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- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...56:18How radar helped British night fighting before radar fire controlNotable Point
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?6:50Night crossings and British night-fighting experienceChapter
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?45:36Sea Lion as a planning exerciseNotable Point
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?47:44Germany's worst case: the first wave caught at seaChapter
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:23:35Concentrating Force Z for a night attack on the invasion shippingNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...55:38Why Britain and Japan pursued night fighting for different reasonsNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:23:05A 1936 Tribal-class destroyer at JutlandQ&A
- No Pearl Harbor: Japan Enters WWII without attacking America28:45A reinforced Force Z still faces the full Kido ButaiChapter
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 22:36Why Cape Matapan makes a compelling battle storyChapter
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 26:11Kirishima's last close-range battleship fightNotable Point
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?29:54Beatty and RAF control block an otherwise plausible carrier policyNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...50:04Weapons testing after JutlandNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:40:03Carrier knowledge flows in both directionsQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:39:58A British night attack at the Denmark StraitQ&A
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...37:12Kamikaze-class lessons for night operationsNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)2:09:53How radar let the 10th Destroyer Flotilla fight line abreastNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)2:12:03Why a limited radar sweep could support line-abreast tacticsNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?2:45Jutland's legacy gives the Royal Navy a night-strike optionNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?1:09:39Choosing a night air strike or a radar-assisted surface actionChapter
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?1:12:50How first contact changes the carrier war-game resultsNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...3:42Harwich Force turns aggression into a methodChapter
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...45:05Night exercises build delegated destroyer commandChapter
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...49:07Searchlights can reveal a battle fleet to destroyersNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...49:19Night competence required risky practical trainingNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...1:20:05Ideal mass attack meets exercise realityNotable Point
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 202647:23Jutland turned destroyer night fighting into fleet doctrineChapter
- Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun35:46Would a different Dogger Bank expose British shell defects?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun40:03How Jutland's German escape shaped British night-fighting prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:24:12An Allied Italy in 1939 frees the Mediterranean route and strengthens the Far EastQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:26:33How Jutland shaped the Royal Navy's interwar night-fighting emphasisNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...1:54:28The cost of missing Jutland's lessonsNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...2:33:22Underwater protection without JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...1:03:36Swordfish night attacks and the price of trainingNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon3:46:11The Revenge class behind an Indian Ocean night attackNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon8:18:21Destroyers strike at knife-fighting range off Cape BonChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress5:05:18The fatal assumption that darkness protected the convoyNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress5:07:35Why Lance and Lively's 4-inch guns suited Force KNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress5:11:49Force K's radar ambush of the Duisburg convoyChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress5:16:33Divided batteries and confusion in the Duisburg convoyChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress6:05:58Why short shell flight times matter in night actionsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress6:07:43The artillery weight carried by four Force K shipsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress8:56:12Why a CIC did not make the U.S. Navy expert at night fightingQ&A
- Kaigun-chūjō Gunichi Mikawa: The IJN's Pearl Harbor back up plan39:33Mikawa exploits Japanese night-fighting doctrineChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?51:14Why the Royal Navy invested in night shadowingNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:45Would the Japanese recognize Warspite before opening the battle?Q&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:30:01South Dakota keeps power off GuadalcanalQ&A
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory35:58Culloden's grounding keeps Troubridge and Hardy out of the gun battleNotable Point
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory52:33British night-fighting preparation meets French delayChapter
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory53:02Recognition lights prepare the British fleet for darknessNotable Point
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory1:50:41The battle continues overnight and only four ships escapeChapter
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory2:14:39What if Nelson intercepted the Egyptian expedition at night?Q&A
- Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?44:04The invasion becomes a Mediterranean fleet battleChapter
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability1:11:00Tone-class scouts in Japan's attrition doctrineChapter
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability2:28:03How air spotting fitted Royal Navy gunnery doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:59:44Modern night vision changes the night action at JutlandQ&A
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...1:20:39Four French frigates offered a signaling advantageNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...1:34:07Doubling the line and preparing for a night battleChapter
