40Dunkerque under treaty and infrastructure constraintsChapter
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193847:49First World War trauma and French rearmamentNotable Point
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 101:07:18Why French and Greek forces kept using the HelldiverChapter
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:01:53Why dividing the High Seas Fleet would be a diplomatic nightmareQ&A
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!34:48The London treaty's existing fault linesChapter
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!1:12:52French and Italian construction choicesChapter
- 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
- 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
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:46:33Italian planning preferred a limited war with FranceQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:20:30Italy could answer Alsace before the French laid it downQ&A
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London57:27France's Mediterranean and imperial commitments limit its bargaining freedomNotable Point
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London2:02:09France and Italy gain earlier battleships and competing carriersChapter
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London3:09:03Would Italy actually build a carrier?Q&A
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London3:09:24Where would an early Franco-Italian carrier battle take place?Q&A
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign59:59Submarine concentration changes the balance in the English ChannelChapter
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:58:14Port deployments close both ends of the English ChannelChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 50:35Italy answers France in the dreadnought design raceChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 528:58Italy at the center of a qualitative dreadnought raceNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 51:05:25The Conte di Cavours and Italian treaty equality with FranceChapter
- Carry on Invading Britain: The Battle of Fishguard (1797)16:01Winter weather defeats the Bantry Bay expeditionNotable Point
- Carry on Invading Britain: The Battle of Fishguard (1797)24:38Fishguard Fort deters a direct harbor landingNotable Point
- Carry on Invading Britain: The Battle of Fishguard (1797)24:38The French ships depart and remove the expedition's naval supportNotable Point
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books12:01How European navies secured shipbuilding timberQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:33:07Why expanded treaty fleets push Italy toward carriersQ&A
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!1:12:26French warships and the threat of Sea LionChapter
- Navys in the Embassy Bar after the Washington Treaty(1922)4:53Five treaty navies meet after WashingtonChapter
- Navys in the Embassy Bar after the Washington Treaty(1922)10:00French parity frustration and the Béarn conversionNotable Point
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered41:29A better propulsion scheme for the Normandie classQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered2:04:17If the American-French Quasi-War became a declared warQ&A
- The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)1:16:00The French frigates and the later career of HMS FishguardNotable Point
- The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)2:39:16Would France and Italy accept larger treaty cruisers?Q&A
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:04:39Béarn's long service reflected continuing French needQ&A
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:55:50Resource gaps limit a rival's naval arms responseQ&A
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:06:56Minelaying submarines support a Channel denial strategyChapter
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!37:10One force-design improvement for each major World War II navyQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:00:00French speed versus British endurance in ships of the lineQ&A
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty13:48Italy fought two different naval racesNotable Point
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:05:45Japan and Italy gain room to buildChapter
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:13:00Extra treaty tonnage changes carrier developmentChapter
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers19:26Parity with Italy traps French naval planningNotable Point
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers19:26Mediterranean geography weakened the carrier caseChapter
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign30:22Could a campaign work without capital ships?Q&A
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:45:16How supply ships reflect naval cultureNotable Point
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:20:04Using fleet expansion to deter the next opponentChapter
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered1:32:45French constraints in a smaller-Bismarck scenarioQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:29:17Italy gains several Caracciolo-class battleshipsChapter
- Naval Aviation in 1914: It's Standing Before War Began19:47France, Foudre, and an early seaplane carrierChapter
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:14:47What Britain would need to change on BearnQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:30:23Why Horizon produced frigates for France and ItalyQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:45:40What larger guns would change for French cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:08:00Why French postwar torpedoes are described as 22-inchQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:35:05Why Italy stands out among postwar European naviesQ&A
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 194245:43Who gained most from the Washington Naval Treaty?Notable Point
- Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:25:02French strength rests on cruisers and economic growthNotable Point
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered15:45How France might replace weak prewar light anti-aircraft gunsQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:01:21One prewar design change for each major European navyQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered4:07:52Why France bought the Vought VindicatorQ&A
- Twelve Odd Ships28:08Surcouf and the cruiser-submarine glass jawChapter
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.1:09:06Surcouf and the cruiser-submarine contradictionChapter
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.1:19:19A treaty-legal cruiser submarine still had to justify its costNotable Point
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:35:31A 45,000-ton Washington capital-ship limitQ&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:04:36The helicopter race spreads beyond Britain and AmericaChapter
- Naval History Writing Competition 2023/202416:56How Admiral-class carriers would reshape treaty tonnageNotable Point
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time2:51:55Lamotte-Picquet cruisers give France a useful Mediterranean presenceQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time4:11:39Normandie and Lyon become Mediterranean escorts and bombardment shipsQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:47:30Why France could not answer Plan Z aloneQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:49:41How one navy leaving the treaty system affects everyoneQ&A
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI1:02:47Marceau becomes a floating workshopChapter
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI1:08:57Innovation creates a logistics burdenNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?1:40:37Marceau becomes a protected workshop for small craftChapter
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:19:24An Anglo-French naval war in 1912Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:02:23Which navy followed Britain in cruiser numbers?Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:26:54American expectations for total cruiser-tonnage limitsQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:54:15The limits of rebuilding Napoleon's navyQ&A
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence35:38Mass-produced sloops become convoy infrastructureChapter
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:23:18Captured Louis XIV names gave Royal Navy fleets a pointed messageQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:37:27A 17,000-ton cruiser crosses the Washington Treaty's capital-ship lineQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:41:23French capital-ship choices could weaken British Mediterranean strategyQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out2:38:46Richelieu as the strongest French battleship nameQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out2:48:28Dunkerque's unlucky career and the choice of a battleship nameQ&A
- Battle of Sinop(1853): The Death Knell or a Useful Patsy?11:56Why coordinated infrastructure mattered to French naval powerNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response1:00:49Could conventional carriers work in the North Atlantic and Baltic?Q&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...35:47A stronger Gloire and an earlier Anglo-French naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:42:31A 16-inch Jean Bart and Iowa reactivationQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:18:45French neutrality and Russian refit in 1905Q&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:21:08Why the French Navy was vulnerable in 1905Notable Point
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response6:04New Ironsides versus GloireQ&A
- HNLMS Schorpioen: KSS1 S6 Comment Response2:46When French shipyards reshape naval requirementsQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships14:05A French Trent Affair and the American Civil WarQ&A
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?47:53France answers with fast hunting groupsChapter
- 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
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers54:44France accelerates a fast raider-hunting forceChapter
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:01:17Why would France build Joffre at home?Q&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers2:14:03Would French rearmament trigger a wider naval race?Q&A
- Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett34:46French fast capital ships as an alliance contributionNotable Point
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat19:02If the Axis captured the Toulon fleetQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare30:46Superpowers, major powers, and regional naviesQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare37:20Postwar value of the Dunkerque-class battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:30:23Why France needed more than one Jeanne d'ArcQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:42:58Why Dunkerque was a battleship and Alaska a large cruiserQ&A
- Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 70:53Why the Dunkerques resist simple classificationChapter
- Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 73:42French industry bounded the early capital-ship studiesNotable Point
- Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 76:24Italian cruisers exposed a French force-structure trapChapter
- Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 710:56The Deutschlands turned a cruiser killer into DunkerqueChapter
- Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 721:44Fast French battleships strengthened the British allianceNotable Point
- Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 71:00:01What if France had built the 36,000-ton alternative?Notable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion39:23Modularity must match a navy's expected roleNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty32:49Why France and Italy favour fast battleshipsChapter
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty57:03French redesign versus an Italian Caracciolo programmeChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...32:15Francesco Caracciolo and the cost of 28 knotsChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:01:56How one fast battleship could trigger several foreign responsesNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:16:57Normandie, Lyon, and French design momentumChapter
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty39:03Why France and Italy choose battleships over battlecruisersNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty47:47Why French heavy cruisers cannot answer Italian battleshipsQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty50:05Why France accepted naval parity with ItalyQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:46:31France’s need for a credible fast battleshipChapter
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)10:48Villeneuve faced Nelson with defeat already in mindNotable Point
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)21:10The Téméraire class shows the cost of building fastChapter
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)25:25France rebuilt ships faster than naval experienceChapter
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)29:05Why Revenge took years longer to build than PlutonNotable Point
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)56:47British-built ships fought on both sides at TrafalgarNotable Point
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)1:15:25Fleet construction reveals national strategyChapter
- A Naval Historian Reacts to... a Decade of Brasseys (4RB 19)44:48What the 1946 annual asked navies to learn from warNotable Point
- HMS Nelson(1876): The Flagship that incubated the Royal Australian Navy - Key Ship Series 5, Part 930:56Concentration, compensation, and a squadron built to growChapter
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:29:45Why a larger Clemenceau would not automatically be betterQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:59:57Villeneuve's command problem before TrafalgarQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:12:05Why more money alone could not fix the Revolutionary French NavyQ&A
- Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 52:27Interwar defence debate resisted institutional reassessmentChapter
- Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 56:18Budget pressure redirected French carrier and aviation policyChapter
- Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 512:17One carrier was expected to cover several strategic problemsChapter
- Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 520:38Treaty parity left France defending both a frontier and an empireChapter
- Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 524:26British support was essential against simultaneous threatsNotable Point
- Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 532:48Joffre and Dunkerque suggest a raider-hunting task groupNotable Point
- Invasion of Trimcomalee(1795)6:27Suffren restores Trincomalee to the Dutch in 1782Notable Point
- British Capture of Trincomalee(1795) & it’s consequences18:42The 1782 warning: capture without holding powerNotable Point
- British Capture of Trincomalee(1795) & it’s consequences45:11Why a modest British squadron could dominateNotable Point
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built1:34:39France's eighteenth-century three-decker revivalNotable Point
- Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 100:01Italy's two-sided dreadnought raceChapter
- Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 1032:51How a modest design could reshape later treaty politicsChapter
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?2:53:02What was wrong with the La Galissonnière class?Q&A
- Battleships of the Treaty Era18:38A treaty as budget control and security policyNotable Point
- Battleships of the Treaty Era48:33Dunkerque and France’s parity problemChapter
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:35Why French naval investment stalledQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:22:33Why two Béarns would still be emergency escort carriersQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:28:44Which navy best turned design into a twentieth-century fleetQ&A
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 90:00France's Mediterranean strategic trapChapter
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 90:00When procurement delay becomes strategic defeatNotable Point
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 918:18Why Alsace required more than a new designNotable Point
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 919:24How treaty parity tied French choices to BritainNotable Point
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 933:03When simulation balance distorts a warship comparisonNotable Point
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 937:04Alsace, Germany, and the case for a larger classChapter
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 940:14Could an Alsace class have entered service?Notable Point
- Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough21:09HMS Leander at the Nile and in French handsChapter
- Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough23:53The Leander Affair exposed compromised neutralityNotable Point
- A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 732:27French treaty parity and the cost of global presenceNotable Point
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties35:18Why French parity with Italy was strategically awkwardChapter
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 422:15Ignoring useful foreign naval solutionsNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 454:39Would an early H-39 programme change Allied construction?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?59:46Would France have left the treaty over Caracciolo?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?1:08:49What if Italy had retained all four Caracciolo hulls?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?1:26:40French parity with Italy and strategic dependenceChapter
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?1:34:09What diplomatic advantages did Britain gain at Washington?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?1:36:34Could France have negotiated more tonnage than Italy?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?1:37:44Did supporting France give Britain useful influence?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?1:38:28Why France underbuilt cruisersQ&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?1:39:18Could France overcome its naval manpower shortage?Q&A
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory2:28Prussian victories still relied on British sea powerNotable Point
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory26:47No plausible coalition stood ready to finish BritainNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 32:12:18Using an alliance to cover another theatreNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer2:38:17Training tempo behind British and French rates of fireQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer2:46:00Why lengthening an existing carrier is rarely economicalQ&A
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...56:41French coalitions and fragmented shipbuildingNotable Point
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...1:02:37France, Italy, and the cost of naval parityChapter
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...1:04:37Sarraut, Jusserand, and France's fleet allowanceNotable Point
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...1:06:52French naval support in British war planningNotable Point
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...1:08:51Italian parity and Mediterranean concentrationNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:16:59France cannot cover both colonies and the MediterraneanChapter
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:32:44Sarraut makes colonial security France's naval minimumNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:45:02Why an isolated Franco-Italian war would not stay isolatedQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 21:07:55Variation within the Bisson-class destroyersNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:44:18A Franco-Italian naval war depends partly on French carrier timingQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:48:59French strategic thought on mines, submarines, and fleet actionChapter
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail32:52Coppering created a short-term readiness problemNotable Point
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail57:53Land borders constrained Britain's naval rivalsNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail22:43An empire caught under-mobilizedChapter
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail31:50How Grenada exposed contested colonial watersQ&A
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail36:33Martinique and a fleet that could not convert strengthNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:29:01Was the loss entirely self-inflicted?Q&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued30:41Andrea Doria and Mediterranean naval rivalryQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued43:07Charles de Gaulle and the size of future carrier aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:10:16French frigate innovation and the British responseNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:49:37French capital ships needed major interwar reconstructionQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:36:10Napoleon and Agamemnon combine steam machinery with sailNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:39:56Converting sailing battleships accelerates the Anglo-French steam raceNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:41:36Milne argues that steam squadrons require a steam-powered defenceNotable Point
- Lessons of the Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & First Battle of Algeciras(1801)22:20A rapid French sortie changes the oddsChapter
- Lessons of the Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & First Battle of Algeciras(1801)38:47Algeciras as a fortified refuge near GibraltarChapter
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)51:47The Terror removed an experienced French admiralNotable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)58:37The Caribbean squadron received what wider strategy could spareNotable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)1:09:55Tonnant shows the long service life of a wooden warshipNotable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)1:45:21Saumarez and Linois were dependable fleet commandersNotable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)1:54:42Linois's squadron was the advance guard of a larger expeditionNotable Point
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda47:43Tegetthoff class: a leap to triple-turret dreadnoughtsChapter
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda55:25Secrecy, naval politics, and the Tegetthoffs' Mediterranean statusNotable Point
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda1:12:06How a stronger Adriatic fleet could distort Allied force allocationChapter
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 71:47:25Continental and blue-water carrier design pathsNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole: A Cheaper Way of War? The Jeune Ecole6:28Explosive shells meet the ironcladChapter
- Jeune Ecole: A Cheaper Way of War? The Jeune Ecole9:22The Franco-Prussian War and the limits of blockadeChapter
- Jeune Ecole: A Cheaper Way of War? The Jeune Ecole16:09Postwar introspection reaches French procurementChapter
- Jeune Ecole: A Cheaper Way of War? The Jeune Ecole18:05Torpedoes promise a cheap decisive weaponChapter
- Jeune Ecole: A Cheaper Way of War? The Jeune Ecole32:18Alliance with Britain changes France's naval burdenNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole: A Cheaper Way of War? The Jeune Ecole36:20Interwar France mixes doctrine but underuses treaty freedomChapter
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane1:17:09When destroyer guns begin to create a cruiserQ&A
- Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses38:17How Soviet naval ambition could fuel an international arms raceChapter
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?17:17War origins, reconnaissance, and émigré expertiseChapter
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?20:08French constructors inside British dockyardsNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?22:15Toulon and France's three naval theatresNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?29:44Villaret-Joyeuse: courage without Howe's command depthNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?46:04Fleet generation before French institutional attritionNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?1:06:24Why neither battered ship reached 1 JuneNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?1:23:06The convoy passes while both fleets recoverNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?1:30:28Political oversight and the 1 June balanceNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?1:33:29The order of battle concealed damaged shipsNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?2:02:24Rigging fire meets hull fire at close rangeNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?2:34:11The legacy: fight, blockade, and confidenceChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)26:08The War of the First Coalition reaches the AtlanticChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:01:23Howe's experience and the British command benchChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:14:46A political representative aboard the French flagshipNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:19:21Convoy escort and interception plans collideChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:19:50Scouting, prizes, and the breadcrumb trail to the fleetChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:27:22A fifty-three-ship Dutch convoy scattersNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:36:04Audacious and Révolutionnaire fight themselves out of the campaignChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:51:56Carysfort recaptures HMS Castor during the campaignNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:55:28Similar fleet strength concealed unequal experienceChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)2:25:41Queen and Orion retake the former HMS NorthumberlandNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)2:26:37Royal George and Glory overwhelm the French rearChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)2:44:45Villaret returns for his disabled shipsChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)2:51:44Why the French casualty total remains approximateNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)2:53:20Montagu's squadron diverts the grain convoyChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)3:05:34How a French corvette differed from a brigQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:43:11A well-funded post-Civil War U.S. Navy changes British planningQ&A
- A 13.5in gun Dreadnought? Would it work?1:12:10A French all-forward capital-ship conceptChapter
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 231:33French proximity versus construction strengthNotable Point
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...2:44:03American possessions give France and Italy more optionsNotable Point
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...3:04:21France had no ready answer to G3 and N3Q&A
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine15:54Dupuy de Lome's technology obstructed its cruiser roleChapter
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine17:23Mogador's speed outran its torpedoesNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...17:21Bearn's lifts obstruct aircraft handlingChapter
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...19:17Why HMS Eagle was the more usable carrierNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...24:47Were improvements to Bearn ever proposed?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...30:33Were monoplane aircraft planned for Bearn?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...31:47Did Bearn's specialised fighter lift offer an advantage?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...34:39Dupuy de Lome and the limits of a commerce raiderChapter
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...39:35Mogador's speed and torpedo mismatchNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...43:28Mogador's 138.6 mm gun adds another design complicationNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...46:51Courbet and Normandie compound French battleship compromisesChapter
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:00:43What was the simplest way to improve Bearn?Q&A
- Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done1:23:10French capital-ship responses to Queen ElizabethNotable Point
- Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done1:31:39Lyon secondary guns and horizontal protectionNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History25:15How many French battleships were operational in 1940?Q&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:03:16French naval influence before Operation TorchQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:59:30Émile Bertin and possible British design influenceQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History2:28:32The Glorious First of June through contemporary lettersChapter
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History2:49:05Why English accounts use MN and KMSQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History3:12:20Where to find the most interesting unbuilt cruisersQ&A
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 328:02Francesco Caracciolo and a harder Mediterranean treaty bargainNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 11:15:52What the Soviet postwar assessment says about the designNotable Point
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 945:28Which class marks the new battleship type?Notable Point
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...31:40The French response and the cost of dreadnought design lagNotable Point
- Steam Battleships (1876-1891)11:53A cross-national family of transitional battleshipsChapter
- Steam Battleships (1876-1891)28:59Amiral Baudin: old status guns and newer fighting batteriesNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation20:10A French carrier fighter: prestige versus capabilityQ&A
- Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 19801:50:08Which carriers could actually fight in May 1980?Chapter
- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...2:26:41Building a French answer to the Tribal classChapter
- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...2:51:19Recognising national destroyer design in a simulationNotable Point
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus50:05How a larger French fleet rewrites treaty arithmeticQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus3:03:09How mountainous Low Countries alter maritime strategyQ&A
