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- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live40:34Which navies could maintain a global blue-water presence?Q&A
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?6:28Korea, imperial expansion, and the attack on Port ArthurChapter
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?15:00The Six-Six Fleet and protection against a hostile coalitionNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?39:01What the January 1904 fleet comparison leaves uncertainChapter
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?41:03Battleship totals versus fleets that can concentrateNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?1:00:57Why British intervention would isolate Russia's Pacific fleetNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?1:12:15Sea mobility in a wider colonial warNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:13:42A frigate navy depends on how the fleet is organisedChapter
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:41:59Japan's 13DDX as a possible American design starting pointNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII0:00Sea defence ships and Japan's escort requirementChapter
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII3:23Escort output against Japan's industrial capacityNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII7:00Shimushu's early origins and delayed constructionChapter
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII23:04Comparing Japan with Britain's early-war escort positionNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII34:01How escort shortages could deepen Japan's fuel shortageQ&A
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII41:26A short-war force facing a longer conflictNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII57:29Recognising the escort problem without solving it in timeNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII1:02:08Industrial standing and unused fishing-vessel conversionsNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:17Reviving Kii and Number 13 designs in the 1930sQ&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:48Six Kii battleships instead of two YamatosQ&A
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one1:08Quality had to include the ability to build enough shipsChapter
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one3:07One Shimakaze could not cover a fleet's missionsNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one4:46Crimea, Ukraine and the time needed to expand forcesNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one6:59Shimakaze's fifteen-torpedo broadsideNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one11:14Yugumo as an incremental Kagero designChapter
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one14:11Shipyard selection and unused Japanese capacityNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one26:24New guns consumed industrial capacity and logistical effortNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one34:14Treaty withdrawal and destroyer spending prioritiesNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one37:23Shipbuilding capacity needed preparation before wartime demandNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:56:50Togo and earlier admirals confronting modern naviesQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:44Japan and British pre-dreadnought exportsQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:51:22Which countries are expanding their forces convincingly?Q&A
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:37:49Asahi-class escorts and the case for looking at 13DDXChapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:41:17Threat adaptation behind Japan's proposed destroyerNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:44:59Why a high-low fleet mix needs a middle tierChapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:48:02Fleet concepts and the financial case for medium escortsNotable Point
- What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?14:33British and German battlecruiser rolesChapter
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?12:52Japan gains from war without the same debt burdenNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?27:19A seven-to-ten Japanese ratio and small capital shipsNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?48:53Japanese carriers support attrition before decisive battleNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?1:04:48Different national motives sustain competition in better warshipsNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?1:29:54Japanese fear, stronger opponents and the smaller-war forecastNotable Point
- Momi to Kagero - The Story of the Japanese 1920s & 1930s Destroyer Program0:00Japan's continuous destroyer programmeChapter
- Momi to Kagero - The Story of the Japanese 1920s & 1930s Destroyer Program1:14Treaty limits and the work of Japanese shipyardsNotable Point
- Momi to Kagero - The Story of the Japanese 1920s & 1930s Destroyer Program2:50Buddhist-owned shipyards and naval contractsNotable Point
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:44:33Foreign industrial assistance at KureNotable Point
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous1:26:08A 1920s Anglo-French-Japanese naval allianceQ&A
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous2:20:38Force Z and the accumulated consequences of earlier decisionsNotable Point
- 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
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class3:57Why a large cruiser looked usefulChapter
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class39:52How other naval programmes might reactChapter
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:09:10A Canadian large destroyer to complement the River classQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)28:43Yamato intelligence changes capital-ship planningNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)31:29Japan gains time, but retains its strategic tradeoffsChapter
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)33:44A-150 construction competes with cruisers and fleet balanceNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)36:29Why wartime outcomes do not settle every technology comparisonNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:48:50Would a Japanese Midway victory change the war?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)2:48:07A delayed Pacific war starts with a newer aircraft generationChapter
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)2:50:00Four Yamatos belong to the later 1944 Pacific scenarioNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:49:54Japan's entry changes which Allied fleets it would faceNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:59:12Would Japan adopt British-style night flying?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:18:42Japan's decisive-battle problemQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:22:40Different national procurement failuresQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:48:27Would Japan continue with Taiho-type fleet carriers?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:51:54A Pearl Harbor oil strike buys time without winning the warQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)5:02:52Why the Indian Ocean raid may never occurQ&A
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?0:00Why France bought destroyers from JapanChapter
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?19:37Japan's rapid wartime destroyer constructionChapter
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?21:36Type 41 guns and the Japanese destroyers' performanceNotable Point
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?23:04The limits of importing an allied destroyer designNotable Point
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?31:42Why did France order only 12 Japanese destroyers?Notable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:16:18Japan's principal warship buildersQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:43Which navies have the strongest modernization plans?Q&A
- No Pearl Harbor: Japan Enters WWII without attacking America2:12Why Japan's decisive battle strategy needed a negotiated peaceChapter
- What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)2:20:11A shorter war without the historical naval treaty systemChapter
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:13:06Why was Shokaku's damage control effective?Q&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:17:19Japanese, Chinese, and US shipbuilding approachesQ&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:20:29Could better damage control have saved Taiho?Q&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:38:12Could Japan build modern ships around existing heavy turrets?Q&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:55:39Japanese naval diplomacy through relationshipsChapter
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)50:48Treaties met three different strategic problemsQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)56:02Three navies began with three different problemsChapter
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)1:04:11Success preserved Japan's elite pilot-training modelNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)1:10:42Yonai's influence is clearest in the officers he protectedNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)1:54:49Japanese task forces served an attrition strategyChapter
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)1:57:18The Pearl Harbor strike sat between fleet and task forceQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)1:59:28A decisive battle mattered only if the enemy negotiatedNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:02:39Japanese captains carried initiative under a senior-heavy command systemNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:05:18Japanese attrition groups needed independence and radio silenceNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:47:11Midway with Shokaku and Zuikaku would be far less secureQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:55A five-turret B65 large cruiser is possible but hugeQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:00Kongo was not simply a faster copy of TigerQ&A
- Building upon experience from a position of strength; Imperial Japan's Destroyers in WWI0:01Wartime service reshapes Japanese destroyer designChapter
- Building upon experience from a position of strength; Imperial Japan's Destroyers in WWI2:13The Kaba class and France's Japanese-built destroyersChapter
- Building upon experience from a position of strength; Imperial Japan's Destroyers in WWI11:57Japan's Mediterranean anti-submarine expertiseNotable Point
- Building upon experience from a position of strength; Imperial Japan's Destroyers in WWI18:43British Acorn-class destroyers ease Japan's wartime shortageNotable Point
- Building upon experience from a position of strength; Imperial Japan's Destroyers in WWI26:23Daily operation turns foreign design into usable knowledgeNotable Point
- Building upon experience from a position of strength; Imperial Japan's Destroyers in WWI28:30World War I makes Japan an expeditionary navyChapter
- Building upon experience from a position of strength; Imperial Japan's Destroyers in WWI29:18Why Japan did not send more of its fleet to EuropeNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today1:03:53Nuclear assumptions distort Cold War force planningNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today1:21:01Maya-class firepower and stealth tradeoffsChapter
- Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age41:56Continuous shipbuilding lets Italy adapt through procurementNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:11:18Shokaku-class carriers with B7A Ryusei strike aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:24:48Kongo-class lineage and Japanese design choicesNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:50Japanese submarine torpedo kills in war and exercisesQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:16:27How dockyard investment affects British and Japanese warship reliabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:39:26Yamato and Amagi types in Japan's First World War fleetQ&A
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century0:00Continuous construction sustains Japan's destroyer fleetNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century2:37Asagiri and Abukuma show how smaller escorts build fleet massChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century5:10Japan's escort terminology explains its maritime screening strategyChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century7:00Kongo combines long-range air defence with fleet command facilitiesNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century9:26Home waters shape Japan's decision to remove VLS reload cranesNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century10:37Murasame supplies helicopters and general-purpose escort strengthChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century14:58Takanami increases missile capacity with a common Mark 41 launcherChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century18:27Atago and the ship numbers needed for continuous screeningNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century21:31High-end destroyers turn industrial strength into visible deterrenceNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century24:33Japan moves from a paper presence toward continuous deterrenceNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century28:37Hyuga generates ASW helicopter sortiesChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century32:18Hyuga's reinforcement model leaves useful aviation capacity in reserveNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century33:52Continuous construction enables iteration but can encourage complacencyNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century35:26Hunter-killer helicopter pairs reveal the escort group's ASW arithmeticChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century39:28Sea lines of communication are a national-survival issue for JapanNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century41:35Akizuki's GaN radar reduces top weight but complicates productionNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century43:04Akizuki combines electronic warfare with a balanced escort fitChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century48:13Izumo adds fighters for identification and limited air defenceChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century51:42Izumo's aircraft capacity limits the size of its submarine screenNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century54:07Organic airborne early warning may require a larger successor to IzumoNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century57:48Japan needs defensive depth on its Pacific side as well as its western approachesNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century58:57Asahi pairs quiet electric cruising with a balanced ASW fitChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century1:01:3413DDX could combine Asahi and Mogami ideas for a wider marketNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century1:02:27Maya refines Japan's Aegis destroyers but leaves little maintenance marginChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century1:05:29Mogami adds wartime escort mass and deeper VLS magazinesChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century1:07:25Defensive interception cost depends on the damage preventedNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century1:08:56Why Japan's railgun concept uses a 76 mm projectileNotable Point
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:40Unryu-class carriers as a bridge to postwar Japanese designsQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...31:28Dud weapons at Pearl Harbor preserve the US battle fleetQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:04:16Japan's destroyer force is currently the closest fit to its needsQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:27:32The game's Number 13 derivative resembles a plausible late-1940s refitQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:41A German victory would prevent the interwar naval treaty pauseQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:00New Zealand's frigate choice points toward MogamiQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:03:02Tsushima carried higher immediate stakes for Japan than Trafalgar did for BritainQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:56:59A Fletcher derivative gave postwar Japan a familiar destroyer baselineQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:48:57A British Pacific-first strategy in 1939Q&A
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?48:41Why American and Japanese navies might adopt cruiser carriersNotable Point
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?1:19:56Japan's minimum-force strategy combines fleet strength and distant logisticsNotable Point
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?1:23:25More Japanese carriers would require more pilotsChapter
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?1:25:39Extra carriers do not erase the Allies' industrial advantageNotable Point
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?1:28:10Allied light carriers could complicate a cruiser offensive in Southeast AsiaNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet52:28Korean task groups may answer Japan's carriers and cruisersNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...59:16Modern warship command preferencesQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:47Japan's 1941 war decision and deterrenceQ&A
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century0:00Kawano's long tenure and political trustChapter
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century2:21The persuasive style behind Japanese naval procurementNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century4:37Why Japanese naval ideas can mature after their sponsor leavesNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century7:32Kawano's Indo-Pacific case for strategic self-sufficiencyNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century8:59From engineering student to Joint Staff chiefChapter
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century10:23A family link across wartime and postwar Japanese naval serviceNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century11:46How Kawano grew into naval discipline and leadershipNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century14:06How accountability led Kawano into mine-warfare commandNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century15:50The civil-military tightrope of Japan's Joint Staff chiefNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century16:59What Kawano's medals reveal about serviceNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century23:38Making the navy's case beyond the serviceNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century25:02Japan's proactive peace doctrine and maritime tradeChapter
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century26:42Building a network for Indo-Pacific securityNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century29:45Article 9 and collective self-defenseNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century31:44Mogami exports and Japan's defense industryNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century32:05Article 9's status and force-flexibility problemNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century34:38Dynamic defense and Japan's maritime geographyChapter
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century37:22F-35Bs for outer air defense and gray-zone identificationNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century39:28Aegis destroyers and ballistic-missile defenseNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century40:21The capability choice in an increasingly armed neighborhoodNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century42:22AAV-7As for rapid island reinforcementNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century43:17Submarine availability and constant force readinessNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century44:35Compromise leadership and usable capabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:41Kongo naming politics for Japanese Aegis destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...42:29Torpedo reliability as a testing lessonQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:46Could Japan afford a fleet without the Washington treaty?Q&A
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)1:10:57How lifetime employment affects Japanese constructionQ&A
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...0:30Transferred US destroyers give postwar Japan a starting forceChapter
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...6:21Harukaze and Ayanami make ASW growth acceptableChapter
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...16:01Murasame and Akizuki move toward indigenous command shipsChapter
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...21:29Japan adapts allied advice to national force designNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...24:23Amatsukaze makes the missile-destroyer leapNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...33:02Yamagumo, Takatsuki, and Minegumo keep the yards buildingChapter
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...34:28Yamagumo makes quiet diesel propulsion serve ASW massNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...47:54Haruna and Shirane turn destroyers into helicopter command shipsChapter
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...48:17Carrier politics channel Japan toward the Haruna designNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...52:37Tachikaze and Hatakaze add air-defence command depthNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...53:24Sea-lane defence shapes the Cold War JMSDFNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...59:35Why did Shirane retain two 5-inch guns?Q&A
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:02:01Hatsuyuki and Asagiri carry Cold War habits into the modern JMSDFChapter
