Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Naval Night Fighting

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  1. If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?
    27:26Fleet Shadowers could evolve from night scouts into radar aircraftNotable Point
  2. Scuttlebutt 9 - A long time coming...
    44:25Could a reinforced Royal Navy contest Japan in the Far East?Q&A
  3. Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine
    1:42:12Japanese night fighting relied on low-light opticsQ&A
  4. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    0:35Night fighting usually means low light, not total darknessChapter
  5. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    6:05Why early night actions closed to spar rangeNotable Point
  6. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    16:59Why early heat detection offered limited warning at seaQ&A
  7. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    39:01How the Royal Navy trained for night fighting before radarQ&A
  8. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    41:27Training let Cunningham plan around a fleet action after darkNotable Point
  9. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    45:02Why modern naval combat changes less between day and nightQ&A
  10. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    55:00Why German night fighting did not meet expectationsQ&A
  11. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    58:20Why destroyers and naval aviation became Britain's night specialistsNotable Point
  12. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    1:42:06Hydrophones gave destroyers a bearing in the darkNotable Point
  13. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    1:54:26Nelson and Rodney as close-range night-fighting shipsChapter
  14. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    2:05:40Darkness could turn a smaller fleet's weakness into an opportunityNotable Point
  15. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    2:08:36Commonwealth navies learned night fighting from the same instructionsQ&A
  16. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    2:22:58Why the Royal Navy preferred not to assign a searchlight shipQ&A
  17. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    2:23:19How British night doctrine might have met Japanese torpedoesQ&A
  18. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    2:27:22Italian night-fighting skill remained concentrated in small elite unitsQ&A
  19. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    2:46:17Naval night-vision experiments predated mature radarQ&A
  20. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    2:47:31Why searchlights could still be used at MatapanQ&A
  21. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    2:48:18Dido-class cruisers supplied starshell for destroyer flotillasQ&A
  22. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    3:02:38Operation C: close British attacks versus Japanese torpedo ambushChapter
  23. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    3:13The Slot turns a campaign into close naval combatNotable Point
  24. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    32:58Wright's rule-bound style meets a fluid night battleNotable Point
  25. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    44:16The American plan for radar, torpedoes, and cruiser fireNotable Point
  26. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    52:57Formation geometry shapes the approaching night actionNotable Point
  27. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    54:36A moonless night removes the planned illuminationNotable Point
  28. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    1:02:17Destroyer star shells become an improvised substituteNotable Point
  29. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    1:03:03Takanami absorbs the American gunfireNotable Point
  30. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    1:05:03Why the American torpedoes missedNotable Point
  31. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    1:07:48Japanese destroyers fire by the cruisers' gun flashesChapter
  32. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    1:10:20Captain-level initiative was the last defence against torpedoesNotable Point
  33. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    1:11:20The torpedoes devastate the cruiser columnChapter
  34. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    1:16:15The American destroyer plan breaks down during withdrawalNotable Point
  35. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    1:19:57Why American strengths created a night-fighting dilemmaNotable Point
  36. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    1:23:30Tassafaronga was a tactical coup without strategic rescueChapter