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- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:23Dating the submarine preserved in TallinnQ&A
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?9:24Churchill, shrinking budgets, and the Ten Year RuleChapter
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?11:29Why cancelling the Ten Year Rule did not end restraintNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?17:31The Committee of Imperial Defence and strategic continuityChapter
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...0:47Rebuilding a navy after losing its experienced peopleChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...42:04S-class ships as late-war strength and a later reserveNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:10:54Mission creep and wartime destroyer growthNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:14:37What if the cancelled destroyers had been completed?Notable Point
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:13:24How Commonwealth navies ordered interwar shipsQ&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:51:32Keeping equipment from treaty-scrapped battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:07:22A communist revolution in France in 1933Q&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:12:29Communist France and Britain's balance-of-power choicesNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?6:11British war debt and the limits of financial compulsionChapter
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?8:53Reading treaty decisions through contemporary evidenceNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?20:34Treaty extensions and different expectations of peaceChapter
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:08:34The interwar Polish Navy and a war that arrived too soonQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...1:58:09Why Royal Navy gun standardisation kept restartingQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:18:57Securing funding before choosing naval innovationsNotable Point
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars2:31Why Britain could replace its V and W destroyers graduallyNotable Point
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars3:25Interwar destroyer training and calculated riskNotable Point
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars27:05Interwar doctrine and dispersed naval forcesChapter
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars32:21Reserve service and prewar recommissioningChapter
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars47:03How air exercises overlooked attacks on destroyersNotable Point
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars59:49US destroyer funding and changing requirementsNotable Point
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:56:45Why aluminium hulls offer little to treaty-era warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:37:06Why carrier armour had to be designed in from the startQ&A
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...36:00Three Royal Navy pay scales before InvergordonChapter
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:10Putting the modern Treasury into 1930s BritainQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:02:23South American naval powers in the treaty systemQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:27Carrier development as a technology-doctrine-strategy cycleQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:22:52Restoring Wilhelm III to the German throne in 1928Q&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:25:49Would Britain and France intervene against a restored German monarchy?Q&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:32:42Canada buying Admiral-class battlecruisers after World War IQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...14:32Interwar shipyard closures removed rearmament capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:08:20Fifteen 9.2-inch guns versus six 12-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:35Limits of post-Civil War Italo-Spanish naval cooperationQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:00Why Italo-Spanish destroyer cooperation stayed on paperQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...29:49Vertical dive attacks and interwar destroyer AA lessonsQ&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...51:44Hedge strategy and balanced fleet designNotable Point
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:00:23Reichsmarine war planning in the 1920sQ&A
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?33:04The Royal Navy lacked carriers, cruisers, and fast capital shipsNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?1:22:27An earlier victory preserves interwar spending powerNotable Point
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:10Why German and Italian naval designers did not cooperateQ&A
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...1:07:06Why Japan's early destroyers vanished before the Second World WarNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)2:27:42If naval treaties had not limited destroyer numbersQ&A
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)2:31:06Could steel warships be placed in ordinary?Q&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:09Vickers Design 1242 for AustraliaQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:45:54How a 1920s naval warehouse handled heavy equipmentQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:01:02Interwar British unions and fears of communist influenceNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:28Designing an interwar cruiser around 9.2-inch gunsQ&A
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?38:15Naval treaties leave the Eastern Fleet old and slowNotable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...45:29A German super-battleship in 1928 and the expected Allied responseQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:07:28Finish old Soviet cruiser hulls or start again?Notable Point
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:21:13Cruisers and smaller ships at Royal William YardQ&A
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?0:00Why Norway's 1940 defeat was a systemic failureChapter
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?5:51How the promise of a war to end wars weakened urgencyNotable Point
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?7:30Popular domestic priorities displaced defence investmentChapter
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 202651:21Interwar destroyer abundance enabled experimentation and conversion planningChapter
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:38:14The Ten Year Rule shows why rearmament lags policyNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order11:33The industrial network behind Dutch naval gunsChapter
- The Ranks of Some Navys of the World... Round 1 of many!35:01French admiral grades created international protocol problemsChapter
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers41:40Did Jeune Ecole influence other navies' strategies?Q&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...47:08What Vickers could sell the major navies in 1935Q&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:08Vickers, Spanish yards, and the market for smaller warshipsNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live1:56:54A British-led peace creates a different interwar orderChapter
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:31:17How additional Hermes-type carriers improve fleet learningQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:45:03How could wealthy Americans promote naval expansion?Q&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...13:32Completed Caracciolo-class ships could reshape the treaty battleship raceQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...16:46Could naval treaties discount the tonnage of ageing battleships?Q&A
- Future Fleets: Some Ideas of Naval Warfare55:36Eighteen bombers versus a battleship of the same vintageNotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...7:21Expected ship losses and the airpower analogyNotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...42:32British debt and naval spending after World War INotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...46:00Did paying off ships mean dismissing their crews?Q&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:23A royal marriage preserves Anglo-Japanese tiesQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:02Could marriage and succession rules be adjusted for a Japanese princess?Q&A
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit35:50French losses extended beyond the death tollNotable Point
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit1:20:04Carrier investment hedged risk before combat proved the conceptNotable Point
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit2:05:13Interwar armies remembered technology more readily than methodChapter
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit2:11:17Interwar air power was divided by funding and service rivalryChapter
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:18:52Bias, war weariness, and American complacencyNotable Point
- Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi19:13Fleet Problems and the US Navy's recurring destroyer shortageChapter
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers19:07French paper studies preserve interwar carrier thinkingNotable Point
