Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

IJN Hiryu

Aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy based on a modified Sōryū design.

Related time notes

  1. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    1:00Mirror carriers, pilot instinct, and port-island riskChapter
  2. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    12:51Carrier air power as Japanese offset strategyNotable Point
  3. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    26:35Treaty weight and Fourth Fleet lessonsChapter
  4. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    27:23Why a mirrored island required a different shipNotable Point
  5. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    43:01Soryu, Hiryu, and Kido Butai doctrineChapter
  6. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    49:46Early air groups and second-line aircraftNotable Point
  7. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    53:01Carrier air groups operate as mobile shore forcesNotable Point
  8. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    55:27Soryu and Hiryu at Pearl HarborNotable Point
  9. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    1:02:01The Indian Ocean raid depended on Sōryū and HiryūNotable Point
  10. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    1:02:50Midway carrier losses and air-group attritionChapter
  11. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    1:07:53Hiryu's last airworthy aircraft and forward flight-deck collapseNotable Point
  12. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    1:10:33Hiryū survives abandonment before her last crew escapesNotable Point
  13. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    1:12:29Would mirror-pair carriers ever have become standard?Notable Point
  14. The Amagi Class: Super Kongos or Nascent Fast Battleships? - KSS2 S5 Comment Response
    9:44Fleet-carrier development without treaty conversionsQ&A
  15. Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)
    1:05:00What Japan's carrier force actually contained in February 1939Notable Point