Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Indian Ocean Raid (1942)

Also searchable as Operation C.

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  1. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    5:02:52Why the Indian Ocean raid may never occurQ&A
  2. Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:13:39Ceylon as the Royal Navy Far East baseQ&A
  3. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:25:06How carrier continuity could change Hermes and Force ZNotable Point
  4. Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy
    56:26What if the Barracuda had entered service in 1941?Notable Point
  5. Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:42:20The Swordfish night strike that might have broken Kido ButaiQ&A
  6. Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:01:20Warspite as a postwar diplomatic symbolNotable Point
  7. Chūichi Nagumo: The Creation of the Kidō Butai's Kaigun Chūjō
    43:41Reassessing Nagumo's aviation credentialsNotable Point
  8. Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:17:44A viable ABDA naval force in Southeast AsiaQ&A
  9. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:12:28The Indian Ocean shows why isolated ships valued Bofors reachNotable Point
  10. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    18:50Operation C exposed the limits of Japanese supportNotable Point
  11. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    20:07Japanese intelligence geography and pressure to actChapter
  12. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    19:25Eight-inch proximity fuzes for County-class cruisersQ&A
  13. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    1:59:02Isolated cruisers faced a carrier strike without layered air defenseChapter
  14. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:06:49Would Type 45 destroyers survive the 1942 carrier strike?Q&A
  15. Scuttlebutt 9 - A long time coming...
    44:25Could a reinforced Royal Navy contest Japan in the Far East?Q&A
  16. An Indomitable Force Z
    1:09:07Operation C could become a major Allied-Japanese carrier battleChapter
  17. An Indomitable Force Z
    1:17:08Bomber losses and logistics create compounding Japanese problemsNotable Point
  18. An Indomitable Force Z
    1:20:18A smaller Allied carrier force could still hurt Operation CNotable Point
  19. An Indomitable Force Z
    1:22:42Operation C could not simply be rushed forwardNotable Point
  20. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:48:10How Operation C could become an Allied-Japanese fleet confrontationChapter
  21. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    2:28:41A surviving Ark Royal with Force Z and ABDAQ&A
  22. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    2:32:21The position-report error that frustrated an Operation C night strikeNotable Point
  23. 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
  24. Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right
    1:18:00Hermes without aircraft or a carrier task groupNotable Point
  25. Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right
    2:31:18Carrier strikes could fail through communication errorsNotable Point
  26. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:14:48Infrared-equipped naval spotting aircraft in 1938Q&A
  27. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:43:11An early Fairey Barracuda combat debutQ&A
  28. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    1:05:26Japan's Pacific threat narrative limits Indian Ocean strategyNotable Point
  29. The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier
    5:19Why carrier reputations followed wartime opportunityNotable Point
  30. Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 1938
    21:07Warspite as the Royal Navy's enduring capital shipNotable Point
  31. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    4:11:06How an Indian Ocean victory would reopen Allied fleet plansQ&A
  32. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    2:32:36Reconnaissance, range, and night attack form the doctrine's coreChapter
  33. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    1:03:27Aircraft reputations often follow one defining eventNotable Point
  34. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    52:17An Eastern Fleet victory erases the Pacific carrier-war sequenceQ&A
  35. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    1:05:40Radar, Albacores, and battle-line control make the Indian Ocean ambush dangerousQ&A
  36. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    1:28:28Saratoga gives Somerville a credible dawn follow-upQ&A
  37. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    1:08:31Operation C and the missed night strikeChapter
  38. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    47:23Operation C tested an improvised Eastern FleetChapter
  39. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    58:20Operation C aimed to destroy the Eastern FleetNotable Point
  40. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    1:08:03The missed night strike against Kido ButaiChapter
  41. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    1:13:10Radar could guide torpedo aircraft to Kido Butai's largest shipsNotable Point
  42. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    1:17:29A night strike could make Nagumo overestimate the British forceNotable Point
  43. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    1:32:47Warspite complicated a Kongō pursuit at nightNotable Point
  44. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    1:38:42Operation C as a counterfactual imperial turning pointNotable Point
  45. Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...