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off21:19Fleet Air Arm observers as operational thinkersNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…55:10Why the Royal Navy kept developing landing craft between the warsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…57:32What a doubled interwar Royal Navy budget could buyQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:09:09Restoring Germany's pre-1914 shipbuilding capacity in 1933Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:10:50Did the interwar naval treaties make matters better?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:14:33Italy's strategic aims in the treaty settlementNotable 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…1:47:31How an Allied Ottoman Empire complicates naval arms controlChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…4:51:00Rearmament, public reluctance, and a skilled civilian reserveChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…8:21:12A 1929 submarine war forces Japan to learn ASW earlyNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War1:26:57Radar as the defining naval development of the 1930sQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:03:18The Black Swans' thirty-year development lineageChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:12:26From Flower-class sloops to interwar specialistsChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:13:37Why treaty exemptions did not guarantee sloop ordersNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust2:01:17How a stronger China could redraw Pacific naval alignmentsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust9:56How Britain might choose naval gun calibers without treatiesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust47:29What an early end to naval treaties does to the 1930s fleet raceQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:04:11The Polish Navy as a prewar sea-denial forceQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust2:32:01Interwar Italy's jet counterfactual depends on supporting infrastructureQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust8:56:04Unpopular British Army postings in the 1920sQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust9:02:42Why a Caribbean posting appealed in the 1920sQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust9:05:23Hong Kong and Malaya as popular but demanding postingsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:05:35Why the interwar US Navy built many destroyer classesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida17:35How Britain might cushion a 1920s American market crashQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:15:05Rebuilding merchant shipping after the First World WarQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida4:46:12A comparison of British and German tactical flexibilityNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida11:09:12Interwar bombing theory and the desire to avoid another trench warNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida11:13:27How strategic-bombing theory affected naval aviationQ&A
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception8:45What Invergordon taught Cunningham about leadershipChapter
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:17:27A 1930s building surge would redistribute older warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:37Congress funds capital ships but neglects escortsQ&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)4:46Setting the limits of a no-World-War-II fleet scenarioChapter
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:50:03Why navies hedged between battleships and carriersNotable Point
- Procuring for Peace First Draft29:49Henderson's small ships spread deterrent presenceChapter
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?41:00Germany enters an established submarine-ASW race lateNotable Point
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:36India gains Dominion status after the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut41:57World War I scrap and interwar metal marketsQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut1:33:08A 50,000-ton British battleship sketch for 1922Q&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:33:11Why navies plan even for wars with friendly powersQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:35:00How peacetime port visits could inform torpedo-attack plansNotable Point
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:36:23Why Australia ended the naval rum ration earlyQ&A
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?46:43Interwar closures reduced Britain's wartime shipbuilding workforceNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:37:16A non-communist Russia reshapes the interwar orderQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:39:13Would a non-communist Russia necessarily be stronger?Q&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:32:16A 1920s Empire cruiser follows the County-class patternQ&A
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?3:25Royal Navy gun diversity reflected changing prioritiesNotable Point
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?4:52How abundant funding could delay gun standardizationNotable Point
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?7:03The alternate history requires a 1935 service-ready gunChapter
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?35:41Prewar exercises expose mount and ammunition problemsChapter
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...2:06:58Why interwar naval treaties became a pressure cookerQ&A
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys35:59Why interwar navies hesitated over submarine minesNotable Point
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys1:07:40Norway enters 1940 with submarines from another eraChapter
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?16:37Sweden develops the Bofors for a Baltic defense problemChapter
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII26:16Strategic distance became an excuse not to prepareNotable Point
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII28:48A two-destroyer-a-year path to readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:58:23Norway kept prewar submarines far beyond a safe hull lifeNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:17:51A higher treaty ratio gives Japan more ships, not a new fleet conceptQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:19:00An untreatied naval race would strain interwar France mostNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...32:35Congress and interwar U.S. naval growthNotable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:55How the Royal Navy planned to replace V/W-class destroyers and flotilla leadersQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:41Why British naval treaty limits still mattered in 1937Notable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:57How an enlarged 1920s Royal Navy cruiser force would be receivedQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:41:00Starting books for interwar warship conversionsQ&A
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction1:12:17Interwar exercises taught fleets to adaptNotable Point
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:41Using D. K. Brown critically on British warship designNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:10:50Why Canadian officers kept checking invasion routes in the United StatesNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:38:29What the Royal Navy learned and missed in interwar exercisesQ&A
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership46:50Depression-era extremism narrows the political middleChapter
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?3:18:44A truly isolationist America changes the prewar treaty systemNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer25:01Why destroyer service produced senior naval leadersNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer54:15Nelson-class armour came at the price of speedNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer2:05:32Destroyer growth and a command-culture legacyChapter
- 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?12:15Gunnery readiness depends on designing a ship to be cleanedNotable Point
- A 1920s Caspian Sea Carrier: What happens if the German/Soviet relationship includes a carrier?28:12Caspian secrecy and the intelligence proof problemNotable Point
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:49:11Why France ordered the aging SBC-4 HelldiverQ&A
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?37:30Treasury yard closures collided with naval rearmamentNotable Point
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:17:13Stress, lead exposure, and senior Royal Navy deathsQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!50:54How HMS M2 might have shaped carrier-submarine tacticsQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...14:08Why interwar anti-submarine development appeared slowQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:43:27Landing craft before the Second World WarNotable Point
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?0:00Why seaplane tenders were not the historical Atlantic answerQ&A
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?2:03Global trade routes met an infrastructure bottleneckChapter
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?47:17Fleet Air Arm growth could bring Catalina orders forwardNotable Point
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:34Why the Royal Navy accepted fifty cruisers at LondonQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...59:55Cruiser choices for a neutral Atlantic navyQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:56:06Britain did continue developing tanks after World War IQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:57:48Destroyer experience and the Royal Navy's carrier programmeQ&A