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:03:37Hatsuyuki trades machinery redundancy for compact massNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:04:53Distributed helicopters point toward IzumoNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:10:54Asagiri combines COGAG power with allied presenceNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:12:41Cold War construction produces modern JMSDF scaleNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:14:39Integrated yards sustain Japan's naval growthNotable Point
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...14:01Imperial Japan and the unwinnable-war questionQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:13Japanese army-navy friction and wasted industryQ&A
- Ironclads go Two Decker....46:21Visible gun count can outweigh effective firepower in public judgmentNotable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:39A stronger China and European expansion in AsiaQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:11Japan with Kii-style battleships in 1918Q&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:40Crewing and supporting Japan's hypothetical Kii fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:20:05How far ahead was Kii's technology in 1918?Q&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:00:00Coral Sea night surface action counterfactualQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:26:56An Anglo-Dutch maritime treaty with Tokugawa JapanQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)12:29The Six-Six fleet relies on coalition deterrenceNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)18:02A battleship fleet needs enough escortsNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)24:55Lansdowne combines trade power with a local allyChapter
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)30:01Japan seeks security while modernizingNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)32:42British neutrality as Japanese leverageNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)36:31Russo-Japanese War cooperation without interventionChapter
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)39:33Japan prepares rapidly for TsingtaoChapter
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)44:09Japanese escorts and battlecruisers widen Allied coverageNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)44:53Japan emerges from the First World War strongerNotable 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)1:05:04The alliance and the Pacific balance of powerQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:07:29Why the Dutch accepted the Anglo-Japanese allianceQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:08:54China, spheres of influence, and restraintQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:10:17Japan could expect protection beyond formal neutralityQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:27:00British battleship orders without treaty limitsQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:18:02IJN officers continue studying Royal Navy shipsQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:18:20Standard displacement belongs to the treaty systemQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:34:51Japan builds purpose-designed carriers without conversion rulesQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:35:40The IJN retains an Eight-Eight fleet structureQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:40:03Carrier knowledge flows in both directionsQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:47:54Earlier carrier losses leave construction lead timesQ&A
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate8:38The Dutch East Indies as an economic-security problemNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate24:13Wartime losses reveal the force-depth problemNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart2:04Yamato and Musashi in a First World War settingQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart8:41How a weak U.S. battle fleet changes the Pacific balanceNotable Point
- Bruships4:12Pahlavi Iran as a high-end regional navyQ&A
- Bruships5:29Japanese destroyers and the cost of equipping a large fleetNotable Point
- Bruships19:13Carrier strike victory and dominion carrier flagshipsQ&A
- Bruships21:25A French navy still at war and British forces in the Indian OceanNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...35:02Nagato barbette diameter uncertaintyQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:37Russian victory in the Russo-Japanese WarQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans2:00:37Izumo and the A-140 J2 design tradeoffsQ&A
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?38:21Axis reactions face strict industrial limitsChapter
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:09:17A larger Force Z complicates Japan's opening movesNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...2:54Pacific threat logic and the cost objectionNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?34:45Destroyer replacement needs across prospective partnersChapter
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?43:27Combat information layout shapes the shipChapter
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?1:00:17Burke architecture is reaching its design ceilingNotable Point
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?35:49Japan and an alliance without reciprocityNotable Point
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?37:49Tripartite geography limits real cooperationNotable Point
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:28Why cannon warships developed differently in East AsiaQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:35:43Why the Maya class is a modern destroyer benchmarkChapter
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:36:44Refinement costs more across a large destroyer programmeNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...0:00Why the 6-6 fleet still needed light forcesChapter
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...4:14Japanese destroyer terms and Russia's torpedo-boat fearsNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...6:13What the captured Akatsuki reveals about Japanese doctrineNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...7:16Light forces spread shipbuilding capacity across JapanNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...8:20Perry's intervention and Japan's search for sea powerChapter
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...10:03Perry's expedition and Japan's later strategic fearsNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...13:11Why destroyers began displacing torpedo boatsChapter
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...14:43Hayabusa torpedo boats as an industrial experimentNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...18:26Testing Thornycroft and Yarrow destroyer ideasChapter
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...23:41Destroyer speed becomes a tactical weaponNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...27:45Harusame exposes the trade-offs of domestic designNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...30:28Domestic destroyer production and the option of foreign adviceNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...34:33War spreads destroyer production across JapanChapter
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...37:12Kamikaze-class lessons for night operationsNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...39:51Destroyers protect the fighting edge at TsushimaChapter
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...43:24Why Russia's Pacific reinforcements faced such poor oddsQ&A
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...47:28Togo turns fleet depth into operational freedomNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...48:20Why Tsushima and Trafalgar had different stakesNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...49:56Why improved Russian gunnery could not prevent disasterNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...51:34Russian fear reveals the destroyers' deterrent effectNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...53:10How Japan balanced its squadrons at TsushimaNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...55:44Umikaze tests the limits of turbine destroyersNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...56:15Why an 80 mm Type 41 gun could still have a 76 mm boreNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...59:09Sakura restores range with proven machineryChapter
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...1:01:47How Japan's Kawakaze became Italy's AudaceNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...1:02:45Urakaze reopens the turbine and boiler experimentNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...1:04:16Kaba turns imported knowledge into warship exportsChapter
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...1:06:07Japanese destroyers learn anti-submarine warfare at MaltaNotable Point
- 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)2:24:44Which countries offer better naval-procurement models?Q&A
- 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
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?7:35British supplies to Japan could buy time for rearmamentNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?22:03Soviet and Japanese battleship plans face different limitsNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:10:51Most navies underinvest in unshowy escort hullsNotable Point
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor0:11How did Japan procure and plan its naval aircraft?Q&A
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor2:14Early pilot selection reserves the best candidates for strike aviationNotable 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 Harbor20:44The D1A and Hikari move beyond straightforward licensingChapter
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor25:24Sempill, Mitsubishi, and aviation intelligenceNotable Point
- 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
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor44:09Aircraft and submarines make forward attrition practicalNotable Point
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor46:22The B3Y exposes uneven results in Japanese aircraft and engine developmentChapter
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor51:06The B4Y is a pragmatic fallback for war and small carriersNotable Point
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor53:20Patient funding turns the failed 1MF10 into the A5M breakthroughChapter
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor59:13The Zero improves capability but loses the A5M's power-to-weight edgeChapter
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor1:05:48Synchronized force planning leaves no development slackNotable Point
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor1:08:32The D4Y's delayed arrival reduces its early-war valueChapter
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor1:12:19The hidden cost of Japan's elite pilot systemNotable Point
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor1:17:16Pilot shortages also slow Japanese aircraft developmentNotable Point
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor1:19:03The B5N reaches Pearl Harbor with known limitationsChapter
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor1:24:07The D3A combines combat experience with a strong engineChapter
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor1:30:48A common radial engine could simplify carrier-aircraft supportNotable Point
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor1:33:34Would common engines improve carrier-aircraft availability?Q&A
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor1:34:02Could publicity make Japan's modern air group a deterrent?Notable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...8:36How Japanese orders sustained British detonator productionQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...38:19Naval food, comfort, and national catering traditionsQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:42Western expectations before the First Sino-Japanese WarQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:35:08Why a modern Japanese destroyer needs missile capacity in reserveQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:11How directed-energy weapons could fit into a destroyer's defencesQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:41:31Why allies should share combat systems instead of one hullNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...24:02The Second Pacific Squadron reaches VladivostokQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...31:31A Pacific without the Washington Treaty's fortification limitsQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...35:01Why Hiryu surviving Midway would not reverse the Pacific WarQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:47A 1939 Yamato disclosure reshapes battleship programsQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:48Making Yamato more useful through speed and publicityQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:28:02Did Japanese coastal torpedo launchers achieve notable results?Q&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:12An accelerated gun race strains German naval budgetsNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:42:31A surviving Yamato discovered by the JMSDFQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:33A 25-capital-ship Washington Treaty fleetQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:20:30Why Japanese battleships stay north in an early-war scenarioQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:25:55Earlier Japanese scouting before the Battle of the Coral SeaQ&A
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?0:55Pearl Harbor's carrier turnaround opens a January windowNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?22:30Industrial asymmetry makes a costly Japanese victory dangerousNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?53:12Singapore as a submarine base against Japan's resource lifelineNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?58:08Why the Dutch East Indies pulls Allied carriers togetherChapter
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?1:08:30Singapore could become Japan's next major carrier targetNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?1:09:39Choosing a night air strike or a radar-assisted surface actionChapter
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?19:15What each navy historically chose to bendNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?53:41Greater naval confidence could open diplomatic discussionsNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:05:00A faster replacement for the lost Amagi conversionNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:06:43Why Kaga's battleship hull weakens Japanese carrier doctrineChapter
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:13:20Ryujo and the limits of a miniature fleet carrierNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:23:56Japan and Germany face different effects from treaty evasionNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global1:07:29Allied navies divided scarce destroyers across the U-boat warNotable Point
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20261:11:46Japanese destroyers gained value as individual warshipsChapter
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:28:26When did the US recognize the Type 93 torpedo threat?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:43:43Should Britain partner with Germany on a future destroyer?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:58:28Which navies might build the next very large surface combatants?Q&A
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…7:39Japan's island chain complicates the Taiwan battlespaceChapter
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live15:45Japanese naval aviation at Tsingtao before CuxhavenNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:29:56If both sides kept their Midway carriers, another battle would followQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:08:39Could medium powers build 20,000-ton cruisers?Q&A
- Navy Food: A Beginning16:23Curry and rice flour in naval mealsNotable Point
- Navy Food: A Beginning17:56Japanese ship curry and crew identityNotable Point
- Navy Food: A Beginning21:25Cooking naval history from old cookbooksNotable Point
- The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series6:08Japan seeks more fleet lethality without more personnelNotable Point
- The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series7:10Mogami frigates sustain Japan's surface-fleet growthChapter
- The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series8:22Japan pairs a 50-combatant goal with rolling submarine productionNotable Point
- The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series9:43Japan accelerates missiles, Aegis ships, and mine warfareChapter
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:25Japan's stockpile: pilot training and aircraft protectionQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...22:11Japan's fear of losing independence in the road to warNotable Point
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 30:00Three entry books for interwar naval preparationChapter
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 37:52Why Japanese carriers could concentrate in 1941Notable Point
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 315:05Expansion timing shapes naval aviation trainingNotable Point
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 31:07:38Exercise design determines institutional learningChapter
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers1:03Sub-10,000-ton carriers as working fleet assetsQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers2:20Small carriers free Japan's strike-carrier tonnageNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers5:13Small carriers push navies toward multi-carrier groupsNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...9:29How shipboard food becomes a naval traditionNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:09Why a smaller railgun programme could be easier to deliverQ&A
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers1:44The modified Taiho as Japan's next fleet carrierChapter
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers8:48Why Britain and Japan both needed survivable carriersNotable Point
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers29:26Reference books for tracing carrier designNotable Point
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers37:53Unryu and Ibuki reveal Japan's emergency carrier choicesChapter
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers40:23Japan's attrition plan depended on the enemy cooperatingNotable Point
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-450:00Two carrier histories for comparative studyNotable Point
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-451:24Japanese carrier camouflage and reference appendicesNotable Point
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-4515:43Wartime lessons in the modified Taiho designChapter
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-4519:23Italian scholarship on the Japanese NavyNotable Point
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-4520:48Midway redirects Ibuki from cruiser to carrierChapter
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-4522:41Ibuki's carrier conversion balances protection and air powerChapter
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-4525:08Ibuki's air defence and sensorsNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)15:45Taiwan's geography complicates invasion and escalation controlChapter
- Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships12:49Why navies converged on fast battleships differentlyNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:15:04Japan's desired 70 percent treaty ratioNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:31:44An Alaska-led battle group in the Java SeaQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II6:43:40Cruiser preferences from Takao to Algérie and WichitaNotable Point
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:49:42Would purpose-built landing ships appear without the war?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:57:41Would anyone use a light carrier as a commerce raider?Q&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...42:11How ship-girl imagery enters Japanese naval public cultureNotable Point
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:34Could Japan have stockpiled enough oil from the 1920s?Q&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:13:20American pressure behind Japan's Six-Six FleetNotable Point
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:56Could Type 83 influence the next US destroyer?Q&A
- #Japan2025 #ShipShape naval history trip... update 36 on the 'lastish' night in Japan1:28Japanese naval history beyond World War IINotable Point
- #Japan2025 #ShipShape naval history trip... update 35 a last visit to the most special lady of Japan0:00A return to Mikasa during repair workNotable Point
- #Japan2025 #ShipShape naval history trip... update 33 - hunting Mitsumasa Yonai Part 11:33Yonai as an overlooked Japanese leaderNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:18How Mikasa survived the naval treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...49:56Mikasa, the Six-Six Fleet, and Japanese SSK designQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:12:40Magazine depth and reloading for a long naval warNotable Point
- #Japan2025 #ShipShape naval history trip... update Last Day Aboard Mikasa!0:00Mikasa as a touchable naval-history museumNotable Point
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:11Britain joins Japan against Russia in 1904Q&A
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:41:34Type 83 and the system-of-systems warshipNotable Point
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:45:30Akagi's lifts limit D4Y and B6N aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:56:11Japan counters a Chinese Tiger-derived battlecruiserQ&A
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:17Continental navies adapt Kearsarge differentlyNotable Point
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:58A Lord Nelson-style Mikasa at TsushimaQ&A
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?10:26Tulagi's high ammunition cost for limited resultsNotable Point