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...1:41:37The French decoy fails against Nelson's identification systemNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...2:13:01Improvised French measures add confusion after darkNotable Point
- Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...53:41A Norwegian convoy attack became a lesson in night fightingChapter
- Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...57:48Flashless cordite and star shell reduced the hazards of night gunneryNotable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:19:36Why Renown and Repulse could not immediately join American cruiser groupsQ&A
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction1:09:56The Harwich Force was left out of the battleNotable Point
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?3:06:41Why Royal Navy opinion shifted toward tracer ammunitionQ&A
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?1:14:17Neither fleet controlled the night battleChapter
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?1:16:55Jutland loss claims reveal operational confusionNotable Point
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic1:03:41The torpedo turn-away and Scheer's night escapeNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:58:42Cape Matapan realized the prewar battle planNotable Point
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?2:31:17Night and fatigue could make banzai attacks dangerousQ&A
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?2:41:46Peleliu's defenders combined fire discipline with night infiltrationNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer39:20The box maneuver and coordinated torpedo pressureNotable Point
- Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship54:10Designing interwar signals for night fightingChapter
- Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship57:16Fleet exercises tested Somerville's communications systemChapter
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!1:17:37The Fourth Flotilla rehearses anti-raider tacticsChapter
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!1:22:39Piorun's attack belonged to a coordinated destroyer operationNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!2:11:47Tovey saves fuel while destroyers contain Bismarck overnightNotable Point
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:22:16Admiral Kimmel in the Guadalcanal campaignQ&A
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?10:23William Fisher combined tactical, intelligence, and logistics experienceChapter
- Admiral James Saumarez & the Battles of Algeciras50:19HMS Superb attacked the rear guard in darknessChapter
- Admiral James Saumarez & the Battles of Algeciras55:45Two Spanish first rates destroyed each otherChapter
- 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
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea43:47Tribal-class gunfire prepared targets for night torpedo attacksNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 415:26How Jutland turned Royal Navy learning inwardNotable Point
- Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo1:53:35Would Kongō defeat Renown or Repulse?Q&A
- WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting52:29The 1916 Battle of Dover Strait exposes a thinned patrolChapter
- WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting59:07The Dover raid's lesson for destroyer tactics off NormandyNotable Point
- WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting59:48Swift and Broke attack at the 1917 Battle of Dover StraitChapter
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/43:25:01How US and Japanese participation at Jutland might reshape night fightingQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/411:51Cunningham, Lee, or Mikawa in a night actionQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/415:33How First World War failures shaped Royal Navy preparationNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/49:00:40Hypothetical 1948 cruisers in the Savo Island night battleQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/49:01:15How combat information centres changed night fightingNotable Point
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...1:07:45Could a British force defeat Japan at Surigao Strait?Q&A
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII54:37American task forces versus Japanese dispersalNotable Point
- V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 1052:19:43Could the River Plate cruisers defeat Goeben at night?Q&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:33:06Guadalcanal as luck, communications, and attritionQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!2:10:30Yamato and Musashi in the Guadalcanal night battlesQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!2:05:34British night-fighting training could magnify American carrier powerQ&A
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!53:09British carrier doctrine for persistent air threats and night battleNotable Point
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:21:39Infrared sensors instead of the Leigh LightQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!23:05Warspite versus Yamato at nightQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:47:11Bismarck at Savo Island rangeQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends12:47How HMS Ajax won against an Italian squadronQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:33:40Denmark Strait fought as a night actionQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:38:53Shell splash dyes versus colored muzzle flashesQ&A
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers14:17Carrier protection shapes Tribal and Dido design thinkingNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:50:11What British night training could and could not change for AtlantaNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle52:33Japanese night doctrine fails without warningChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle1:01:28Night bombardment geometry creates a torpedo hazardNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle1:09:09Merrill adjusts the plan without surrendering initiativeChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle1:22:16Seagulls and lost ships reveal sensor frictionNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait2:07:30Ad hoc destroyer pairings eroded Japan's prewar night-fighting systemChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait2:33:45Merrill treats uncertain contact as a threat without abandoning the missionNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait2:50:20Radar, cruiser salvos, and Waller's torpedoes decide the night actionChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait3:05:32Why did Japan favor torpedoes before gunfire at night?Q&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait3:15:09Blackett Strait signals a shift in control of the nightNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait3:19:54Was U.S. Navy night fighting inherently inferior?Q&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered23:42Why Washington fought Kirishima at close rangeQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered40:13What counted as capital-ship night-fighting rangeQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books7:54Why Japan built torpedo cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books31:33Why US cruisers held course while British ships zigzaggedQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:36:54Jutland with 1941 British night-fighting capabilityQ&A
- USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response18:47Piston-era air groups for Midway and MaltaQ&A
- HMS Cossack: A Dangerous Destroyer to Behold - KSS3 S1 Comment Response7:45Tribal-class destroyers in a Guadalcanal night actionQ&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 229:37Destroyer box tactics against BismarckNotable Point
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out1:44:53Long Lance torpedoes in British destroyer night attacksQ&A
- Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War2:06:33Japanese light forces closed around the Russians at nightNotable Point
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?5:23What makes Empress Augusta Bay a radar battle?Chapter
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?13:46Why radar did not eliminate friendly-fire riskQ&A
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?57:11Burke's ten-second lesson from Blackett StraitNotable Point
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?1:34:16Why Japanese ships collided in complex battlesQ&A
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?1:50:45Radar contact and the opening torpedo attacksChapter
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?1:57:02Collisions, misidentification, and radar's limitsChapter
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?1:57:02How one misunderstood order sidelined USS FooteNotable Point
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?2:06:02Flares, smoke, and the advantage of radar fire controlNotable Point
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?2:10:17Why radar contacts did not justify every torpedo shotNotable Point
- Jutland with Competent Leadership of the British Battlecruiser Fleet - Sturdee replaces Beatty1:11:07Why the historical night action disappearsChapter
- Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty2:28:07Would there still be a Jutland night action?Q&A
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs1:02:38Japanese torpedo salvos versus British close-range night fightingNotable Point
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!8:10Why Sea Lion looks so perilous for GermanyQ&A
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties59:08How scarce assets shaped command riskNotable Point
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?3:23:02When a destroyer gains a realistic chance against DreadnoughtQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?4:18:29Why navies can publish doctrine without revealing executionQ&A
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years40:00Carriers for reconnaissance and night strikesNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years57:49Sea Lion's Channel crossing and German surface weaknessChapter
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:57:43Guadalcanal exposed command failures as well as technical gapsNotable Point
- Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)33:45Raspberry hunts a U-boat inside the convoyChapter
- Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)39:20Pineapple and Banana separate pack from single-boat attacksChapter
- HMS Nubian: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 531:01British night-fighting doctrine at Cape MatapanNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon1:24:56Night-fighting reform survives a shorter JutlandNotable Point
- A 13.5in gun Dreadnought? Would it work?1:48:17Night fighting, range, and revealing gun flashesNotable Point
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:46:30Why Japanese-style night fighting does not transfer neatly to JutlandQ&A
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 21:31:02Why darkness complicated Japanese carrier strikesNotable Point
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 21:39:59How First World War shocks reshaped the Royal NavyChapter
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 5(March 2023)3:20:02The cost of using a general as heavy cavalryNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?1:16:12Night-fighting doctrine probably survives a shorter JutlandNotable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.13:40How Seydlitz escaped Britain's night forcesNotable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.2:53:04A decisive battle favours fast battleships over battlecruisersNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?37:19How carrier beacons and illuminated floats supported night recoveryNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:15:23Night fighting and torpedo attack as the British edgeNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:55:55What role would the Tribal-class destroyers play?Q&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:53:54The East China Sea blockade-breakerChapter
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class58:44Gunboats supporting torpedo-boat night attacksChapter
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class1:05:15From interwar destroyer doctrine to Cape BonNotable Point
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?31:37Scipione Africano's radar-guided night action against British MTBsChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:25:07How the Royal Navy might fight YamatoQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 643:17:29Jutland's missed German night-fighting opportunityQ&A
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers58:30Honolulu's night-fighting force and repeated torpedo survivalChapter
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers1:21:15Radar contact sets the Battle of Kula Gulf in motionChapter
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers1:24:45Forty-five 6-inch guns demonstrate Brooklyn rapid fireNotable Point
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers1:08:07The northern cruiser force is surprised off Savo IslandChapter
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers1:10:58Astoria is overwhelmed by concentrated cruiser fireChapter
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers1:12:02Quincy charges through crossfire and torpedo hitsChapter