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History50:27How scout-carrier quotas reshape other naviesNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:21:00A Washington treaty category for scout carriersChapter
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 763:27:32Foreign navies need not use their carrier allowances alikeNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion23:35A twelve-gun Königsberg could ripple through cruiser treatiesNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:37:35French, Japanese, and destroyer responses reshape treaty limitsChapter
- Ironclad Frigates: Tremendous Transition9:36Napoléon, Gloire, and Warrior in a decade of changeChapter
- Ironclad Frigates: Tremendous Transition34:02Maintenance and testing behind HMS WarriorNotable Point
- Ironclad Frigates: Tremendous Transition45:21Why Britain invested in the ironclad transitionNotable Point
- Ironclad Frigates: Tremendous Transition47:46Obsolescence did not erase service valueNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition24:13Why Brest threatened BritainChapter
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition3:24:31Quiberon Bay: Hawke chases into dangerChapter
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition3:33:22Quiberon Bay breaks up the French fleetNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron7:51Why Brest made the Western Squadron indispensableChapter
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron17:53Grand strategy without the infrastructure behind itNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron40:45Sea supply and land borders shaped different prioritiesNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron44:20Barfleur's force imbalance and awkward casualty figuresNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron1:03:05Finisterre's convoy strategy: destroy the escort firstChapter
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron1:43:15Ushant 1778: formation problems and a missed decisionChapter
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover12:07Nuclear carrier costs and air-wing optionsNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)14:50Searching for historical Anglo-French fleet combinationsNotable Point
- 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
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'1:18:21Béarn as a warning in interwar carrier designNotable Point
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword52:41Longer naval guns demand more than stretching the barrelQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword1:10:23Age of Sail gunners chose hull or rigging by tactical needQ&A
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century21:12Mechanical propulsion and the long road to viable submarinesChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century40:14Archimède and the operational value of an attack that never happensNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books11:25Why ships from one class could differ between yardsNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:15:46Emergency conversions for Russia, new battleships for FranceNotable Point
- Turret Selection: What in What Distribution Makes Sense for you9:35Why two all-forward quadruple turrets concentrate riskNotable Point
- Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)28:52A strategic mismatch encouraged temporary sea controlChapter
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!13:26The scale of steam-rate adoption across the major naviesChapter
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!49:14A French steam conversion reversed for troopship spaceNotable Point
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!51:29Steam changed more than propulsionNotable Point
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!1:01:19Bretagne’s disputed speed depended on load and machinery conditionNotable Point
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!1:05:22Bretagne: revised hull design and alarming Cherbourg diplomacyChapter
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History35:59Diesel-electric power and submarine spaceNotable Point
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...1:59:23Navarino eased but did not enable the conquest of AlgiersQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response5:40Why France and neutrality patrols need basesQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response51:39A 1939 war reshapes naval constructionQ&A
- Blockade!!33:50Toulon's blockade fleet and the War of 1812Chapter
- Blockade!!38:01Pellew's loose blockade against French exercisesNotable Point
- Blockade!!40:16A wind shift exposes the French advanced squadronChapter
- Blockade!!45:13A small action tightens the blockade psychologicallyNotable Point
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:19:29Louis XIV's purge of Huguenot naval expertiseQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak3:10:44The most likely wartime fate of BéarnQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?8:28France, the Netherlands, and Singapore reshape the coalitionNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:12:28A Pacific war scrambles the alliance mapChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:54:42Joinville's steam battle fleet and the cost of HMS TerribleChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response11:55French carrier delay and the seaplane compromiseChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response12:39A French-style carrier system spreading across EuropeNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response17:43Commandant Teste as a mobile naval air baseNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response19:20Air Ministry politics and naval air powerChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response21:49French aircraft limits and carrier-system coevolutionNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response24:48Bearn's turbines, range, and conversion economyNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response33:11War losses, depression, and French naval procurementNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response36:09Joffre-class carriers and an Italian responseQ&A
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response41:17Joffre displacement and twin-engine aircraft feasibilityQ&A
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response52:31French offshore scouting and long-range strike doctrineQ&A
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)54:48La Perouse reaches Botany BayNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response1:04Why seizing the French fleet would not be simpleQ&A
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response19:15Naval arms races reflect threat perception, not ship totals aloneNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response30:41French submarines were dangerous but not an automatic Channel stopperNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response32:17Commerce raiding against France runs into British flags, bases, and coalNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response1:11:06Friendly beaches would change who survived a Channel battleNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response1:16:58Without the High Seas Fleet, Britain and Germany might remain alignedQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century31:33Captured French 74s and Slade's ordering programChapter
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:24:36The three-decker force mix at TrafalgarChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?2:20French innovation versus carrier weaknessChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?6:24Why land-based aircraft could not replace fleet aviationNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?7:36Unused carrier tonnage sharpened the French puzzleNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?12:27Bearn and lost carrier momentumNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?14:48World War I damage and French leadershipChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?22:05Ministerial churn and carrier decisionsNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?33:17Changing threats and repeated strategic relearningChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?38:12French naval rank and political weightNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?42:31The Maginot Line's budget gravityChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?46:35The French Navy's First World War serviceNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?48:24Treaty tonnage and missed fast carriersNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?57:07Bearn's handling system and carrier learningNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:03:34Joffre and continuous air operationsChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:06:39Fast carriers, global commitments, and task groupsNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:11:00The political cost of Far Eastern alliance aidNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:13:15Mediterranean fighter protection and layered air defenceChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:17:10An early Joffre and twin-engine carrier aircraftNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?10:00Bearn as the carrier problemChapter
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?16:58Would Bearn have been better as a battleship?Q&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?18:47France still needed ocean accessNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?23:12Where was the French Navy during Verdun?Q&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?24:16The French Navy's weaker wartime claimNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?31:10Government turnover and naval programsChapter
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?45:55Carrier doctrine needed critical massNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?52:21Bearn's mixed propulsion compromiseChapter
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?54:03Why French naval chiefs carried less political weightNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?57:49Why Bearn remained at Martinique in 1940Q&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?58:45Why France did not start with a civilian training carrierQ&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?59:42Which ally might have supplied France with carriers?Q&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:06:49Bearn's long afterlife beyond carrier operationsNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:08:14The Maginot Line crowded out naval aviationNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:15:13Treaty tonnage and the fast-task-force gapChapter
- 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
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:40:54Did French yards retain carrier-building skills?Q&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:41:27French fast ships as a Royal Navy complementNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:56:45Joffre's attempt to replace Bearn's operating systemChapter
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?2:06:00Allied carrier power reduced the pressure to build a French systemChapter
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?2:06:00Why France lacked a mature carrier-aircraft programQ&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?2:16:13A carrier also demanded cruisers and destroyersNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?2:19:10An Italian carrier might have forced a French responseNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?2:20:09Why French air-service politics differed from BritainNotable Point
- 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
- 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
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?2:35:36Should Lyon and Normandie be judged against HMS Hood?Q&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?2:38:52Francesco Caracciolo versus LyonQ&A
- 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
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?17:00The Entente left Britain room to chooseNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine28:07A France-only war did not rescue German cruiser policyQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine49:08Short-war assumptions undercut pre-1914 naval arms controlQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain1:27:21Metric navies still clustered around established gun calibersQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers10:09Cruising role and Jeune Ecole offset strategyNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers27:17Algérie as a treaty heavy-cruiser benchmarkNotable Point
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:20:54Louis XIV is the leading candidate for the most namesake warshipsQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers23:27Warrior, armored corvettes, and presence cruisersChapter
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers37:38Alma-class funnels and a War of the Worlds warshipNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?14:02La Gloire and the cost of first-rank sea powerChapter
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...2:19:58French battleships if Italy stays outside the naval treatyQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?33:45Why French 130 mm ammunition would not fitQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat3:01:43Applying Age of Sail rates to modern aircraft carriersQ&A
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine14:21Jutland, Scapa Flow, and the missing fleet purposeChapter
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine39:22A coastal fleet for war with Poland and FranceNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine1:00:00Plan Z and the Allied industrial responseNotable Point
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII36:07Why Dunkerque could not simply receive 15-inch gunsQ&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response53:09How other navies might answer a British 15-inch/50 fleetNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response1:08:34How faster 15-inch/50 Nelsons might alter the naval arms raceNotable Point
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...1:11:46Why better British machinery was not a simple answer for the NormandiesQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...1:26:51Why a fleet of Dunkerques would have alarmed BritainQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...2:29:25Why French submarines left a limited wartime recordQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...2:38:19Early submarine experiments were an international phenomenonQ&A
- Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)2:06Châteaurenault and France's protected-cruiser experimentChapter
- Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)12:15Jeune École strategy and the armored-cruiser shiftNotable Point
- Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)15:23Why Châteaurenault's liner disguise had limitsChapter
- Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)22:16One-off design culture and the missing torpedo escape weaponNotable Point
- Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)28:22East Asia service and conversion to minelayerChapter
- Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)31:28Channel patrols, Atlantic duty, and the Gallia rescueChapter
- Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)34:27UC-38's single hit and the rescue of both crewsChapter
- Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)36:49French raider bases versus one-off boiler logisticsNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)2:33Descartes, first principles, and Jeune Ecole's one-sided logicChapter
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)5:01The longer naval race behind Jeune EcoleChapter
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)9:14Bespoke French cruisers versus British series productionNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)15:09One cruiser requirement spans rival fleets and colonial stationsNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)15:09Naval constructors enforce class disciplineNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)18:32Descartes-class armament, machinery, and protectionChapter
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)21:38France's 1890 fleet plan pursues numerical superiorityChapter
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)23:39Descartes takes years to turn a novel design into a usable shipNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)24:09Descartes represents France during Nicholas II's Cherbourg visitNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)27:04Descartes joins the multinational naval buildup in ChinaChapter
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)29:33Descartes cycles through colonial stations and multinational displaysChapter
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)31:20Caribbean patrols carry Descartes into the First World WarChapter
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)33:19Poudre B performance and propellant-fire riskNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)36:39Poudre B's name reflects French anxiety over British espionageNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)39:34Pascal joins a contest for influence at a Japanese naval reviewChapter
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)41:27Limited support facilities reduce Pascal to a ten-knot cruiserNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)43:18Pascal's boats rescue survivors at Chemulpo BayNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)43:48A possible Pascal refit fails the military-value testNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)45:30Individual ships cannot substitute for a unifying fleet systemNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)50:12Jeune Ecole fails France's peacetime presence testChapter
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books20:38Why an Italian-Austro-Hungarian naval alliance would not easily defeat FranceQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:02:15What Robert Fulton would need for a Revolutionary French steam fleetQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:11:55A guide to the French fleet from 1870 to 1918Chapter
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:22:23How dock limits shaped Bretagne's ten-gun broadsideChapter
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:25:31The Bretagne class as a logistics warningNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:26:43Bretagne's armor varied with position and structural loadNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:33:09Were the Bretagnes simply a second batch of Courbets?Q&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:35:38Why varied Sherman engines differ from varied battleship boilersNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:38:46Do different boilers require different gearboxes?Q&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:42:14Why a captured French predreadnought would be hard to absorbQ&A
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty48:40Why naval arms races do not automatically cause warNotable Point
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"25:40Was there a comparable French capital-ship conversion?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"27:18Washington's capital-ship quotas and the navies left outsideChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:03:32Which power left Washington most dissatisfied?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"2:49:09Did Surcouf accomplish anything useful?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"2:49:35What sank the cruiser submarine Surcouf?Q&A
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?5:28The Franco-Italian race for faster scouts and destroyersChapter
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?10:37Why speed could not solve Italy's two-front Mediterranean problemNotable Point
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?13:43Treaty limits turned cruiser design into a cycle of countersNotable Point
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?22:42Late construction left useful ships with almost no Italian wartime careerChapter
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?37:42French rebuilding confirmed the destroyer-leader interpretationNotable Point
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road41:44Gannet and Forbin reveal different ideas of the imperial cruiserQ&A
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 30:13Why torpedo-boat flotillas needed a cruiser leaderChapter
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 32:30Obsolete avisos led France from Milan to the Forbin classNotable Point
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 36:32Aube's ministry produced specifications in less than a dayNotable Point
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 310:55Government arsenals and a private competition produced parallel cruiser pathsNotable Point
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 315:57Reserve, Morocco, and collier duties extended Forbin's careerChapter
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 317:03Forbin's exercises tested towing and divided-fleet strategyChapter
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 318:44Forbin's refit removed torpedoes and introduced mixed-fuel boilersNotable Point
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 319:37Coëtlogon's engine failures drove a lesson in compass protectionChapter
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 323:19Coëtlogon's exercise career ended with an official warning not to rely on herChapter
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 325:42Surcouf survived rapid obsolescence by filling a fleet command gapChapter
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 327:54Overseas demand and wartime shortages prolonged Surcouf's serviceChapter
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 221:28The international squadron intervenes in CreteChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 435:21The pre-1914 naval arms race extended far beyond Britain and GermanyQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 42:20:05France's next carrier follows Queen Elizabeth at smaller scaleQ&A
- Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?18:53Bearn carried battleship compromises into carrier serviceChapter
- Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?22:12Bearn's elaborate elevators slowed aircraft movementChapter
- Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?27:10Bearn's two-level hangar turned aircraft flow into rigging workChapter
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 6544:28Béarn's three incompatible aircraft liftsChapter
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 6554:00Béarn's suspended-rail aircraft handling systemChapter
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 651:03:11How many weapon systems burdened Béarn?Q&A
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 651:18:16Could Béarn's experimental status benefit France?Q&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:19:21A French battlecruiser would make a better first carrier than BéarnQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:28:18French carrier design mixed strong concepts with difficult machineryNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:31:44Béarn's limitations still left a convoy roleNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:32:20Béarn retained coal bunkers as underwater protectionNotable Point
- Battle of Navarino(1827): A Failure of Deterrence or Expecting too Much?37:12Contrasting the French and Russian admiralsChapter
- Battle of Navarino(1827): A Failure of Deterrence or Expecting too Much?46:14The French squadron and the problem of partisan sourcesNotable Point
- Battle of Navarino(1827): A Failure of Deterrence or Expecting too Much?1:12:09Scipion's crew fights fire under attackNotable Point
- Battle of Navarino(1827): A Failure of Deterrence or Expecting too Much?1:15:11Breslau breaks formation to reinforce the lineNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:31:36What French sources reveal about the Battle of SluysQ&A
- Battle of Navarino (1827)1:05:09Three Allied admirals brought very different strengthsChapter
- Battle of Navarino (1827)1:41:21Rigny chose a frigate while his line ships carried the weightChapter
- Battle of Navarino (1827)1:47:00Why did Rigny command from a frigate?Q&A
- Battle of Navarino (1827)1:58:58Coalition ship totals reveal careful status balancingNotable Point
- Battle of Navarino (1827)2:47:49Why were the French placed between the British and Russians?Q&A
- Battle of Navarino (1827)2:53:16Scipion's crew saved the ship from a fireshipNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History12:11Sluys and the failure of a floating fortressNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History27:17The Rosily Squadron reveals the political risk of forward basingNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 6449:08Spain captures Rosily's squadron at CadizChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 641:18:28Alliances shaped the fleet that reached TsushimaNotable Point
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations2:13:48Why France did not rebuild carriers to Western patternsQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video0:54How a loyal French fleet reshapes Allied strategyQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video6:10Keeping French guns supplied in Allied serviceQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video8:24A French battle fleet in the Indian OceanQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video18:21Why Force H needed fast capital shipsQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video22:47French crews for British light fleet carriersQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video32:26Béarn as France's early carrier experimentQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video35:43Why Béarn became an aircraft transportNotable Point
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video36:16Calibrating criticism of warship designsNotable Point
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video50:15Why the French Navy might choose to fight onQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video1:05:58Evacuating French forces could split the global warQ&A
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:02:01Escort carriers fill the fleet's shortage of flight decksChapter
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France0:00The alliance assumption behind British naval planningChapter
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France9:18Reconciling conflicting French fleet-location sourcesNotable Point
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France10:29French fleet quality and the fast-battleship distinctionChapter
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France15:56The Atlantic force and Béarn's convoy roleChapter
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France18:26The Mediterranean fleet and Tunisia's submarine threatChapter
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France20:23France begins with only a small Far Eastern stationNotable Point
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France20:47From allied asset to the burden of Force HNotable Point
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France23:26An all-or-nothing fleet evacuation reshapes Free FranceChapter
- 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 France28:32Division of labour creates Allied freedom of manoeuvreNotable Point
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France34:38French cruisers, submarines, and shore aircraft widen the blockadeChapter
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France1:12:06A stronger Indian Ocean fleet reshapes Japan's target choiceNotable Point
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France1:16:06The French fleet is the balance against ItalyChapter
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?12:38How the French-fleet counterfactual is boundedChapter
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?18:07Could Britain sustain the French fleet abroad?Q&A
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?19:19What Britain intended at Mers-el-KébirQ&A
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?21:34French bases and fleet distribution in 1940Chapter
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?25:30How would French ammunition be resupplied?Q&A
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?29:03Dunkerque speed versus four Richelieu-class shipsQ&A
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?31:09A French fleet acting as one forceChapter
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?37:48The French fleet strength that Force H replacedChapter
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?47:55What seven battleships and seventy-four submarines addChapter
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?56:50Would French commanders seek a reckless revenge battle?Q&A
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?1:00:54Scenario one: the navy evacuates and fights onChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 32:00:34How a continuing French fleet reshapes the Bismarck huntQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 32:10:05French North Africa and an early collapse of Italy's positionQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4216:33Why the French fleet could not respond better to Operation TorchQ&A
- Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p91:28Sfax and the origins of a French cruiser lineageChapter
- Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p96:48How the Conseil des travaux shaped French warshipsChapter
- Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p929:10Sfax in France's maneuver and reserve cycleChapter
- Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p934:57The 1895 exercise against Italy and contingent alliancesNotable Point
- Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p935:39Sfax's late refit and the Dreyfus missionChapter
- Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p936:53Sfax's legacy in French protected-cruiser designNotable Point
- Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p938:16Sfax versus Leander and the flaw in Jeune École commerce warChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 21:57:44Which World War II submarines could dive deepest?Q&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:06:38If French gunfire destroyed Hood earlier in the warQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:20:01The strategic value of Île LongueQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:21:27Prospects for European nuclear-powered surface warshipsQ&A
- HMS Shannon(1875): 19th Century Cruisers p48:42One cruiser asked to counter several fleetsNotable Point
- Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p120:41Angamos shows armour and firepower working togetherChapter
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments9:20Could the French fleet have dispersed to the Far East?Q&A