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?17:24The US Navy's precarious position before MidwayChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?29:23The cost of uncoordinated Midway air attacksChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?33:12From cautious pursuit to strategic reversal at MidwayChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?41:35Japanese Leyte forces divided by the oil shortageChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?42:28Why valuable naval infrastructure also needs protectionNotable Point
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?44:20The Philippine route linked Japanese fuel and ammunitionChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?53:43Leyte Gulf: decisive victory without annihilationChapter
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P36:20A Royal Navy answer to Japan's Number 13 classChapter
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P31:14:38A British rival for the Kongo contractChapter
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P32:46:09A deliberately weak Manchurian battleshipChapter
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:41The First World War's Mediterranean naval campaignsQ&A
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why3:50Japan's 100 mm gun and the air-defense tradeoffChapter
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why6:21Why torpedoes did not remove the need for destroyer gunfireNotable Point
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why1:20:26Japan's 127 mm guns and attrition doctrineChapter
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why1:24:24Why elevation alone did not make Japan's 127 mm gun effectiveNotable Point
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why1:27:22How destroyer hull strength affected gun accuracyNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?1:55:52Could Japan answer a renewed arms race with supercruisers?Q&A
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:24:56The Java Sea is the wrong setting for Kantai KessenNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:49:19Would Force Z divert carriers from Wake Island?Q&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:23Warship designs dangerous to their own crewsQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:51:12When Japan could detect enemy radarQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:43:07A 1940s revival of Japan's Number 13 designQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)3:42Modern Kongō versus the battlecruiser KongōQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)30:05Japan keeps the naval railgun aliveQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)50:24What Japan could build instead of YamatoQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)1:19:49Why Japan adopted kamikaze attacksQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)1:23:01Railguns on Japan's future BMD shipsQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)1:26:08Acoustic homing for the Long LanceQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:27:32Saving Japanese pilots changes the Guadalcanal choiceQ&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft2:21:37Why Japan, Korea, and China build warships fasterQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:14:01Italian and Japanese warships in ocean watersQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:32Choosing one modern aircraft for Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:48Japan's reserve pilots and the A7M programmeQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:29:51Japan receives Deutschland-class dieselsQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:29:22Atago-class destroyers versus Type 45Q&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:00:06Why a Japanese large light-cruiser project was canceledQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...25:53A 1934 international warship-design exchangeQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:37:04If the Mogami class kept its 6-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:41What rank translations hide about military institutionsNotable Point
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:44Secret Number 13-class battleships and Japanese readinessQ&A
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?38:07Plan Z could not freeze the Royal Navy in 1938Chapter
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?50:56A longer arms race favored the maritime democraciesNotable Point
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:46Japan pushes past Taffy 3 at SamarQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:01Japan concentrates the Aleutians force at MidwayQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:44Japanese Army-Navy cooperation improves aircraft and logisticsQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:00:29Japan trades later Yamatos for convoy escortsQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:05:27The interwar Anglo-Japanese Alliance outlives a reduced US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:01:15Japan captures Pearl Harbor and disrupts US Pacific commandQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:15:41A captured Musashi offers technical study and a possible museum shipQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:30:09Germany and the Soviet Union attack Japan in 1941Q&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:42:12More British battlecruisers do not bring Kongo forwardQ&A
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?1:57:26Could forward-based battlecruisers trap von Spee at Tsingtao?Notable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:51If the carriers were at Pearl Harbor and the battle line was at seaQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:14:44Invading Hawaii would require landing during the Pearl Harbor strikeQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:07:53A Japanese 510 mm gun was technically workableQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:17:51A higher treaty ratio gives Japan more ships, not a new fleet conceptQ&A
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII2:47:10Did smaller navies consider buying Japanese submarines?Q&A
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!1:46Sea control versus maritime transport in the Imjin WarChapter
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!31:05Japanese ships optimized for transport and boardingChapter
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!35:05Pine hulls, oak pegs, and the infrastructure behind readinessNotable Point
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!55:37Okpo demonstrates cannon warfare against transportsChapter
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!59:09Happo extends Yi Sun-sin's pursuitNotable Point
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!1:01:34Thirteen ships sighted and eleven sunk after HappoNotable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...28:49Could better damage control have saved Taiho?Q&A
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?1:59:02Isolated cruisers faced a carrier strike without layered air defenseChapter
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?3:09:31Why attack aircraft strafed anti-aircraft gun crewsQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...22:08Where to look for the last warship built without metal fasteningsQ&A
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin54:02Japan's fleet moved armies but was not built for gunnery battlesChapter
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin1:51:58Height, boarding, and the turtle ship's roofQ&A
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin2:19:52Why Japan lacked a centralized navy before the nineteenth centuryQ&A
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin2:53:34Korean dart projectiles were not boarding weaponsQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:25Which wartime submarine programs misused scarce resources?Q&A
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?2:26:26Japan changed what its island defenses were meant to hold in placeNotable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:32:45Why the Royal Navy does not need Japan's new FFMQ&A
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?2:35:21Japan learns by ordering the lead ship abroadNotable Point
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?20:07A theory that assumes an obliging enemyChapter
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?1:32:17Hoche and the price of single-ship classesChapter
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...1:10:17The allied carrier networkChapter
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...1:16:13F-35B cross-decking across allied shipsNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:45:57How better batteries could reshape diesel-electric submarinesQ&A
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 74:43A British carrier force changes the Singapore counterattackQ&A
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 718:38Cruiser-line speed sets the fast-battleship thresholdNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 726:44Kongo reconstructions and HMS Tiger test the boundaryNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 747:43Chinese carriers sharpen Japan's carrier choicesNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 748:32Why STOBAR is an awkward compromise for JapanNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 71:07:48Soviet carrier prospects diverge by sea and opponentNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 71:26:30Two Soviet carriers would reshape an Arctic warQ&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast42:08How much did American admiration for Japan matter?Q&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast57:06Dream fleets still need fuel, crews, and a war economyQ&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast2:28:18Quantity and quality in the prewar naval racesNotable Point
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!1:37:38Tracing Japan's unofficial elder statesmenQ&A
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers16:28Stalin's carriers as an answer to geography and weak infrastructureChapter
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...2:00:28Britain's grandfathered cruiser advantageNotable Point
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...2:09:14Could Japan build both high-end cruisers and capital ships?Q&A
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...2:14:17Japanese convertible cruiser turretsNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII9:01Why Guadalcanal drew the carrier forces inChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII12:01Aircrew losses were a strategic lossNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII21:05Cumulative attrition after Coral Sea and MidwayChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII32:42A thin garrison meets an amphibious forceChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII49:25Kinkaid, Nagumo, and the forces at Santa CruzChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII51:16Design choices shaped the forces behind the totalsNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII54:37American task forces versus Japanese dispersalNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:01:57Night aviation required trained units as well as skilled pilotsNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:37:07The aircrew cost that made victory hollowChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:44:23A tactical success and strategic defeatChapter
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:42:29Japanese submarine minelaying against American portsQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat38:33Why Washington fails without JapanQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat1:41:46The risky Japanese decision at the Yellow SeaQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:00:06Why Amagi was especially vulnerable to earthquake damageQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:01:24Why a Japan-first strategy still needs new shipsQ&A
- Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier1:18:39Trenchant's firing solution and the loss of AshigaraChapter
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!35:10The A7M Reppu was too late to change the carrier warQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!37:49I-400 grew from two decades of submarine-aircraft experienceNotable Point
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:14:41The Seiran was a competent aircraft trapped in a failing strategyQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:56:30An Izumo conversion cannot match Queen Elizabeth scaleQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:58:26Fast diesel Haguro-class cruisers with Kido ButaiQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!2:23:53Eight Ryujos could break the 1930 carrier settlementQ&A
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?4:21A weapon for offsetting American industrial massNotable Point
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?39:43A manual hangar-door backup encoded hard-won experienceNotable Point
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?42:44Two boats could not create strategic pressureNotable Point
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?55:59False American markings alienated the Seiran pilotsNotable Point
- Laying Minefields in the Sky... Some WWII Rocketry and Supersized T-Shirt Cannons...37:37Japan's Type 4 rocket seeks defensive depthChapter
- Laying Minefields in the Sky... Some WWII Rocketry and Supersized T-Shirt Cannons...40:37A Yamato-class Type 3 shell made a brief wall of fireNotable 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
- HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 211:45Training a fleet while prioritising carriersNotable Point
- HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 24:19:35Patrols, radar, and carrier aircraft around KoreaNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion7:49Congruent carrier development from shared aimsNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion11:19Taihō and survival for an outnumbered fleetChapter
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion13:30American intelligence estimates TaihōNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion35:30Why naval treaty compliance variedNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion48:24War experience reveals pre-war carrier aimsNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion50:52Removing cumulative limits: a carrier counterfactualNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments15:46Battle cruiser and battlecruiser as different strategic rolesQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments41:12Japan's economic constraints on fleet planningNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments41:52Why assume Japan could afford a hypothetical fleet programme?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments45:38Advising the Third Sea Lord on future fleets in 1937Chapter
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier0:20Modernisation plans do not stand stillChapter
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier25:43Japan: qualitative superiority versus shipyard bottlenecksChapter
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier30:43Shinano as a battleship and Japan's construction choicesNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier35:41Who leads an Anglo-American war against Japan?Notable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier43:43Britain's three-power problem and the Suez lifelineNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:06:05Soviet construction adds uncertainty to the naval raceNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:25:47Strategic depth for Japan, an imperial lifeline for BritainNotable Point
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier48:29An early Fritz X would start a wider guided-weapon raceChapter
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 51:00Mirror carriers, pilot instinct, and port-island riskChapter
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 512:51Carrier air power as Japanese offset strategyNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 513:45Perry, threat geography, and Japan's alliance strategyNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 526:35Treaty weight and Fourth Fleet lessonsChapter
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 527:23Why a mirrored island required a different shipNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 530:08Tomozuru exposes the cost of excessive topweightChapter
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 532:14The Fourth Fleet storm becomes an industrial crisisChapter
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 537:32Treaty limits, paper ships, and design workaroundsNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 543:01Soryu, Hiryu, and Kido Butai doctrineChapter
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 548:32War in China validates the carrier fighterNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 549:46Early air groups and second-line aircraftNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 553:01Carrier air groups operate as mobile shore forcesNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 555:27Soryu and Hiryu at Pearl HarborNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 555:41Adapting torpedoes for Pearl Harbor's shallow waterNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 559:49Pearl Harbor's second wave as a sortie-generation problemNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 51:02:01The Indian Ocean raid depended on Sōryū and HiryūNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 51:02:50Midway carrier losses and air-group attritionChapter
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 51:05:52Soryu's fueled hangars turn bomb hits into a ship-killing fireNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 51:07:53Hiryu's last airworthy aircraft and forward flight-deck collapseNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 51:10:33Hiryū survives abandonment before her last crew escapesNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier52:33Blockade and American overseas territoriesChapter
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:03:17Coalition war and the Boxer alliance patternNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:04:38Japan and the Pacific war opportunityNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:10:47The short war and its negotiation clockNotable Point
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?6:45Carrier baselines before wartime shortcutsNotable Point
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?14:00Hiyo class and Japan's conversion gambleChapter
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!23:00Scandinavian maritime books as source workChapter
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!1:01:44Why boring out a 410 mm gun sacrifices barrel marginQ&A
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 30:40Japan either stays home or sends everythingChapter
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 310:00Why November 1915 changes Japan's calculationNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 315:18The fleet package becomes a diplomatic statementChapter
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 315:18The Kongos approach the fast-battleship boundaryNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 316:16Kawachi and Settsu would reinforce the Channel forceNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 318:11Sending the new Fuso would demonstrate Japan's commitmentNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 330:45Choosing a commander without weakening Japan's home fleetNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 330:45Where the Japanese ships fit into British commandsNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 335:08More Japanese battleships could form a full squadronNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 336:13Japanese reinforcement could expand the Channel commandNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 338:49Harwich could accelerate Japanese destroyer experienceNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 340:13Fuso could bring a Japanese divisional commander into the Grand FleetNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 345:46Squadron naming and seniority complicate Japanese integrationNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 354:24Destroyers and armored cruisers complete the Japanese fleet packageNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 357:07Extra 14-inch guns reshape the run to the southChapter
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:07:57Japanese signals could bring Jellicoe south soonerNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:17:40A full fleet battle could destroy the High Seas FleetNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:40:10A British battlecruiser could replace a lost KongoNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:40:47A decisive Jutland could reshape alliances and naval treatiesChapter
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:57:05Togo could carry British constitutional practice back to JapanNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 32:00:52Japan could draw a different lesson from a costly victoryNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 19123:12Japanese naval aviation before the modelsChapter
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191210:18World War I success and winner's diseaseNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191222:14The aviation bureau inherited a training bottleneckNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191224:11Elite pilot pipeline and carrier trainingChapter
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191229:19Front-line experts were not recycled into trainingNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191231:20Reserve status created information barriersNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191234:38Dual-hatted carrier and air staffsNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191236:31Air groups over Western squadronsNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191239:47The kokutai hierarchy combined flying and supportChapter
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191245:09Carrier launch formations followed multiples of threeChapter
