Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Kongo Class Battlecruisers

Also searchable as Kongo Class, Kongo Class Battleships.

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  1. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:06:22Tiger and Kongo compared as builtQ&A
  2. America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class
    1:07:16How Alaska escorts change prewar carrier riskNotable Point
  3. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:46:46Converting a Kongo-class hull into an aircraft carrierQ&A
  4. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    1:49:36If Prince of Wales and Repulse survive Force ZQ&A
  5. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:18:00Kongo was not simply a faster copy of TigerQ&A
  6. What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?
    30:15Wartime performance would make battlecruiser retention credibleNotable Point
  7. What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?
    40:49A separate Kongo allowance could fund more NagatosNotable Point
  8. WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)
    3:19:05The next battlecruisers in Japan's Eight-Eight planQ&A
  9. Building upon experience from a position of strength; Imperial Japan's Destroyers in WWI
    29:18Why Japan did not send more of its fleet to EuropeNotable Point
  10. What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?
    8:08Tiger adds substantial weight to a hull only slightly larger than Queen Mary'sNotable Point
  11. Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:17:48Why the IJN called the Kongos fast battleshipsQ&A
  12. What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)
    44:09Japanese escorts and battlecruisers widen Allied coverageNotable Point
  13. Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans
    2:21:24Goeben and Breslau in the Indian OceanQ&A
  14. Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...
    2:54Pacific threat logic and the cost objectionNotable Point
  15. Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...
    13:38Armor coverage and the battlecruiser spectrumNotable Point
  16. Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...
    54:52A German prestige deployment could trigger a Dominion battlecruiser huntNotable Point
  17. What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?
    20:21Surviving battleships raise the cost of a Japanese surface advanceNotable Point
  18. Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:36:18Dutch battlecruisers enter the Washington negotiationsQ&A
  19. Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...
    1:10:29Dominion Lions and the Pacific gun raceChapter
  20. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    37:40Kido Butai's escort strength and surface riskChapter
  21. 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 3
    42:30A convoy exercise weighs neutral cargoes and fleet interventionChapter
  22. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    3:46:11The Revenge class behind an Indian Ocean night attackNotable Point
  23. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    52:18If Japan destroyed the German East Asia Squadron at TsingtaoQ&A
  24. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    1:16:26What fleet a stable early republican China might buildQ&A
  25. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    10:42:17What could Japan send against the hypothetical Alaska group?Q&A
  26. Kaigun-chūjō Gunichi Mikawa: The IJN's Pearl Harbor back up plan
    15:59Mikawa as Pearl Harbor's backup commanderNotable Point
  27. Kaigun-chūjō Gunichi Mikawa: The IJN's Pearl Harbor back up plan
    24:17Why the modernized Kongos remained risky combatantsNotable Point
  28. Kaigun-chūjō Gunichi Mikawa: The IJN's Pearl Harbor back up plan
    25:42Industrial capacity complicates capital-ship labelsNotable Point
  29. Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:56:11Japan counters a Chinese Tiger-derived battlecruiserQ&A
  30. What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?
    59:44Center Force matches the Americans only on paperChapter
  31. #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P3
    1:14:38A British rival for the Kongo contractChapter
  32. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:43:52If Japan chose Design 472 instead of KongōQ&A
  33. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:47:22Would 12-inch Design 472 ships be replaced sooner?Q&A
  34. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    6:40:10A guided 76 mm barrage against KongoQ&A
  35. If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?
    2:23:19Allied surface ships pursue a crippled Japanese fleetQ&A
  36. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    1:03:12Fleet size shaped who could adopt fast battleshipsChapter
  37. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    1:32:34A modernized Lexington could have become a carrier escortNotable Point
  38. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    1:07:21The logistical cost of taking more carriers to Pearl HarborNotable Point
  39. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:42:12More British battlecruisers do not bring Kongo forwardQ&A
  40. 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
  41. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    52:37Kido Butai as an underprotected sword and shieldChapter
  42. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    1:06:36Fast escorts tied to a slow invasion forceNotable Point
  43. Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:27:16The 16-inch shells adapted into Pearl Harbor bombsQ&A
  44. Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction
    20:37Why subdivision matters to battlecruiser survivalNotable Point
  45. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    2:28:10Why an earlier Alaska class might have matteredNotable Point
  46. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    2:30:02Could a Far East battleship action have preserved Warspite?Q&A
  47. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:38:48Warspite and the Kongōs in a reinforced Eastern FleetNotable Point
  48. What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?
    59:46Fast Nelsons would outmaneuver Japanese and American battle linesChapter
  49. Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...
    1:36:10American and Japanese navies confront a faster battle lineChapter
  50. Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...
    1:59:19Japan could replace Fuso and Ise while retaining KongoNotable Point
  51. Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?