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194220:53Why Canada belongs among the major Allied naviesNotable Point
- Algerie (1932): Marine National0:44Algérie as a treaty-cruiser breakthroughChapter
- Algerie (1932): Marine National9:37A decade of investment made Algérie possibleChapter
- Algerie (1932): Marine National21:26Treaty limits froze earlier ships while French design advancedNotable Point
- Algerie (1932): Marine National24:03Industrial strength could not substitute for coherent national willChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19413:36The Vichy French fleet as armed bargaining powerChapter
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments47:06French Dunkirk-type ships with British heavy gunsQ&A
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War20:59Why French yards could outpace USS Maine's constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times45:14Which modern navies approach true-blue-water reachQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:01:37French battleship ambition constrained by shipyardsQ&A
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19400:27The French Navy's worldwide commitments in January 1940Chapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19403:19A contingency plan for the French fleetNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19407:18Peace assumptions and French readinessNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19394:52Why France had little room to recover by 1939Chapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19395:45A continuous Dunkerque production alternativeNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19399:39France's carrier opportunity and unclear fleet purposeNotable Point
- Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)47:01Designing a Western counterpart to KirovNotable Point
- Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare1:33:57Linois operated from Mauritius and other portsQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today20:57Italy versus France in the 1930sQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today34:04Why Greece chose the French battleship offerQ&A
- Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina13:27Why commerce raiding poorly matched Italy's geographyNotable Point
- Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina16:12Washington Treaty equality fed Italy's military backlashNotable Point
- Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina56:02Convoy defense neutralizes a cruiser's speed advantageNotable Point
- The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less1:25Was the Jeune Ecole an early offset doctrine?Chapter
- The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less5:36Admiral Aube's battleship pause disrupts French shipbuildingNotable Point
- The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less6:36Torpedo boats promise a cheap battleship killerChapter
- The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less9:25Destroyers and quick-firing guns answer torpedo boatsChapter
- The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less10:51France pursues an effective early submarine forceNotable Point
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine37:33Mediterranean geography narrows the cruiser missionChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine44:52Naval treaties make cruisers Italy's status unitsChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine1:01:28Mare Nostrum ambition exceeds coherent policyChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:52:39Italian cruiser doctrine remains caught between two fleetsChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:57:55French air cover narrows Italy's western raid opportunitiesNotable Point
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack1:03:49How France might answer the Tribal-class destroyersQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack1:27:44Force posture in an Anglo-French naval standoffQ&A
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)0:45Why French cruiser policy pulled in three directionsChapter
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)5:20The three constraints behind a cruiser designNotable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)8:35French turbines reveal the limits of industrial autonomyNotable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)10:22Eighteen cruisers spread across at least five yardsNotable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)18:23Could carriers have bridged France's doctrinal schism?Notable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)22:54Naval chiefs faced a revived Jeune EcoleChapter
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)27:02Thirty cabinets kept naval policy in motionChapter
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)33:02Western Mediterranean geography favored speed and air defenseChapter
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)36:00France's Far East fleet as an allied force enablerChapter
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)41:45Interwar naval coordination magnified Britain's shock in 1940Notable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)46:02Italy, not Germany, set France's immediate design problemNotable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)1:02:01A fleet for imperial presence, allied war, and ItalyNotable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)1:08:21The Model 1924 gun was designed around industrial realityNotable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)1:16:34Elegant ships from an inconsistent naval systemChapter
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)6:00Why the Jeune École still shaped French cruisersChapter
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)11:09What if French armored cruisers had survived the Washington Treaty?Q&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)15:20Two theaters and two competing fleet philosophiesChapter
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)42:00Were eighteen interwar French cruisers a large program?Q&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)51:40How political turnover disrupted French naval policyChapter
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)1:00:06What ended France's surviving armored cruisers?Q&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)1:12:00The French war plan against Italy in the western MediterraneanChapter
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)1:19:13Why Britain could not ignore a French naval defeatNotable Point
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)1:31:01France's Atlantic role was to multiply Royal Navy hunting groupsChapter
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)2:06:09Could naval limits keep Germany weaker than France?Q&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)2:15:00The Maginot Line competed with a balanced fleetChapter
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)2:21:05Were French interwar warships merely reactions to foreign designs?Q&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)2:27:51Simple guns and balanced ships matched French industryNotable Point
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)2:40:39Was there pressure to give French cruisers thicker belts?Q&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)2:46:16Which era of French naval history is Dr. Clarke's favorite?Q&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)2:53:40Could destroyer packs overwhelm French cruisers?Q&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)2:56:47Why French cruisers could not always disengageQ&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)2:58:20Why France used captured German cruisers after 1918Q&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)3:00:02Did France design a pure battlecruiser?Q&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions2:56:00French super-dreadnoughts in the Adriatic and GallipoliQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions3:01:18How French super-dreadnoughts could alter the Washington TreatyQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions3:19:08Why early French dreadnoughts lagged their rivalsQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions3:34:32Why French cruiser projects disappeared from memoryQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions3:35:14The potential of France's large destroyersQ&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)0:26Why navies prefer the frigate labelChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)31:55How air-defence frigates occupy different task-group layersNotable Point
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)35:10How Constellation reshapes the FREMM baselineChapter
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?55:52FREMM national variants and cruiser workChapter
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?1:32:29Why the Horizon partnership splitChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:12:14How Richelieu's boilers fit high-pressure developmentQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:39:00A Franco-Italian global-presence cruiserQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:52:01Why France chose Dunkerque's gun calibreQ&A
- Suffren Class: Mon croiseur de 1ère classe de la Marine Nationale préféré (Long Patrol)1:12Why France called the Suffrens first-class cruisersChapter
- Suffren Class: Mon croiseur de 1ère classe de la Marine Nationale préféré (Long Patrol)22:51Béarn and France's missing second carrierNotable Point
- Suffren Class: Mon croiseur de 1ère classe de la Marine Nationale préféré (Long Patrol)44:35The Hotchkiss 13.2 mm battery's paper and practical limitsNotable Point
- Suffren Class: Mon croiseur de 1ère classe de la Marine Nationale préféré (Long Patrol)52:48Mers-el-Kebir as a strategic failure of trustChapter
- Suffren Class: Mon croiseur de 1ère classe de la Marine Nationale préféré (Long Patrol)58:43Six large torpedo tubes, but only three reloadsNotable Point
- Suffren Class: Mon croiseur de 1ère classe de la Marine Nationale préféré (Long Patrol)1:00:25Dupleix: modernization, Operation Vado, and a naval film roleChapter
- Suffren Class: Mon croiseur de 1ère classe de la Marine Nationale préféré (Long Patrol)1:07:47A sound cruiser design with one avoidable flawChapter
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels1:50:23How a British-Italian alliance would reshape the European warQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels1:56:24Why Italy retained obsolete capital ships for treaty bargainingQ&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)7:07Why losing five frigates matteredChapter
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)30:20Released French sailors become an improvised support poolNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)31:31Perrée's depleted frigate squadron in EgyptChapter
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)41:15Perrée rises from merchant service to French flag commandNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)45:32Junon links peacetime training to expeditionary warNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)53:44Why Courageuse had a short Royal Navy careerNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)59:01Different approaches to warship standardizationNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:01:53What was the French Navy good at?Q&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:02:44Alceste changes hands across three naviesNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:14:08Salamine and Emerald show two kinds of cruiser careerNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:18:18Alerte and Santa Teresa return to sea as prizesNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:27:01The official dispatch records five capturesChapter
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:32:40Markham holds together a 28-hour pursuitChapter
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:42:29Official and commercial reports disagree on the prizesNotable Point
- Action of the 18th of June 1799: How to Lose Frigates & Influence (Long Patrol)0:00A routine capture with strategic consequencesChapter
- Action of the 18th of June 1799: How to Lose Frigates & Influence (Long Patrol)17:27Perrée and the French Navy's experience gapChapter
- Action of the 18th of June 1799: How to Lose Frigates & Influence (Long Patrol)53:51Why five cruising ships matteredChapter
- Action of the 18th of June 1799: How to Lose Frigates & Influence (Long Patrol)56:50Prisoner exchanges and the war for naval experienceNotable Point
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:13:23The Franco-Italian naval rivalry behind French battleship buildingNotable Point
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)2:41:05Why equal treaty rights do not require equal naval spendingQ&A
- Giussano Class: Regia Marina's First Condottieri (Long Patrol)6:44French large destroyers set the threatChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)29:34A 10:10:7:4:4 destroyer settlementChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)39:12Mediterranean navies feared a second destroyer raceNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)42:11Make the flotilla the treaty unitChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)50:44A simpler 10:10:7:4:4 cruiser settlementChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)57:30Balanced bargaining and visible Japanese constructionChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)8:00Why France and Italy received different capital-ship and carrier ratiosNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)59:34How a three-theatre Royal Navy constrains rival concentrationNotable Point
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy58:15Why British charts could outperform France's own coastal mapsNotable Point
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)15:03Jeune École: torpedo boats as a substitute for a fleetChapter
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine33:29Jeune École treated torpedo flotillas as a deterrentChapter
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:27:19Torpedo doctrine reflected national strategy, not just engineeringChapter
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:48:36A harder Mers-el-Kébir strike changes risk more than politicsQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature4:36Why a postwar German battle fleet would alarm FranceQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature10:27Captured German warships imposed a second logistics systemNotable Point
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...9:55Which navies explored automatic cruiser guns after 1945Q&A
- The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC): Long Patrol23:43Why copied warships still differed from their modelsNotable Point
- Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)57:18Geography and imperial commitments shape fleet sizeNotable Point
- Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)1:06:45Mediterranean and overseas carrier requirementsNotable Point
- Duquesne class, Marine National (Long Patrol)5:26A cruiser for a dispersed French empireNotable Point
- Duquesne class, Marine National (Long Patrol)29:38Wartime modernisation could not erase the design limitsNotable Point
- Duquesne class, Marine National (Long Patrol)31:28Neutrality patrols during the Spanish Civil WarNotable Point
- Duquesne class, Marine National (Long Patrol)38:18Ship efficiency rests on industrial foundationsChapter
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions2:15:20Changing the Battle of the ChesapeakeQ&A
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)56:48Why Italy could concentrate carriers and France could notNotable Point
