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- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:19A surviving Force Z and an Allied fleet in Southeast AsiaQ&A
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one8:19Shimakaze's construction time and replacement valueNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one12:50Yugumo construction before the Pearl Harbor operationNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one42:27More destroyers could buy time without changing the resultNotable Point
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings19:03Destroyer numbers make layered fleet screens possibleChapter
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings23:57Battle damage increases the ships needed to maintain a forward forceChapter
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings25:20The Philippine Sea fleet shows the scale of destroyer demandChapter
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings39:15Gearing endurance for operations against JapanChapter
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:11:16A useful destroyer range for Pacific operationsQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live33:17A counterfactual change in Pacific command after Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:18:07If the Pacific Fleet stayed on the American coastQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:12:52Goodall's battleship setback and carrier demand for JapanQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:15:41Positioning armoured carriers to absorb attacks off JapanQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:16:40Carrier armour, air groups and treaty tonnageNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...1:07:52Catching aircraft orbiting beyond 5-inch gun rangeNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:53:28Comparing Mediterranean air attacks with Pacific battlesNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers16:45Japanese parity and Allied research shaped the technology raceNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers41:35Mahan restored domestic machinery development and Pacific rangeChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers54:07Gridley traded Pacific range for speed and torpedo powerChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:01:30Why a destroyer's cruising range overstates its combat enduranceNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:06:35Bagley paired long range with a mass torpedo attackChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:40:16Benham exposed the tradeoff between torpedoes and screening weaponsChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:49:08Sims paired Mark 37 fire control with an experimental machinery layoutChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:27:33Fletcher production exposed the five-year destroyer backlogChapter
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:25Extra US cruisers in the Philippines still need a workable command planQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:03USS Permit shows the Porpoise class's demanding wartime tempoQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:36Kido Butai waits for the US relief forceQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:48Delaying Midway gives the Essex program time to matureQ&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live1:36:47Tenaru, Milne Bay, and claims to the first land victoryQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)2:50:00Four Yamatos belong to the later 1944 Pacific scenarioNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:02:28A Pacific-first war creates a stronger coalitionChapter
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:05:17Why more T-class submarines remain in the Far EastNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:16:01Could a later Pearl Harbor raid achieve the same surprise?Notable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:16:43Command tenure shapes who leads a Pacific-first coalitionNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:32:54A Pacific-first war could preserve capital-ship constructionNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:18:01Thailand could follow the stronger coalitionQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:18:42Japan's decisive-battle problemQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:38:44Synthetic oil helps Japan without solving its strategic problemQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:49:02Could a weak navy support the Allies through Pacific bases?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:51:54A Pearl Harbor oil strike buys time without winning the warQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:57:59Would T-class submarines still be in the Pacific in 1942?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)5:02:52Why the Indian Ocean raid may never occurQ&A
- No Pearl Harbor: Japan Enters WWII without attacking America0:07The logistical price of bypassing Pearl HarborChapter
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?1:07:24Why Japan might still choose war despite worse oddsNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 27:55Why Midway rewards detailed reconstructionNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 217:37MacArthur, Singapore, and the assumptions behind Force ZQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 224:50MacArthur and subordinate initiative in the PhilippinesNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 225:54Singapore as a theatre-entry and logistics baseNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 229:08Why a held Singapore could remain suppliedNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 22:40:56Japan without Singapore's oil reservesQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:59:42Why Baltimore is the Pacific heavy-cruiser choiceQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:11:42Ice cream, rum, and naval barter in the wartime PacificQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:35:40The Pacific air-defence burden without the VT fuseQ&A
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...6:17Zigzagging complicates long-range Japanese torpedo attacksNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...16:19Yorktown and Illustrious fit different geostrategiesChapter
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:08Alongside replenishment and the loss of Britain's fast oilersQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:47Japan's 1941 war decision and deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:47Royal Navy wartime maintenance cyclesQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:00:00Coral Sea night surface action counterfactualQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:57:49Sending the wartime Canadian Navy to the PacificQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:46:07British carriers in the U.S. Pacific roleQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:48:11Would British carriers face range problems in the Pacific?Q&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:51:18Would early-war oiler shortages restrict British carrier substitutes?Q&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:53:14Carrier fuel reserves and protection in the Coral Sea comparisonQ&A
- 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
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:11:58Earlier Implacables could reinforce a fleet built around Force ZNotable Point
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?23:29Dutch crews as doctrine translatorsChapter
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?26:50Timor, Saratoga, and blockade-runner huntsChapter
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?30:49Banckert, Quilliam, and the manpower for JapanChapter
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?32:37Europe first and recruitment for the war against JapanNotable Point
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?40:39Hazemeyer destroyer counterfactualNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...48:56A Japanese cavity magnetron before the Pacific WarQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:25How retaining Singapore could shift the Pacific campaignQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:16:29Why more Japanese heavy AA guns would not solve air defenceQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:18:35Why an air force needs more than its highest-scoring pilotsNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:11:42Giving US fleet submarines a stronger minelaying roleQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:25:06How carrier continuity could change Hermes and Force ZNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:50:24Would ABDA light carriers change the East Indies?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:51:38Would light carriers widen Japan's opening offensive?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:59:44Could carrier-backed ABDA hold until Allied reinforcements arrive?Q&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:00:01Why the United States bypassed Wake IslandQ&A
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor1:12:19The hidden cost of Japan's elite pilot systemNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...31:31A Pacific without the Washington Treaty's fortification limitsQ&A
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?19:34HMS Prince of Wales was both venue and strategic signalChapter
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?22:35Anticipating war with Japan required earlier readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:10Italian naval special forces after the armisticeQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:50Why modern fleet auxiliaries matter more in the Pacific warQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:11:13Earlier British strength creates options for a combined Allied fleetQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:06:18Would the Washington Treaty or Pacific War still happen?Q&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:34British Hawaii and Pacific basingQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:32:50Pearl Harbor delayed until the carriers returnQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:28:03Saving USS Hornet after Santa CruzQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:45:38The East Asia Squadron meets HMAS AustraliaQ&A
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII39:49The Battle of the St. Lawrence forged ASW skillChapter
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII41:17Springhill's Pacific refit ended in disposalNotable Point
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII44:00Emergency orders hedged against two warsNotable Point
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII53:32Haida and Huron: Trondheim surrender duty and Pacific refitNotable Point
