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- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?29:17Convergent Italian destroyer developmentNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers0:00How the World War I destroyer surplus hid an aging forceChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers14:17Farragut ended a thirteen-year gap in destroyer commissioningChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers16:45Japanese parity and Allied research shaped the technology raceNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:36:58What four destroyers in each appropriation might have changedNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:06:05Why steady interwar naval research funding matteredNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:13World War I losses shaped British cruiser ASWNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:32:09Naval staff priorities after the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:16:00A 1930s Falklands attack meets overwhelming British sea powerQ&A
- Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s0:00Italian destroyer design as a changing compromiseNotable Point
- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?58:30Dominion capital ships would demand local naval infrastructureNotable Point
- Building upon experience from a position of strength; Imperial Japan's Destroyers in WWI11:57Japan's Mediterranean anti-submarine expertiseNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today21:42Interwar destroyer mass lets navies experimentChapter
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today23:03Destroyer command builds future fleet leadersNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today26:27Information overload and the judgment learned in destroyersNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today29:20Exercise bias understates destroyer air defenceNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today33:28Why destroyer guns shield and torpedoes strikeNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today36:46Destroyer presence and winning the peaceNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?11:00Washington treaty rules block the historical Tiger gun changeChapter
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?14:13Stored Courageous turrets show Britain's measured rearmament paceNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?22:48The London treaty removes Tiger before her replacement is readyNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?50:48Accepting Tiger may be cheaper than reopening the treaty bargainNotable Point
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?32:18British maritime power depends on more than treaty parityChapter
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?1:10:09Historical distance matters when interpreting interwar BritainNotable Point
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)14:18Chain Home and assumptions about rival radar researchNotable Point
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)46:39Why interwar development deserves weightChapter
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)50:28Why the 1920s and 1930s are called the interwar periodQ&A
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)1:12:00How a direct audience changes historical publishingChapter
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development29:36Destroyer command creates the interwar admiral pipelineNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development33:41Destroyer silhouettes advertise speed, status, and confidenceNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development42:50Destroyer pickets extend reconnaissance and air defenceNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development44:44Exercise incentives distort destroyer air-defence lessonsNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)49:09The Four-Power Treaty replaces alliance obligations with consultationChapter
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:02:48A later treaty limits ship size rather than fleet ratiosNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate0:39The 1923 naval law and Dutch destroyer shortfallChapter
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate3:17Wolf/Fret-class ships as the weak starting pointNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate21:43Admiral de Ruyter class: mine warfare, floatplanes, and torpedoesChapter
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate22:45Admiral de Ruyter-class guns, speed, and enduranceNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)12:44HMS Kilbride and postwar Baltic resistanceNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:05:36Invergordon's 10 percent and 25 percent pay cutsChapter
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:13:41Atlantic Fleet learns through newspapersNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:21:45Tomkinson investigates complaints before testing the fleetNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:24:13Invergordon becomes a disciplined work-to-rule protestChapter
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:30:29Officer sympathy keeps Invergordon from becoming a class fightNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:38:18Tomkinson and the return from InvergordonNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:40:52Len Wincott and the difference between spokesmen and organizersNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:47:31Who was responsible for Invergordon's communication failure?Notable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:51:59Why a Labour pay cut carried an extra political stingNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:54:52A limited purge, Cabinet concession, and the gold standardNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)2:00:45Tomkinson's career and a cautious Admiralty inferenceNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)2:06:01Chiefs translate between sailors' committees and officersNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)2:10:17Personnel cuts create a naval training problemNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)2:11:57HMS Nelson's captain avoids forcing a formal mutinyNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...0:00Torpedo-boat roots of German destroyersChapter
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...4:42Versailles and torpedo-boat displacement accountingNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...27:08Hull testing and the limits of scaling designsChapter
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:23Continuous construction and the survival of interwar shipyardsNotable Point