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet35:16Why Jean Bart took until 1949 to completeQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet1:27:32Seizing or relocating the French fleet after 1940Q&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet2:43:49French destroyer doctrine and the missing escort roleQ&A
- The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)1:12Kriegsmarine secret projects and the limits of Plan ZNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)29:42French destroyers in a Mediterranean speed competitionNotable Point
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)59:43How France, Italy and the Soviet Union might respondNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:15:39French and Soviet destroyer forces without their intended fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:24:07Why French naval gun calibres look unusualQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:36:02Why the Royal Navy treated the American wars as secondary theatresNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:39:29When French and Italian navies gained Hedgehog-style ASW weaponsQ&A
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion0:48Treaty limits and the grey areaChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)0:37Why the treaty ratios felt unequalChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)9:03Why a stronger ratio could reduce insecurityNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)20:15Fleet totals and national choicesNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)23:50Smaller battleships for French and Italian fleetsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)29:52How escaped French destroyers could serve BritainQ&A
- The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)20:49Why French battlecruiser designs deserve attentionQ&A
- 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
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?3:24:37Would Dutch and French capital-ship plans survive?Q&A
- If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion56:59Higher treaty ratios reshape French and Italian fleetsNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:42:41Submersible experiments around the age of TurtleQ&A
- All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion40:30National doctrine changes the value of all-forward gunsNotable Point
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:14:41French battleship calibres and ammunition commonalityQ&A
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): Long Patrol52:33Généreux and HMS Leander change handsNotable Point
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today1:20:55Chabot's nominal strength concealed a weak defenceChapter
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today1:27:50Généreux and HMS Leander changed hands across the Mediterranean warChapter
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)20:21Vichy French resistance and the danger around DakarNotable Point
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:55:07Why the Royal Navy would resist owning the French Channel coastQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment3:38:59Suez, fleet size, and the signals preceding the Falklands WarQ&A
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)27:32Treaty tonnage and French capital-ship choicesChapter
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)1:02:01Dunkerque: forward guns for French strategyChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)44:56Why the Horizon frigate partners divergedNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:19:57France's twelve-gun alternative and its fleet costNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:26:07Dunkerque as a compact answer to treaty threatsChapter
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:33:22Were Dunkerque's 13-inch guns enough for modern war?Q&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:35:39Dunkerque's intended advantage over lighter opponentsNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:38:49Dunkerque's speed and machinery compromiseQ&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament2:36:40Richelieu: fast and powerful, but constrained by quadruple turretsChapter
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament2:42:11Why distribute a third French battleship turret?Q&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament2:45:29What occupied Richelieu's aft secondary-turret block?Q&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books2:25:07Why Joffre was a credible French carrier advanceQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:06:09How a 1941 Franco-German naval war might unfoldQ&A
- Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)11:14Pluton and the French minelaying traditionChapter
- Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)14:10Why the Entente Cordiale did not remove French uncertaintyNotable Point
- Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)16:26The earlier Pluton-class minelayersNotable Point
- Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)20:38A large fast minelayer with several possible rolesChapter
- Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)25:32Pluton's original armament and a possible Allied refitNotable Point
- Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)26:40From programme to commission: an interwar specialistNotable Point
- Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)28:13Converting a minelayer into a gunnery schoolChapter
- Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)31:44War restores Pluton to her original missionNotable Point
- Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)32:48The Casablanca mine explosionChapter
- Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)40:56How auxiliary loads cut Pluton's practical rangeNotable Point
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru3:23:33How 16,000-ton 9-inch cruisers could change DunkerqueQ&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Long Patrol)20:30Surcouf and the cost of a submarine gunNotable Point
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)55:09Surcouf's gun submarine compromisesChapter
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)1:03:35What Surcouf says about interwar FranceNotable Point
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)1:05:31Could Surcouf rotate and use her heavy-gun turret?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)1:10:20Would anti-ship missiles have rescued Surcouf?Q&A
- The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises (Long Patrol)50:45The naval understanding that deepened the ententeNotable Point
- Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises1:29:08The naval division of labour after AgadirNotable Point
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...2:18:43French Warships in the Age of Steam and uneven executionChapter
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?1:40:15Mers-el-Kébir with three British carriersChapter
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?2:51:45Why Béarn remained usefulQ&A
- The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol41:04Jeune École as a theory for fighting a world warNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov2:37:48Who were Scharnhorst and Gneisenau designed to fight?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov4:15:53Why maritime interception can provoke less oppositionNotable Point
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)59:17Boscawen's pre-war capture off NewfoundlandChapter
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)1:33:11Q&A: when the American Revolution became a proxy warQ&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)2:13:09Cuddalore and limited sea control in IndiaChapter
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)2:42:13Pondicherry: using a fleet to sustain a siegeChapter
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)2:57:01Q&A: why Britain's navy enduredQ&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)3:10:16Q&A: why the same naval battle name can recurQ&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...35:28Did other sailing navies use similar maintenance systems?Q&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...40:04Standardization and the rise of shore supportChapter
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books1:52:27How carrier availability shifts French naval powerQ&A
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol36:09Royal Sovereign and global naval competitionChapter
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol41:44French and British battleship design intentNotable Point
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat1:13:49What a viable Béarn carrier rebuild needsQ&A
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles35:03La Gloire and the limits of the first ironcladNotable Point
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles1:41:02German battleships replace France as the planning problemChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore2:38:56Treaty fuel exclusion favored global naviesNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol2:32Squadrons that could have transformed TrafalgarChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol39:48Allied command friction and naval experienceChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol41:39Spanish quality and French officer attritionChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:06:09Huguenot migration and naval talentNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:09:35HMS Africa and independent commandNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:22:36Gunnery doctrine and Trafalgar's casualtiesChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:26:02Leadership, risk, and the humanitarian aftermathNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:28:49The French van and the casualty imbalanceNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)28:33French and Spanish morale were not the sameQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)54:55Investment, training, and officer losses in the French navyQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:05:21French coastal raids and British frigate patrolsQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:20:04Villeneuve's unwanted command at ToulonNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:28:49Why Napoleon could not simply build past TrafalgarQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)2:29:10Why Cape Ortegal matters after TrafalgarQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)3:39:52French speed and British sea-control durabilityNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)3:41:38How Trafalgar gutted French and Spanish experienceQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)3:48:08Was Villeneuve the best French commander available?Q&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)4:03:44Gibraltar in a modern Franco-British counterfactualNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion0:12Command skill, luck, and predictable decisionsNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion18:30A small British group helps divert VilleneuveNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion31:16Sea-going training gives the Royal Navy tactical depthNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion37:36Cape Ortegal completes the campaignChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion40:20Paper plans fail without ships and crewsNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion41:09French design and British fighting enduranceNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign0:50The 1805 invasion crisis and allied fleetsChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign2:09French command after Latouche-TrévilleNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign3:34Napoleon's unworkable fleet timetablesNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign4:47The January sortie and Villeneuve's resignation requestChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign7:13Concentration could trap the allied fleetNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign16:06Villeneuve's command nightmareNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign17:30Cartagena, Cádiz, and the West Indies breakoutChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign20:08Gravina as Spanish liaison and counterweightNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign30:04The ruse and assault on Diamond RockChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign42:57Allied ship-handling after Cape FinisterreNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 175910:29Blockade, manpower, and fleet readinessChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 175912:07Corbett's close-blockade warning and Hawke's answerNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 175913:31Why Conflans reached Quiberon Bay so slowlyChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 175914:48Fighting through the storms and shoals of Quiberon BayNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p2: French Fleet Commanders1:18How blockade weakened French commandChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p2: French Fleet Commanders10:52Ganteaume and the trapped Brest fleetNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p2: French Fleet Commanders13:09Napoleon rejects Dumanoir at ToulonChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p2: French Fleet Commanders14:27Dumanoir, Cape Ortegal, and the experience gapChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p2: French Fleet Commanders23:36Rosily, hydrography, and active sea serviceChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p2: French Fleet Commanders25:43Rosily and the Cádiz surrenderChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p2: French Fleet Commanders27:02Amiens and France's lost training opportunityNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p1: Strategy & Some Priniciple Personalities13:09The French transatlantic breakout planChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p1: Strategy & Some Priniciple Personalities20:43The Quiberon Bay precedent behind the invasion planNotable Point
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol1:17:33Lord Torrington and the older fleet-in-being strategyNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:27:50South Dakota versus Richelieu as treaty battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)3:01:53Why Australia looked beyond the French submarine dealQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)17:20Why France laid down the Danton class after DreadnoughtNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)25:40Jeune École strategy and the battlecruiser France did not buildQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)30:27Why slow reaction alone does not excuse the DantonsQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)35:58How uniform was the Danton class?Q&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)47:16The Courbet class and France's slow dreadnought transitionNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)50:03Conte di Cavour and the Mediterranean production raceNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:50:34Dunkerque, Littorio, and Richelieu: strategic demands in designChapter
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:55:36Why Dunkerque was not a pocket battleshipQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:58:58More Strasbourgs or the Richelieu classQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)2:02:24Why Dunkerque needed range beyond the MediterraneanQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)2:11:50Dunkerque's armour reflected French industrial limitsQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?44:24French carrier aircraft and the Béarn what-ifChapter