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?1:23:22Atlantic neutrality patrols versus the Pacific warQ&A
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?1:26:31Separate European and Pacific warsChapter
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?1:51:35Matilda tanks in the war against JapanNotable Point
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?1:52:03Separate Allied commands in the reinforced Far EastNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...2:56Hawaii's geography and Pearl Harbor's supporting infrastructureChapter
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 316:50Sustaining Japanese naval aviation beyond the first advanceChapter
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers14:22A 5.3-inch US dual-purpose cruiser for carrier warQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:07:55A better Allied disposition at Savo IslandQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle3:10:59Why Akizuki is a strong all-round Japanese destroyerQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:36:46Why Littorio-class battleships would strain US operationsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…55:30Would victory in China have stopped Japan's southern advance?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…6:23:00Why Nimitz preferred Formosa to retaking the PhilippinesQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…6:25:06What reinforcement could have helped the Philippines in 1941?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon3:39:49Why theater geography matters when swapping the RN and USNQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon3:45:18Why Britain grouped carriers while America planned pairsNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:58:21Why Britain did not emphasize LVT amphibious vehiclesQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:16:25Why the B-29 is preferred for the Pacific bombing roleQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War6:38:05Fear of cultural destruction in Japan's decision for warNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust57:38Why an early Iwo Jima landing creates an unnecessary riskQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust8:06:50Reading the rise of Imperial Japanese naval air powerQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust8:10:13Finding a counterpart to Sunburst for Japanese Army aviationQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:48:09Why modern radar alone would not let Japan win the Pacific WarQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:57:15How reliable Mark 14 torpedoes could shorten the Pacific WarQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust2:01:29Modern systems in a counterfactual rescue of Japan's 1945 war positionQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust2:17:44A thousand B-52s in Japan still need a fuel systemQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust2:49:26Japan's death-of-a-hundred-million counterfactual and reconstructionQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust4:29:24The P-38's weight followed its heavy-fighter missionQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust4:41:31Iwo Jima and the value of a recovery positionQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress3:32:40Why winning Guadalcanal would not solve Japan's problemQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress11:00:08Alaska-class cruisers in the early Pacific battlesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress11:28:57Wake Island relief and the limits of reinforcementQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:31:19If every Japanese capital ship became a Number 13Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II1:34:50A Japanese fleet of twelve-inch large cruisersQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:34:40Japanese air defense, surviving carriers, and the length of the Pacific WarNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II3:41:56If Japan received 1960s technology in 1937Q&A
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception35:16Cunningham challenges wartime ship designsChapter
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception41:51What if Cunningham commanded the British Pacific Fleet?Notable Point
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?1:19How the Royal Navy studied American Pacific battlesChapter
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P354:44An 80,000-ton American Pacific battleshipChapter
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:28The Soviet Union's strong local but weak oceanic amphibious capabilityQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:38One Allied submarine type for Germany and JapanQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:48Keeping Wake Island as a 1942 forward baseQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:16:12Admiral Duncan takes four hundred destroyers to the PacificQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:13:57Japan gains oil self-sufficiency in 1937Q&A
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?51:41Luck and readiness explain Force Z better than underestimationNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:08:24Thailand might seek neutrality between two pressuresNotable Point
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...33:39An early P-61 Black Widow in the Pacific WarQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:19Admiral Keyes commanding ABDAQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:22Judging MacArthur's failures and later achievementsNotable Point
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:52:41Reversing Anglo-American prewar fleet prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:22:52USS Ranger in the opening Pacific carrier warQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:37:08The US Navy adopts the Fairey SwordfishQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:51:12When Japan could detect enemy radarQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:20Warspite as a postwar diplomatic symbolNotable Point
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:04:53Why the Admiralty held accounts of Pacific battlesNotable Point
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:53The modern US Marine Corps arrives in 1941Q&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:04A US submarine attacks Japan before Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:23:46US cruisers and destroyers become British classesQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)1:22:01Why Japan's war-crimes trials seem less visibleQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:09:19Why fleet tugs stay near the fighting forceQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:24Why a Japanese Coral Sea victory delays rather than decides the warQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...24:25How far Wake Island relief planning advancedQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:17:29Saratoga's productive survival as a torpedo magnetQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:29Royal Navy range and Pacific tanker supportQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:26How Force Z survival changes SingaporeQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:56:11Sixty Sunderlands at SingaporeQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:37Submarines against the Wake Island invasionQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:20:16A decisive Japanese victory at Coral SeaQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:41:55American carriers in a Wake Island relief battleQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:26:00Why the US Navy had little need for Tribal-class destroyersQ&A
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys33:25Dutch K boats and the demands of colonial serviceChapter
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys41:38A battery explosion removes K XIII from the Malaya campaignNotable Point
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys44:07K XIV-class boats combine range, speed, and heavy torpedo firepowerChapter
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys52:43O 16 attacks Japanese troopships before its wreck is lootedChapter
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys56:15O 19 turns one submarine into two threatsChapter
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys1:00:18Advanced O 21 boats and Dutch experiments with Allied typesChapter
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys1:19:11Could more minelaying submarines have slowed Axis offensives?Notable Point
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...31:18Force Z reaches Pearl Harbor before SingaporeQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:54:01British Pacific Fleet attacks YamatoQ&A
- Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit1:01:24Richardson, King, and an alternate Pacific commandNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…6:28Why Pearl Harbor became the Pacific Fleet's vulnerable fulcrumChapter
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:08Why bypassing Peleliu carried supply-line riskQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:23:13Why prisoners on sunk Japanese ships were difficult to rescueQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:39:13If the Rabaul carrier raid missed the Japanese cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:13:07When a US-Japanese war might begin without naval treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:13:54Would an earlier Pacific war favor Japan?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?30:38An even Midway could delay Guadalcanal and enlarge British involvementNotable Point
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:10:19Why Japanese submarines achieved less commerce destructionQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:49:47Peleliu as an off-axis but connected operationQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:17:44A viable ABDA naval force in Southeast AsiaQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...49:09A disabled Panama Canal delays Pacific reinforcementQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:45:35World of Warships Ohio battleships transform the Pacific WarQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:57The Philippines replaces Pearl Harbor as the US forward baseQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:44Japanese Army-Navy cooperation improves aircraft and logisticsQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:00:29Japan trades later Yamatos for convoy escortsQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:01:15Japan captures Pearl Harbor and disrupts US Pacific commandQ&A