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:46A 1930s task group for hunting surface raidersQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:03Building the 1938 raider-hunting group by navyQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....36:44Why the Clemson class set an interwar benchmarkChapter
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....40:39Tribal-class guns meet the aircraft threatNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....42:20Destroyers become independent diplomatic and combat assetsNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)7:42Washington Treaty pressure for smaller carriersChapter
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)16:08Why HMS Hermes did not commission until 1924Notable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)17:20HMS Hermes as a cruiser-carrier presence shipChapter
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)28:20Why Beatty rejected the cruiser-carrier ideaChapter
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?0:00A delayed world war has more than one naval outcomeChapter
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?3:04A Rhineland setback could split the war into smaller conflictsNotable Point
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor3:41Hosho experiments give way to Akagi and Kaga's larger air groupsChapter
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor6:40Fragmented engines make early carrier aviation expensiveNotable Point
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor13:28Aircraft licensing as a path to self-sufficiencyChapter
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor36:00The A2N joins fighter agility to engine developmentChapter
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor40:32The B2M combines imported components with Japanese productionChapter
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...0:00Why destroyer fighting edge fades in peacetimeChapter
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...15:56Destroyers cross from boats to shipsNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...46:45Global commitments make local destroyer dominance essentialNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...56:04Alphabet classes grow around the torpedo attackChapter
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?0:00How selective cheating kept the Washington Treaty aliveNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?3:46How standard displacement could hide wartime weightChapter
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?13:40Why mutual cheating discouraged formal accusationsNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?32:00The ten-year peace assumption nobody trustedNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?53:41Greater naval confidence could open diplomatic discussionsNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:18:48A failed London settlement and continued shipbuildingChapter
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:19:50Perceived weakness and the credibility of diplomatic warningsNotable Point
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:51A Nordic federation's bases and sea-control problemQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)46:35Larger machinery spaces can reduce maintenance labourNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)53:46How treaty limits restrained interwar ship growthQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:23:05Where to research interwar Royal Navy explosivesQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:30:24Visiting the archives to study interwar carrier designQ&A
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII1:41Walter Hose preserved the naval serviceChapter
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 30:00Three entry books for interwar naval preparationChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust4:26:27Why a 1938 Anglo-American fleet swap breaks British global coverageQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I23:45Large armored cruisers as affordable heavy-ship massQ&A
- 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?26:16The fragile politics behind naval limitationChapter
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?27:52Qualitative versus quantitative naval racesNotable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?48:12German technology sparks a naval construction boomChapter
- 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?1:11:18A different London naval treaty in 1925Chapter
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?1:13:39Carrier programs grow before a delayed treatyNotable Point
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why20:45The neglected US Navy 4-inch gunNotable Point
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why46:23Why battleships versus carriers is a false interwar choiceNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)59:11Who could build useful warships before World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...51:17A plausible Brazilian naval modernization before WWIIQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:10Britain abandons battleships for 9.2-inch cruisersQ&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...2:36:52How the Royal Navy built its wartime fuel reserveNotable Point
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:57:13Would an early Soviet carrier force change the naval building pause?Q&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:59:47Royal Navy cruisers designed for rapid upgunningQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...25:53A 1934 international warship-design exchangeQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:02Why Britain could not rebuild every capital ship at onceQ&A
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose2:29:42Did the Dutch Navy recover after the Batavian era?Q&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:38Why shell-dye spotting emerged across naviesQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:05:27The interwar Anglo-Japanese Alliance outlives a reduced US NavyQ&A
- Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List14:26Interwar training and the destroyer's need for decisive actionNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...18:31The 1930 London conference and earlier Washington treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:21Why secret drawings cannot preserve a battleship industryQ&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?5:13AA cruiser ideas before World War IIChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?28:57How fleet exercises underestimated attacks on destroyersNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?44:50How did Air Ministry advice shape naval air defense?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...41:28Presence ships changed names more than sizeQ&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!1:54:52F3 and 15-inch King George V alternativesQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:09:47Why Royal Navy multi-carrier plans exceeded wartime opportunitiesNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:11:24An aircraft carrier built on an Incomparable hullQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:26:14How interwar fleet problems simulated damageQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:56:32Competing starting points for a naval-treaty counterfactualQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?17:14Could Italian fast battleships have saved HMS Tiger?Q&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!2:03:16If the German fleet were not scuttled at Scapa FlowQ&A
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!2:08Escort carriers as pre-war planningChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!31:20Interwar threat assumptions behind carrier planningNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:13:21How interwar Commonwealth navies shared personnelNotable Point
- Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage2:17Sweden prepared to prepareChapter
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff4:27Implacable carrier tonnage source problemQ&A
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff36:08Naval treaties and acceptable cheatingQ&A
- Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!20:54Royal Navy multi-carrier doctrine before the warNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 317:09Second London Naval Treaty limits and escape routesChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 335:30Reconstructing a 27,000-ton carrier from a broken treaty recordNotable Point
- Persistent Percient Patrol: Supermarine Walrus - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 513:21Seagull and interwar presence missionsNotable Point
- Persistent Percient Patrol: Supermarine Walrus - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 516:34Seagull endurance and catapult experienceNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:50Naval procurement as economic stimulusChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 120:56Washington Treaty shock to shipyardsNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 133:51War debt, reparations, and the DepressionNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:07:11London Treaty failure and Depression spendingChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:55:37From naval wages to local spending and tax receiptsChapter
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines0:26Planned-war carriers after the treaty systemChapter
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines31:06Fuel infrastructure under the Ten Year RuleNotable Point
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests0:00Mitchell's certainty and the 1921 testsChapter
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests29:49Postwar Air Service politics and naval aviationChapter
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests44:59Project B rules and competing aimsChapter
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests47:17Media leverage shaped Project B's command problemNotable Point
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests52:12Project B exposed the Air Service's industrial limitsNotable Point
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests59:22Ostfriesland and the limits of the resultNotable Point
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?1:06:11Postwar demobilization reshapes Mitchell's Air Service careerChapter
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?2:22Treaty conversion preserves the Lexingtons' Pacific missionChapter
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?16:41Sims turns the scouting role into a carrier problemNotable Point
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?29:46Langley helps make the Lexington conversions workableNotable Point
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?32:52Fleet Problems IX and X reveal carrier reach and vulnerabilityChapter
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion7:31Washington Treaty definitions and national carrier allowancesChapter
- Musings on Deterrence0:22Deterrence before war startsChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems9:30Sims turns carriers into offensive weaponsChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems49:19Sable Island uses the Royal Navy as a capstone testNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems57:20Anglo-American shipbuilding follows qualitative competitionNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems2:04:01Night operations lose priority to strike volumeNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!0:54Postwar navies diverge from a shared carrier starting pointChapter
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!13:35Furious separates wartime improvisation from postwar carrier learningNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!15:10Langley gives the US Navy a small carrier laboratoryChapter
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!31:29Hosho starts Japan's carrier and aircraft learning curveChapter
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!51:20Hermes is a presence and information carrierChapter
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:14:27Treaty tonnage limits close off a Hermes-style fleetChapter
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...13:32The Japanese fleet actually available in June 1940Chapter
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier1:48Why interwar navies built different kinds of carriersChapter
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier15:04Helium, institutions, and the rigid-airship programmeChapter
- German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 86:54A floating support system for transatlantic airmailChapter
- German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 834:01German catapult experience was not a unique advantageNotable Point
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier33:40The experimental airships that led to AkronChapter
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier1:49:27Akron enters service as a national naval projectChapter
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier2:48:46Akron was still considered viable in March 1933Notable Point