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191250:10The command structure lacked expansion redundancyNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191252:58Reconnaissance priority encoded in unit numbersNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191254:16Combat experience and fighter interestChapter
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191257:09Land and carrier kokutai used different compositionsNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191259:28First Carrier Division as a doctrinal laboratoryNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 19121:01:32Aircraft codes linked role, design sequence, and makerNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 19121:03:36Three-aircraft sections and attack geometryNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 19121:05:13An indigenous structure defies Western equivalentsChapter
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 19121:12:14The elite system depended on controlled escalationNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 19121:14:27Wartime reorganization from kokutai to squadronsChapter
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 19121:20:11The near loss of Japanese carrier fightersNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 19121:25:11Expert pilots without an institutional voiceNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 19121:27:03Army and navy debate nearly removed Japanese fightersNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 126:31A qualitative Anglo-American race in capital shipsNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 136:08Fleet choices without Washington limitsChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 148:33Britain's construction reflex and Japan's sense of securityNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 156:47Fleet strength as deterrence and diplomatic leverageNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:13:29Japanese 18-inch ships as the triggerNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:37:28Why four Japanese yards did not mean four ships at onceNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:44:17The opportunity cost of Japanese super-battleshipsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more1:32:54Why some Japanese carrier aircraft had folding wingsQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more1:37:09When exercises validate the wrong design choicesNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines6:40Shokaku's speed, flight deck, and air groupChapter
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines8:04Japanese attrition and ambush before decisive battleNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines11:23Shokaku and Zuikaku in Kido ButaiNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines13:09What Shokaku gained over HiryuNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines15:21Shokaku scarcity and the Yamato resource tradeoffNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines18:00Pacific alpha-strike logicNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines38:14Political limits behind carrier design choicesNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines48:46Which carrier is better depends on doctrineNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines52:38Essex's endurance for an advance across the PacificNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines53:58Pearl Harbor as an ambush before the Essex buildupNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...25:32Japanese 14-inch shells and British 13.5-inch qualityQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...27:45A Japanese carrier's anti-aircraft defense depended on attack geometryQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...35:44Japanese fleet carriers answered national requirementsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...37:25The worst Pearl Harbor outcome was an attempted occupationQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...40:11Why Ryujo was Japan's clearest prewar carrier replacement candidateQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:10:55Nagato's speed below the fast-battleship thresholdNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:14:15Taiho and the limits of improving one carrierQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:31:24Japanese anti-aircraft rockets versus British UP launchersQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:43:52A surviving Shokaku would follow Zuikaku's refitQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:49:43An earlier Shokaku would shift Japan's carrier namesQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:50:19Yamato's firepower versus a faster 16-inch battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:53:08Possible Japanese uses for Pearl Harbor's wrecked battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:57:40An invasion of Hawaii required a different logistics commitmentNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:01:31Preparing the US Navy for night fighting in the SolomonsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:03:16An earlier Hosho-derived carrier and the later construction timetableQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:08:18Why US exercises focused on JapanQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:13:50Why a Japanese-sponsored treaty-evasion yard would be hard to concealQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:28:28Why Taiho's aviation-fuel leak became catastrophicQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:35:28Smaller Japanese battleships: doctrine, fuel, and speedQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:38:32How revealing Yamato in 1940 might disrupt Allied shipbuildingNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:46:59Force Z survival and an Allied carrier counterstrokeNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:19:56Why Imperial Japanese Navy automation faced a skills limitQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:21:04Mechanization aboard a Japanese battleship still needs supervisionQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:27:03Improved Hosho-type carriers instead of RyujoQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:44:42Oilfield denial complicated Japan's Dutch East Indies gainsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:04:36Japan's ocean liners designed for carrier conversionQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:05:33Where the ShinMaywa US-2 flying boat makes senseQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:14:53How an early end to naval treaties changes the approach to warQ&A
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class0:48Shokaku as an expression of Japanese carrier doctrineChapter
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class3:19A context-first method for judging naval doctrineNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class6:13Beyond a one-note decisive-battle doctrineNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class7:47Why naval doctrine cannot be reduced to one sloganNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class17:45Air group, speed, and tempo requirementsChapter
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class25:05Quality strategy and the Pearl Harbor forceNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class35:46Design compromise under the 1941 deadlineChapter
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class38:06Mitsumasa Yonai and Japan's strategic dilemmaNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class41:10Hiyo conversions and Taiho's different compromisesNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class44:28Risk-fleet deterrence and the Pearl Harbor attrition gambleNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class48:53Shokaku and Zuikaku suppress Pearl Harbor airfieldsNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class50:47Elite pilot selection for a short warNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class54:37The Type 96 light anti-aircraft problemNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class58:28Shipyard capacity limits carrier ambitionNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class1:02:43Carrier radar needs an escort networkNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class1:04:09Coral Sea aircrew losses and the absence from MidwayNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class1:05:12Not big enough for the doctrineNotable Point
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!43:46Japanese carrier doctrine in the MediterraneanQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:00:12Why naval doctrine must fit geostrategyNotable Point
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:34:53Japanese night-carrier doctrine at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:07:33Why an unarmed Pearl Harbor overflight still means crisisQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!3:08:44Japanese giant submarines off the American West CoastQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!3:31:50The interwar US-Royal-Japanese naval triangleQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered12:03Yonai as a hidden naval-political figureNotable Point
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered25:23Britain, America, and estimating JapanQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered57:13Yonai, Yamamoto, and IJN aviation trainingNotable Point
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered1:13:28Officer radicalization and the limits of Yonai's influenceNotable Point
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered1:40:17Yonai's influence behind and before the curtainQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered1:44:20The practical test for IJN cruiser conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered1:50:59When Val and Kate would move to second-line dutiesQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered1:52:07IJN first-strike doctrine and late-war aircraft successorsQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:18:54K3/F3 speed and treaty consequencesQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:19:58Late-war IJN carrier air-group limitsQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:21:00Why transferred Axis submarines brought Japan limited valueQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:21:39Concealing torpedo mounts on a fast 2,000-ton sloopQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:27:47What failed assassination plots reveal about Yonai's powerNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion19:12Japanese carrier experiments expose aircraft-growth riskNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion36:45The London Treaty closes the Ryūjō loopholeNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion38:49A separate light-carrier allowance could reshape fleet rolesNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion56:57Sōryū and Hiryū test a paired-carrier island arrangementNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion1:23:32Larger carrier allowances could reduce design compromisesNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!9:38Kantai Kessen and expected American behaviorQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!11:39Huge battleships as a blockade problemNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!13:39Mahan and Corbett beyond the usual labelsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!52:34Capital ships as static Far East deterrenceNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!53:33HMS Liverpool and economic deterrence off JapanNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems45:01US carriers become the center of fast task forcesNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems48:18Lexington and Saratoga prove battle and raiding doctrineChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:27:20Reconnaissance counters Japan's interception-attrition planChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:34:29Fleet Problems grow into realistic War Plan Orange rehearsalsChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:40:10Wargaming culture reinforces large US carriersChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:45:45Two-ocean doctrine depends on yards, bases, and rapid productionChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History0:17Japan joins Britain after France fallsChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History5:40Akagi and Soryu form Japan's proposed carrier contributionNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History9:50Kongos and Nagatos reinforce different Allied fleetsChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History15:22Japanese reinforcements need a place in Allied commandNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History16:47Yonai gives Japan an old-alliance optionChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History31:18Churchill must integrate Japan without excluding AmericaNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History58:44Force H gains speed while the Home Fleet gains weightChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:05:11Soviet neutrality under pressure from Britain and JapanNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:09:17Soryu changes Mediterranean carrier operationsNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:18:29Taranto becomes a night-and-dawn carrier blowChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:36:40Combined carrier groups hunt German surface raidersChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:38:08Why skilled Japanese aircrews still need a night-flying training systemNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:41:08Mixed command teams coordinate the coalition fleetNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History2:02:07How commitments against Japan limit the route to Romanian oilNotable Point
- 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!32:40Hosho reveals carrier scaling and early flight-deck hazardsNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!42:04The Mitsubishi 1MF turns imitation into controlled industrial learningNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!46:13Japan sees carriers as an industrial offsetNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:02:50Trade maps explain why Britain wants different carriersNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:05:26Japan's Pacific threat narrative limits Indian Ocean strategyNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:18:21Hōshō, Langley, and Hermes embody three national strategiesNotable Point
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...5:59Removing the war in China changes Japan's strategic choicesChapter
- 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
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...18:58A friendly Japan releases Indian Ocean shippingNotable Point
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...22:00Would Japanese submarines be useful in the Mediterranean?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...25:01Yonai's political route to an Allied warNotable Point
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...38:18Churchill would distribute Japanese strength across several fleetsChapter
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...49:49A Japanese cruiser alongside Sydney could change a raider encounterNotable Point
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...51:38Did American radar come from Britain?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...58:29Japan's entry could pull the United States toward a naval warChapter
- 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
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...1:19:07Would royal officers be needed to integrate the two navies?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...1:24:18Japanese pilots could reinforce the Battle of Britain firstNotable Point
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...1:31:27What Japan could send firstChapter
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...1:35:45Could Japan accelerate its warship construction?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...1:54:45Kantai Kessen would not dictate a European naval warQ&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...1:58:37Would the Allies give Japan better anti-aircraft guns?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...1:59:09Fleet movement and joint command take monthsNotable Point
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...2:01:55How would French colonies react to Japan's entry?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...2:11:23Would the Japanese carriers bring Zeroes or Claudes?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...2:14:34Where would Admiral Yamamoto serve?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...2:19:46Could Tanaka command Japan's Mediterranean contingent?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...2:31:24Could Japanese ships join the fighting at Narvik?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...3:13:18Could Stalin strike the Japanese home islands?Q&A
- Hansa-Brandenburg - The Builder behind WWI German Naval Aviation: Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 156:26How W.29 production survived the armisticeChapter
- Hansa-Brandenburg - The Builder behind WWI German Naval Aviation: Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 11:16:38W.33 service in Japan and the limits of the evidenceChapter
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers0:28Japanese carrier history lacks a single reference baselineNotable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers8:04The first carrier generation was experimental, not treaty-builtChapter
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers22:56Japanese officers learn from British carrier and torpedo-aircraft trialsNotable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers36:28The Sempill Mission carried selected aviation knowledgeNotable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers48:00Britain shared carrier data to shape allied innovationNotable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers55:53Hōshō reflects an early support-carrier doctrineChapter
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 19385:45How AI repeats national naval stereotypesNotable Point
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193833:26Japanese deterrent firepower against industrial inferiorityChapter
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193837:08Attrition doctrine and Kantai KessenChapter
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!34:48The London treaty's existing fault linesChapter
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!1:15:46Japanese treaty battleships and the road to YamatoChapter
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!1:18:15Japanese expansion and the limits of forecastingNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!1:20:07Soviet-Japanese conflict as a naval testNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:09:47Albacore and B5N strike range with torpedoesNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:15:01A Yamato-inspired Xyston with a pagoda bridgeChapter
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:21:30Why secrecy limits a super-battleship's deterrent valueNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:58:01Japanese qualitative overmatch and insufficient fleet numbersNotable Point
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered13:00An early Japanese fleet collapse could redirect Allied prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered48:02Amagi's loss was a tectonic accident, not a design failureQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:00:55Launching Amagi before the earthquake could save the carrier conversionQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:23:40Avoiding war with America could preserve the five-Yamato programQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:35:31Recovering Satō Tetsutarō's naval thought from a Japanese textChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle0:28Blackett Strait rewards preparation and informationChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle10:20Britain's 1939 threat picture put Japan firstNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle16:12Guadalcanal turns Japanese expansion into withdrawalChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle21:30Cape Bon offers an earlier resupply ambushNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle25:17Second Fleet turns plans into Tokyo Express operationsChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle42:15Japanese limits meet American industrial massChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle52:33Japanese night doctrine fails without warningChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle1:18:19Preparation turns the battle into an American footnoteChapter
- Imperial Russia Survives WWI: A Patreon Requested Alternate History44:55Russia breaks the Washington treaty tonnage ratiosChapter
- The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)3:00:32Panama limits make Tillman III plausible enough to change later fleetsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:05:29Sixteen-inch shells become anti-aircraft weaponsNotable Point
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.12:35Ise and Hyuga as compromised hybrid carriersChapter
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.20:23Why no navy mastered every part of carrier aviationNotable Point
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.25:46Could pilot rotation have sustained Japanese naval aviation?Q&A
- What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?26:27Japanese interservice rivalry duplicates helicopter developmentNotable Point
- Naval History Writing Competition 2023/20244:27If the Great Kanto earthquake had not doomed AmagiNotable Point
- Naval History Writing Competition 2023/202416:56How Admiral-class carriers would reshape treaty tonnageNotable Point
- Naval History Writing Competition 2023/202418:08Following other navies' reactions to one changed programChapter