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?6:32Wartime ammunition overloads created tropical storage problemsNotable Point
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?1:15:53Pacific combat shifted the balance from reach back toward volumeChapter
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?3:21:38Was victory over Japan naval power or air power?Q&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:34Britain and America approached the Pacific from opposite directionsNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:40Yamato might reach the battle line but would not be capturedQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:51If the carriers were at Pearl Harbor and the battle line was at seaQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:14:44Invading Hawaii would require landing during the Pearl Harbor strikeQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:09:55Revealing Yamato's 18-inch guns changes US deploymentQ&A
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!1:18:58Pacific war aims explain King's policy toward BritainNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...1:35Pearl Harbor and Japan's unfinished victoryChapter
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...8:09Coral Sea and control of the Pacific War's tempoChapter
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...34:06Japan misread democratic resolve and war aimsNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...1:42:26Strategic desperation encouraged intelligence target fixationNotable Point
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII1:44:04K XIV class: traversing torpedo tubes, refits, and Pacific combatChapter
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII2:02:53O 16's eight-day Pacific war and the destruction of her war graveNotable Point
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII2:06:29O 19 class: offensive minelaying from FremantleChapter
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII2:12:12O 21 class: advanced design divided between Allied and German serviceChapter
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII2:46:09Would a few Type IX-style Dutch boats change the Pacific war?Q&A
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII2:56:56What if Dutch submarines caught Japan's carrier force?Q&A
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII3:02:42Did Dutch submarines hit Japan's invasion shipping?Q&A
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII3:05:23How ten Dutch minelayers could delay Japan's advanceQ&A
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII3:19:28How Dutch submarines were sustained after occupationQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:33What a Pacific-first American strategy would changeQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:59:35MacArthur's absence and the Pacific War's logistical timetableQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:33:40Tribal-class destroyers in the Pacific WarQ&A
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned2:22:28Tsushima's logistical logic in later warsChapter
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned2:22:46Why Japan occupied islands with little immediate valueNotable Point
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:35How Washington might view a large Prince Rupert drydock in 1939Q&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:11A 1940 proto-ABDA command under Roger KeyesQ&A
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?38:44Why the U.S. Navy stopped at eight AtlantasNotable Point
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?2:12:23Tropical ammunition failures begin with wartime stowageNotable Point
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?2:16:22Bofors range and Pom-Pom volume in the PacificChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:05:34Atlanta as a destroyer-built cruiserChapter
- Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?1:01:10Japan exploited Allied resource commitments as well as speedNotable Point
- Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?1:06:11The Treasury Islands show how a small garrison consumes a brigadeChapter
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:51:34Could Greyhound plausibly serve off Normandy and in the Pacific?Q&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:19:17What happened to Packard engines from Pacific PT boatsQ&A
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?1:58:48Japan moved island defenses inland to pursue attritionChapter
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?2:04:56The Treasury Islands show local superiority against a thin garrisonChapter
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?2:26:26Japan changed what its island defenses were meant to hold in placeNotable Point
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?2:47:50Starving Peleliu out conflicted with the campaign's timetableQ&A
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?2:48:25Peleliu's airfield requirement determined whether the island could be bypassedNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:42:08Why one American carrier could erase the Midway battleQ&A
- Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...34:25Five Buffalo squadrons carried the Far East fighter burdenChapter
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 19411:34:33If Kido Butai hunts the battle line insteadChapter
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!3:38:08If Pearl Harbor's battle line sailed on 6 DecemberNotable Point
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...33:45Would earlier Japanese H6 radar change the Pacific War?Q&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:22:04Canada's Lincoln and York plan for JapanQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...4:20:40The wartime role of a completed Hughes HerculesQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!1:01:39What if the US Navy had standardized on the pom-pom?Q&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:17:28Why Seabee construction was critical in the PacificQ&A
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?2:13:59How soon would Japan lose without Dutch East Indies oil?Q&A
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?2:30:02Could a Far East battleship action have preserved Warspite?Q&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:18Steering Japan toward a better Pacific War outcomeQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:15:10When USS Enterprise came closest to sinkingQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:18:33Force Z facing the Nagato classQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:14How synthetic fuel changes Japan's road to warQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:53:18A mine is the leading explanation for USS Albacore's lossQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:38:37Japan's decisive-battle gamble against larger powersQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:03:21Nagato and Mutsu pursue Force ZQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...32:04If Pearl Harbor had caught the carriersQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...1:47:54Aircrew recovery as a measure of naval staying powerQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:10:28How a Panama Canal attack could delay the Pacific warQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...3:10:52Halsey in a rapidly changing Pacific warQ&A
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral10:30Kimmel's scouting-force background and carrier-raid plansChapter
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral12:23Kimmel's possible return under a subordinate carrier commandNotable Point
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral28:27Karel Doorman and the impossible ABDA command burdenChapter
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral32:23ABDA had ships from four governments but no common fleet systemNotable Point
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?48:57Why Weapon-class destroyers took so long to completeQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?1:05:39Measuring kamikaze attacks by resources and damageQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?1:25:02A delayed Essex surge lengthens rather than reverses the Pacific WarQ&A
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...3:07:25British and American Pacific range needs differNotable Point
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates59:51HMAS Hawkesbury returned from reserve for atomic-test supportNotable Point
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates1:03:48Hawkesbury escorted and carried troops across the PacificNotable Point
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates1:09:03Diamantina rushed her doctor to HMAS QuiberonNotable Point
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates1:09:48A Diamantina motorboat unknowingly crossed a minefieldNotable Point
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20242:04:13Why delaying the Two-Ocean Navy Act delays the whole Pacific warQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20243:36:58Why Britain and America divided naval theaters in World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:00:55A Battle of Midway book for an interested eight-year-oldQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?2:25:27If the Mark 14 torpedo worked from the startQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?2:52:34When an invasion of Japan replaces the atomic bombsQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?3:44:44Brewery ships brought civilian skills into Pacific logisticsQ&A
- Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings1:16:19Suez Maru, USS Bonefish, and the killing of POW survivorsChapter
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:04:59Global basing made repairability a Royal Navy priorityQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:38:37Resignation rather than confidence drove Japan toward warQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...4:09:12Why high-pressure steam suited the US NavyQ&A
- Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...0:20Why war with Japan looked different in American politicsChapter
- Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...12:00Japan's fear-driven gamble for warChapter
- 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
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/41:49:23Wildcat formations and the limits of the Thach WeaveNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:33:23How Britain might handle a defeated JapanQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:39:11Why a carrier pursuit can proceed below maximum speedQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:40:19How retaining Kimmel might change the Pacific WarQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/48:23:12How fighter cover and radar could change Force Z's fateQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/48:25:43A museum story about the aircraft that found Force ZNotable Point