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers1:15:14Vincennes hesitates before overwhelming Japanese fireChapter
- Raimondo Montecuccoli Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina27:38Nightfall reverses the balance at First SirteChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine1:48:19Did radar invalidate Italian attack doctrine?Q&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels2:41:34Hood versus Bayern depends on range and reinforcementQ&A
- Alex & Drach @ Haida (live)8:41Tribal destroyers at night-fighting rangeQ&A
- My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)30:52How a British-Japanese night battle might unfoldQ&A
- My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)33:30Why computer simulation belongs in historical researchNotable Point
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)22:23Five overlapping ways to use torpedoesChapter
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)36:32Night attacks, Long Lance, and the supply problemChapter
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)50:33Harwich Force and training for aggressive commandChapter
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)9:06Crews and formations turn ships into doctrineNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)24:01Japanese destroyers and night torpedo doctrineChapter
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)1:04:14The Tribal class as a night-fighting screenNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:05:12Japanese destroyers as carrier screens and night huntersChapter
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:31:05Royal Navy destroyers: the Tribal spearhead and flotillaChapter
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:43:45How British destroyers illuminated a night targetQ&A
- A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)28:07The War of the Worlds in night-fighting thoughtNotable Point
- A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)32:16Night fighting and the value of volumeNotable Point
- Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)25:00Interception and attrition before a fleet battleChapter
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:17:24Japan's layered attrition and ambush doctrineChapter
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:26:02Two navies prepared for night fightingNotable Point
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)42:21Could Swordfish have attacked the anchorage at night?Q&A
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)49:05Royal Navy experience supports Okinawa's night air defenseNotable Point
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)2:42:43Flashless cordite and the size of the chargeQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment3:11:57The Denmark Strait battle fought at nightQ&A
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion46:00Torpedo range and firing disciplineNotable Point
- Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)1:07:04Black Prince surrounded in the night actionChapter
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:42:24How illumination flares shaped night air attacksQ&A
- Beacons; Finding Home When Alone Over The Ocean (Long Patrol)0:05Why carrier homing beacons matteredChapter
- Beacons; Finding Home When Alone Over The Ocean (Long Patrol)6:05How a rotating beacon guides an aircraft homeNotable Point
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...2:58:16How the Royal Navy might have fought around GuadalcanalQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...3:07:34Royal Navy and Japanese night-fighting doctrines at GuadalcanalQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...3:40:37Why an early German night doctrine could make Jutland more dangerousQ&A
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)1:43Why darkness changes naval combatChapter
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)8:01The brutal range of early night actionsNotable Point
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)10:40Taranto's psychological effectNotable Point
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)12:58Jutland's night-action dilemmaChapter
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)17:10The Harwich Force and aggressive light craftChapter
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)27:51The officers who carried night doctrine forwardNotable Point
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)31:09Making night fighting an institutional habitChapter
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)38:12Radar-enabled destroyer formationsNotable Point
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)40:16Why naval aviation needed observers at nightChapter
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)45:35The beacon system that brought aircraft homeNotable Point
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)53:31Illumination without becoming the targetNotable Point
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)56:08Nelson and Rodney in the night-fighting conceptNotable Point
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)58:31Type 79's path from warning to surface detectionChapter
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)1:13:43Searchlight shock at Cape MatapanNotable Point
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)1:14:56How wargaming exposed the U-boat night attackNotable Point
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)1:17:25Closing on Scharnhorst at North CapeNotable Point
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)1:20:53Why global war favoured dispersed task forcesChapter
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)1:27:00Operation C and competing night doctrinesNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?26:36Attrition before the decisive battleChapter
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?44:22Doctrine and unbalanced Japanese cruisersNotable Point
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat1:12:11Night action, wind, and initiative before the Philippine Sea battleNotable Point
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat1:39:13British Pacific Fleet confidence at nightQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore3:25:59British planners expected powerful Japanese torpedoesQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore3:29:29China Station experience shaped British estimates of JapanChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)20:15Searchlights: illumination, dazzling, and exposureChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)26:32Why warships carried more lights than the main searchlights suggestQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence1:29:50What the surviving record can say about Japanese naval radarQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)50:56Tribal-class destroyers and illumination by fireNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)4:42:48Digitally recreating Japanese night opticsQ&A