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!22:59Comparing American, Italian, and Japanese naval failuresQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!25:54Forty County-class cruisers and the treaty systemQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!37:02Tribal-class destroyers with Taffy 3Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:00:32Japan's independent submarine traditionQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:01:32Peak wartime equipment at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:12:47Japan against Spain in 1894Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:21:58How a stronger Midway AA fit would change the battleQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:27:02Which navy gained most from T-gunsQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:10:55Japan joins Britain after the fall of FranceQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:21:22A Japanese declaration of war on Germany in 1939Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:23:34Japanese land and air forces fighting alongside BritainQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:41:48How British submarines could ambush a Japanese carrierQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:42:14An Anglo-Japanese alliance after the fall of FranceQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:52:29Japanese escorts in the Battle of the AtlanticQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:35:45Did Japanese forces board the abandoned Hornet?Q&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 247:23Operation C tested an improvised Eastern FleetChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 250:38Japan traded night aviation for surface torpedo freedomNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:20:53Pilot rotation traded peak strength for enduranceNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:25:40British officers understood Japanese decisive-battle thinkingNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:38:42Operation C as a counterfactual imperial turning pointNotable Point
- Stalingrad Class: Stalin's Ship Dreams - KSS2 S7 Comment Response6:09How Stalingrad might prolong Western gunshipsNotable Point
- The Amagi Class: Super Kongos or Nascent Fast Battleships? - KSS2 S5 Comment Response7:48Why Tosa's rear structure is not a second funnelQ&A
- The Amagi Class: Super Kongos or Nascent Fast Battleships? - KSS2 S5 Comment Response9:44Fleet-carrier development without treaty conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out1:42:30Italian and Japanese armed merchant cruisersQ&A
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response21:21Two K3s would reshape the Washington treatyQ&A
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response1:01:12What drove HMS Dreadnought's technologyQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:50:19Benefits and compromises of standardized warship hullsQ&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers25:46Soryu and Shokaku make the common-hull carrier credibleChapter
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers2:10:27German and British carrier doctrine divergeNotable Point
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers2:14:03Would French rearmament trigger a wider naval race?Q&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat26:54Japan's finances without the Washington treatyQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat43:34Comparing wartime naval officer trainingQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat50:08Carrier conversions without naval treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat56:52Why an 8:5:3 treaty ratio shifts insecurityQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat1:04:07A Soviet allocation in the 1930s naval treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat1:06:28Why Japan still needed carriers after MidwayQ&A
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore8:01Singapore as the fleet's entry point to the Far EastChapter
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore11:09Why blockading Japan differed from blockading GermanyNotable Point
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?18:28The Royal Navy's blockade concept against JapanChapter
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?39:27Why Australia and New Zealand trusted Japan in 1921Notable Point
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:14:12Japan faces a stronger, carrier-backed Force ZChapter
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:26:47Japan's problem reaching Malaya's west coastNotable Point
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:37:33The Sydney strategy points toward an earlier Coral Sea battleNotable Point
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:40:10Who loses from a 24,500-ton carrier limit?Q&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:10:44Tokyo lacked the leverage to host the naval treaty talksQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:29:32Extra tonnage only helps Ryujo if designers resist filling itQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:57:03Taking Midway was easier than sustaining it against American returnQ&A
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty10:01Treaty ratios through national strategic needsChapter
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty52:27Japan's Kongo force and new battleship choicesChapter
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty1:20:46Why a Yamato-like answer becomes less attractiveChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 101:54:13Motor torpedo boats depended on a civilian industrial baseQ&A
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...1:19:11A stronger Far Eastern fleet changes Japanese choicesChapter
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 77:14Superfiring development in an interconnected naval raceNotable Point
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 746:39Counterfactual: a faster, 14-inch Orion classNotable Point
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...2:24:23A stronger Far East fleet changes Japan's calculusChapter
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...2:36:17Would the Japanese Indian Ocean raid still happen?Q&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 91:16:21Japanese torpedo boats and the Schnellboot comparisonNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 93:08:56Using colonial seizures to secure the Bay of BengalNotable Point
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series45:35When Shinano's captain could know the carrier was lostQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:20:51Japanese submarine minelayers against the U.S. West CoastQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:50:11The scale of mining Japan's coastQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:56:28Why Japan did not plan to invade AustraliaQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series3:39:40Why a few more Chinese cruisers would not reverse the 1894 warQ&A
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs3:11Why Japanese boats were not simple German copiesNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 72:13:15Togo faced criticism before TsushimaNotable Point
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:23:17Long-range minelaying submarines against JapanQ&A
- Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 524:26British support was essential against simultaneous threatsNotable Point
- From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos1:13:17Did any warship carry grass on its deck?Q&A
- From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos1:14:01What an earlier American 16-inch gun might have changedQ&A
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI22:41Jutland shaped American and Japanese planning more than British planningChapter
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI27:19The Spanish-American War sharpened Pacific threat perceptionsNotable Point
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI29:35Japan read Jutland as a route to a decisive battleNotable Point
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?54:29Jutland's unequal influence on interwar fleet planningNotable Point
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?2:16:22Why Pearl Harbor's fuel stores survivedQ&A
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?2:17:17Could invading Hawaii have forced Japan's decisive battle?Notable Point
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?2:22:18What the paused Lion class might have changed in the Far EastNotable Point
- Battleships of the Treaty Era18:38A treaty as budget control and security policyNotable Point
- Battleships of the Treaty Era33:31Replacement rights and keeping shipyards aliveChapter
- Battleships of the Treaty Era1:05:30North Carolinas, Yamatos, and industrial strainChapter
- Battleships of the Treaty Era1:08:25Japan links a 14-inch ceiling to numerical parityNotable Point
- Battleships of the Treaty Era1:11:26A Japanese replacement-rights counterfactualNotable Point
- Battleships of the Treaty Era1:14:39Why treaty controls broke downChapter
- Battleships of the Treaty Era1:19:44Japanese security fears under the treaty systemNotable Point
- A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 70:29A revived Eight-Eight fleet behind A-150 and B-64Chapter
- A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 718:36B-64 as a carrier escort and cruiser killerChapter
- A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 722:42Yamato as the baseline for a larger battle fleetChapter
- A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 727:00An attrition fleet built to fight before it is lostNotable Point
- Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 60:02Number 13 in Japan's Eight-Eight FleetChapter
- Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 65:22Industrial preparation made the design plausibleNotable Point
- Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 611:28The Eight-Eight Fleet as a costly defensive targetChapter
- Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 613:27British imperial manpower complicated Japanese deterrenceNotable Point
- Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 622:39Hiraga's design lineage from Nagato to Number 13Notable Point
- Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 623:55Treaty interruption between Number 13 and YamatoNotable Point
- Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 625:19A visible fast battleship as deterrenceChapter
- Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 628:27The Eight-Eight Fleet as shield and sledgehammerNotable Point
- Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 55:23Why Japan was not yet the central Dutch threatNotable Point
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties47:46Why Kaga was a poor replacement conversionNotable Point
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties49:09Mogami and treaty-era upgradeabilityNotable Point
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties49:34Japanese submarine secrecy and treaty evasionNotable Point
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?36:22Would more submarines force greater ASW spending?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:03:00Japan's missed alternative to the Kaga conversionChapter
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:04:12Japan's opportunity to conceal extra submarinesNotable Point
- How Many Guns Does that USN Battleship have?37:53A Tillman fleet would reshape the Yamato problemNotable Point
- How Many Guns Does that USN Battleship have?1:10:17Designing American and Japanese heavy cruisersChapter
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory11:17Japan's risk fleet grew from fear of foreign coercionNotable Point
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory30:11From Japanese deterrence to German coercionNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 31:57:14Choosing Indian Ocean objectives against JapanNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 32:00:21Concentrating forces before a northern Japan campaignChapter
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer2:12:50Japanese shipyard capacity for super-battleshipsQ&A
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...16:24Industrial capacity behind American arms controlNotable Point
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...1:15:31Japan's seven-to-ten risk-fleet logicChapter
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 321:31How Tsushima split Japanese naval and army threat perceptionsNotable Point
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 31:00:18Why a delayed war would magnify the Anglo-American responseNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy23:21Treaty ratios can trigger a construction raceQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy36:15A composite Axis battleship still has trade-offsQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy55:22Autoloaders would distort the next treaty negotiationQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:09:44Why a 1942 war would not use the historical aircraft listNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:15:16Why a 1939 Pearl Harbor could be even more vulnerableQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:51:36An Axis America would face an Allied two-ocean strategyQ&A
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas15:36Japanese capital ships and British industrial accessNotable Point
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas29:50Attrition war favors replacement capacityChapter
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas37:12What the game's Japanese advantage assumesNotable Point
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas43:20Designing a 33-knot Japanese battlecruiserChapter
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas1:07:37How navies planned to employ battlecruisersNotable Point
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas1:56:54Shipyard capacity limits a 1915 Japanese designNotable Point
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?8:23Why refit the Kongō class rather than scrap it?Q&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?2:50:47How an Allied Italy changes naval deploymentQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?3:22:03How to judge a wartime engineer's eyewitness accountQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?4:31:16A nominally treaty-compliant Japanese successor to YamatoQ&A
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?2:27:46The Far East shaped British rearmament before 1939Notable Point
- Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction2:07:54When heavy cruisers are asked to do capital-ship workNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:26:35Axis codebreaking was uneven but consequentialQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:29:25Japan and Italy outweighed Germany at sea in 1939Notable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:44:52Why Japan did not send battlecruisers to the Grand FleetQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:34:51The Eastern Fleet nearly tested night carrier doctrineNotable Point
- How to Build A Navy17:51Fleet acquisition changes diplomacyChapter
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda1:12:06How a stronger Adriatic fleet could distort Allied force allocationChapter
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)44:39Why Japan moved toward the fast battleshipNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)44:39Why navies wanted different battle linesChapter
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane29:48Reading the Darwin raids with careNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): Comment Response22:00Kōtetsu, Stonewall, and an ironclad's global careerNotable Point
- How do Navies Learn from War30:31Battlecruisers in a risk-fleet strategyNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 233:30Russian numbers versus geography and logisticsNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 21:05:04Satsuma and the end of the old battleship eraNotable Point
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:01:03Dominion battlecruisers, Japanese concerns, and logistical costsQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:11:57Kongos and Togo as an independent Jutland forceQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:46:30Why Japanese-style night fighting does not transfer neatly to JutlandQ&A
- Francesco Caracciolo Class Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 616:51How Italian speed could ripple through three fleetsChapter
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...2:21:39Canada, the Philippines, and Mexico stretch American strategyChapter
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...3:02:57An Anglo-Japanese alliance could dominate the PacificQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett48:00Overseas territorial losses after a hypothetical American defeatQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett1:09:46Planning for Japan's island defence lineNotable Point
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett2:21:12Russian planning before the Russo-Japanese WarNotable Point
- We Beat The Daisy... Ship Naming10:35Japanese mountain names portray the fleet as a protective wallNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)8:08Why Pacific carrier experience still matteredNotable Point
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 929:39Annual manoeuvres as doctrine laboratoriesChapter
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?54:05Who had the first aircraft carrier?Q&A
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?58:45Which Japanese carrier had the early multi-deck layout?Q&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation46:15Resources alone cannot remove Japan's industrial geographyQ&A
- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...1:57:21A super-battleship cannot ignore pitch and draftChapter
- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...2:19:18Quadruple turrets and distorted Japanese accuracyNotable Point
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History50:27How scout-carrier quotas reshape other naviesNotable Point
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent48:22Mahan cultivated an American sea-power cultureChapter
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent51:37Wargaming a Mahanian alliance crisis in 1906Notable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:37:35French, Japanese, and destroyer responses reshape treaty limitsChapter
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...55:52Armoured cruisers as battle-line supportNotable Point
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...1:27:35How much would competent Japanese ASW change the submarine war?Q&A
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.2:53:04A decisive battle favours fast battleships over battlecruisersNotable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century31:57The Russo-Japanese War and surface-era anti-submarine warfareNotable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:08:58Wolf packs versus the Atlantic escort systemChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:17:47HMS Venturer's submerged attack on U-864Notable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:33:18The overlooked submarine war in the Indian OceanNotable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:39:31Pacific submarines: offensive defense depends on logisticsChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:42:13One submarine's passage through three Axis naviesTranscript Excerpt
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!1:51Could Japan have improved its naval infrastructure before the Pacific War?Q&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:37Seven submarines and the West Coast threatNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood5:42I-17 and the Ellwood shellingNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood36:07Fort Stevens and range disciplineNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood42:28Pacific force allocation and invasion realityNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood46:54Kinkaid, Hosogaya, and the tyranny of distanceNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood56:19Carrier raids on Dutch HarborChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:03:22Kiska as a forward patrol baseNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:08:52Attu's occupation and civilian captivityNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:11:28Attu's empty window and the intelligence gapNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood24:28Ellwood as a visible coastal targetNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood27:37Japan's thin submarine patrol off the West CoastNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood31:15I-17 and Kozo NishinoNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood44:30What I-17's 5.5-inch deck gun could doNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:46:32Fort Stevens and submarine gunfire limitsNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:55:20Why Japan occupied the Aleutian IslandsChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:02:20Was the Aleutian campaign only a Midway diversion?Q&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:07:18Hosogaya's withdrawal at the Komandorski IslandsNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:12:54The carrier raids on Dutch HarborChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:25:31Kiska's weather station and William House's evasionChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:30:23Evacuating Kiska through the American blockadeNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:34:33Attu's empty interval and costly American recaptureChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:39:39Would 6,300 improved Zeros change the Pacific War?Q&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:49:19How a war delayed to 1945 changes naval rearmamentQ&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood3:01:48Could Japan have landed commandos from submarines?Q&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response3:13January 1939 alliance assumptionsQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response4:25How a 1939 naval war might change Japanese air attacksNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response31:31Blockade changes the 1939 fleet problemQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response33:50Political will for a limited naval warQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response38:56Coalition navies and limited war politicsQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response47:50Why the Soviet Union might attack Japan insteadQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak33:18Type 93 torpedoes as a damage-control hazardQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak49:12Why late-war Japanese carriers lacked an effective air armQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:42:30Specialists for Japanese naval history and journal researchNotable Point