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!9:29Why prewar threat planning sidelined seaplane tendersChapter
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...24:29When naval competition still included shared ideasNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live3:12:07Madden proposed brigade-scale Royal Marines for mobile basesNotable Point
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II15:16The decisive interwar technology: radar fire controlQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II47:24Royal Navy anti-submarine preparation between the warsQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II1:20:40Why aircraft carriers were not unproven before the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II2:40:27How many more British carriers could have been ordered in 1935?Q&A
- Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!32:18Interwar flotillas and economic accessChapter
- Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!41:29British Danube patrols after the First World WarNotable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise3:43:43Why interwar states unified naval and military air powerQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise3:49:54A Spanish fleet-rebuilding strategy from 1923Q&A
- Flotillas of the Danube46:44Why Royal Navy sloops belong in river-gunboat historyNotable Point
- Flotillas of the Danube1:36:28Romania builds an enduring Danube force from 1860Chapter
- Flotillas of the Danube1:50:16Small patrol craft protect scarce major warships from routine dutiesNotable Point
- Flotillas of the Danube1:53:20Romania's river force from the interwar period to 2025Chapter
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership1:44:39The broad interwar market for British warship designsQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?1:22:05Why more interwar ASDIC money alone was not enoughQ&A
- Tribal Class of 1907: The WWI Channel Response Force4:12High-speed operations wear out destroyers and shape postwar fleetsNotable Point
- Tribal Class of 1907: The WWI Channel Response Force45:31Why did sold Royal Navy destroyers remain intact for years?Notable Point
- Tribal Class of 1907: The WWI Channel Response Force58:34Palmers' collapse removes a proven warship yardNotable Point
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20241:53:47Why Liberty ships were essential and an interwar merchant race could have changed the AtlanticQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:48:49Could interwar infrastructure and quality control improve Italy's fleet?Q&A
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 415:26How Jutland turned Royal Navy learning inwardNotable Point
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview30:52Coastal Command and the interwar ASW gapNotable Point
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview32:34How British ASW experience shaped Allied interwar assumptionsNotable Point
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview1:48:14Why peacetime ASW exercises struggle to reproduce warNotable Point
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:09:01How naval attachés turn diplomatic access into intelligenceNotable Point
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:22:49Japanese cruiser capacity depended on yard investmentQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:27:20Institutional barriers to early Royal Navy air-launched rocketsQ&A
- WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting9:44The lost interwar surveillance opportunity in the ChannelNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/48:56:44How the Royal Navy's interwar reserves were organizedQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/41:08:49Would the Fleet Air Arm have fared better without the RAF?Q&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/42:28:51Queen Bee drones and the limits of prewar kamikaze preparationQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:31:01Naval treaty holidays concealed technological progressQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song2:30:22How 1936 leaders might receive The Hunt for Red OctoberQ&A
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1062:26:15Could Britain, Germany, and Japan form a 1920s pact?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!2:04Why thematic naval history can reveal more than strict chronologyNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!24:08Would early large carriers strengthen the Fleet Air Arm?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!33:59Why Japan saw the United States as a strategic threatNotable Point
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage1:40:13The end-of-history claim repeats interwar hubrisNotable Point
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat1:17:44Interwar France's political-coordination problemQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:32:05Finding a fair gunboat opponent for HMS WarriorQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:03:59Interwar navies in AntarcticaQ&A
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...41:07Postwar budget comparisons need operational contextNotable Point
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!2:07:02More interwar cruisers expand imperial presenceQ&A
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 32:28:06Carrier advocates exchanged ideas across naviesNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 32:54:52Yonai's influence around the League of BloodNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 33:05:42Western influence and political suspicion in interwar JapanNotable Point
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier53:21Larynx gives Britain a real foundation for long-range guided strikeChapter
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!2:02:45Joint exercises still require agreement on the lessonsQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:08:35A British Heligoland would reshape Germany's western strategyQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:18:13Without the Scapa Flow scuttle, naval arms control becomes harderQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:25:37A modern medical reading of Admiral Henderson's final illnessQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!55:25A large British naval modernization program in the 1920sQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!4:00:23Dominion cruiser-building options in the interwar yearsQ&A
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice2:26:54Why Malta did not receive 15-inch coastal gunsQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered4:03:10Where the US Navy stood in cruiser power during the 1920sQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:31:15Interwar shipbuilding as employment and deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:39:16Why peace-time naval service disappears from historyQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:41:24Why few navies matched Britain's adaptable cruiser surplusQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:42:28The fiscal case that Britain could afford the G3sNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote4:10:23Why no treaty does not guarantee a balanced US fleetQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!51:33Interwar staff learning and persistent political assumptionsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:28:48Large Soviet destroyers and naval-treaty boundariesNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off54:15An outcome-based prize for interwar aircraft enginesNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:10:12Keeping a 16.5-inch gun program aliveQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:11:36How long early carriers remain usefulQ&A
- "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 246:48Observers preserved a distinct Royal Navy aviation traditionNotable Point
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:00:16Royal Navy alert levels in the late 1930sQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:43:01Why war plans do not prove an Anglo-American war was likelyQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:59:08Gun caliber, pacific gestures, and battleship arms racesQ&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...1:06:03Did British leaders share American prejudice toward Japan?Q&A
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:12:16Distinguish qualitative from quantitative naval racesNotable Point
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed58:56Naval construction as Depression-era policyQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:48:37How naval treaties enabled the Ten Year RuleQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built2:30:06When Britain would need to start a 37-cruiser programQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built4:44:57The Royal Navy's unofficial capital-ship requirementQ&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle13:39Fleet expansion also served British industrial recoveryNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 524:03The class's first postwar anti-aircraft refitNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 530:30Giulio Cesare at Corfu and the mechanics of naval coercionNotable Point
