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Mitsumasa Yonai

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  1. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    22:29Mitsumasa Yonai's wartime political powerQ&A
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)
    2:37:24A stronger opposition does not easily restore Japanese civilian controlQ&A
  5. What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)
    2:44:46Yonai would represent a different military factionQ&A
  6. Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:58:00A successful League of Blood assassination campaignQ&A
  7. #Japan2025 #ShipShape naval history trip... update 34 - hunting Mitsumasa Yonai Part 2
    0:00Mitsumasa Yonai’s quiet memorialNotable Point
  8. #Japan2025 #ShipShape naval history trip... update 34 - hunting Mitsumasa Yonai Part 2
    1:41Yonai’s place in modern Japan’s storyNotable Point
  9. Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    30:48How Morioka remembers Admiral Mitsumasa YonaiQ&A
  10. #Japan2025 #ShipShape naval history trip... update 33 - hunting Mitsumasa Yonai Part 1
    0:00A personal visit to Enkoji TempleChapter
  11. #Japan2025 #ShipShape naval history trip... update 33 - hunting Mitsumasa Yonai Part 1
    1:33Yonai as an overlooked Japanese leaderNotable Point
  12. Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:04:18If the Yonai government survives into 1941Q&A
  13. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    1:35:57A less specialized nine-gun alternative to the Tone classNotable Point
  14. Chūichi Nagumo: The Creation of the Kidō Butai's Kaigun Chūjō
    36:24A doctrinal schism between staff and fleetChapter
  15. Chūichi Nagumo: The Creation of the Kidō Butai's Kaigun Chūjō
    38:26Yonai's possible role as an informal imperial counsellorNotable Point
  16. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:06:45Atomic attacks and Soviet entry break Japan's remaining optionsNotable Point
  17. Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned
    8:04Russian autocracy versus Japan's information networksChapter
  18. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    2:10:04Why naval colleges produce political officersQ&A
  19. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    1:01:26What destroying the Kido Butai changesNotable Point
  20. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    1:16:19How imperial action could remove TojoChapter
  21. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    1:23:36How a post-Tojo Japan might rebuild deterrenceNotable Point
  22. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    1:36:28How indirect imperial action could remove TojoChapter
  23. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    2:01:04A successor Japanese government would probably not declare war on GermanyQ&A
  24. Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax
    21:52Why removing one IJN faction would not produce a unified navyQ&A
  25. Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax
    31:04What Yonai's leadership reveals about Nagumo's reputationQ&A
  26. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:22The counterfactual: Japan leaves China in August 1941Chapter
  27. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    16:20Why Mitsumasa Yonai could act as an imperial adviserNotable Point
  28. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    50:16Yonai's protected status and personal networkNotable Point
  29. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    53:28Yonai's naval moderation and economic prioritiesChapter
  30. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:11:29The counterfactual pivot: an openly imperial Yonai governmentChapter
  31. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:14:26Why Yonai might make a negotiated settlement credibleNotable Point
  32. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:17:27Cabinet formation and the fate of the one-party associationChapter
  33. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:20:30A multi-party route to preserving the Japanese stateNotable Point
  34. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:29:13Why the navy could be decisive in a civil warNotable Point
  35. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:35:57The succession problem after YonaiNotable Point
  36. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:39:44Why an early rebellion could favor YonaiNotable Point
  37. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    1:37:38Tracing Japan's unofficial elder statesmenQ&A
  38. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    1:13:31Yonai's naval offices and role in the counterfactualChapter
  39. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    1:18:02Yonai's refuge for Yamamoto and the imperial chauffeurNotable Point
  40. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    1:24:02Radical factions and the consequences of challenging YonaiNotable Point
  41. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    1:25:03Imperial gifts and Yonai's relationship with HirohitoNotable Point
  42. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    1:29:03Yonai and the limits of a Tyrion analogyNotable Point
  43. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    1:53:22Could Yonai stop the Indochina deployment in four days?Notable Point
  44. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    2:00:54A summit venue and Yonai's naval contactsNotable Point
  45. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    2:06:54How Yonai could keep both services inside his cabinetNotable Point
  46. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    2:11:18Would a British honorary colonelcy qualify Yonai as army minister?Q&A
  47. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    2:13:25Yonai's coalition alternative to one-party ruleChapter
  48. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    2:29:23Selling peace as a program of military reconstructionChapter
  49. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    2:47:08Civil war could remake Japan's Cold War alignmentChapter
  50. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    3:15:47Konoe and Yonai met different postwar endsNotable Point
  51. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    3:17:32Yonai's postwar work and the proposed 1941 roleChapter
  52. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    3:21:04What imperial backing would Yonai need?Q&A
  53. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    18:56Why Admiral Yonai refused a naval carNotable Point
  54. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 3
    2:54:52Yonai's influence around the League of BloodNotable Point
  55. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 3
    3:05:42Western influence and political suspicion in interwar JapanNotable Point
  56. Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!