- 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?0:27How would Royal Navy carriers fare against the IJN in January 1939?Q&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?25:11Which carriers could fight in the first six months?Notable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?25:55Carrier air groups before the ZeroNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?28:47Pilot pipelines and maintainability shape carrier enduranceNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?40:58The SS Vincent Paul flashpoint at TsingtaoChapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?47:01Birmingham's torpedoes complicate a three-cruiser interceptionNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?49:18Coalition strength determines the peace termsNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?54:01Kantai kessen must adapt to the Royal NavyChapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:01:20Yamato's size and the case for big-gun deterrenceQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:07:39How could Britain avoid defeat by superior Japanese torpedo bombers?Q&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:08:10Asama Maru demonstrates the reach of British shipping intelligenceNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:15:23Night fighting and torpedo attack as the British edgeNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:19:36U.S. entry creates a two-theater Pacific commandChapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:25:33A carrier dash toward Singapore risks mines and submarinesNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:30:49Traffic analysis can reveal a fleet before codes are brokenNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:35:41A 1940 East China Sea battle favors Allied concentrationNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:39:01Japanese fleet command depends on political pressure ashoreNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:40:03A fleet in being at Kure invites a Taranto-style strikeChapter
- 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?47:22Birmingham and Vincent Paul turn Tsingtao dangerousChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:04:04Why zigzagging blunts the Long Lance's rangeNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:13:34War aims and strategic enduranceChapter
- 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
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:23:17Japanese attrition doctrine meets operating limitsChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:32:49Yamato and the logic of big ships, big gunsQ&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:37:52Blockade, oil, and Anglo-American pressureNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:46:55How much oil security did Japan have in 1939?Q&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:57:42Wartime shipbuilding widens the carrier gapChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:03:25British night doctrine shapes the fleet battleChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:13:09How long would Japan hold out?Q&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:19:11The Royal Navy answer to Japanese submarinesQ&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:22:22The race to Singapore is a carrier gambleNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:31:00Retaking Hong Kong under Allied air coverChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:46:43Could international pressure force an early peace?Q&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:53:54The East China Sea blockade-breakerChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:59:39Yonai, Tojo, and the decision to end the warQ&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?3:09:29Would kamikaze tactics appear in this war?Q&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?3:18:19What if Western intervention came in 1937?Q&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?3:22:35Japan's threat to the Philippines in 1939Q&A
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class19:19Yangtze Patrol and Panay crisis warningNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class21:33British gunboats answer the attack on USS PanayNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class34:34Dragonfly class design and Far East roleChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?22:40Battlecruiser tonnage becomes trade-protection politicsNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?26:53Tosa gives Japan a visible treaty winChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?27:18The revised fleet lists let every navy claim a victoryNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?30:24A strike-carrier category solves the conversion problemChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?49:10Tosa becomes Japan's ten-gun prestige battleshipNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?54:34The London Treaty risks triggering a new building spreeChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?1:16:20A perceived treaty victory could redirect Japanese naval thinkingNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response12:39A French-style carrier system spreading across EuropeNotable Point
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History1:20:51Japan's southern strategy without American sanctions leadershipQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-6530:15A Soviet war could scramble Japanese and Italian alignmentsNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-6551:22Universal dual-purpose guns needed usable mountsNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-651:13:10Japanese gun standardization could only narrow the gapQ&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?45:55Carrier doctrine needed critical massNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class52:02Super-cruisers could reshape treaty bargainingQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions31:11Long Lance torpedoes may have finished damaged Japanese shipsQ&A
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?7:20Britain's naval lead before the Belgium decisionChapter
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?1:06:02A short war changes Japan, Russia, and amphibious doctrineChapter
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?1:12:04The post-battle choice between heavier guns and fighting rangeNotable Point
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain1:44:17A British Midway account changes source type with the questionChapter
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain2:43:25Carrier victory did not make battleship choices obvious in advanceChapter
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain2:48:53Mutsu's loss shows how navies explain catastrophic magazine explosionsNotable Point
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain2:56:16Yamato cannot change battleship perception aloneQ&A
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind32:17The Panay incident as a Yangtze flashpointNotable Point
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind39:29HMS Moth is scuttled, recovered, and lost in Japanese serviceNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers22:50Cruiser procurement as naval strategyNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect2:02U.S. cruisers as the scout forceChapter
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect14:04London Treaty pressure and the Portland shiftChapter
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect17:24Aggressive doctrine and mutual assumptionsNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect39:05Torpedo intelligence and doctrinal surpriseNotable Point
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...20:43Midway planning and Japanese target fixationQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...28:29Number 13-class guns were distant ancestors of Yamato'sQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...32:40A delayed European war could meet an alliance already fighting JapanQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...42:09Carrier doctrine differences centered on force and pilot generationQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...45:06US Pacific needs point toward earlier battlecruisersQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...51:12Land-based aircraft could not replace Japan's carriersQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...52:54Chinese submarines would stress Japan's coastal controlQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...54:17Kamikaze attacks traded pilots and aircraft for limited effectQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:28:54Early detection could turn Pearl Harbor into a fighter trapQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers46:01When a naval-presence bluff is calledNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers1:22:16Esmeralda sets the protected-cruiser standardChapter
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat15:39A surviving Yamato and the postwar battleship raceQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat16:57No US entry in 1917 reshapes the interwar PacificQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat23:59B-65 large cruisers and the Allied responseQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat32:51A captured Yamato becomes a Soviet victory monumentQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat1:08:23A Yamato intelligence leak forces Allied counterbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat1:40:40Pacific cruiser forces in 1914Notable Point
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat1:49:59Why imported technology transformed Japan differentlyQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:01:37Japanese interservice rivalry crossed into real plotsQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:06:34The Battle of Midway opens with the Hashirajima fleetChapter
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:07:13A cruiser-leader category invites rapid counterbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:16:51Reading Japanese Destroyer Captain as a personal sourceQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat3:01:43Applying Age of Sail rates to modern aircraft carriersQ&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response28:18From coastal battleship to fast battlecruiserChapter
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response34:24Could different Washington Treaty ratios have delayed war?Q&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response53:09How other navies might answer a British 15-inch/50 fleetNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response1:04:03How Japan accounted for Nelson and RodneyQ&A
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response7:40Why removing one Allied power rewrites the whole warNotable Point
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?1:02:28What would Yamato look like in a world with G3 and N3?Q&A
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?1:08:56Could Japan afford a capital-ship race against G3 and N3?Q&A
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)0:03Why Elswick cruisers suited Japan's Six-Six FleetChapter
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)1:26Yamamoto's East Asian two-power calculationChapter
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)6:20A balanced fleet needs supporting craft and infrastructureChapter
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)7:53Russian expansion and new armor enlarge the battle lineChapter
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)10:11Asama challenges cruiser and battleship labelsNotable Point
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)10:57Foreign-built warships as an industrial springboardNotable Point
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)16:03Machinery gives Asama speed and oceanic rangeChapter
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)22:25Standardized turrets turn ships into a fleetNotable Point
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)24:03Asama's intended place beside the battle squadronChapter
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)25:57How Elswick turned a speculative hull into AsamaNotable Point
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)27:01Asama combines naval diplomacy with radio trialsNotable Point
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)27:37Asama's three-war service ends in gunnery trainingChapter
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)28:18Tokiwa's second career as a minelayerChapter
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)30:20How Tokiwa exploited range and speed at TsushimaNotable Point
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)33:00Domestic refits meet naval presence at Port ArthurNotable Point
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)33:56Japan chooses commerce control over independent raidingChapter
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)35:44Why Tsushima can mislead battlecruiser advocatesChapter
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)37:05Tsushima pits Russia against a fused Japanese forceNotable Point
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)38:07Long-range salvo doctrine before DreadnoughtNotable Point
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)39:10Elswick takes the risk of building a major cruiser on speculationNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)39:34Pascal joins a contest for influence at a Japanese naval reviewChapter
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books15:32Did Togo claim to be Nelson reincarnated?Q&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books43:51What the Kii class would have added to Japan's battle fleetQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books53:46Nagato's true speed and the treaty battleship balanceQ&A
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty23:55Why Lexington's tonnage breach mattered more than cruiser cheatingQ&A
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty36:10The 10,000-ton cruiser rule invited predictable evasionNotable Point
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty47:31A 10:7 ratio could give Japan status while strengthening deterrenceChapter
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty55:50A controlled shipbuilding drumbeat could constrain fleets indirectlyNotable Point
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"27:18Washington's capital-ship quotas and the navies left outsideChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"57:00The 5:3 ratio deepened Japan's security dilemmaChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:00:18American surveillance revealed Japan's minimum acceptable ratioNotable Point
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:03:32Which power left Washington most dissatisfied?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:08:53Did the Washington Treaty save Japan from bankruptcy?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:11:50Why Britain kept treaty restraints after Japan withdrewQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:32:47Ryūjō tested the sub-10,000-ton carrier loopholeChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:38:56Could Ryūjō have avoided its stability problems?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"2:09:03Japanese cruisers sought a qualitative answer to numerical inferiorityChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"2:24:22Could Japan afford naval parity with Britain and America?Q&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road45:57Larger treaty battleships would push Japan beyond Yamato-scale ambitionsQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road1:06:54Evidence for a Japanese 20-inch gun test remains contradictoryQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road4:04:17Geography made German capital-ship construction harder to conceal than YamatoQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 446:55Japanese multi-carrier strikes depended on trained crewsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:06:12Klingon forces combine different real-world naval analogiesQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 641:10:18Tsushima begins with the decision to send the fleetChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 641:13:35Tsushima shaped a slower British Far East strategyNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 641:18:28Alliances shaped the fleet that reached TsushimaNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:15:18Secrecy squandered Yamato's deterrent valueChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:26:03A public Yamato forces an Allied shipbuilding dilemmaNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:35:45Yamato trades fleet numbers for extreme scaleNotable Point
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More2:27:47American fast battleships would prevent a treaty settlementQ&A
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations54:13Aircraft ferrying and trade protection share one hullChapter
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)32:50Why U.S. cruisers prioritized fleet battle over trade warfareQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)34:22How treaty limits shaped carrier armor choicesQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)6:39Why the Spanish-American War was the greater strategic surpriseQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading3:00:30Endurance as a treaty-cruiser design tradeoffQ&A
- Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches15:52Carrier doctrine as a test of officer educationChapter
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again6:40What a concentrated Allied carrier force means against a Midway-era fleetNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194116:39Build a unified Far East command before the crisisChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194126:06Use Singapore as a coalition fleet baseChapter
- Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare1:37:00Wooden guns make Asahi look combat-readyNotable Point
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today2:39:47Why Japan could not simply build Yamato-class ships for GermanyQ&A
- Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina11:38Why victory meant something different in Italy and JapanNotable Point
- Suffren Class: Mon croiseur de 1ère classe de la Marine Nationale préféré (Long Patrol)44:35The Hotchkiss 13.2 mm battery's paper and practical limitsNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)30:08First World War trauma shaped the treaty mindsetChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)38:35A treaty needs ships Japan can actually buildNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)52:15Ryūjō embodied the fear behind the small-carrier rulesChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)54:17The proposed equitable carrier settlementChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)1:05:06Higher treaty limits favor the strongest shipbuilding powersNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)1:08:00Using limited fleets to bind Germany and the Soviet UnionChapter
- My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)17:53British protection versus Japanese speed and torpedoesChapter
- My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)30:52How a British-Japanese night battle might unfoldQ&A
- My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)45:52Akizuki development versus Fletcher evolutionQ&A
- My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)1:09:34Why Japan shaped Royal Navy cruiser requirementsChapter
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)36:32Night attacks, Long Lance, and the supply problemChapter
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)39:40Tassafaronga: experience and culture shape survivalNotable Point
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)46:32Torpedo results in the Russo-Japanese War and JutlandChapter
- 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)15:43Akagi's reconstruction and Japan's industrial limitsNotable Point
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine1:35:50Tassafaronga showed the danger of night torpedo snipingChapter
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine1:42:12Japanese night fighting relied on low-light opticsQ&A
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine1:56:03Port Arthur showed both torpedo surprise and torpedo netsChapter
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:02:39Submarine technology exchange needed more than plansNotable Point
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:10:57Interwar exercises refined destroyer torpedo doctrineChapter
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:27:19Torpedo doctrine reflected national strategy, not just engineeringChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN31:30Why piracy did not surge during the world warsQ&A
- County Class Cruiser Comment Response: A UAD Infused Discussion of the Part 8 Response (Long Patrol)39:32How treaty navies escaped the 10,000-ton cruiser ruleQ&A
- More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)35:41A 10:7 ratio and Japanese securityQ&A
- More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)37:40How national priorities shape treaty battleshipsQ&A
- Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)55:11Treaty ratios, industrial capacity, and political willNotable Point
- Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)57:18Geography and imperial commitments shape fleet sizeNotable Point
- Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)58:53The Anglo-Japanese Alliance behind Washington security fearsNotable Point
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)5:27Why rival navies might converge on the British compromiseNotable Point
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)1:04:26Continuous construction as a deterrent signalChapter
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)5:03Philip Watts as both warship constructor and artillerymanNotable Point