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books28:39A German coastal battleship instead of a PanzerschiffQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:13:16How annual sloops prepared Britain's ocean escortsQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:47:47What 'overage' meant in the Second London Naval TreatyQ&A
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues10:55Naval aviation required institutions as well as aircraftChapter
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues13:11Carrier air-group command before 1937Chapter
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues35:58How interwar decisions created a branching lineageNotable Point
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues38:30US Navy squadron organization from 1922 to 1928Chapter
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues49:43Lexington and Saratoga's carrier-numbered squadronsChapter
- HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution26:46A four-year reconstruction creates a new carrierChapter
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 312:18Landing-craft development predates the official 1940 storyNotable Point
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 314:37How postwar institutional politics shaped the design recordNotable Point
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 347:03Britain was short of ships, not necessarily ideasNotable Point
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 348:08Britain had plans before it had funded shipsChapter
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers0:01Why an aviation-minded Italy favored seaplane carriersChapter
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers6:24Italian warship design sharpens the carrier paradoxNotable Point
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers49:13Aviation's rapid improvement changes the Mediterranean balanceChapter
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers55:06Why were so few interwar seaplane carriers built?Notable Point
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered2:22:48Why a Royal Navy saint class was unlikelyQ&A
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese0:01Carrier raids as a test of American aviation doctrineChapter
- Naval Aviation in 1914: It's Standing Before War Began0:54When new military technology comes of ageChapter
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:09:18Frederic Madden's large interwar carrier-force plansNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:29:27Why a Royal Navy Saint class was politically awkwardQ&A
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 216:55Why prewar merchant-carrier plans did not matureChapter
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 250:05Rearmament is also a signal to potential aggressorsChapter
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development0:40Reading carrier design as evidence of doctrineChapter
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development7:00Aircraft trials cost less than fleet-scale productionNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development19:19Carrier orders could sustain yards and design skillsNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development21:50Personal papers fill gaps in the official archiveNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development33:14Flycatcher agility becomes peacetime naval signallingNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development2:14:44Doctrine assumes the Royal Navy will be locally outnumberedChapter
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...31:18Carrier debate inside the interwar Royal NavyNotable Point
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered21:59Why imperial coastal forts remained obsoleteQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:40:48Could Italy finish the Francesco Caracciolo class?Q&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s4:36Building a plausible 1930s helicopter divergenceChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s18:53Moving de Bothezat's helicopter demonstration to the NavyChapter
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?49:31Treaties shaped the first carrier fleetsChapter
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?59:20Geography made a multi-carrier fleet attractive to BritainNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?1:01:12Reginald Henderson linked carrier exercises to wartime fleet designNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?1:20:08Treaty limits and actual fleet strength divergedNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō12:16The treaty loophole behind small carriersChapter
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō15:14Why the Royal Navy rejected very small carriersNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō18:30Why cruiser and carrier roles conflictedChapter
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō21:13Royal Navy exercises defined a carrier's escortNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō22:06Kongō modernization points toward carrier task groupsNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō22:45John Collett's case for a flying-deck cruiserChapter
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō29:02Fleet exercises had already exposed the hybrid's problemNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō31:12A more viable forward aviation shipNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō34:55Interwar aviation choices without hindsightNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō36:37Ryūjō's treaty-driven design and stability problemsChapter
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō51:04A 1924 flight-deck-cruiser counterfactualNotable Point
- The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies23:11British interwar research tests automated heavy gunsChapter
- The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies23:39Interwar research depended on money and surviving evidenceNotable Point
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence40:18Treaty rules leave room for adaptable sloopsChapter
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence44:04A proposed interwar sloop reserve for 1939Notable Point
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:23:48Postwar Britain could afford several large carrier conversionsQ&A
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19282:47:09How a peace dividend left aggressors room to actQ&A
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?1:22:40Enterprise survived the postwar cruiser debate, Euphrates did notNotable Point
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?1:32:34The World War I Flower pattern shaped later escortsChapter
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?1:50:03Interwar sloops helped build Dominion naviesChapter
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:04:13Could steady interwar sloop building have changed World War II?Q&A
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:08:47HMIS Pansy and the interwar sloop revivalChapter
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:12:08Eight sloops a year could reshape the early U-boat warChapter
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...27:24The G3 and N3 program already implied retirement of Britain's older capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...31:56More new cruisers could accelerate C-class anti-aircraft conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:52:14Britain should have delayed its return to the gold standardQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:23:53A larger inherited submarine fleet compounds interwar experienceQ&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 21:33:14Interwar roots of wartime naval innovationChapter
- Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response7:34Why the interwar Royal Navy inherited the Army's weakness narrativeQ&A
- Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response18:33Why 1920s carrier aircraft did not immediately replace battlecruiser scoutsNotable Point
- Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 32:22Churchill and the contested origins of the LSTChapter
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response52:21Affordability versus preference after 1918Q&A
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response56:26The Invergordon Mutiny and pay harmonizationQ&A
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?8:31A large navy can pursue several doctrines at onceNotable Point
- Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett7:24Britain's changing threats in the 1930sNotable Point
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore0:40Electoral short-termism can hollow out imperial strategyNotable Point
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore28:32British electoral politics constrained Singapore fundingChapter
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?28:37What did European empires want in 1920s Southeast Asia?Q&A
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:25:04Joint command, not the dockyard, is the decisive changeChapter
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:28:48Which British warship should have been preserved?Q&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:33:46Why 1920s modernization could not substitute for 1930s refitsQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:10:44Tokyo lacked the leverage to host the naval treaty talksQ&A
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...7:08Why unbuilt capital ships are revealingChapter
- 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...1:39:34What Anglo-American war plans did - and did not - meanNotable Point
