Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Also searchable as A6m Zero, Japanese Zero, Mitsubishi Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter, Mitsubishi Zero, Zero Fighter.

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  1. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:22:18Skua, Zero and the timing of naval-aircraft comparisonsNotable Point
  2. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    2:24:07Why defend the Brewster Buffalo's aircraft design?Q&A
  3. Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:13:06Sea Mosquitos over Taranto and against the ZeroNotable Point
  4. Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor
    59:13The Zero improves capability but loses the A5M's power-to-weight edgeChapter
  5. Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor
    1:11:36Would stronger Zero engines change the early carrier battles?Q&A
  6. Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor
    1:22:08Publicizing an A5M successor could signal Japanese strengthNotable Point
  7. Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor
    1:34:02Could publicity make Japan's modern air group a deterrent?Notable Point
  8. 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 3
    9:12Japanese air deployments across the opening offensivesNotable Point
  9. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    5:51:14Why Japan pursued floatplane fighters more seriouslyQ&A
  10. Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:09:36How prejudice distorted assessments of the ZeroNotable Point
  11. If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?
    1:36:15The Swordfish's low speed creates an awkward fighter problemNotable Point
  12. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    1:00:56Would the Zero have transformed Luftwaffe escort operations?Q&A
  13. What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?
    1:02:23Japan can concentrate the Pearl Harbor strike package at seaNotable Point
  14. Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...
    23:16The A5M as the Buffalo's contemporary benchmarkNotable Point
  15. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    3:14:06Would larger British carrier aircraft change the Zero?Q&A
  16. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:06:02Carrier strikes are generated in wavesNotable Point
  17. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:11:21Zuiho's fighters intercept Enterprise's strike en routeNotable Point
  18. What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier
    25:43Japan: qualitative superiority versus shipyard bottlenecksChapter
  19. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    48:32War in China validates the carrier fighterNotable Point
  20. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    55:27Soryu and Hiryu at Pearl HarborNotable Point
  21. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    1:07:53Hiryu's last airworthy aircraft and forward flight-deck collapseNotable Point
  22. Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 1912
    45:09Carrier launch formations followed multiples of threeChapter
  23. Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 1912
    1:20:11The near loss of Japanese carrier fightersNotable Point
  24. IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class
    17:45Air group, speed, and tempo requirementsChapter
  25. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    2:13:01Zero intelligence and Allied aircraft procurementQ&A
  26. Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?
    42:03Coral Sea tests Lexington's wartime carrier valueNotable Point
  27. F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 3
    39:40A 1944 war start changes the remembered aircraftNotable Point
  28. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    1:14:32Carrier readiness and aircraft numbers reshape the Taranto planNotable Point
  29. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    28:20How Mediterranean combat might reshape the A6M ZeroQ&A
  30. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    1:35Could Zeroes reach the Mediterranean in 1940?Q&A
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    2:12:56The aircraft available for an enlarged Taranto strikeNotable Point
  34. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    2:30:04Extra fighters could change Illustrious's air defenceNotable Point
  35. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    3:28:03British reserve fighters could equip Japanese pilotsNotable Point
  36. Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?
    3:13:53Why the Mitsubishi Zero was not a copied SpitfireQ&A
  37. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    32:44How the Fulmar compared with other naval fighters in 1940Notable Point
  38. The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War
    8:20How exercises carried World War I biases forwardChapter
  39. Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service
    2:15How the A5M outlived its headline roleChapter
  40. Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service
    5:31Why combat claims gravitate toward the famous aircraftNotable Point
  41. Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service
    11:45Why Allied pilots could mistake an A5M for a ZeroNotable Point
  42. Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service
    34:22Mock combat overturned Minoru Genda's doubtsChapter
  43. Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service
    40:42Jiro Horikoshi's fighter lineage from A5M to A7MChapter
  44. Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service
    44:08The A5M set the baseline for the Zero's design teamChapter
  45. Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service
    50:00Why campaign histories hide older aircraft typesNotable Point
  46. Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service
    59:42The A5M as Japan's transition to wartime fighter doctrineNotable Point
  47. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    1:33:17A British Zero becomes a heavier radar-directed fleet fighterQ&A
  48. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    3:27:40Kaigun traces the Zero and Kate as an integrated carrier-air systemChapter
  49. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    39:10Ryūjō's practical 1942 air groupChapter
  50. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:34:02How the Fleet Air Arm would alter an A6M2Q&A
  51. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    3:45:01Wildcat energy fighting and mutual support against the ZeroNotable Point
  52. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    3:53:56Wildcat tactics and the full Thach Weave formationQ&A
  53. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    4:03:07Japan's naval aircrew rotation failureQ&A
  54. Bombardment of Ellwood
    56:19Carrier raids on Dutch HarborChapter
  55. Bombardment of Ellwood
    1:02:18The Akutan Zero intelligence windfallNotable Point
  56. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    16:00A slow Swordfish creates an unusual problem for Zero pilotsNotable Point
  57. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    2:54:44How Sea Hurricanes could fight the ZeroQ&A
  58. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:06:08The Zero's performance came with an industrial limitChapter
  59. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:21:52How single-seat Zero fighters navigated long-range strikesQ&A
  60. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    2:40:11Hellcats in place of Wildcats in 1942Q&A
  61. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:18:32Navalizing the P.94 as a Fairey Fulmar alternativeNotable Point
  62. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    2:10:46Did the United States adopt the Zero's design?Q&A
  63. Bruships 34: Random History
    2:15:41Northrop's 3A, Vought's Model 143, and the Zero ancestry mythNotable Point
  64. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    1:39:06Air defense only needed to disrupt the first waveChapter
  65. An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (Q)
    13:17The Rufe: forward basing at the cost of fighter performanceNotable Point
  66. Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    13:09Two routes into the Zero and prewar Japanese aircraft designNotable Point
  67. Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    19:17The Zero's design bargain and the Thach WeaveNotable Point