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/439:09How a major Pacific defeat could reshape the global Allied warQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/439:23A carrier victory would not solve Japan's Midway invasion problemsNotable Point
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/441:51Pacific setbacks, B-29 bases, and the fleet already under constructionNotable Point
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/451:16Evacuating the First Marine Division versus losing itNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/47:46:34Why enlarging the U class duplicates the T classQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/48:41:49Why Nimitz commanded the Pacific from shoreNotable Point
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/41:45:12An occupied Oahu and nuclear warning would harden American war aimsQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/46:29:04Spain could provide sailors, not a useful Pacific fleetQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:48:21Why nuclear powers can still stumble into major warQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:56:56Domestic oil would give Japan time, not solve its warQ&A
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 74:43A British carrier force changes the Singapore counterattackQ&A
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 711:47Fatalism helps explain Japan's choice for warNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 71:07:48Soviet carrier prospects diverge by sea and opponentNotable Point
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast42:08How much did American admiration for Japan matter?Q&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast51:00Could better American-Japanese relations have averted war?Q&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax3:27:28American wartime mass production did not mean disposable qualityQ&A
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?30:07An emperor wary of war with America and BritainNotable Point
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?1:08:26French Indochina, the oil embargo, and a diplomatic red lineChapter
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?1:26:38Three possible outcomes: civil war, peace, or delayed conflictChapter
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?1:34:14A peace used to rebuild for a later warChapter
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1081:40:50American interventionism and anti-colonial aimsNotable Point
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1082:34:52How delay changes Japan's attrition doctrineChapter
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1082:53:43A delayed Pacific war gives Japan time to rearmChapter
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1082:57:24Japan would still face a broad Allied coalitionNotable Point
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1082:59:37Would Britain complete the Lion-class battleships if war with Japan were delayed?Q&A
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1083:00:49Delay also gives the Allied navies time to concentrateChapter
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1083:04:00Philippine independence changes the pretext for warNotable Point
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers49:18How published primary sources guide archive researchNotable Point
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers54:13Malta's balance of air power and survivabilityChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII0:00Santa Cruz as a fight for the initiativeChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII24:19Logistics halted Japan's early expansionChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII42:11Yamamoto and Nimitz manage imperfect resourcesChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII45:23Industrial world war stretched command across the globeNotable Point
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.1:30:05If the US carriers had been at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?52:02Panama streamlines Pacific war logisticsNotable Point
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....1:36:10If Indianapolis were lost before TinianQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!39:23Why Japan struggled once the United States seized the initiativeQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!41:25The Anglo-American coalition and Japan's resource problemNotable Point
- For History: Which Three ships should never have been scrapped?56:00USS Enterprise as the symbol of the US Navy's Pacific warNotable Point
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:01:24Why a Japan-first strategy still needs new shipsQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:20:05Why the Pacific submarine campaign needed two commandsQ&A
- Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier1:07:30Intelligence and Allied command in the Ashigara operationNotable Point
- Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier1:11:03Trenchant, Stygian, and the Bangka Strait screenChapter
- Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier1:18:39Trenchant's firing solution and the loss of AshigaraChapter
- Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier1:50:18Could earlier U-class orders have kept T-class boats in the Far East?Notable Point
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!10:15The Hellcat versus Corsair and Seafire in 1945Q&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!35:10The A7M Reppu was too late to change the carrier warQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:04:04A surviving Force Z could slow the fall of the Dutch East IndiesQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:20:03Saratoga's availability could change the Pacific campaignQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:58:26Fast diesel Haguro-class cruisers with Kido ButaiQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!2:41:42An I-400 raid on Washington would be strategically disastrousQ&A
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?4:21A weapon for offsetting American industrial massNotable Point
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?19:05Why timing mattered more than noveltyNotable Point
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?30:14The political burden of attacks on the American mainlandNotable Point
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?34:59A large hull could support minelayer and tanker variantsNotable Point
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?42:44Two boats could not create strategic pressureNotable Point
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?46:29The planned attack on the Panama CanalChapter
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?55:08Surrender became a struggle over submarine technologyNotable Point
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?56:39The unexecuted biological-warfare proposalNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier35:41Who leads an Anglo-American war against Japan?Notable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!37:37The sea as Japan's defensive depthNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!1:18:04Pearl Harbor's doctrinal paradoxNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!1:20:26Allied logistics countered Japan's attrition strategyChapter
- Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign36:37From Force Z to a possible Java Sea carrier battleNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!35:03Escort carriers as self-contained mobile airfieldsChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:08:59Royal Navy escort-carrier mission flexibilityChapter
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff11:47British Far East fleet plans and imperial scaleQ&A
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff14:03Singapore, imperial mobilization, and the shock of France's fallNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff17:48Reciprocal Anglo-American assumptions in war plans for JapanNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff26:37HMS Unicorn and forward aviation supportQ&A
- Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!7:08Exercises, not Abyssinia, shaped the support-ship requirementNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:49:41An early peace could change the Pacific settlementNotable Point
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:01:03Submarine minelaying as strategic disruptionNotable Point
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:07:03Japanese mine and aerial-torpedo investmentNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:17:47Implacable's 81-aircraft Pacific groupChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:21:22Implacable's Pacific sorties and Operation OlympicChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:23:00Indefatigable and Britain's final air combat of World War IINotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right1:26:27Lexington and aviation-fuel vaporsChapter
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:17:18Enterprise, Saratoga, and clearing the decksNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:31:18Carrier strikes could fail through communication errorsNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:32:35Wasp and a torpedo spread beside aviation storesChapter
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:34:04Wasp and the logic of a large submarine torpedo salvoNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right3:03:38Hornet and cumulative damage at Santa CruzChapter
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right3:27:30Bunker Hill's two kamikaze hits and return under powerNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more1:32:54Why some Japanese carrier aircraft had folding wingsQ&A
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines6:40Shokaku's speed, flight deck, and air groupChapter
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines8:04Japanese attrition and ambush before decisive battleNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines18:00Pacific alpha-strike logicNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines48:46Which carrier is better depends on doctrineNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines50:27Essex class mass production and deck-load strikeChapter
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines52:38Essex's endurance for an advance across the PacificNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class38:06Mitsumasa Yonai and Japan's strategic dilemmaNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class44:28Risk-fleet deterrence and the Pearl Harbor attrition gambleNotable Point