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series26:39Why timing mattered more than redesigning British carriersQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series49:34When interwar Royal Navy cruisers would retireQ&A
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!37:14War plans are prudence, not proof of intended warQ&A
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?27:47Why 1939 navies could not treat carriers as provenNotable Point
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?29:35Why a global war rewarded strategic mobilityNotable Point
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?58:29How worldwide operations improved torpedo testingNotable Point
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:35Why French naval investment stalledQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!51:18If civilian politicians retained control in JapanQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:08:25A balanced interwar fleet Canada could affordQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:35:05Why quad machine guns could be worse than the UP launcherQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!2:00:45Why seven interwar capital ships preserve industrial capacityQ&A
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 44:12The shipbuilding base Germany had lostNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer1:10:33Why Britain would build heavy cruisers before the 1930 treatyQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer1:19:44Japan could afford a fixed ten-to-seven capital-ship ratioQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer1:20:35What interwar public finances say about naval affordabilityChapter
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?16:33Slower publicity and cooperation across party linesNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?1:04:39A land fit for heroes competes with defenceNotable 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?2:57:43Italy's state was larger than Mussolini's partyNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?3:06:07Hara Takashi and an interrupted civilian-control precedentNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:38:34The missed opportunity for a common improved British 15-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:16:51Why the TBD Devastator aged so quicklyQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:39:11Why dividing the High Seas Fleet could have destabilised naval treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy6:42What counted as an advanced interwar battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy41:31What an earlier British battleship emergency programme might yieldQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?23:55Interwar delay was not belief that war was impossibleQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?1:39:38Theodore Roosevelt and a less restrictive naval treatyQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?2:29:38Strategic-bombing priorities delayed naval dive bombingQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?4:18:29Why navies can publish doctrine without revealing executionQ&A
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years11:27Why naval design needs geostrategic contextChapter
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years18:35Why gunnery training did not define a battleship admiralNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:49:37French capital ships needed major interwar reconstructionQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:25:17High-elevation guns and long-range fireQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:32:11A successful Wilhelmshaven strike reshapes carrier doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:50:51Interwar fire control limits time-on-target gunneryQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:09:41The Fleet Air Arm was caught between servicesQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:24:05Britain tried to close yards while rearmingQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:27:21Retained battlecruisers would support a three-fleet Royal NavyQ&A
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 30:26How Warspite became the Royal Navy's Grand Old LadyChapter
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 36:31Modernization turns Warspite into an interwar flagshipNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 38:27Invergordon turns naval pay into a fleet crisisNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 39:45A fog collision shows Warspite's physical resilienceNotable Point
- USS Texas: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 235:53Interwar modernization kept Texas usefulChapter
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet31:47The Geddes Axe and the loss of Royal Navy experienceNotable Point
- Francesco Caracciolo Class Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 612:41Warship construction as interwar politicsNotable Point
- The Romans are counter attack, the Numidians are coming for me, can we stabilise it?30:43Why interwar air-power arguments missed naval needsChapter
- Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done29:54Would K3s have changed naval treaty politics?Notable Point
- Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done1:16:21Treaty tonnage made 14-inch quadruple turrets attractiveNotable Point
- Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done1:50:39How Francesco Caracciolo could have disrupted fleetsNotable Point
- Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done1:54:29How Caracciolo could alter British carrier conversionsNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:55:32Why capital-ship yard capacity might disappearQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History2:21:31Retaining Town-class cruisers as ocean escortsQ&A
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation3:52Why 1920s planners could not assume carrier supremacyNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation30:06Two different interwar debates about air powerChapter
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation33:52Douhet and speculative interwar air powerNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation42:12Building for the war you might faceNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 32:36The missing generation between Hood and NelsonChapter
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 321:25K3 as the fast nine-gun eighteen-inch extremeChapter
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 326:36A K3 counterfactual: treaty limits and rival responsesNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 328:02Francesco Caracciolo and a harder Mediterranean treaty bargainNotable Point
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?52:08The early carrier as an information systemChapter
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?2:00:06Why night carrier operations took time to learnQ&A
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada2:42:08Anglo-Chilean naval ties shaped American war planningNotable Point
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:33:28Could the Royal Navy crew six converted carriers?Q&A
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History1:00:56Treaty limits became a political funding floorNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 762:50:25Naval orders keep first-year apprentices in the yardsNotable Point
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat26:14If the Royal Navy retained the Fleet Air ArmQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat35:09Using interwar Admiralty rules for naval wargamingNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword42:45Interwar research into autoloading capital-ship gunsQ&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)1:19:59How a Gallipoli victory could reshape Churchill's interwar policyNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'1:18:21Béarn as a warning in interwar carrier designNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?1:11:09Postwar design ripples from a different JutlandChapter
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?1:16:12Night-fighting doctrine probably survives a shorter JutlandNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?1:16:48Completed fast battleships could force higher treaty limitsChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century56:21Interwar boats: endurance, radio, and fleet coordinationChapter
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books34:41How more retained capital ships reshape the Royal Navy in 1939Q&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites3:47:34The wars that might replace World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites3:50:10Weimar survival, fascism, and the Spanish Civil WarNotable Point
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions2:26:53Rising steam pressure challenged interwar boiler firmsNotable Point
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain2:58:46Air control in Iraq reshaped British interwar force structureChapter
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Late32:21The wartime hiatus behind the 1950s hovercraft boomNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class12:17How interwar policy reduced Britain's escort-building capacityNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class13:00Did the Royal Navy forget small escorts between the wars?Q&A
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class17:00Why treaty-exempt sloops still lost the budget contestNotable Point
