Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Joffre Class Aircraft Carriers

Uncompleted French fast carriers designed before Second World War for forty-aircraft air groups.

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    28:40Joffre's asymmetric flight deck and island tradeoffsChapter
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    31:27Joffre's lifts reveal a different carrier-operations bottleneckChapter
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    1:13:59Why the Joffre class was not a design dead endQ&A
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    2:32:27Were France's LN.401 and Br.810 underpowered?Q&A
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    17:55Extreme forward lift placement compromised hull structureChapter
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    18:54The lower hangar favoured maintenance over rapid sortiesNotable Point
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    20:19Joffre's island, guns, and bidirectional landingsNotable Point
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    24:26Joffre's maintenance hangar versus its flight-deck cycleNotable Point
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    26:54Joffre and the PA-16 design lineageNotable Point