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:21:06One command for US Pacific submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:24:53US fleet submarines compared with German U-boatsQ&A
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem9:17Avenger origins in a fast-expanding Fleet Air ArmChapter
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered1:50:59When Val and Kate would move to second-line dutiesQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered1:52:07IJN first-strike doctrine and late-war aircraft successorsQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:19:58Late-war IJN carrier air-group limitsQ&A
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?42:03Coral Sea tests Lexington's wartime carrier valueNotable Point
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?49:00Lexington's loss becomes a fire, flooding, and evacuation case studyChapter
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?54:48Operation Crossroads destroys a first-generation carrierNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:26:13Oilers as the limit on American Pacific mobilityQ&A
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion37:21Theater and operating practice change air group countsNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:18:47Carrier exercises expose first-blow and Pearl Harbor risksNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:51:27Essex production scales the doctrine while exposing its limitsChapter
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:34:33A US Pacific-first strategy in 1942Q&A
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier1:54:59What airborne carriers might have added in wartimeNotable Point
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:56:34Where the Royal Navy might use Canadian-built HelldiversQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?4:52:43How foreknowledge could turn Pearl Harbor into an ambushQ&A
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1040:17From hundreds of changes to combat over RabaulChapter
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1056:12The Helldiver matured as dive bombing lost its placeChapter
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1057:29What the Philippine Sea losses say about combat radiusNotable Point
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered13:00An early Japanese fleet collapse could redirect Allied prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered31:01Reliable Mark 14 torpedoes could reshape the Pacific WarQ&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle16:12Guadalcanal turns Japanese expansion into withdrawalChapter
- Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service57:23A5Ms fought from rear bases to the Battle of the Coral SeaChapter
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!45:10Japan could replace oxygen torpedoes without changing the Pacific War aloneQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!3:44:14Japan could not seize southern resources without hitting Allied interestsQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!3:54:30American isolationism did not exclude defending the PacificQ&A
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:32:09Could stronger treaty fleets improve diplomacy?Notable Point
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered41:16The operational cost of Japan's specialized warshipsQ&A
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese10:25How raid success strengthened the Essex priorityNotable Point
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese1:19:27Raids seized the initiative while training the carrier forceNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:56:07What Enterprise could bring back from British carrier serviceQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!4:04:35Why wartime Britain would move beyond ImplacableQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:38:22Why Japan could not force a negotiated Pacific settlementQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:03:33Archival battle summaries of the Pacific WarChapter
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:39:51HMAS Australia firing 8-inch guns at aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered3:01:30A 9.2-inch County-type cruiser in the PacificQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time15:01The thermocline offered submarines only a temporary acoustic refugeQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time52:17An Eastern Fleet victory erases the Pacific carrier-war sequenceQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time1:54:16Rabaul and the Bismarck Sea show the logic of combined air-sea powerQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time2:49:38MacArthur's later career drove a harsher public reassessmentQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time3:54:53Mark Stille's Pacific War volume as an accessible fleet guideChapter
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō39:10Ryūjō's practical 1942 air groupChapter
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō40:54Japan's choice between stronger strikes and more flight decksNotable Point
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:27:06Why US and Japanese fleets differed from the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:00:27Why T-class submarines could work in Pacific shallowsQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:01:13The risk of bypassing Luzon and the PhilippinesQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:09:34MacArthur captured in the PhilippinesQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:27:07Redirecting most B-29s to EuropeQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:37:36Why British Pacific ships needed different rangeQ&A
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s1:37:35A wider Pacific technology gap complicates Japanese strategyNotable Point
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:28:16Bofors and pom-pom strengths matched different air-war environmentsQ&A
- 'T' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's Ambush Predators - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 642:58HMS Trident across three theatersChapter
- 'T' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's Ambush Predators - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 646:30HMS Truant's close calls and long serviceChapter
- 'T' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's Ambush Predators - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 649:21Imperial storage could turn torpedoes into dudsNotable Point
- HMS Enterprise: Tell Me Where You Need Your Royals or Gold Delivered - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 531:47The refit that might have sent Enterprise to the PacificNotable Point
- USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response9:16Enterprise's carrier-battle record and repeated loss claimsNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 21:25:34Publishing bias and carrier historiographyNotable Point
- Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 36:38Amphibious conversions consume scarce fast fleet tankersNotable Point
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response3:47A German carrier could indirectly increase British Pacific strengthQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy1:54:30Why the Singapore strategy failed in the worst sequenceQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy3:03:07Previous victories shaped Japan's expectation of negotiated peaceNotable Point
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat47:22Early autoloading six-inch dual-purpose gunsQ&A
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore1:16:32Japan faces a harder approach to a Sydney-based fleetChapter
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore1:19:00A Sydney headquarters keeps theater command ashoreNotable Point
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore1:21:00An Australian repair base changes Force Z before war beginsNotable Point
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore1:25:55An eleven-day transit changes the response to MalayaChapter
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?2:18:35A tactical victory inside Cartwheel's attrition campaignChapter
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)6:32Rabaul's open approaches gave Japanese convoys room to maneuverChapter
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:51:22The Indian Ocean remained principally a British wartime theatreQ&A
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...2:24:23A stronger Far East fleet changes Japan's calculusChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs40:36PT boats supported the Pacific island advanceChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs59:17Japan's torpedo-boat line met the Pacific badlyChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs1:17:27Shin'yō suicide boats and strategic desperationNotable Point
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics35:14Turning Pearl Harbor into an ambushQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics1:03:29What a failed Pearl Harbor raid changesQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics1:11:19Fueling the carriers in a Pearl Harbor ambushQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics1:16:19How victory at Pearl Harbor could reshape Pacific commandQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics1:27:10How a failed Pearl Harbor raid could alter Malaya and Force ZQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:20:04Why Britain preferred blockade and America preferred invasionQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:23:17Long-range minelaying submarines against JapanQ&A
- Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 235:31Malta and the timetable for invading JapanNotable Point
- A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 711:01A stronger battle fleet still could not win the PacificChapter
- A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 720:19Standardised hulls and the logistics warNotable Point
- A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 731:24Deterrence needs construction, messaging, and deploymentNotable Point
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?29:44An Empire submarine force outside treaty limitsNotable Point
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?38:03Which submarines suited Pacific Dominion service?Q&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer22:25A reinforced Force Z in the opening Pacific WarNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer2:23:03Japan without the China war: richer but farther from its objectivesQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer2:34:16Japanese radar parity in Pacific night battlesQ&A
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 215:18The battle line as the Pacific anvilChapter