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI1:45:08Attrition is not a complete fleet strategyNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:01:25Sea Lion and the Royal Navy's maritime barrierQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:59:16British and Japanese reasons for night fightingNotable Point
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live58:52Could Japan lead with a night surface approach?Q&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:30:39Why Willis Lee declined a night battleship actionChapter
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:25:49Lee refuses to gamble on night battleNotable Point
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17831:31:01Copper sheathing gives Rodney freedom in the Moonlight BattleNotable Point
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron2:48:23Why early destroyers missed their trial speeds at seaNotable Point
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron2:58:57Reginald Tyrwhitt and aggressive Harwich Force commandChapter
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:49:05Royal Navy night training versus night-fighting doctrineQ&A
- William Agnew: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 315:03Force K's night attack on the Duisburg convoyChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?1:04:26How navies carried lessons from one war into the nextQ&A
- Prince Philips Navy59:53Philip's searchlight view of the Battle of Cape MatapanChapter
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-921:00Lord Clive attempts a night engagement off DunkirkNotable Point
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"1:39:01A night destroyer clash defeats itselfChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P3/6 19047:04Trawlers misidentified under searchlightsChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P3/6 190413:07The seamanship lesson of Dogger BankNotable Point
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…40:37Night fighting reinforced the six-inch choiceQ&A
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…49:38Royal Navy destroyers practised torpedo aiming by firelightNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol30:34Air power and radar at Cape MatapanNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol44:08Why ABDA could not become a fleet in timeNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol47:18Perth's last fight in Sunda StraitChapter
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark25:03Why Pearl Harbor was not attacked at nightQ&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark52:36Why reliability mattered more than marginal performanceNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark1:29:11How Britain would shape a fleet battleQ&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:28:09The warning tradeoff between harbour and open seaNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:52:29Why Taranto was not another Channel DashQ&A
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul17:37Channel geography sets the small-craft problemChapter
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul31:49Darkness reduced the value of air coverNotable Point
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul2:02:03Line abreast widened the radar interceptionNotable Point
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul2:29:53Rapid fire, radar, and enough escorts counter E-boatsChapter
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul2:34:47Small-boat combat resembled an aircraft dogfightNotable Point
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car51:01How PPI changed night formationsQ&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car1:40:44Night training and jamming magnify Force K's radar edgeNotable Point
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car2:01:15Cape Bon: attacking from the unexpected sideNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:08:17How a 1939 Pacific war could accelerate naval radarNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:50:56Countering Japanese night torpedo doctrineQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:14:46Night fighting before and after effective radar fire controlQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 425:45Scouting, carrier strikes, and the daylight dilemmaNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 47:03Jutland's legacy for Royal Navy night fightingNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 446:47Night operations, radio beacons, and SwordfishNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 450:42Night fighting and the problem of finding BirminghamNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the Big War Part 4 of 425:24Radar changed both detection and deception for small craftQ&A
- Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 192931:38Communications rules prepared fleets for dispersed warfareNotable Point
- Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 19291:04:45OD used air search to set up a night interceptionChapter
- Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 19291:16:14The 1929 exercises found questions faster than answersNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:09:14The Royal Navy's decentralized night-fighting cultureNotable Point
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!46:26Jutland's institutional lessons shape interwar designNotable Point
- A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck20:56The destroyers keep Bismarck under attack through the nightChapter
- A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck23:34How Vian's destroyers turned the chase into a moving cordonNotable Point
- A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck35:23How Cossack coordinated a dispersed night attackQ&A
- A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck36:16How cautiously to treat the destroyers' torpedo claimsQ&A
- A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck52:04The destroyer attack's place in Bismarck's final battleNotable Point
- Battle of The River Plate - A River Plate 80 Video53:49The threat of night action drives Graf Spee toward portNotable Point
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)1:50Global communications and the Royal Navy's night-fighting edgeChapter
- Tribal Class in 60s (Combined)10:17The 4th Destroyer Flotilla hunts BismarckChapter
- Tribal Class in 60s (Combined)13:22Cape Bon puts the cruiser-killer concept into practiceChapter