    2:36:17Would the Japanese Indian Ocean raid still happen?Q&A
  46. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    2:40:28How an earlier Barracuda could change British carrier strikesQ&A
  47. Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued
    4:34:51The Eastern Fleet nearly tested night carrier doctrineNotable Point
  48. HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 3
    51:49Warspite and the outmatched Eastern FleetChapter
  49. Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation
    50:14Multi-role carrier aviation and the risk of lost contactNotable Point
  50. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    1:02:39Why carrier duels are a poor test of carrier doctrineNotable Point
  51. HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...
    1:59:51Somerville's surprise-strike gamble during Operation CNotable Point
  52. Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat
    1:08:13When carrier 8-inch guns might have matteredQ&A
  53. The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century
    1:33:18The overlooked submarine war in the Indian OceanNotable Point
  54. Bruships 88: Way of War
    1:32:50If Ark Royal survived into the Eastern FleetQ&A
  55. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 3
    29:35Interpreting the reported bomb hits on HMS HermesQ&A
  56. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out
    1:25:38Could different command have changed the Indian Ocean raid?Q&A
  57. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out
    1:44:13A second Japanese Indian Ocean raid instead of MidwayQ&A
  58. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    2:19:50Ark Royal joins the Eastern Fleet for Operation CQ&A
  59. County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)
    36:34Dorsetshire and Cornwall in the Indian Ocean raidChapter
  60. County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)
    8:55Dorsetshire in Force A and the Indian Ocean raidChapter
  61. How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)
    1:27:00Operation C and competing night doctrinesNotable Point
  62. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    3:02:38Operation C: close British attacks versus Japanese torpedo ambushChapter
  63. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    3:09:40Why the Operation C answer became more nuancedQ&A
  64. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    2:41:12A surviving Singapore shifts the Pacific carrier warChapter
  65. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    1:33:16What made Trafalgar decisiveChapter
  66. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    2:10:13How the Royal Navy organized night carrier strikesQ&A
  67. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    1:46:38Could the Fleet Air Arm's Operation C night strike have worked?Q&A
  68. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    2:13:39Operation C as a bounded carrier-warfare counterfactualNotable Point
  69. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    2:54:16A Royal Navy night-strike answer to Operation CNotable Point
  70. Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response
    43:54Why night carrier attacks suited the Royal NavyNotable Point
  71. Bruships 55: New Books
    4:59:16British and Japanese reasons for night fightingNotable Point
  72. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    35:58Somerville's night strike in the Indian Ocean RaidQ&A
  73. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    3:14:13Somerville's missed opportunity during Operation CQ&A
  74. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    3:18:01An armored British carrier could defeat a Japanese carrier with gunsQ&A
  75. Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail
    3:03:07An Operation C counterfactual ends with carrier gunfireNotable Point
  76. An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 2 - HMS Enterprise
    15:21Rescuing survivors after Cornwall and DorsetshireNotable Point
  77. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    45:44Why better anti-aircraft weapons could not save scattered shipsQ&A
  78. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    47:39Somerville's intended answer: evade by day and strike at nightNotable Point
  79. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    51:37Radar reconnaissance let Somerville track an enemy that could not find himNotable Point
  80. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    1:04:26Intelligence gave Somerville warning, not certaintyQ&A
  81. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    2:02:25Operation C begins with Japan's 1942 eastern offensiveChapter
  82. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    2:05:17Operation C's central purpose: cover Japanese troop movementsChapter
  83. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    2:11:30Japanese cruisers targeted the traffic India depended onChapter
  84. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    2:15:03Why HMS Hermes remained near CeylonQ&A
  85. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    2:19:08The Kido Butai raid was not an entirely new kind of threatQ&A
  86. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    2:22:45Somerville's experience and exhaustion during Operation CQ&A
  87. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    2:31:08Could submarines and mines have restricted Japan before Operation C?Q&A
  88. An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)
    47:18Operation C was more than a carrier raidNotable Point
  89. An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)
    48:49Somerville's overwork encouraged reactive commandNotable Point
  90. An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)
    49:33The recall that turned Cornwall and Dorsetshire toward dangerNotable Point
  91. An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)
    50:21Hermes needed either a clean escape or a secured harbourNotable Point
  92. An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)
    52:51Why losing a liner damaged global strategic liftNotable Point
  93. An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)
    53:21Dispersal created a fleeting counterattack opportunityNotable Point
  94. An Introduction to Admiral Somerville & Force H – Part 1 Admiral Somerville
    29:32Eastern Fleet command after Operation CNotable Point
  95. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:32:31Sea Fury success frames a wider point about underestimated naval aviationQ&A
  96. Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 1
    9:34James Somerville's aggression and Indian Ocean judgmentChapter
  97. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    24:14Operation C and Somerville's missed night battleChapter
  98. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    25:48Lyster's carrier expertise and Admiralty responsibilitiesNotable Point
  99. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    29:27How command strain shaped Somerville's choicesNotable Point
  100. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    35:34What was Operation C intended to achieve?Q&A
  101. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    37:20Radar and night crews gave Somerville an openingNotable Point
  102. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    42:17How conflicting reports spoiled Somerville's night attackNotable Point
  103. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    45:15How radar-directed fighters could disrupt a Japanese strikeNotable Point
  104. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    47:40Why Operation C became a test of attack cultureNotable Point
  105. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    52:18Could Operation C have changed the postwar balance?Notable Point
  106. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    1:34:17Why does Operation C receive less attention?Q&A