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 236:39Long-range gunnery needed a supply systemNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:01:19An early Sea Hornet brings long-range carrier strike capabilityQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!58:36A carrier-backed Force Z changes the opening warQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:06:03Why a third Pearl Harbor strike might matterQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:07:07A surviving Force Z could threaten Japan's advance on SingaporeQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:18:44Repulse's loss was not mechanically inevitableNotable Point
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:58:41Japanese planning did not expect a long shipping warQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:18:46Japan needed concentration rather than dispersionQ&A
- Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!28:12How Force Z might have changed ABDA commandQ&A
- Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!43:09Fremantle's American submarine force in 1943Chapter
- Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!1:03:09Why Japan made limited use of commerce raidingQ&A
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 410:56Armor placement and the Pacific strike roleChapter
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 427:16Howard Dixon's crew and scarce aircrew experienceNotable Point
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 429:38Raids on the Marshalls, Wake, and MarcusChapter
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 433:09Eastern Solomons damage and Pearl Harbor repairChapter
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 442:19Guadalcanal, Rennell Island, and a carrier firstChapter
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 446:56Enterprise's wartime legacy and Magic CarpetNotable Point
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane1:01:46A guide to Brisbane's wartime submarine baseChapter
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat27:49Yorktown with the Asiatic FleetQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat30:01A neutral Italy reshapes Royal Navy deploymentQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat42:00Why Midway was not a normal outcomeQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat1:35:55If Japan concentrated on the Philippines instead of Pearl HarborQ&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 22:15:14Layered carrier defense in a simplified Pacific scenarioChapter
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett1:06:14War Plan Orange's amphibious and basing legacyNotable Point
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett1:07:07War Plan Orange: bases and secure communicationsChapter
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett1:09:46Planning for Japan's island defence lineNotable Point
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett1:10:15Why War Plan Orange receives the attentionQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:32:25War Plan Orange's Central Pacific campaign studiesChapter
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:33:55The exposed supply line in War Plan Orange's rapid advanceNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:34:37Why War Plan Orange made secure bases a condition of advancingNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:50:32The Palau raids as a blow to Japanese sustainmentChapter
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:53:56After Palau: rebuilding air groups and preparing for the MarianasNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History2:14:59Midway's withdrawal and the losses after the carrier battleChapter
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History2:16:38Midway timing in Sea Battles in Close-UpChapter
- Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 423:06Pacific employment and fleet-support assumptionsChapter
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation3:39:03Japan's 1943 defensive turn loses the industrial raceChapter
- A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?55:24Overseas bases and a fleet better prepared for the PacificNotable Point
- Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck1:42:17Why losing oilers can wreck a Pacific campaignNotable Point
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...1:27:35How much would competent Japanese ASW change the submarine war?Q&A
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:02:15American fleet submarines and the range needed for the PacificChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:39:31Pacific submarines: offensive defense depends on logisticsChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:42:13One submarine's passage through three Axis naviesTranscript Excerpt
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:55:20Why Japan occupied the Aleutian IslandsChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:28:58Could the Aleutians become an invasion route to Japan?Q&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:39:39Would 6,300 improved Zeros change the Pacific War?Q&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response50:38Why a battle fleet still needs island basesQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak16:11Invasion, blockade, and the human cost of defeating JapanNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class43:52Scorpion, Dragonfly, and Grasshopper lost in the Far EastNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class1:47:04American PGM gunboats and the PT-boat speed mismatchNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII58:29Singapore evacuation and Far East readinessNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:05:58Scorpion, Dragonfly, and Grasshopper lost off SingaporeNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:13:49Far East plans met the Royal Navy of 1941Notable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?1:03:40Pacific carrier teams require fast oilers and heavy escortsChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?1:09:24Multi-carrier practice enlarges Taranto and Pacific cooperationChapter
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts12:44Empire logistics and American isolation costsQ&A
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts39:44Wake Island's limited long-range reconnaissance valueNotable Point
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History1:20:51Japan's southern strategy without American sanctions leadershipQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain47:28Pacific invasion logistics could stage forward or sail directQ&A
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Late30:36Hovercraft in Second World War amphibious operationsNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect10:15Pacific scouting and war-plan assumptionsNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect17:24Aggressive doctrine and mutual assumptionsNotable Point
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...51:12Land-based aircraft could not replace Japan's carriersQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...54:17Kamikaze attacks traded pilots and aircraft for limited effectQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:02:35Force Z disappeared into the ABDA command structureQ&A
- HMCS Haida & The Tribal Class: Always Service30:14Australian Tribals adapted for Pacific and postwar serviceChapter
- HMCS Haida & The Tribal Class: Always Service1:17:39Eskimo survived catastrophic damage and returned to warChapter
- HMCS Haida & The Tribal Class: Always Service2:45:42Warramunga across the Pacific, Korea, and SEATONotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat15:59Okinawa escalated established naval methodsQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:47:26Italy's co-belligerent navy in an extended Pacific warQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:57:53Operation Downfall would require a global Allied armadaQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat2:01:56How an extended Pacific war would redirect Atlantic escortsQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat2:44:48Okinawa and Operation Iceberg planningChapter
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat3:01:13Why kamikazes threatened carrier availability more than sinkingsNotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat3:06:06How layered fleet defenses broke up kamikaze attacksQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat3:26:17Japanese radar ideas outpaced industrial productionQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat3:36:51What Britain actually kept secret about radarQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat4:00:09Why blockade alone would not quickly end the Pacific WarQ&A
- USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser43:32Wichita's later Pacific campaignsNotable Point
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...22:03Dual-purpose guns and the limits of improving ABDACOMQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat16:57No US entry in 1917 reshapes the interwar PacificQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat23:59B-65 large cruisers and the Allied responseQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:06:34The Battle of Midway opens with the Hashirajima fleetChapter
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:16:51Reading Japanese Destroyer Captain as a personal sourceQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:27:12Three changes for US Navy effectiveness in the PacificQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...2:26:39Why the Rainbow class excelled at long-range submarine workQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:03:00Did American prejudice help cause the Pacific War?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:03:51Treaty rules reached merchant conversions, foreign orders, and Pacific basesChapter
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War12:41If Pearl Harbor failed, the US battle fleet still faces a trapQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War20:21Modernized submarines in 1941 improve endurance but remain visibleQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War38:52Carrier design follows geography and expected battle tempoNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War46:10Britain and America designed carriers for different Pacific routesNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War59:02Japanese raiders need distant sea lanes to wage economic warQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:40:44HMS Eagle might survive one kamikaze strikeQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:01:41Force Z and the consequences of pausing carrier constructionQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:23:33A Ceylon-based alternative for Force ZQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War51:18If Singapore held against JapanQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War54:40When the Allies identified Yamato's 18-inch gunsQ&A
