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Littorio Class Battleships

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    4:22:37Impero loses parts and dock time before completionNotable Point
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    5:36:46Why Littorio-class battleships would strain US operationsQ&A
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    10:40:16A concealed cruiser inside an enemy formationNotable Point
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    1:50:10Why Littorio's turrets would not readily become French quadsQ&A
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    1:51:29Italy could enlarge Littorio more easily than fund more hullsNotable Point
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    2:49:49Books for studying Italian battleshipsQ&A
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    2:36:30How long Littorio-class battleships might serve after 1945Q&A
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    2:23:42New treaty quotas accelerate Italian and French design choicesNotable Point
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    3:59:10France designs against Littorio, not a weaker BismarckQ&A
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    2:51:05A 1923 Italian battleship program could accelerate LittorioQ&A
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    2:14:17Littorio's problem was ammunition quality controlQ&A
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    1:08:49Comparing Littorio and Scharnhorst's wartime careersQ&A
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    52:21Littorios and Italy’s treaty advantageChapter
  41. Battleships of the Treaty Era
    56:08A twelve-gun Littorio counterfactualNotable Point
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    2:54:29Littorio posed a sterner test than Jutland opponentsQ&A
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    50:56How treaty battleships traded belt armour for torpedo defenceNotable Point
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    21:33Littorio, Midway, and U-class as balanced wartime designsQ&A
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    2:30:32A Littorio magazine explosion would destroy the shipQ&A
  56. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    2:42:53Could Littorio survive the explosion of both main magazines?Q&A
  57. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    2:55:34A Littorio explosion could threaten nearby ships with a large waveQ&A
  58. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    2:56:04The distance a Littorio gunhouse might be thrown remains unresolvedQ&A
  59. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    3:00:55Littorio's destruction would make Taranto a greater disasterQ&A
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  63. Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times
    1:06:54A Littorio purchase and the South American naval balanceQ&A
  64. Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times
    1:23:04Why Britain and America did not keep the LittoriosQ&A
  65. Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books
    9:50How many UP.41-type battleships might Italy build?Q&A
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    2:29:16Why Bismarck was not Europe's unmatched battleshipQ&A
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    55:02Caracciolo shows the cost of abandoning capital-ship continuityNotable Point
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    33:29How Caracciolo completion could enlarge the Littorio classQ&A
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    34:48Battlecruiser value depends on the theaterNotable Point
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    2:17:04Why a quad-turret Littorio is an unlikely Italian choiceQ&A
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  74. The Results: Taranto Long Patrol
    4:04Reconstructing John Wellham's torpedo runNotable Point
  75. The Results: Taranto Long Patrol
    9:46Cavour lost, Littorio saved, and a fleet still in beingNotable Point
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    1:50:34Dunkerque, Littorio, and Richelieu: strategic demands in designChapter
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    2:01:16King George V against LittorioQ&A
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    2:09:43Littorio-class battleships at Denmark StraitQ&A
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    27:00An aerial torpedo tests the Pugliese defence systemNotable Point
  80. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond
    28:23Readiness and modernisation shape harbour-attack survivalNotable Point
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    46:56Point-blank attacks bring the first wave to three torpedo hitsChapter
  82. Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark
    2:17:13Would Littorio have survived the same hits at sea?Q&A
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    2:10:42Littorio's many optical rangefindersQ&A
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