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...45:19Germany's submarine disadvantage in a 1938 warQ&A
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...52:57Czech defences and industry in a 1938 warNotable Point
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...1:08:23An interwar naval race would reward quality over numbersQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?17:47How interwar doctrine left 4.7 inch low-angleChapter
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?58:21The relevant 4.7-inch lineage began before the 1930sQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:27:06Why the Royal Navy underestimated dive-bombingQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?2:25:50Checking a claim about British defence spendingQ&A
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine27:49Versailles disarmament and the Reichsmarine personnel systemChapter
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine45:18From treaty-system exclusion to the D-class escalationChapter
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...22:25Why British and American interwar naval economies differedQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...1:00:45A Midway reader as an introduction to U.S. naval strategyQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...2:37:28British public support for abolishing submarinesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 448:31Leaving the gold standard earlier could accelerate British rearmamentQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History43:09Interwar economies and defense as industrial investmentNotable Point
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations1:50:49Warspite's sailors and the Invergordon pay crisisChapter
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video34:12Admiral-class conversions and a Navy-controlled Fleet Air ArmQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video40:04Why dockyards must precede battleship programsQ&A
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations8:08HMS Argus as an interwar escort-carrier precedentNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations21:33HMS Unicorn signals a new prewar aviation directionNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:00:15A separate treaty category might have preserved small-carrier capacityNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:23:07Why no one inventor owns the escort-carrier ideaNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:00Why Britain did not build escort carriers before the warChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations7:42Why Britain kept to carrier treaty limitsQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations54:38The case for a continuous Empire sloop programNotable Point
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4210:22Why Canada did not acquire interwar cruisersQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:25:16An Azores science-fiction scenario grounded in alliance politicsQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:37:11What Jellicoe and Fisher might demand with twenty years' warningQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:57:40A 1948 war leaves few old British capital shipsQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-409:48Why durable naval treaties must be equitableQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-4017:42Why Billy Mitchell's bombing tests weakened his caseQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading19:30Germany's capital-ship limits after World War IQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading50:15Modern US cruisers appearing in the 1930sQ&A
- Selborne Fisher Scheme: It's Conception, Creation, Implementation, Operation and Discontinuation2:42Testing the battleship-centric argument through source criticismNotable Point
- Selborne Fisher Scheme: It's Conception, Creation, Implementation, Operation and Discontinuation5:52Treaty-era procurement complicates the battleship-centric labelNotable Point
- Selborne Fisher Scheme: It's Conception, Creation, Implementation, Operation and Discontinuation8:22How scheme-trained officers carried First World War lessons forwardNotable Point
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments1:04:31The two-book naval hindsight exerciseNotable Point
- Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches1:58:42What artillery did shipboard Royal Marines use?Q&A
- Town Class (1911): Chathams45:20Melbourne cycles between reserve and Australian flagship dutyChapter
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:08:19Competition limited interwar Anglo-American design sharingQ&A
- 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 19392:21How to judge Allied naval choices in January 1939Chapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.1:25Infrastructure as a strategic gambleChapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.39:05Singapore exposed the cost of incomplete investmentChapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.39:47The 1934 naval estimates contained a serious case for disarmamentChapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.43:36Disarmament failed when threats did not share British assumptionsNotable Point
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.45:26Why 1934 capital-ship choices cannot use wartime hindsightNotable Point
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.47:48Malta and Simon's Town show misaligned interwar prioritiesChapter
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.8:07Why imperial naval investment contracted after 1918Chapter
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.1:08:10Canada let its postwar merchant fleet and yards decayChapter
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.2:33:46Why Britain benefited when the High Seas Fleet disappearedQ&A
- Ruse de guerre39:19Postwar Flower-sloop voyages raise an intelligence questionNotable Point
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine35:07Interwar fascism was transnational but not one uniform modelNotable Point
- Luigi Cadorna Class: The Regia Marina's Condottieri Part 231:14Cruiser names as evidence of Fascist coalition politicsChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)27:20Why naval treaties need politically usable escape mechanismsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:29:20How an interwar warship divided its yearQ&A
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)0:07The US Navy's interwar cruiser transformationChapter
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)28:07McKean and Robertson give cruiser doctrine its frameworkNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)50:35Why national emotion matters in treaty designNotable Point
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy59:43The missing history of Britain's paper warshipsQ&A
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)50:33Harwich Force and training for aggressive commandChapter
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)4:06:49Which interwar base best explains Deep Space Nine?Q&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 Nature1:44:02A Ford-class carrier in the 1920s would trigger a global shockQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature1:57:25Exposed treaty eavesdropping could collapse the naval settlementQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature2:16:08Extra battlecruisers would reverse Britain's modernization prioritiesQ&A
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)23:47Why US-Royal Navy planning papers should not be read as imminent war plansNotable Point
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...2:23:29Where Walter Christie's submarine work may fitQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...2:47:01Why interwar US-UK war plans do not prove a cold warQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)27:40Political choices behind post-1918 Royal Navy retentionQ&A
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future1:57:54Interwar neglect leaves Scapa Flow open againNotable Point
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future2:01:31What happened to the North Sea Mine Barrage after World War I?Q&A
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future2:23:06Was Churchill responsible for Scapa Flow's weak defenses?Q&A
- Duquesne class, Marine National (Long Patrol)35:16Was 34 knots also a matter of national prestige?Notable Point
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions1:04:02How far Britain took 20-inch gun ideasQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions1:10:54The rapid contest to improve torpedoesQ&A
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)1:08:09Deterrence works by checking fear and greedChapter
- The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)15:45British armoured warfare and the engine revolutionNotable Point
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)1:00:29Disarmament and the illusion of a stable status quoChapter
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?12:48Henderson and Chatfield argue over destroyer sizeNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:32:24What being prepared for war actually meansQ&A
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion37:27Treaty-induced neglect and wartime rearmamentChapter
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion41:41Postwar shock and the treaty-timing dilemmaNotable Point
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)5:29How the Navy League explained Royal Navy preparednessQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:15:03The interwar German navy looked beyond Baltic defenceQ&A