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:03:29Would Béarn have helped Germany as a reparations carrier?Q&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:04:15Besson MB.411 and the limits of submarine-borne aviationNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:07:02Why inter-war air arms were not simply copying one anotherNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:12:11Dewoitine D.371 and D.373 linked French carrier and Spanish fighter aviationNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:54:00The capable Loire-Nieuport LN.401 dive bomberNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:59:11The balanced carrier air group planned for JoffreQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:01:36A Japan-first war could deter Germany through coalition strengthQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence4:16:32French capital ships as a different Force ZQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P3/14: Domenico Cavagnari10:43Short preparation time and a favourable starting positionNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P3/14: Domenico Cavagnari13:25Battleships and submarines over a balanced fleetChapter
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s1:46:34Submarines behind a distant blockadeChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 6/11 WWI0:54The Dupuy de Lôme-class steam-submarine experimentNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 6/11 WWI4:00The Dupuy de Lôme name moves from raider to intelligence shipNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 5/11 Building a Navy0:26Submarine quality depends on trained crewsNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 5/11 Building a Navy7:34Doctrine did not produce a balanced French fleetChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 5/11 Building a Navy11:23French imperial security relied on British sea powerNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 2/11 1890s Battleships0:24The 1890s "real" pre-dreadnoughtsChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 2/11 1890s Battleships1:02Charlemagne's heavy but awkward designNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 2/11 1890s Battleships2:17French arsenals and uneven building speedNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 2/11 1890s Battleships7:14Jeune École ideas with battleship hedgingNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper1:47:27Suez separated military success from political defeatQ&A
- Age of Sail Ship of the Line/Frigate Primer – what Rate am I looking at?35:30Warship design was not a French scientific monopolyNotable Point
- An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean12:02French and Italian cruisers in the MediterraneanChapter
- An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean21:13Dupuy de Lôme and the logistics problemChapter
- An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean28:38French victory over China did not prove the doctrineNotable Point
- An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean29:56Amiral Charner class: cheapening an already cheap strategyChapter
- An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean37:44Later French armoured cruisers grow largerNotable Point
- An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean40:48Edgar Quinet finally standardises the batteryChapter
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI8:24Fleet totals concealed very different cruiser systemsNotable Point
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI12:47Jeune École and the commerce-raider promiseChapter
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI19:16Du Puy de Lôme and the logistics of a raiderNotable Point
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI51:01French cruisers in convoy, rescue, and shore-support workChapter
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI1:01:08Industrial capacity was part of naval strategyNotable Point
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI1:21:28French standardisation improved only near the type's endChapter
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI1:39:33Why France prioritised its army over naval qualityNotable Point
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI2:57:30Why good cruiser plans would not fix a patchwork fleetQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:51:12The Anglo-French division behind German naval planningNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW29:54Jean Bart was considered for a full carrier conversionQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:34:01If the French fleet continued the warQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:37:47An 1860 coalition war turns on British sea powerQ&A
- Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/70:19Why gun-armed cruiser submarines appealed in the 1920sChapter
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/71:00Napoleon's sea-control problemChapter
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/78:42The fleet-breakout gambleNotable Point
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/710:35A second blockade forms off BoulogneNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...1:38Ark Royal and the Mers-el-Kebir attackChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p4/4 - Gallipoli9:33The Allied battleship force on 18 MarchChapter
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships1:23:00Bouvines and the French coastal-battleship ideaNotable Point
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships1:29:33Did Bouvines use Krupp or Harvey armor?Q&A
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships2:55:05Thailand's Thonburi class at the Battle of Ko ChangNotable Point
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships3:02:20Why did Italy not build a coastal-defence fleet?Q&A
- Battle of Lissa 1866: Long Patrol2:46The earlier Battle of Lissa was a frigate victoryNotable Point
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:03:49French quadruple turret tradeoffsQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:53:04Why treaties settled on six- and eight-inch cruiser gunsQ&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:03:35How captured French frigates changed British designsNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:06:16How captured French designs led toward HMS SurpriseQ&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:14:22From captured Hebe to the Leda and Seringapatam classesNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:18:15Pallas-class captures as design intelligenceNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books27:55How Italian rebuilds widened the capital-ship raceQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:20:10Why nuclear submarines are difficult for middle powersQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:21:03Military power depends on logistics and global reachQ&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI7:11French Navy mission in World War IChapter
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI31:21Two coasts forced France to duplicate fleet supportNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI41:39French chiefs of staff changed faster than their British counterpartsChapter
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI54:11Piver sent French light forces to secure the ChannelNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI57:49Command instability behind the fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI59:48Why be cautious when judging poorly documented French admirals?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:00:42Did the French Navy fight a major fleet engagement in World War I?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:03:45How much blame belonged to the navy rather than politicians?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:25:57The 1914 French fleet balance sheetNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:33:28Why did French light ships struggle in the Channel?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:35:47Were any French cruisers still good by World War I?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:36:13Courbet and Bretagne layout problemsNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:37:49Adriatic operations and Serbian evacuationNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:40:01Coal shortages cut French fleet readinessNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:42:08Bombardment and minefields locked the Adriatic into a coastal stalemateNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:47:53French sea lift preserved the Serbian ArmyNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:49:17Was the Edgar Quinet class a French battlecruiser?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:50:03Dardanelles coordination failureChapter
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:15:27French intervention in Greece and the November EventsChapter
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:26:45How does Rear Admiral Guépratte rate as a commander?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:28:02Did British admirals also lead naval forces ashore?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:28:33French ASW and small-ship effortNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:30:13British-built sloops gave French ASW forces better Channel shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:33:54Formal French command did not guarantee coalition obedienceNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:36:30French losses shifted capital-ship strength toward the Bretagne classNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:45:13Procurement inertia outlasted the dreadnought revolutionNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:48:31Is criticism of French warships merely national bashing?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:52:47Should France's empire have required a stronger navy?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:56:32Were flawed French ships used effectively?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI3:07:04Why did French admirals rank differently from British admirals?Q&A
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-178312:34Gibraltar turns an American war into a global naval problemChapter
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-178319:57Why Gibraltar was valuable before Britain held itQ&A
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:05:51The floating batteries promise an unburnable assault platformNotable Point
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:07:52The grand assault loses its advantage through poor concentrationChapter
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:20:59Howe's final relief leaves Gibraltar too strong to forceChapter
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:24:20Howe's maneuver completes the relief and peace finally ends the siegeChapter
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron1:22:09Warrior's French rival and preserved careerChapter
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron2:08:34French barbettes and tumblehome widened firing arcsNotable Point
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron2:24:44Choosing sides for an ironclad wargameQ&A
- Blockade18:41Trafalgar, experienced personnel, and French fleet recoveryNotable Point
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword2:21:05Books for tracing how warship classes evolvedQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)33:42The Mediterranean dreadnought raceNotable Point
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)51:02Conflicting sources for the Lyon-class layoutQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)1:47:49How national procurement systems shaped dreadnought constructionNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19156:42The unbuilt Lyon class as a French design choiceChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19149:31War stopped Greece's Bretagne-derived battleshipNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191410:03Why 1914 was a global naval raceChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19133:02Normandie's quadruple-turret compromiseNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19100:24Why the Courbet class already looked behind the raceChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19081:29The Danton class reveals France's dreadnought delayChapter
- Bruships 48: Reading History1:03:38D'Estaing's missed opportunities and coalition strainChapter
- Bruships 48: Reading History3:10:56How Howe attempted deliberate line-breaking before 1 JuneChapter
- Bruships 48: Reading History3:29:59Battle damage, fog, and the approach to 1 JuneChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 190727:51The 1907 fleet balance still favors BritainNotable Point
- Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?2:07:24Mediterranean convoys would absorb southern NATO escortsQ&A
- Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History0:04Four books uncover the machinery behind naval historyChapter
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!27:57The French island offensive stalled after Saint KittsNotable Point
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!29:34A capable French navy faced Britain's institutional memoryChapter
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!31:41De Grasse and Bougainville brought different kinds of experienceNotable Point
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!47:51French firepower centred on 74s, 80s, and Ville de ParisChapter
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!49:50French squadrons carried a blurred chain of commandChapter
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!1:40:53Disease finished the Jamaica campaignNotable Point
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!1:42:50France blamed De Grasse and lost his experienceNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy3:09:18Beachy Head was a victory without strategic decisionChapter
- Bruships 44: Strategy3:54:23French confidence exceeded French naval readinessQ&A
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans3:12:45Danton versus RadetzkyQ&A
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease36:59France's defeat opened Atlantic bases and cost Allied matérielChapter
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from35:21Churchill presses the government on the escalator clauseQ&A
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 4, Lord Clive Class M10-1329:44An Anglo-French monitor bombardment tests coordinated fireNotable Point
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"23:45Why the Adriatic became a littoral grudge matchChapter
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"31:23Why Adriatic accounts are hard to reconcileChapter
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"52:42French command and the Allied Adriatic imbalanceNotable Point
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"55:12The Battle of Antivari and the opening blockade warChapter
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"1:03:13Mines and U-4 keep pressure on Allied escortsNotable Point
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"1:03:13U-5 hunts French armored cruisers for daysChapter
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"2:12:19U-47 sinks Circé while both submarines are surfacedNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments7:30Twilight visibility in the 1696 Dogger Bank actionQ&A