    40:26Strategic thinkers and the search for a limited warChapter
  57. Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!
    44:30Yonai and Takahashi: quiet competence behind strategyNotable Point
  58. IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class
    35:46Design compromise under the 1941 deadlineChapter
  59. IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class
    38:06Mitsumasa Yonai and Japan's strategic dilemmaNotable Point
  60. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    12:03Yonai as a hidden naval-political figureNotable Point
  61. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    45:33Tracing Yonai's postwar influence through personal networksNotable Point
  62. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    1:13:28Officer radicalization and the limits of Yonai's influenceNotable Point
  63. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    1:40:17Yonai's influence behind and before the curtainQ&A
  64. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:09:00Yonai's money, patronage, and role as a trusted confidantNotable Point
  65. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:27:47What failed assassination plots reveal about Yonai's powerNotable Point
  66. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:42:47Yonai's economic policy through trusted specialistsQ&A
  67. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:45:15Yonai in Japanese memory and Western historiographyNotable Point
  68. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:53:06Yonai, the occupation settlement, and imperial continuityNotable Point
  69. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    3:24:17Yonai and the foundations of postwar JapanQ&A
  70. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    16:47Yonai gives Japan an old-alliance optionChapter
  71. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    21:06Japan seeks time and resources through its old allianceNotable Point
  72. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    31:18Churchill must integrate Japan without excluding AmericaNotable Point
  73. 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
  74. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    33:45Could Yonai send Hideki Tojo to North Africa?Q&A
  75. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    1:13:17Imperial endorsement could weaken Japan's pro-German factionNotable Point
  76. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    3:10:50Would Allied service change Japanese treatment of prisoners?Q&A
  77. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    3:12:14Japan could replace the Soviet Union at the Allied leaders' tableNotable Point
  78. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    3:19:33A directory maps Imperial Japanese Navy commands and captainsChapter
  79. 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
  80. 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
  81. 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
  82. 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
  83. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video
    1:17:37Yamato as both battle-line weapon and deterrentQ&A
  84. 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
  85. Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)
    5:19Yonai, Nagano, and the struggle over Japanese strategyChapter
  86. Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)
    1:12:57Yonai's blunt assessment of an Anglo-American warNotable Point
  87. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    6:34Could Yonai prevent war by prosecuting the officers?Q&A
  88. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    21:45Fushimi, Yonai, and the factions behind Japanese doctrineChapter
  89. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    26:28Did Japan have a naval reformer like Fisher?Q&A
  90. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    37:02Mitsumasa Yonai's case for infrastructure over prestige shipsNotable Point
  91. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    44:05Which infrastructure did Yonai think Japan lacked?Q&A
  92. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    44:47Are there English-language sources on Yonai?Q&A
  93. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    53:45Yonai-era reform reshapes Japanese naval aviationNotable Point
  94. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    54:56How long would synthetic-fuel plants take to build?Q&A
  95. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    3:20:52Would Japan accept an honourable peace?Q&A
  96. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 4/4
    8:08Yonai and Fushimi Hiroyasu as interwar naval mindsQ&A
  97. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 4/4
    9:10Yonai's reputation and prewar policy recordChapter
  98. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 4/4
    10:21Yonai from European neutrality to Japan's surrenderChapter
  99. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 4/4
    12:02Yonai's warning against a wider warNotable Point
  100. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 4/4
    13:12Yonai as a naval leader willing to resist pressureChapter
  101. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    2:57:26Why a guiding naval philosophy mattered to fleet designNotable Point
  102. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai
    0:40Hirohito's trust in an anti-war admiralChapter
  103. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai
    3:50Technical judgement across a naval careerNotable Point
  104. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai
    6:41Warning against war while China remained a burdenChapter
  105. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai
    8:20A premiership opposed to the Tripartite PactChapter
  106. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai
    10:15The navy backs Yonai's wartime recallNotable Point
  107. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai
    11:25Status ships and the limits of deterrenceNotable Point
  108. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai
    14:13Tracing a disputed strategic exchangeNotable Point
  109. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai
    15:18Why Yonai doubted war with Britain and AmericaNotable Point
  110. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai
    16:22Calling the February 26 uprising an insurrectionNotable Point
  111. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai
    17:18Cabinet loyalty and the Sixteenth GatheringNotable Point
  112. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai
    19:29From naval dissolution to postwar reconstructionChapter
  113. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai
    20:31A peace-seeking admiral and a contested legacyNotable Point
  114. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P11/14 Soemu Toyoda
    7:09Why Yonai brought Toyoda into the naval staffNotable Point
  115. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    3:04:06Yonai became prime minister without keeping naval commandNotable Point
  116. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    3:09:22Yonai saw Yamato as deterrence, not a war-winning fleetNotable Point
  117. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    3:11:52Yonai's case against war with Britain and AmericaChapter
  118. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    3:14:44Yonai named the February 26 rebels and survivedNotable Point