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol34:00The Ortgies pistol and Deutsche Werke's arms portfolioNotable Point
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World3:18:55The gradual replacement of wooden ship bearingsQ&A
- County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)8:10Treaty drawdown met Japan's withdrawalNotable Point
- County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)32:21Arms control and the appearance of weaknessNotable Point
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney2:03:44Why Repulse missed a full reconstructionNotable Point
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney2:59:41Nelson, Rodney, and the Invergordon pay crisisChapter
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)2:54:19The Washington Treaty as a mixed British bargainQ&A
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)41:22Pembroke's closure shifted the site from ships to flying boatsNotable Point
- Bruships 69: The Decider24:40Which services held influence before the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider2:30:18Why Invergordon remained the Royal Navy’s last major mutinyQ&A
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P1/4 - Building (Long Patrol)6:19Treaty limits and the shipbuilding pipelineNotable Point
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"2:23:10The global dock network favoured a 20,000-ton heavy cruiserNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)3:57Who really controls cruiser design?Notable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)23:44Could Britain have waited out the American naval programme?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)1:04:56Why interwar naval treaty cheating was hard to punishNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)3:07:23How the Royal Navy bent treaty displacement rulesNotable 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)59:23Did the M-class submarines predate X1?Q&A
- 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)1:14:22Deutschland class: keeping naval skills aliveChapter
- ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)3:06Interwar escort numbers were a budget choiceNotable Point
- ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)22:19ASDIC was an evolving family of interwar systemsNotable Point
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars5:46Why submarines and ASW forces had to train togetherChapter
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars52:31Active ASDIC displaced passive listening during the 1920sQ&A
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars2:16:38Exercises taught lessons but also created blind spotsChapter
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars2:25:37British exercises included Commonwealth forces but not FranceQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII1:29:04Interwar doctrine already considered land aircraft operating from carriersNotable Point
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII1:48:50The Geddes Axe also shaped who commanded interwar destroyersNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary24:50Earlier raids did not create the Taranto planQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat1:30:02Why Japan was unlikely to accept another unequal treatyQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat2:31:01Admiral-class carriers and an independent naval air armNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore21:59Convoy practice protected logistics shipsQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore22:33Auxiliaries stayed outside naval treaty tonnageQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore36:32Global commitments shaped British planningChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore1:49:12Taranto planning may have predated the 1930sNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore2:25:09Article 19 limited Pacific basesChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore2:31:44Without Article 19, bases join the arms raceQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore2:50:46Interwar RFA tanker strengthChapter
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol9:04Compare replenishment systems at the same dateNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:01:39London II and the timing problem in rearmamentQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:33:54Chatfield, Henderson, and interwar carrier policyNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:12:29What a later Washington Naval Treaty might have changedQ&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…3:02:46British rearmament as a budget choiceNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)2:21:09Why Britain could contemplate broad capital-ship modernisationQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 4/48:08Yonai and Fushimi Hiroyasu as interwar naval mindsQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence2:04:11Japanese treaty factions as competing deterrence strategiesQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:56:26Strategic bombing justified an independent RAFNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)22:44Why the US Navy is not the interwar Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)2:14:57An interwar Royal Navy built around armoured cruisersQ&A
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 9/11 Building for Victory3:34How floating repair facilities extend a fleetChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P2/14: Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu14:36Treaty withdrawal as an open warningChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea16:39Why interwar choices look clearer in hindsightNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 5/11 Building a Navy11:23French imperial security relied on British sea powerNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)8:24Britain's three prospective naval enemiesChapter
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper2:51:03A neutral Scotland and Ireland in interwar shipbuildingQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response1:01:36How an earlier sloop programme changes escort totalsNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWI) – The Comment Questions37:18The RAF, strategic bombing, and the First World War legacyNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (2): The Life and Letters of David Beatty0:58Beatty and postwar control of naval aviationNotable Point
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.2:39:14What did the naval-aviation thesis argue?Q&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword24:00How Britain might have built warships without the Washington treatyQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword4:00:49The Admiralty's interwar studies of merchant shippingQ&A
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 6, Gorgon Class28:06Reserve, rejection, and Gorgon's postwar disposalNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 6, Gorgon Class39:55Dry-dock limits and the unfilled Narvik defence gapNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19088:52Ostfriesland shows the limits of Billy Mitchell's air-power trialNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-79:01Finland's coastal battleships and diesel-electric machineryQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History4:02:58How early Fleet Air Arm reform had to begin for 1939Q&A
- Bruships 45: Something Medieval4:09:00Which periods and subjects are covered by this research and teaching?Q&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy1:50:10How naval control might have changed carrier-aircraft developmentNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy2:15:01Radar changed the case for fighter developmentNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy2:49:42When did the US and Britain stop treating each other as naval rivals?Q&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:45:27Tank-busting aircraft ideas predated the Second World WarNotable Point
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:57:38Royal Navy multi-carrier doctrine before the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation4:16:14Writing a stronger 1935 Fleet Air Arm fighter requirementQ&A
- Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies22:21Did the Second World War begin politically in 1919?Q&A
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA35:52An earlier-aid counterfactual exposes the importance of industrial timingNotable Point
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease21:19Interwar peace assumptions eroded military readinessNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from1:44The Crown Colony class in the crisis year of 1936Chapter
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from17:58The Spanish Civil War complicated French securityNotable Point
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...2:24:03General messing and central dining were different changesQ&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...2:29:25HMS Despatch trades gunnery time for South American presenceChapter
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...4:09:55Could Britain have replaced the R-class before 1939?Q&A
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers9:09The unstable 1936 setting behind the Crown Colony classChapter
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-19167:51The archival question behind Britain's interwar black budgetNotable Point
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 423:56Britain in a hypothetical 1930s US-Japan warQ&A