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier3:32:13Who could have replaced Chatfield as First Sea Lord?Q&A
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers28:19Argus tests the full-length flight deckChapter
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers48:57Eagle shows how war and peace change carrier procurementChapter
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers55:53Hōshō reflects an early support-carrier doctrineChapter
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers1:01:59Why the US Navy reached the flight-deck carrier lateChapter
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers1:25:12Treaties keep experimental carriers in serviceNotable Point
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:52:56How a successful 1918 carrier raid could accelerate fleet carriersQ&A
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 19381:27What each navy wanted in 1938Chapter
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193827:08Kriegsmarine design after lost institutional expertiseChapter
- 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
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193850:06Soviet naval resource scarcity and inherited machineryNotable Point
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193852:38Stalin and the prestige battleshipNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:36:20Why a 1930 world war begins with Royal Navy dominanceQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:31:55Why Admiral Pratt's leadership record deserves a balanced readingQ&A
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 60:00The treaty uncertainty behind a forgotten battleship generationChapter
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 615:18The 1927 designs search for a minimum viable battleshipChapter
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?27:28Turning 1938 naval design cultures into Star DestroyersChapter
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:03:52Scharnhorst and an unwanted claim of German design efficiencyChapter
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:56:26How a later Wall Street Crash could alter naval treaty politicsQ&A
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:57:31An economic crash during naval-treaty negotiationsQ&A
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)11:13Fairey III and Seal show the value of incremental aircraft developmentChapter
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)15:07Interwar aviation procurement balanced innovation against wartime riskNotable Point
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered18:09How early the cavity magnetron might be developedQ&A
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London3:06:09Which 1929 navy offers the most freedom to redesign?Q&A
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign54:19A treaty-survival scenario links ship design to interwar policyNotable Point
- Navys in the Embassy Bar after the Washington Treaty(1922)12:18The Second London Treaty and the illusion of peaceNotable Point
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 194245:43Who gained most from the Washington Naval Treaty?Notable Point
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19421:35:19Charles Madden's enormous 1919 carrier fleet proposalQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time8:35A 1930 war favors the Royal Navy's aviation leadQ&A
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids1:22:21Treaties make conversions the dominant carrier generationNotable Point
- The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes2:51:19Early gas turbines would draw Australia into developmentQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out23:35Akagi's possible peacetime longevityQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics10:18A Finnish ship at the 1937 Coronation ReviewQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics4:24:44Percy Scott's anti-battleship argument before naval aviation maturedQ&A
- Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 156:43Carrier ownership as a claim to great-power statusNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books46:23When 28 knots counted as fast for a battleshipQ&A
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas2:01:48Trading shell weight for interwar gun rangeNotable Point
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...46:29Eighteen-inch battleships and twelve-inch cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...2:52:51Royal Navy crews fight an Italian liner fireChapter
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...2:56:161935 carrier escort and Italian air planningChapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response3:13January 1939 alliance assumptionsQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak2:17:04Tsingtao-war escorts and Japanese geographyQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?5:11January 1939 changes the alliance mapChapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?11:41Japan starts from January 1939 readinessNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?13:50Japan's naval command in January 1939Notable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?16:29British ships and commanders available in 1939Chapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?3:00Tsingtao 1939 is not a sandbox carrier duelChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?11:27January 1939 fleet readiness checkNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?18:17Carrier force and aircraft reality in 1939Chapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:18:03The missing incident that changes interwar threat perceptionNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class19:19Yangtze Patrol and Panay crisis warningNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class34:34Dragonfly class design and Far East roleChapter
- 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 Response21:49French aircraft limits and carrier-system coevolutionNotable Point
- 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?12:27Bearn and lost carrier momentumNotable Point
- 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?48:24Treaty tonnage and missed fast carriersNotable Point
- 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?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?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?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