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet16:01Why boarding Yamato would not guarantee her captureQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet44:23Hunting British battlecruisers in the PacificQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet1:50:15An alternate treaty split between six-inch and nine-inch cruisersQ&A
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)9:06Crews and formations turn ships into doctrineNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)24:01Japanese destroyers and night torpedo doctrineChapter
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)25:34British zigzagging and Japanese long-range torpedo attacksNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)1:15:41Destroyer doctrine outran prewar fleet readinessNotable Point
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)9:12Singapore as the Far East fleet hubChapter
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)14:53All-forward British guns versus faster Japanese shipsChapter
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)58:43Why German construction was harder to concealNotable Point
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)1:06:12Treaty ratios, Japanese insecurity and British readinessChapter
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)1:08:37Radar narrows the simulated fleet balanceNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:05:12Japanese destroyers as carrier screens and night huntersChapter
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?3:18:40Japan's Axis ties did not close key technology gapsNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)0:37Why the treaty ratios felt unequalChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)9:03Why a stronger ratio could reduce insecurityNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)20:15Fleet totals and national choicesNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)28:01Japanese security and the Yamato counterfactualNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)45:00Modelling a Kii-based Japanese battleshipNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)56:33Eighty-four guns against fifty in a 1926 scenarioNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:02:09The Eight-Eight Plan and fast-battleship logicNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:05:37Using speed to divide a stronger battle lineNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:21:28What the simulated fleet action showsChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:22:10How the British design changes the comparisonNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:52:00How capital-ship limits spill into cruiser evasionNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)52:37Why Scharnhorst plans would not transform Japanese designQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:53:17Why 16-inch Kongos become glass cannonsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)3:19:32Judging the Fuso class by the war it was built to fightQ&A
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#22:21Richardson's warning about Hawaii as a deterrentChapter
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#35:28William Pye and the confidence Japan would not attackNotable Point
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#55:56Edwin Layton, intelligence, and the southwest assumptionNotable Point
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)14:14If Japan cancelled the Yamatos, where could the resources go?Q&A
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)29:39What peace terms might Britain pursue with Japan?Q&A
- Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)24:40Could a small Japanese strike have changed Operation Tan No. 2?Q&A
- Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)28:10Why capable Japanese torpedo bombers still needed massQ&A
- Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)44:01Could Japan release home-defense aircraft for Tan No. 2?Q&A
- If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion48:22A Hood-based limit reshapes fleet balanceChapter
- Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)14:45C6N Saiun reconnaissance and logistical fragilityNotable Point
- Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)21:34Planning for perfect serviceabilityNotable Point
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol43:46Why a damaged target could serve T-class doctrineNotable Point
- Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)29:29Why Britain did not extend its 24-inch torpedo to destroyersChapter
- Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)32:32Heavy torpedoes demand handling and reloading machineryNotable Point
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)1:07:17Tone: scouting capacity versus all-round cruiser fireNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)10:33Deterrence and the ship visible on sceneNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)16:45Torpedoes as an offset weaponNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament37:10Did Japan copy N3's tower structure?Q&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:48:06Tone: guns forward, scouts aftChapter
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books1:32:32Why Washington counted battlecruisers with battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books3:17:17Why Hood's proper target was trade, not YamatoNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books3:26:16How Japanese neutrality would change Royal Navy deploymentsQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider2:13:07A Japanese Me 262 counterpart would have to reach the B-29sQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions2:54:35Middle-power navies worth watching in 2022Q&A
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol33:00Naval plans reshaped by the DumaChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)36:42Reconnaissance aircraft and independent operationsNotable Point
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Long Patrol)30:24Tone class and reconnaissance-cruiser compromiseChapter
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)1:43:50Tone class and the need to find the enemyChapter
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)1:51:55Did Tone's pyramid turret layout save armour?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)1:55:05Convertible liners versus Japan's hybrid battleshipsNotable Point
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:09:52Was the Tsingtao Incident ship carrying weapons?Q&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered1:00:32Operation Pedestal as a Leyte Gulf counterfactualQ&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Comment Response)31:50Why the mystery turret looks more like 14-inch than 12-inchQ&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Comment Response)36:46Triple turrets in the 1909 arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...40:06Japanese carrier choices in an alternate Pacific WarChapter
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)1:27:00Operation C and competing night doctrinesNotable Point
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII16:02Japanese night-flying limits at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII38:22British and Japanese night doctrine grew from experience as well as allianceQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII1:14:16Japanese night fighters needed more than a suitable airframeQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII1:32:20Possible Japanese naval attaché visits to HarwichQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII2:23:19How British night doctrine might have met Japanese torpedoesQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII3:02:38Operation C: close British attacks versus Japanese torpedo ambushChapter
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII3:09:40Why the Operation C answer became more nuancedQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?2:43:57Would carriers simply become the main Japanese targets?Q&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?2:59:42Night operations as an Allied advantageNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?0:35Pearl Harbor beyond one doctrineChapter
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?11:06Decisive battle, democracy, and negotiated peaceNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?15:41Fragmented command inside the Japanese NavyNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?17:33How Kantai Kessen was meant to workChapter
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?19:10Choosing the enemy that justified each serviceNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?23:01Big ships and big guns as deterrenceNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?31:05Surprise and reading an opponent's historyNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?38:05Imperial defence policy and annual war planningChapter
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?45:28Preparing for war while trying to avoid itNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?1:05:30The raid force and airfield suppressionNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?1:30:50Yamato secrecy undermines deterrenceNotable Point
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol24:29Tanaka questions the risk to his destroyersNotable Point
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol34:18Japanese destroyers built for torpedo attackChapter
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books1:02:22Treaty alternatives for Lexington, G3, and AmagiQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat25:26Why the Tone-class hybrid is a compromiseQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat1:27:15Japanese cruisers in Cunningham's MediterraneanQ&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 Chat3:21:53Improving Taiho means more than thicker armourQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat3:36:32Why giant Japanese battleships were limited by machinery and turretsQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat4:24:43Why British aerial torpedoes suited Taranto's shallow waterNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore2:17:49Brassey's exposed Japan's war economy and support fleetChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore2:59:44Public intelligence revealed Japan's short-range doctrineChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore3:03:13Japan sought technology from the Force Z wrecksQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore3:25:59British planners expected powerful Japanese torpedoesQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore3:29:29China Station experience shaped British estimates of JapanChapter
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol33:06Washington Treaty limits on Pacific base defencesChapter
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol40:55Japanese ship design shaped British contingenciesNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)1:35:25Carrier deployments as allied training and deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)5:34:35Why the Royal Navy retained old capital ships while building new onesNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)15:53The Battle off Samar's apparent mismatchQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)26:31Why Vella Gulf was a decisive destroyer actionQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:17:44Would another Amagi conversion have changed the war?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)3:45:24Who benefits from swapping Bismarck and Yamato?Q&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...23:06Borodinos complicate Japan's treaty calculationQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...39:12Public subscriptions make ships politically difficult to sacrificeNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...49:35Type 5 offered Yamato better anti-aircraft defenceQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...51:25Public donations made Mutsu hard to sacrificeQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...59:04A Yamato refit should prioritize 100 mm and 40 mm gunsQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:17:14Agincourt versus Kii changes the design raceQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)31:34Why Kawachi's twelve 12-inch guns were not uniformNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:20:28How Kongō moved along the battlecruiser spectrumQ&A
- 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 1/427:02Japanese interservice rivalry and the neglected logistics baseQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/428:53Empire, capital, and Japan’s strategic assumptionsQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/436:06Fushimi, logistics, and the appeal of visible warshipsQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/440:45More Yamatos or a stronger maritime industry?Q&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/443:59Carriers and the Japanese pilot-training problemQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/445:30The Sino-Japanese War and readiness for 1941Q&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence16:46Burzagli observed the Russo-Japanese War at close rangeNotable Point
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence42:31Risk-fleet theory and the danger of naval dogmaChapter
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence55:35A Dutch tripwire fleet was not a Tirpitz-style risk fleetQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence57:21Why lost Japanese records limit claims about wartime technologyChapter
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence1:29:50What the surviving record can say about Japanese naval radarQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence2:04:11Japanese treaty factions as competing deterrence strategiesQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:01:36A Japan-first war could deter Germany through coalition strengthQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence4:10:01How separate battlecruiser treaty limits could change fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence4:12:57A delayed war could produce British 9.2-inch heavy cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence4:16:32French capital ships as a different Force ZQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P10/12: Koshirō Oikawa2:28Oikawa's early naval careerChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P10/12: Koshirō Oikawa3:40Court access and rapid promotionNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P10/12: Koshirō Oikawa5:42Treaty politics and the risk of war with AmericaChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P10/12: Koshirō Oikawa8:47Conserving the fleet and trying to improve convoysChapter
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?41:12How Japan's naval chief could bring down a governmentQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?59:36Fushimi and Japan's naval treaty struggleChapter
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:07:43Naval treaties postponed Japan's infrastructure reckoningNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:12:52A pilot pipeline designed for one short warQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:13:56Were German and Japanese naval chiefs surprised by war?Q&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:14:24Why Prince Fushimi could be retired but not controlledQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:22:49Synthetic fuel could have reduced Japan's strategic panicQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:24:55Did imperial princes make Japanese command less meritocratic?Q&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:28:38Axis admirals entered the war with different expectationsQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:02:41Why Germany and Japan missed compromised codesQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:07:10Nagano's war plan without long-war sustainmentChapter
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:12:03Synthetic fuel offered Japan an alternative to resource warNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:14:12Was Japan too greedy in its expansion?Q&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:15:49Nagano recognized a long war but did not prepare for itNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:17:00A primary source can fit a narrative too neatlyNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:20:38Pearl Harbor fell short of Japan's decisive-battle doctrineNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:57:09Shimada helped Tojo concentrate army and navy commandNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:00:51Oikawa restored a treaty-faction voice too lateNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:04:06Yonai became prime minister without keeping naval commandNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:09:22Yonai saw Yamato as deterrence, not a war-winning fleetNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:11:52Yonai's case against war with Britain and AmericaChapter
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:14:44Yonai named the February 26 rebels and survivedNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:17:31Why Japanese naval chiefs disappear from battle historiesNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:33:22Japan and South Korea face different submarine choicesNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)54:06Why Denmark's navy makes strategic senseQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea7:27Britain's global commitments and multiple naval threatsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea22:42Why the escort shortage was hard to foreseeNotable 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? (4)2:41:01Early radar changes Japanese night doctrineQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)2:54:16A Royal Navy night-strike answer to Operation CNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)3:04:26Battleships and a dedicated CAP at MidwayQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)3:50:18An Anglo-Japanese alliance surviving into World War IIQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)4:05:23Rearming Japan for a postwar Soviet campaignQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)4:42:48Digitally recreating Japanese night opticsQ&A
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI1:01:08Industrial capacity was part of naval strategyNotable Point
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI1:45:08Attrition is not a complete fleet strategyNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:17Japanese hybrid warships as a naval aviation problemChapter
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW25:47Why Japanese preparations complicate a simple superiority narrativeNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW28:05Could Ise have received a longer angled flight deck?Q&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW210:46Chitose and Chiyoda show the logic of convertible seaplane tendersNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW218:26Was the Chitose class designed for carrier conversion?Q&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW222:20Why Japan could not rapidly expand its naval pilot poolQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW223:26Treaty gray areas and planned escort-carrier conversionsChapter
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW229:50Industrial depth set the limits of Japanese carrier plansChapter
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW233:00Factional rivalry and professional competence coexisted in JapanQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW240:23How the Imperial Japanese Navy compared with the Regia MarinaQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW247:11Why adding a slipway does not solve a naval production bottleneckQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW250:36Kaiyo as a useful liner-to-escort-carrier conversionNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW258:46Ryuho shows the difference between conversion intent and carrier qualityNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:09:08The rare naval skill was turning insight into funded capabilityNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:10:45Shimane Maru and tanker conversions for anti-submarine air coverNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:34:17Army-Navy duplication weakened Japan's escort-carrier effortNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:38:19Why Japan needed both fleet and escort carriersQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:42:48The Unryu class was Japan's fleet-carrier mass-production designChapter
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:59:19Class barriers shaped Imperial Japanese Navy careersQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW22:07:13Ise's six-turret layout constrained both modernization and conversionChapter
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW22:12:33Could Japan have designed Ise around triple turrets?Q&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW22:20:37Ise and Hyuga were rebuilt for decisive-battle strike powerChapter
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW22:24:02The 70-meter deck and catapults compromised both halves of the hybridNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW22:34:50Were the Ise-class hybrid conversions worth the cost?Q&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW22:43:50Could unconverted Ise-class battleships have served elsewhere?Q&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW22:46:50Intelligence and decisive-battle doctrine shaped MidwayQ&A
- Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live0:21Japanese hybrid ships and the industrial mismatchChapter
- Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live1:54Ise and Hyuga before the carrier conversionNotable Point
- Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live8:31Why the Ise and Hyuga hybrid conversion fell shortChapter
- Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live10:55The reconnaissance-carrier concept and a more complete conversionNotable Point
- Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live14:21Chitose-class seaplane tenders as the better conversion pathNotable Point
- Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live16:19Prewar seaplane tenders as carrier-reserve preparationChapter
- Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live20:31Strategic blind spots about Western industrial powerNotable Point
- Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live22:25Hybrid carriers at Cape Engano as sacrificial decoysNotable Point
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol0:32Why Makin Island matteredChapter
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol22:38The garrison Carlson expected to raidNotable Point
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol25:25How banzai charges reversed the defenseNotable Point
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol33:11Casualties, claims, and Japanese recordsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)19:18A treaty fleet big enough for AsiaQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)32:55A day's warning before Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)35:58Somerville's night strike in the Indian Ocean RaidQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)47:14Treaty cruisers at 12,500 tonsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:39:09Japan isolates Australia instead of attacking MidwayQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:40:11Hellcats in place of Wildcats in 1942Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:34:36The resource logic of Japan's northern strategyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:54:50Japan's decisive-battle expectationNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions1:17:39Force Z, hindsight, and Japanese naval capabilityQ&A
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z4:34Pound's Ceylon plan for the Far EastChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z24:04Ceylon and a stronger ABDA alternativeNotable Point
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships1:28:18Did Japanese torpedo doctrine preserve Jeune Ecole ideas?Q&A
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships2:40:02Could Russia have invaded a Japan defended only by coastal ships?Q&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live19:02Midway-to-Marianas force changesQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live27:19Kantai Kessen timing windowNotable Point
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live30:44Wartime aviation technology limitsQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live35:04Midway strength could not cancel the intelligence gapQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live42:38Why U.S. wartime development had room to runQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live58:52Could Japan lead with a night surface approach?Q&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:01:54Japan began a naval war without its support systemQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:08:39Why Japanese submarines struggled to reach Allied tradeQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:09:53When Japanese commanders saw the war was lostQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:19:41Tankers as the constraint on a larger Pearl Harbor operationQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:20:50Taiho versus additional light carriersQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:22:44Carrier command structure comparisonChapter
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:28:52Philippines relief-force alternativeQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:39:06Floatplanes, carrier aircraft, and search coverageNotable Point
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:42:12A command structure assembled for the plan, not the teamQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:54:25Why the force balance never reached Kantai Kessen parityChapter
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:01:32Japanese fighter direction at the Philippine SeaQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:13:20Japanese formations converged from separate basesNotable Point
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:21:56Submarine kills versus the destruction of Japanese land airQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:33:32Could Japanese land-based air have changed the battle?Q&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:34:03How much carrier training did Japanese pilots receive?Q&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:38:50Tanker losses cut Japanese fleet mobilityNotable Point
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:49:33The loss totals reveal whose decisive battle it becameChapter
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:51:24Why captured Allied IFF knowledge had limited effectQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:52:28Japan's wasted investment was trained peopleQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:54:05When did Japan recognize American codebreaking?Q&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:57:56What if Japan attacked America but not Britain?Q&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:59:09Radar warned Japan where aerial mines fellNotable Point
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live3:08:11How a Pearl Harbor landing would reach shoreQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live3:11:37Could Japanese submarines slow American industry at sea?Q&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books57:30Why captured modern warships are hard to useQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:06:42Yamato versus destroyer investmentQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:17:31Pearl Harbor as a failed decisive-battle setupQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:27:55Why Kantai Kessen could not solve Japan's industrial mismatchNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:31:38Why San Diego was a harder Japanese targetQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:35:19The tanker fleet behind a larger Pearl Harbor operationQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:43:43Special Naval Landing Forces in early 1942Q&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:44:25Why Japan struggled to raid Allied supply linesQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:07:55STOVL commonality across allied carrier decksQ&A
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:33Carrier air groups as institutionsChapter
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)8:37Kantai Kessen meets American strategyNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)10:21Combined Fleet leadership from Yamamoto to ToyodaNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)26:01Command structure before the battleChapter
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)47:33The force balance behind the command chartNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)57:29Saipan triggers the fleet battleChapter
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)59:58Taiho was Japan's armored carrier answerNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:09:40Layered CAP and the turkey shootNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:11:48Guam aircraft reveal a split air-command failureNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:24:41The survivors expose Japan's training trapNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:27:53Taiho's torpedo and damage control failureNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:32:36Mitscher's long-range strike and night recoveryChapter
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:36:04Why the strike hit Japanese oilers firstNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:37:33Haruna's captain contains a turret hitNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:41:34The final doctrine lessonNotable Point
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:33:47Naval diplomacy and Anglo-Japanese war scaresQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:58:37Submarine warfare extended far beyond two famous campaignsNotable Point
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”2:34:13Why the early twentieth-century naval race was globalQ&A
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191514:35Ise and the problem of multiple targetsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191517:54Why Britain built Dreadnought despite its old-fleet leadChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19117:39Kongo's 14-inch battlecruiser logicNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191111:54The 14-inch gun race reaches Chile and the United StatesChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 January-June15:05Kawachi's mixed 12-inch battery complicates the dreadnought labelNotable Point
- Some More Battle Cruisers42:05Amagi pairs immense firepower with a torpedo liabilityChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?30:25From Kongo experience to the Japanese-designed Fuso classNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?36:58Why Dutch neutrality would not secure the East IndiesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?1:14:02A longer Anglo-Japanese alliance and American anxietyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?3:33:41Yamato and Nagato at GuadalcanalQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?3:36:28Using Fuso and Ise for the Tokyo ExpressQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?3:51:02Task Force 34 against the Japanese Center ForceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?3:55:57Why Japanese carrier aircrew losses were operationalQ&A
- Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History0:04Four books uncover the machinery behind naval historyChapter
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from4:26Sea control and command culture in China and JapanNotable Point
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...3:53:34Would a world without the interwar naval treaties avoid war?Q&A
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 423:56Britain in a hypothetical 1930s US-Japan warQ&A
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 125:50Treaties, aviation assistance, and battlecruiser visits shaped Far Eastern signallingChapter
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:55:00Why the Second World War favored fast battlecruisersNotable Point
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East19:32Which navies conducted joint counter-piracy operations?Q&A
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East42:24Treaty language and battlecruiser visits projected Pacific powerChapter
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East46:00How close were Royal Navy and Japanese Navy relations?Q&A
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East48:50The Washington treaty, forward bases, and naval visitsChapter
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East1:07:02Using capable admirals as a form of deterrenceNotable Point
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East1:50:25Why several navies joined China coast piracy patrolsQ&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes1:34:37How older battleships could still alter Japanese planning off MalayaNotable Point
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 3 of 3 - Some Questions Answered7:31The Great White Fleet warned more than BritainQ&A
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 3 of 3 - Some Questions Answered13:48British coal support hinted at a three-power alignmentNotable Point
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 2 of 3 - A New Reality...7:37The fleet's route made American policy visibleNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion8:22Why Singapore made a surprise air attack imaginableNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion14:36Mobilization time changed the carrier raceNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...18:46Far East preparedness and ten-years-away assumptionsNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...20:16Far East reconnaissance amid flag and identity confusionNotable Point
- Town Class Part 3 of 7: Pre-War15:15The Gloucester group guards the Indian OceanChapter
- Town Class Part 3 of 7: Pre-War16:56Indian Ocean trade routes shape the Singapore reinforcement planNotable Point
- Town Class Part 3 of 7: Pre-War22:35Birmingham retrieves Vincent de Paul at TsingtaoChapter
- Town Class Part 3 of 7: Pre-War24:21Birmingham answers eight-inch guns at point-blank rangeNotable Point
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys2:09:41The Japanese Navy's unsustainable all-out opening effortNotable Point
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys2:10:03Could Japan have fielded a stronger commerce-raiding force?Q&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol16:23Cruisers in Far Eastern deterrence plansChapter
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol41:55What a carrier could have changed for Force ZNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol44:08Why ABDA could not become a fleet in timeNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol47:18Perth's last fight in Sunda StraitChapter
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American4:47War Plan Orange and the Pacific logistics problemNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American5:18War Plan Orange and decisive-battle assumptionsNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American6:09War Plan Orange and the exposed fleet trainNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American7:07Philippine battle scenarios and Japanese attrition attacksNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American10:19Coral Sea search, intelligence, and a missed radio reportNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-1616:07Global cruiser needs versus Japanese attritional doctrineNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-1623:02Submarine parity and Britain's interest in abolishing the typeNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-1626:31Japan's submarine requirement and the limits of the fleet submarineChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 3 of 5/Articles 11-132:22Japan's treaty exceptions for minelayers and training shipsNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 3 of 5/Articles 11-134:16Training hulks and the risk of remilitarizationNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 3 of 5/Articles 11-138:46Which naval treaty loopholes were closedNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 3 of 5/Articles 11-1326:12Treaty resentment and Japan's political radicalisationNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 3 of 5/Articles 11-1327:35Treaty limits and the Fubuki-class design compromiseNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-1010:38National destroyer solutions and the six-inch cruiserChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-1021:58A counterfactual early Japanese-American warNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-78:16Cruiser imbalances behind the negotiationsNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-714:02Ryujo reveals the small-carrier loopholeNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 424:58Global war and the Royal Navy's competing schoolsNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...12:15Wartime refits and Britain's early Pacific windowNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...36:51A divided American battle force and Japanese readinessChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6a Introduction to Patreon Video 40:16Why January 1939 changes the naval balanceChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 442:40The remaining Mediterranean capital shipsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A26:13Why 1939 limited American leverage in a naval crisisQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A30:40Would Roosevelt enter a 1939 Pacific war?Notable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:30:20How Willis Lee's battleships could change SamarQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 47:03Jutland's legacy for Royal Navy night fightingNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 48:35Japan's incomplete 1939 carrier forceChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 411:18The 1939 air balance before Japan's later fightersNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 414:29Japanese refits and an unready battle lineNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 434:42A Wellington and Swordfish combined attackNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 437:47Why January 1939 favours the AlliesChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 443:22Blockade before invasionChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 446:47Night operations, radio beacons, and SwordfishNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 448:10Submarine ambushes before the fleet battleNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 450:42Night fighting and the problem of finding BirminghamNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A57:42The 1939 Tsingtao confrontation in briefQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:38:47A prewar submarine reconnaissance of a Japanese anchorageQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:13:54How Japan outran its logistical limits early in the Pacific WarQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:03:45Japanese landings against defended beachesQ&A
- An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)18:52Town-class cruisers as a mobile Far East deterrentNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)53:55I-30 and complementary Axis technology betsNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)56:55A counterfactual Japanese path to better air attack and defenceNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)1:03:43A League-style grand alliance against JapanNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A31:05Kongō versus Alaska: visibility and the first hitQ&A
- 50th Live Special: Thank You33:58Operation Ironclad and the Madagascar problemNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You38:36Tsingtao turns local knowledge into crisis controlNotable Point
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P2/4 Inter-War10:45Japanese seaplane tenders and forward reconnaissanceNotable Point
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P2/4 Inter-War12:40The Kawanishi H6K's multirole reachNotable Point
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P2/4 Inter-War13:26Foreign purchases fed Japanese flying-boat developmentNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:36:18Japanese anti-submarine warfare before World War IIQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:40:13Why Japan calls helicopter carriers destroyersQ&A
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister39:35Conventional-submarine partnership and Falklands basingNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:42:53Comparing Royal Navy and Japanese naval aviationQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:44:10Kaga and Ark Royal answered different naval plansQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:34:49The Royal Navy at Shanghai watched Japan as well as ChinaQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:58:31Where Reginald Henderson might have commanded in wartimeQ&A
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 310:36Tsingtao and the power behind HMS BirminghamChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 312:12Admiral Noble turns seamanship into a diplomatic signalNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 314:40The SS Vincent de Paul prize dispute at TsingtaoChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 317:20HMS Birmingham's close-range warning at TsingtaoNotable Point
- An Introduction to Operation Ironclad: May 1942 Invasion of Madagascar12:04Planning against Japanese interventionNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the Big War Part 4 of 42:59Japanese small warships in comparative scaleChapter
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the Big War Part 4 of 44:39Why Wakatake-class destroyers fit the little-ship storyNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the Big War Part 4 of 48:21Ōtori-class torpedo boats blur the destroyer boundaryNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the Big War Part 4 of 412:29The Tomozuru incident exposes Chidori-class instabilityNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the Big War Part 4 of 418:08A slower convertible design could have avoided the treaty trapNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war1:14:59Japanese mothership doctrine and the midget-submarine problemQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:02:10Why Japan did not carry out a Panama Canal air attackQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:04:25A long-range submarine alternative to the I-400 classNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:13:56Why aggressive Yamato deployment needed a larger strategyQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:20:03How holding Hawaii would stretch American logisticsNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:23:08Japan's neglected need for convoy escortsQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:26:24Could Japan have assaulted Hawaii and Midway at the outset?Q&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:27:09Japan understood US submarines but overestimated its defensesNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:28:09Moving Yamato's turrets exposed an industrial bottleneckQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:30:35Why troop movements could hide inside Japan's existing warsNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 211:49Percy Noble practiced calibrated deterrence on the China StationNotable Point
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(ii)14:36Why Operation Ironclad targeted MadagascarChapter
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:32:04Japan did not need captured German plans to assess British weaknessQ&A
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)22:11A French Indochina contingency that required a larger navyNotable Point
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)33:13Cruiser commerce raiding as Far East deterrenceChapter
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)35:53HMS Birmingham's Tsingtao showdownNotable Point
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)38:11HMS Liverpool and the Asama Maru interceptionNotable Point
- Harwood & Captains - a River Plate 80 video5:22Why the South Atlantic mattered beyond Graf SpeeNotable Point
- Harwood & Captains - a River Plate 80 video20:39Captain Parry's anti-submarine expertiseChapter