- Four Random Books 23: 1930s Thinking...6:44Bacon on armaments firms, wartime costs, and peacetime influenceNotable Point
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 31:17The China Station's crowded strategic agenda in 1931Chapter
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 25:32Sun Yat-sen's legacy frames a changing ChinaNotable Point
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 28:28Hirohito formally accedes to the Japanese throneNotable Point
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 210:01British shipping gives the China Station commercial weightNotable Point
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 212:49Jinan's escalation changes Chinese and British views of JapanChapter
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East12:31Did the Royal Canadian Navy join China coast patrols?Q&A
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East55:26Command turnover weakened station experienceNotable Point
- Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response21:30Postwar peace optimism and premature cancellationNotable Point
- Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response31:11Names for additional Lexington-class carrier conversionsQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 5: French & German Carriers0:05Why French and German carrier designs matterChapter
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books3:16:02Reading recommendations for interwar carrier historyQ&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys2:51Chasing actions and lost interwar naval languageNotable Point
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:11:58Italian submarine quality, basing, and export pressureNotable Point
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:18:04Could the Royal Navy conceal submarine construction overseas?Notable Point
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:25:32British treaty compliance through carefully read loopholesNotable Point
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:55:04Books on gaming the interwar naval treatiesQ&A
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond30:26Taranto becomes a lesson for Pacific naviesChapter
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation37:00The naval aviation cost of 1918Chapter
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation46:12Fleet exercises can reinforce mistaken assumptionsNotable Point
- Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/23:35AI combat results and the limits of exercisesQ&A
- Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/25:49How institutional incentives shaped dive bombingNotable Point
- HMS Arethusa (1934) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 1/47:39A peacetime commission spent in crisis watersNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War2:05:39Oswyn Murray and Admiralty administrationChapter
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War3:39:47Anti-piracy patrols and carrier operating practiceQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review1:42:54Warships after Washington as an interwar guideChapter
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review1:53:15Armour thickness is only a rough guide to shell resistanceQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:00:23Warships after London and the logic behind designsChapter
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:11:54Large navies preserved competing wartime ideasNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:12:24Where Roskill fits in interwar readingQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:25:21Foreign cruiser threats could help unlock Treasury fundingNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:13:29Washington and London treaty bargainingQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy2:37:11Why the interwar years matter to modern naval strategyQ&A
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol7:23The scale of interwar small-ship ordersNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:14:15What interwar diplomatic dispatches could containNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:18:27Reconstructing interwar Fleet Air Arm units and markingsChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:33:18British submarine development between the world warsChapter
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...42:35Why Far East incidents vanish from familiar historyQ&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:40:04Why Anglo-American naval war was unlikely in 1928Q&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:41:22A Pacific war as a warning to Europe's dictatorshipsNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:51:53Japan lacks its 1941 staging system in early 1939Notable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:52:30Why trade would not prevent an Anglo-Japanese warNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:26:37Japan's 1941 strength cannot be projected into 1939Notable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:41:30A naval war removes peacetime funding restraintsQ&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...3:13:50The carrier inventory that actually existed in early 1939Q&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...3:15:25Britain still had a 15-inch gun pipeline in 1939Q&A
- 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 - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 49:26Peacetime procurement and a balanced fleetChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 418:20European instability before the Axis offensiveNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:44:44Why the present may resemble the late 1920sQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A25:04Reading Chatfield’s Navy and Defence criticallyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A36:23Historical parallels for a tense political climateQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A47:27Why later British cruisers moved away from an older lookQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:05:43Queen Bee drones before the Second World WarNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:18:06How the Great Depression shaped naval developmentQ&A
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"15:39The interwar Mediterranean Fleet as a response reserveNotable Point
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy1:00:45A 1939 Tsingtao incident counterfactualNotable Point
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:21:27Why HMS X1 offered little useful legacyQ&A
- 50th Live Special: Thank You53:22D-class cruisers as global presence shipsChapter
- 50th Live Special: Thank You59:45D-class cruisers connected Britain's distant stationsNotable Point
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?1:03:05The danger of buying naval technology at the wrong momentNotable Point
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?1:43:17A 1920s fleet still needs a 1940s modernisationQ&A
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?1:49:18Interwar stockpiling was already extensiveQ&A
- An Introduction to Not the Big Ships: NGFS As Provided by Destroyers & Below Part 1 of 216:36China Station anti-piracy operations adapt beyond destroyersChapter
- An Introduction to Not the Big Ships: NGFS As Provided by Destroyers & Below Part 1 of 219:46Why the interwar period was not peaceful worldwideNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:27:38How treaty limits stimulated ship designQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:31:51Interwar submarines built for chokepointsNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:38:32White-painted warships as visible diplomacyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:39:59Why Britain and America kept contingency plans against each otherNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:25:16Foreign observers at Royal Navy exercisesQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:25:03Why the interwar naval period mattersNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A33:07When aircraft became a serious threat to surface fleetsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A41:20Aircraft carriers emerge as capital ships around 1930Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A50:15Fleet Air Arm flights become carrier squadronsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:06:15A pre-war Anglo-American naval balance turned on timingQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:43:12Torpedo-boat funding advanced interwar aircraft enginesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 0: Update & Some Amphibious Questions Answered22:13Why interwar naval intelligence sometimes declined to collect materialNotable Point
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(i)4:27Why interwar amphibious plans lacked landing shipsChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 112:38The myth of neglected interwar amphibious warfareChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 124:07Which troops repeated interwar amphibious exercises?Q&A
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:50:17What did the Royal Marines practice between the wars?Q&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?1:36:45Landing platform dock ideas predated the Second World WarNotable Point
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:23:00Why the Deutschland design made limited strategic senseQ&A
- Tribal Class in 60s (Combined)1:04Why the Tribal class became back-pocket cruisersChapter
- Tribal Class in 60s (Combined)19:36Destroyer ethos behind cruiser capabilityChapter