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class30:15Interwar naval money was a policy choiceQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class52:02Super-cruisers could reshape treaty bargainingQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine39:31Interwar brain drain eroded German naval design expertiseQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine1:00:22Deutschland class belongs in the cruiser roleQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat25:34Why the Nelson-class triple turrets needed refinementQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat35:52Treaty limits shape a response to larger German cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:17:23Armor production limits an early King George V programQ&A
- Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-193916:03Aurora and the fleet left after revolutionChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-193926:15Outside the Washington treaty systemNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-193932:18Cruisers as a bid for Soviet naval standingChapter
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII1:33:24How the Hipper class became an expensive eight-inch cruiserChapter
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response3:09Why treaty disclosure mattered more than small tonnage overrunsNotable Point
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response32:39Treaty diplomacy, public opinion, and what navies chose to protectNotable Point
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response49:03How the Washington treaty became a modern arms-control modelChapter
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response54:11John Jordan as a starting point for treaty-era fleet developmentQ&A
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?59:37How the Washington Treaty interrupted capital-ship developmentChapter
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?1:21:52Would G3 and N3 have changed German naval rearmament?Q&A
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?2:15:23The design experience behind Britain's treaty battleshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books43:51What the Kii class would have added to Japan's battle fleetQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:14:44Mediterranean Fleet planning before the Second World WarChapter
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books4:35:58Where to study interwar Royal Navy exercises and war gamingQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:03:00Did American prejudice help cause the Pacific War?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:11:50Why Britain kept treaty restraints after Japan withdrewQ&A
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?1:25Why the Capitani Romani were supersized destroyersChapter
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?13:43Treaty limits turned cruiser design into a cycle of countersNotable Point
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road59:00A 1930 Royal Navy reform program starts with carriers, guns, and machineryQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road2:12:51A 1920 trawler grounding ended in a complete crew rescueNotable Point
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road4:16:02Waiting until 1948 would not solve Plan Z's strategic and economic contradictionsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:04:36Without the battleship holiday, replacement could outrank modernizationQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:19:51Continuous construction could replace Britain's old battle fleetQ&A
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194221:40Choose one naval change for January 1937Notable Point
- 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 today1:54:39Why active fleet spending undermines naval treatiesQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today2:34:42Italian ammunition quality as a preventable fleet weaknessQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)16:39Japanese security and the proposed seven-to-ten ratioQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)24:17How the construction holiday created a catch-up incentiveQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:09:01How the treaty left powers weaker and less secureChapter
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)2:24:25Reworking the London Treaty's cruiser tonnageChapter
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)3:07:35When 7.5-inch and 8-inch cruiser guns are comparableQ&A
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)5:45Why arms limits can create a balance of weaknessChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)5:35Avoid anachronistic, zero-sum fleet rankingsNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)30:00Submarine limits without an ASW counterweightChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)17:08The treaties did not cause the escort shortageNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)10:16Why the Second London Treaty lacked strategic weightNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)29:38The strategic contradiction of limiting cruisers in 1936Chapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)1:02:51Steady cruiser construction and national force coverageChapter
- Boadicea Class (1907): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)20:15Pembroke shows what Britain lost when naval yards stopped buildingChapter
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...2:31:02What different interwar navies needed from cruisersQ&A
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)32:22How the scuttling changed the postwar naval settlementNotable Point
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)33:42Interwar optimism became a readiness riskChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:54:20A negotiating victory too complete to lastChapter
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol0:59Why the Königsberg class defies a simple cruiser labelChapter
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol13:02Treaty limits, industrial continuity, and a dated designChapter
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol45:16Ordering cruisers before settling what they were forNotable Point
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol47:37Köln's cruises rebuilt presence and exposed her designNotable Point
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol1:02:02Requirements drift and the reality behind a tidy planChapter