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P2/6 178122:39Why naval institutions mattered in France and the NetherlandsNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol Part 1/6 - 16968:40A French frigate force finds a lightly protected Dutch convoyChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol Part 1/6 - 169610:56Jean Bart's path from fishing commerce to French commandChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol Part 1/6 - 169613:55The Dutch escorts hold for three hours before command collapsesChapter
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-191625:20Jean Bart's 1696 attack on the Dutch convoyChapter
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-191631:22Jean Bart rises from privateer to French admiralNotable Point
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-191639:16Dutch and French officer careers followed different rulesNotable Point
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-191639:56Benbow's squadron was hunting Jean BartQ&A
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-191641:22Where did Jean Bart shelter in Denmark?Q&A
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-19161:09:00Officer corps preserve or lose combat knowledgeNotable Point
- Guadeloupe 1810 (Part 2 of Live)11:05Temeraire-class numbers versus operational resultsChapter
- Guadeloupe 1810 (Part 2 of Live)16:34Did corruption keep the Temeraire program going?Q&A
- Four Random Books 23: 1930s Thinking...13:11Tactical means and the danger of assuming equal competenceNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:44:08Royal Navy commissioning from the lower deck did not use a fixed quotaQ&A
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East1:50:25Why several navies joined China coast piracy patrolsQ&A
- Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 117:25The Saintes and a rare British numerical advantageChapter
- Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 121:22The broken French commerce-raiding squadron of June 1796Chapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered20:47A Free French Bearn as an escort carrierQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered42:46Could France have licensed the Yorktown design?Q&A
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)15:39The Lipari defeat makes Dutch intervention necessaryNotable Point
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)45:57What infrastructure problems affected French ships and armies?Q&A
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)48:40Abraham Duquesne's long route to French fleet commandChapter
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)1:28:42Where did displaced French Protestant officers serve?Q&A
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)1:30:07Why did revoking the Edict of Nantes drain French naval experience?Q&A
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)2:00:12Fire ships devastate the allied fleet at PalermoNotable Point
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)2:23:42Why not build a Yorktown design for the French Navy?Q&A
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)2:26:17Which British carrier design best suited France?Q&A
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)2:36:59Using a carrier lift as a crane can obstruct its main jobNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 5: French & German Carriers2:01Béarn as a battleship-to-carrier conversionChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 5: French & German Carriers15:54Joffre's twin-engine air group and Atlantic roleChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 5: French & German Carriers26:54Joffre and the PA-16 design lineageNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 2: Papers & Treaties9:55Seaplane carriers sat outside treaty carrier tonnageNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 1: Introduction0:44Béarn's lift traded rapid launches for space savingsNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s1:43:42Why France and Italy did not exploit their carrier tonnageQ&A
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 1: Context13:21French battleship variety weakened squadron coherenceChapter
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora29:16Standardized fleets versus French and Russian experimentsChapter
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora2:42:28The act advertised British resolve and encouraged naval competitionChapter
- Patreon 13: Martin Doherty: What if Gallipoli had succeeded?59:20The near-breakthrough on 18 MarchChapter
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"37:31Chaining the French fleet surrendered maneuverChapter
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"53:41Could the French unchain their ships during the battle?Q&A
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"54:37Sluys destroyed a fleet and a field army at onceChapter
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"1:07:18How large were the fleets at Sluys?Q&A
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books2:54:39Which countries built full-size carriers after 1970?Q&A
- Part 2 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"9:10Light fleet carriers become other navies' fleet carriersChapter
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"27:34Why anti-aircraft submarines sacrifice their best defenceNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay27:29How much of each navy foughtQ&A
- Battle of Quiberon Bay28:04The Carrickfergus raid after Quiberon BayNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay43:47French commanders and divided authorityNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay59:12French ships and the rise of the 64 and 74Notable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:08:51Fighting among Quiberon Bay's shoalsChapter
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:15:47Why the victory mattered beyond the bayChapter
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:16:42Hawke's plan to attack the trapped French fleet from landNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:23:34Why similar fleets suffered unequal lossesQ&A
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:26:46Had British and French gunnery already diverged?Q&A
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:50:16Sea training, patronage, and naval commandNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay2:11:56Why weaker navies fall into short-term operationsNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark28:50Taranto's place in Mediterranean force balanceChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark33:06French participation and a hypothetical larger carrier strikeNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:04:13Manning a French fleet in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:11:15Who could absorb French warships in 1940?Q&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:13:46What worked-up French ships might change in 1942Q&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War3:23:14Cunningham's negotiation with the French squadronChapter
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War3:34:55Could Mers-el-Kébir have been avoided?Q&A
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-2239:42Why aircraft carriers stayed outside the debateChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-1010:38National destroyer solutions and the six-inch cruiserChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-71:50Article 1: a capital-ship building holidayChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-723:19Article 7 caps submarines but preserves exceptionsChapter
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review1:42:54Warships after Washington as an interwar guideChapter
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review1:45:01Condottieri cruisers depended on keeping their distanceNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review1:55:53Le Fantasque combined gun range with exceptional trial speedNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:44:37Whitley's World War II Cruisers is useful but needs checkingQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:16:45French army strength and naval bargainingNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:17:29France's security bargain at WashingtonQ&A
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 2/2 - Lord Nelson5:40The Nile as a fleet-destruction missionChapter
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 2/2 - Lord Nelson8:24French competence and catastrophe at the NileNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy50:37Why naval commissions were not purchasedQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:10:51Why returning officers alone would not transform the French fleetQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:21:38American victory also depended on French sea powerQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:24:36Was a better French admiral available than Villeneuve?Q&A
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 1/2 - The Battle13:42The opposing senior commands in the order of battleChapter
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 1/2 - The Battle17:01Why the Allied fleet carried so many senior officersNotable Point
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 1/2 - The Battle18:37A victory made decisive by the fate of the shipsNotable Point
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 1/2 - The Battle22:19Why one Atlantic cruise could not create readinessNotable Point
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 1/2 - The Battle24:00Multinational crews and the hierarchy of seamanshipNotable Point
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 1/2 - The Battle30:21Remembering courage across the battle linesNotable Point
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty10:55Could the United States Really Miss the Mobilisation?Chapter
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty14:34Why an American-Anglo-French Clash Was UnlikelyQ&A
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty1:28:21The Suez Fleet and Its Logistical TailChapter
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty1:33:58Jean Bart Deployed with Limited ReadinessQ&A
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty1:47:17What Political Success Would Have Meant for British and French Sea PowerQ&A
- Four Random Books 7: Dunkirk9:00Why the East Mole became an evacuation lifelineNotable Point
- WWI in the Far East; Penang, Tsingtao, Emden & Cormoran the Long Patrol48:20Mousquet meets Emden outside PenangNotable Point
- An Introduction to Operation Menace part 1 of 211:29Dakar and the dispersed French NavyNotable Point
- An Introduction to Operation Menace part 1 of 212:03Why Britain preferred French ships at MartiniqueNotable Point
- An Introduction to Operation Menace part 1 of 213:24Force Y and HMAS Australia enter the Dakar storyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A27:58High and low points for major naviesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:05:33Could Germany have used an unscuttled French fleet?Q&A
- 2 minute: Battle of Texel0:18The fleets at Texel and the British commandChapter
- 2 minute: Battle of Texel1:22French caution under Louis XIV's ordersNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:21:10American entry and a coalition Pacific commandChapter
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:53:02The 1939 Allied capital-ship balanceNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 423:20Treaty restraint meets maritime ruthlessnessNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...23:42An imagined Battle of Argentia in the AtlanticChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 44:28Mediterranean leverage against a late Italian entryNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 442:40The remaining Mediterranean capital shipsNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 449:39Mediterranean sea control protects the Suez routeChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 459:41Submarines and bases for a Mediterranean counteroffensiveNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 42:21French and Dutch ships in the Far Eastern balanceChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 417:30Shifting the Mediterranean Fleet eastChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 420:29Worked-up destroyer flotillas and forward reservesNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 444:44Would France send a battleship east?Q&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 445:21The concentrated fleet battle the Royal Navy planned forNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 43:21The bare-bones coalition against JapanNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 45:54French naval resolve without weakening the army in EuropeNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 445:23French and Dutch fleets in the Far EastNotable Point
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest Part 2 of 230:32French submarines and Mediterranean identification riskNotable Point
- An Introduction to From the Sea... How Navies Influence Land Campaigns.28:16A French intervention counterfactual for SpainNotable Point
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:34:24STOVL decks trade aircraft performance for wider fleet availabilityQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-432:36:01Why Britain treated the French fleet as an existential riskNotable Point
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-432:40:24Why Britain did not attack the French fleet at ToulonQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-432:49:13Why Somerville going ashore at Mers-el-Kebir might have backfiredQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:05:08Adapting the Queen Elizabeth design for FranceQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:37:17Why the Dunkerque class remains a battleship designQ&A
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P2/4 Inter-War28:19Rohrbach Ro X Romar and the pusher layoutNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:23:17Carrier availability beyond the headline countQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:31:35British-French carrier cooperation is politically easier than operationally reliableQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:37:07Mers-el-Kebir was brutal but strategically understandableQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:02:43A prepared French fleet would still face overwhelming forceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:37:11Collingwood in Nelson's place at TrafalgarQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:11:02Why Dunkerque and Strasbourg were fast battleshipsQ&A
- An Introduction To Battle Cruisers40:59Dunkerque as a small fast battleshipChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A22:47What to expect from French Armoured CruisersNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A31:07Why French pre-dreadnoughts pursued unusual solutionsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A50:07Why apparently simple warship upgrades can failQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A52:25Mers-el-Kebir as a necessary but corrosive missionQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:22:41Submarines adapted for landing troopsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:45:47Oberon, Los Angeles, and Swedish submarine favoritesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:52:39The danger if Germany had captured the French fleetQ&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?1:14:44Foreign equivalents did not share one sloop formulaQ&A
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)22:11A French Indochina contingency that required a larger navyNotable Point