    2:25:27If the Mark 14 torpedo worked from the startQ&A
  52. Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?
    2:47:05A separate battlecruiser category at WashingtonQ&A
  53. The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 9
    1:21:56Tiger's legacy and the Royal Navy's fast-capital-ship gapChapter
  54. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    1:15:19How reconstruction moved Kongō toward a fast battleshipChapter
  55. The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 7
    26:44Kongo reconstructions and HMS Tiger test the boundaryNotable Point
  56. Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax
    2:51:26Why Washington's cruiser group could not beat Yamato by daylightQ&A
  57. Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax
    3:49:14A damaged Akagi could abort the Pearl Harbor raidQ&A
  58. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    2:27:01When refits move a battlecruiser toward a fast battleshipNotable Point
  59. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    3:43:02If the Nevadas became 28-knot battlecruisersQ&A
  60. Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song
    1:09:29Why a 16-inch Kongō rebuild would be a radical compromiseQ&A
  61. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    54:37American task forces versus Japanese dispersalNotable Point
  62. Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.
    1:15:21Kongo versus ScharnhorstQ&A
  63. Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments
    15:46Battle cruiser and battlecruiser as different strategic rolesQ&A
  64. Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 3
    0:40Japan either stays home or sends everythingChapter
  65. Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 3
    15:18The fleet package becomes a diplomatic statementChapter
  66. Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 3
    15:18The Kongos approach the fast-battleship boundaryNotable Point
  67. Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 3
    49:34Rosyth's crowded anchorage could encourage gunnery rotationsNotable Point
  68. Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 3
    1:10:48Extra shellfire could change Queen Mary's fateNotable Point
  69. Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    55:58The R class as an armoured convoy and base defenderNotable Point
  70. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    9:50Kongos and Nagatos reinforce different Allied fleetsChapter
  71. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    12:26Rebuilt Kongos complicate German Atlantic breakoutsNotable Point
  72. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    58:44Force H gains speed while the Home Fleet gains weightChapter
  73. 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
  74. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    1:31:27What Japan could send firstChapter
  75. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    2:06:50Operation MB8 could help redistribute Japanese shipsNotable Point
  76. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    2:33:51Japanese reinforcements could frustrate Operation BerlinChapter
  77. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    2:48:10Would Japanese reinforcements let Hood enter refit?Q&A
  78. Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?
    1:05:53How defeating von Spee could elevate Japan's wartime naval roleQ&A
  79. Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:14:14How an Allied Japan changes the Atlantic warQ&A
  80. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    2:02:42Alaska-class ships as carrier-raid insuranceQ&A
  81. Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered
    4:12:39Would larger County cruisers require a Japanese battlecruiser response?Q&A
  82. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:22:50Three navies built different carrier task-force modelsChapter
  83. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    2:04:44What if Japanese fast battleships caught a raid force?Notable Point
  84. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    1:30:14Japan trades older hulls for Tosa or AmagiChapter
  85. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    1:05:40Radar, Albacores, and battle-line control make the Indian Ocean ambush dangerousQ&A
  86. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    22:06Kongō modernization points toward carrier task groupsNotable Point
  87. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:23:34Japanese land and air forces fighting alongside BritainQ&A
  88. If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike
    1:07:14Philippine bomber range and the convoy attrition trapNotable Point
  89. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    1:32:47Warspite complicated a Kongō pursuit at nightNotable Point
  90. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    10:26Lexington as reconnaissance ship and carrier task-force guardQ&A
  91. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    13:25Where the modernized Kongo class fitsNotable Point
  92. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    23:36Subdivision reveals a capital ship's design balanceNotable Point
  93. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    32:27Why mission separates the Kongos from Royal Navy battlecruisersQ&A
  94. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    1:07:17Kongo modernization traded coal security for oil performanceNotable Point
  95. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    1:28:19Why G3's armor did not automatically make it a fast battleshipNotable Point
  96. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    2:09:58Alaska and the wide battlecruiser spectrumChapter
  97. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    2:58:10Would a Kongo make a better carrier conversion than Kaga?Q&A
  98. SMS Seydlitz - The Pivotol 4th German Battlecruiser - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 9
    5:14Battle cruisers, battlecruisers, and the capital-ship spectrumChapter
  99. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    3:34:29Why a late battlecruiser needs speed and battleship gunsNotable Point
  100. Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
    52:27Japan's Kongo force and new battleship choicesChapter
  101. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    1:22:57Japan keeps the Kongōs and gains new capital-ship optionsChapter
  102. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    1:44:12How new capital ships reshape Japanese cruisers and destroyersQ&A
  103. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    1:44:32Why Japan keeps the Kongōs instead of converting themQ&A
  104. Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 5
    36:00The 14-inch-gun supply problemNotable Point
  105. Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock
    1:00:30Kongō class for the Pacific and battle lineChapter
  106. Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock
    1:17:46Borodino class as a German strategic problemNotable Point
  107. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    8:23Why refit the Kongō class rather than scrap it?Q&A
  108. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    1:56:55When 13.5-inch and 14-inch battlecruisers become liabilitiesQ&A