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?2:37:12Leaving the treaties in 1929 would start an earlier naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:32:01Why the Royal Navy needed to prepare for three different opponentsNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:32:35What an Anglo-Japanese war in 1939 might have changedNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:51:12The Anglo-French division behind German naval planningNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:58:38Treaty parity and the fleets governments actually fundedNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:59:16British and Japanese reasons for night fightingNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books5:00:54Why allies still plan to fight each otherQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol2:33The 10-year rule and an unexpectedly early warNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol6:06Kingfishers, trawlers, and prototype escortsChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol29:31The treaty-exempt sloop fleet Britain did not fundNotable Point
- Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/70:19Why gun-armed cruiser submarines appealed in the 1920sChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War19:23The Royal Navy's possible case for retaining carrier aviationNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War21:25Admiral-class carrier conversion counterfactualNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber1:15Why the Skua combined fighter and strike rolesNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber2:21Armoured carriers, air-group mass, and survivabilityNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber3:47Peter C. Smith on Tribal and J-class destroyersNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber4:25International sight development and Air Ministry resistanceChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber6:01A moving-warship requirement diluted at committeeNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber9:33Glide bombing versus naval dive bombingNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber11:44Gyroscopic release and single-bomb accuracyChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber14:29Contacting altimeters, release height, and anti-aircraft fireNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber16:17The multi-directional ring-sight dead endNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber21:00Blackburn development and the limits of surviving evidenceNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-19562:48Italian capital-ship parity under disarmament uncertaintyNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-19563:29Italy studies answers to DunkerqueNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-19567:27Free-tonnage battlecruiser alternativeNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-195613:44Cavour rebuild costs and hidden-hull riskChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-195616:22Rebuilt Cavours support a watchful-waiting strategyNotable Point
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”5:42How to reassess Coastal Command's interwar recordNotable Point
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”18:35Capability cuts versus salami slicing after 1918Notable Point
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”23:29Why strategic bombing displaced maritime patrolChapter
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:20:18The thin flying-boat force before the SunderlandChapter
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:32:31Small aircraft detachments across a global patrol networkNotable Point
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:45:02Why the Royal Navy did not simply neglect anti-submarine warfareChapter
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:53:52Interwar depth charges gained explosive powerQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:57:18What the Royal Navy funded first in 1930s rearmamentQ&A
- Robert Sherbrooke: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 21:48Robert Sherbrooke's route to destroyer commandChapter
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s30:25How Hawker rebuilt Sopwith's aviation capabilityChapter
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s53:27The Hedgehog as Hawker's first naval-aircraft attemptNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s1:15:39The Danecock takes Hawker's Woodcock into Danish naval serviceNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s1:22:26The Horsley and the land-based torpedo-bomber ideaChapter
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s1:36:09The first Hawker Harrier tests another torpedo-bomber routeNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s1:47:15The Hoopoe's repeated redesigns pursue naval-fighter performanceNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s2:25:01The Nimrod as the Osprey's carrier-fighter partnerNotable Point
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces1:42:28Why Royal Navy crews still trained for boarding and fighting ashoreQ&A
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans2:37:16Mechanical stokers lost the race to oilQ&A
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)4:17:48Tonnage limits versus a naval building holidayQ&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...3:53:34Would a world without the interwar naval treaties avoid war?Q&A
- Four Random Books 23: 1930s Thinking...12:02Interwar Royal Navy preparation and threat assumptionsChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 2: Papers & Treaties23:42Royal Navy carrier numbers built early operational experienceNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s2:51:33Interwar construction challenges the battleship-only mythNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s2:52:46Glorious and Ryujo show the scale of interwar carrier experimentsChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s3:14:18Carrier investment was established before Pearl HarborNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s3:17:14Treaty carrier tonnage reflected a sea change already underwayQ&A
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy13:20Carrier treaty limits collided with fleet availabilityNotable Point
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy15:37How treaty limits freeze today's design assumptionsNotable Point
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A8:36Using Brassey’s annuals as naval reference worksChapter
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:30:59Why early carriers carried heavy gunsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A43:03Starting points for interwar torpedo researchQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A56:17Why the G3 design lacked useful growth marginQ&A
- The Battles of Narvik (Norway 80)1:56German destroyer readiness and the failed ambushesChapter
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile1:18Why battleships remained credible before carrier aviation maturedChapter