  109. Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &11
    28:09Destroyers complete the carrier screenNotable Point
  110. Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway
    28:51Why the rebuilt Kongos edged toward fast battleshipsNotable Point
  111. USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 4
    42:19Guadalcanal, Rennell Island, and a carrier firstChapter
  112. How do Navies Learn from War
    28:36Kongō claims and the hazards of contemporary naval commentaryNotable Point
  113. How do Navies Learn from War
    30:31Battlecruisers in a risk-fleet strategyNotable Point
  114. Bruships 113: Jutland
    1:11:57Kongos and Togo as an independent Jutland forceQ&A
  115. Amagi Class Battlecruiser: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 5
    10:08The Kongo rebuild and the fast-battleship debateNotable Point
  116. Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 4
    12:22Scouting, information denial, and Japanese rivalsChapter
  117. Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 4
    23:06Pacific employment and fleet-support assumptionsChapter
  118. If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response
    57:54Why warships used unequal turret layoutsQ&A
  119. What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?
    1:22Why wartime pressure changes naval technologyNotable Point
  120. US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect
    22:55Brooklyn and six-inch volume of fireNotable Point
  121. USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser
    0:00Why Pacific distances shaped WichitaChapter
  122. Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books
    3:16:56Six Ganguts or four Kongos for a smaller navy?Q&A
  123. Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships
    1:51Why Jutland did not end the battlecruiserChapter
  124. Mersey(1885) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 1
    0:19Where second-class protected cruisers fitChapter
  125. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 3
    2:16:35The navies and Commonwealth fleet that operated battlecruisersQ&A
  126. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    1:18:17What the Alaska class could have done in 1941Q&A
  127. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    1:50:12How Dutch battlecruisers could complicate Japanese planningQ&A
  128. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments
    34:51Recycling Wyoming's guns into proto-Alaska escortsQ&A
  129. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    2:08:57Why the Lexington battlecruisers had a glass jawQ&A
  130. French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)
    2:52:23What happens if a Suffren-class cruiser meets Kongō?Q&A
  131. Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet
    44:23Hunting British battlecruisers in the PacificQ&A
  132. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    1:53:17Why 16-inch Kongos become glass cannonsQ&A
  133. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    3:12:36Could Bismarck reach the war against Japan?Q&A
  134. Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books
    10:49Why Tiger and Kongo look related without being copiesQ&A
  135. Bruships 70: Travelling along...
    48:58Tiger with fourteen-inch guns against the Kongo classQ&A
  136. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    2:24:25When a floating dock can lift a battleshipQ&A
  137. Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises
    2:30:40When the Kongō class stopped being battlecruisersQ&A
  138. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    2:33:59Battlecruisers need room to use speedQ&A
  139. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    3:22:17Fast battlecruisers as carrier escortsQ&A
  140. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    56:52Could Kongo use British 14-inch ammunition?Q&A
  141. Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…
    2:38:26How HMS Tiger inspired the Kongo classQ&A
  142. Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)
    1:20:28How Kongō moved along the battlecruiser spectrumQ&A
  143. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    1:44:21Renown and Kongo after modernizationQ&A
  144. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1911
    7:39Kongo's 14-inch battlecruiser logicNotable Point
  145. Some More Battle Cruisers
    7:09Battleship-calibre guns define the battlecruiser boundaryNotable Point
  146. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?
    30:25From Kongo experience to the Japanese-designed Fuso classNotable Point
  147. Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans
    2:53:12Could Ersatz Monarch fight a Kongō?Q&A
  148. Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword
    2:55:00Why the Second World War favored fast battlecruisersNotable Point
  149. 1940 Norway Campaign Part 5 of 5: What ifs, Ships & Patreon Votes
    14:39Could warning have turned Pearl Harbor into an ambush?Notable Point
  150. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:17:46Eight British capital ships for the Pacific fleetNotable Point
  151. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    14:29Japanese refits and an unready battle lineNotable Point
  152. Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?
    2:18:48Renown versus a reconstructed KongoQ&A
  153. Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy
    7:58How the Kongo class became fast battleshipsQ&A
  154. Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy
    37:54The strategic cost of Kongo's oil-fired speedNotable Point
  155. Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy
    1:34:30Kongo versus Kaga as a carrier conversionQ&A
  156. An Introduction To Battle Cruisers
    34:04How the Kongō class became fast battleshipsChapter
  157. A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history
    53:48Where Alaska, Kongo, and Deutschland fitQ&A