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers42:18Nashville escorts Hornet for the Doolittle RaidChapter
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)32:50Why U.S. cruisers prioritized fleet battle over trade warfareQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations16:40Why carrier doctrine differed between naviesQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations21:21How carrier doctrine travels between theatersQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:46:50Taiyo and Japan's escort-carrier shortageNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:24:58How escort carriers divided amphibious work from fleet combatNotable Point
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France1:08:10French Indochina blocks Japan's historical buildupChapter
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France1:12:06A stronger Indian Ocean fleet reshapes Japan's target choiceNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 337:55U, V, and T classes in Royal Navy submarine warfareQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:18:17What the Alaska class could have done in 1941Q&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 230:34Building and employing the I-400 submarinesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 245:14Why Japanese submarines lacked an Atlantic-style trade targetQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 247:40How Japan might employ the I-400 classQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 248:25Royal Navy submarines in the Indian and Pacific oceansQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 21:23:43Moving Project Habakkuk into the PacificQ&A
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers35:31New Orleans fights across the Pacific and returns for occupation dutyChapter
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers57:22San Francisco caught disarmed at Pearl HarborChapter
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers1:17:04Savo Island as a lesson in wartime mentalityChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out41:26How Force Z survival might have changed ABDA commandQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out45:19Why finding Pacific destroyer wrecks mattersQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out54:00Why Pacific battleships saw fewer fleet actionsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:45:27Could Japan seize the East Indies without Pearl Harbor?Q&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:49:50A Pacific war without a European warQ&A
- Town Class (1911): Chathams37:09The Battle of Cocos shapes Japanese views of AustraliaNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194215:19America was both a sleeping giant and a hollow treeNotable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 19415:41A Japanese strategy of attrition and negotiated peaceChapter
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:11:53Reading beyond Shattered Sword on MidwayQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:22:19Six Japanese carriers at the Coral SeaQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times2:40:28USS Wichita would strengthen and expose the Asiatic FleetQ&A
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194036:41A German carrier reshapes Allied deployments worldwideNotable Point
- Portland Class: Heavy Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen?2:31Portland’s Pacific War battle recordNotable Point
- Portland Class: Heavy Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen?3:46Indianapolis from New Guinea to her final voyageNotable Point
- Portland Class: Heavy Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen?38:28The high-speed Little Boy delivery missionChapter
- Portland Class: Heavy Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen?40:37Plotting assumptions and ignored distress callsChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193938:02Seaplane tenders and Seabees for a Pacific island warChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193941:44Using fortified islands to strain Japan's battle fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books1:40:38Scale-model warships for carrier-battle reconstructionChapter
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack1:16:09A Free French surface force in the early Pacific WarQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack1:28:07Why command failure cost air power in the PhilippinesQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack1:40:14Could stronger command prolong the Philippines campaign?Q&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)2:14Infrastructure, not nuclear weapons, sustains US global reachQ&A
- Northampton Class: US Treaty Cruisers (Long Patrol)18:38USS Northampton from carrier escort to TassafarongaChapter
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions36:01Moving Atlantic escorts to the Pacific warQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions1:00:37Official battle summaries for the Pacific WarChapter
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions1:56:48Reading the Admiralty's Pacific battle historiesChapter
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions2:13:54The deadliest naval campaigns beyond the AtlanticQ&A
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)2:18:28The limits of America's industrial lead timeQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)50:01Why a different treaty might separate the European and Pacific warsNotable Point
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:03:18Why the Pacific fortification clause disadvantaged JapanChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)15:02Allied division of submarine effortNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)25:07Range explains Gato-class displacementNotable Point
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)22:26Salt Lake City returns to service after TassafarongaNotable Point
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)22:55Pensacola escorts a vital reinforcement convoy to AustraliaChapter
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)23:37Pensacola rendezvouses with Lexington's Task Force 11Notable Point
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)28:09Could the convoy have changed Singapore's defence?Notable Point
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)30:02Salt Lake City and the Doolittle Raid's fleet riskChapter
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)33:24The Pensacolas' last major role off OkinawaChapter
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)46:58A flawed design that still delivered capable serviceNotable Point
- My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)22:17Why the Fletcher class suited the US NavyQ&A
- ARA La Argentina(1937): Year of the Cruisers (Long Patrol)16:32The strategic value of a long-legged small cruiserNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)48:06How Force Z's survival could strengthen ABDAQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)2:29:55How holding Singapore changes Allied commandQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)2:35:13Roger Keyes and an early joint Pacific defenceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)3:06:06How a detected carrier force could delay the attack on WakeQ&A
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#40:16The cancelled Wake Island reinforcementChapter
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#59:39A constrained commander, not a simple scapegoatChapter
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)30:11Marius Kimmel and the killing of prisonersNotable Point
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:41:17Was Wake already doomed when Pye cancelled relief?Q&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:58:03Kimmel's proposed response after Pearl HarborChapter
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)2:58:02Pye's later West Coast patrol commandNotable Point
- The Most Pointless Mission: Operation Tan No 2 (Long Patrol) - Working Sound5:34Operation Y-Go and the limits of delaying victoryChapter
- The Most Pointless Mission: Operation Tan No 2 (Long Patrol) - Working Sound9:17Kantai Kessen and the danger of planning for a foolish enemyNotable Point
- Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)1:03Why Operation Tan No. 2 was a strategic dead endChapter
- Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)5:34Operation A-Go and the limits of a second Pearl HarborChapter
- Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)9:17Kantai Kessen and the danger of assuming enemy cooperationNotable Point
- Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)50:06A forlorn hope still needs a purposeNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:16:10The decisive-battle problem in Japan's Pacific strategyNotable Point
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)3:38Operation Tan No. 2 and decisive-battle thinkingChapter
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)23:55Could Japanese civilians and servicemen see defeat coming?Q&A
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)54:28Ulithi replaces Majuro as the targetChapter
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books37:49The Allied war against Japan extended beyond the US NavyNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books1:22:06What robust wartime helicopters would changeQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider2:24:25Why Japan could not replace experienced naval aviatorsQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider2:28:34The strategic and political cases for retaking the PhilippinesQ&A
- County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)45:11Shropshire's Pacific war earned five battle honoursChapter
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:15:15Pearl Harbor as the largest concentrated battleship targetQ&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)50:48How did the Sendai-to-Agano gap affect Japanese light forces?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:31:20Why did the Alaska class take its final form?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)1:14:10A Pacific war beginning in 1938Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)3:31:26A Sea Mosquito, Seafarer, and Swordfish carrier groupQ&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:04:32HMS Unicorn and distant fleet aviation supportNotable Point
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:13:40How Unicorn filled carrier and flagship gapsQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered48:26Using Town-class cruisers as a paired commerce-raiding forceQ&A
- Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)34:18Ariadne from Norway to the PacificNotable Point
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars12:19Range and geography shaped the submarine forceChapter
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars29:13Building a Far Eastern submarine force by iterationChapter
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars50:24Fleet and minelaying boats tested alternative submarine rolesChapter
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars51:52Why US submarines mostly stayed in the PacificQ&A
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars1:01:02T-class range and the Far Eastern ambush missionQ&A
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars1:13:51Why Allied supply submarines were unnecessary in the PacificQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...2:00:06Twin-engine carrier aircraft and the strike-range contestQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...2:02:20Spruance's battleships as the fallback at the Philippine SeaQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...2:58:16How the Royal Navy might have fought around GuadalcanalQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)40:00Midway had value beyond the Doolittle RaidQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)49:57Why Alaska was not a shortcut to JapanQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)54:19A British 1942 offensive would begin at SingaporeQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)56:42The Philippines were central to Japan’s expectationQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)1:44:58Japan, not America, initiated the Pacific WarQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)2:15:14Avoiding American targets might only delay U.S. entryQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?2:28:24Would saving two carriers shorten the war?Q&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?2:48:48A combined Royal Navy-US Navy carrier forceQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?2:59:42Night operations as an Allied advantageNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?3:01:48How earlier victories could concentrate the Eastern FleetChapter
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?3:04:43How to use spare Town-class cruisers in the PacificQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat1:04:32Pacific carrier warfare and the value of rangeNotable Point
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions27:39Codebreaking did not erase the larger Pacific War imbalanceQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions1:09:39A Corsair pilot uses speed and structure to escape a ZeroChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary2:49:50John Wellum's career after TarantoQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat2:58:13Two books on naval aviation's wartime evolutionChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore45:24War Plan Orange and forward basesChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore49:31Reading on Pacific naval logisticsQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore2:31:44Without Article 19, bases join the arms raceQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore3:19:43A Pacific war would advance by hubsChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)13:37How earlier airborne early warning changes carrier defenceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)1:21:33Deterrence through balanced strength rather than panicQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)5:12:59Why removing aircraft still leaves the 1941 U.S. Pacific Fleet behindQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)26:31Why Vella Gulf was a decisive destroyer actionQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 4/412:02Yonai's warning against a wider warNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 3/423:30Could the Italian Navy have served in the Pacific?Q&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 3/440:51Ichi-Go and the cost of Japanese strategic disunityQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 2/432:30Nagano and Japan's recognized but unaddressed limitsQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 2/434:03Why a limited China settlement was difficult to recognizeQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 2/438:13How reciprocal misperception turned decisions into escalationNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 2/441:15Would Sakhalin oil have changed Japan's choice for war?Q&A
- Victims of the Kantai Kessen: Japanese Cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol / Patreon 32)14:56Kantai Kessen and the cost of preserving strengthChapter
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?1:02:24Aoba class: twin turrets, common machinery, and rangeChapter
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?1:17:16Myoko: the treaty cruiser that exceeded the treatyChapter
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?1:44:43How the Takao-class ships left the warNotable Point
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?2:01:05Land-based night attacks and carrier night operations required different skillsNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P11/14 Soemu Toyoda4:08A long naval career and opposition to warChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P11/14 Soemu Toyoda9:08Diplomacy shaped by incompatible communicationChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P11/14 Soemu Toyoda14:14Ending the war without accepting Potsdam termsNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P11/14 Soemu Toyoda18:38The Allied fleets converging on an invasion of JapanNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P11/14 Soemu Toyoda19:46Industrial preparedness behind Japan's fuel crisisNotable Point
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:14:07Renown could give Allied Pacific carriers a fast surface guardQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:30:45Why Allied navies divided the global war by theatreQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:41:30A delayed American advance could bring the British Pacific Fleet into SaipanQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P8/14: Raffaele de Courten7:21Could an Italian squadron have reached the Pacific war?Notable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P8/14: Raffaele de Courten8:07Japanese surrender and the risk of a prolonged warNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P8/14: Raffaele de Courten9:34British Pacific Fleet command and an Italian squadronNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz33:50The surface fleet and force redistributionNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: Long Patrol - P6/14: Osami Nagano2:48Nagano's grim choice over war with AmericaNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: Long Patrol - P6/14: Osami Nagano11:19The Pearl Harbor force-allocation dilemmaChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: Long Patrol - P6/14: Osami Nagano13:18Why flawed wargames were Nagano's responsibilityNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: Long Patrol - P6/14: Osami Nagano17:19Early-war mistakes and Axis unpreparednessNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: Long Patrol - P6/14: Osami Nagano18:30Japan's material limits and staff coordinationChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P2/14: Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu16:40A missed chance to build naval capacityNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P2/14: Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu24:01The architect who warned Japan was not readyNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P2/14: Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu24:50Yamato, carriers, and industrial balanceNotable Point
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s3:25:14Why Dönitz and the US Pacific submarine war differQ&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s3:27:54Why Japanese submarines found few commerce targetsQ&A
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different14:12Yorktown's launch cycle and Pacific strategyChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)35:07Des Moines-class cruisers in the early Pacific warQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)48:29Why a later Japanese victory at Guadalcanal had limited strategic payoffQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)52:13Would blockade and bombing alone defeat Japan?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:03:21What an American defeat at Midway would changeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)1:38:05If Midway ends without decisive lossesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)3:05:15Why Japan could not bypass the United StatesQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response33:21Japan's Singapore campaign without French IndochinaNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books2:18:38Why strategic-bombing history reaches Hiroshima and NagasakiNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books2:29:25The distinction between considering gas warfare and expecting its useQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books2:29:57Manchurian resources and the submarine blockade of JapanNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books2:30:47HMS Victorious, USS Saratoga, and the Robin deploymentQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books2:36:54The shipping gap in a Soviet invasion of JapanQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books2:37:35Did Japanese balloon bombs carry biological weapons?Q&A
- Bruships 55: New Books2:44:09Soviet landing experience and the scale of a Pacific invasionNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:34:17Army-Navy duplication weakened Japan's escort-carrier effortNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:38:19Why Japan needed both fleet and escort carriersQ&A
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol0:32Why Makin Island matteredChapter
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol23:40Landing confusion and the first fightChapter
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol25:25How banzai charges reversed the defenseNotable Point
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol26:58Peatross's detached squad changes the fightNotable Point
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol28:31Flying boats and a difficult extractionChapter
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol31:15A surrender message exposes command breakdownNotable Point
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol33:11Casualties, claims, and Japanese recordsNotable Point
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol40:43The reconnaissance force the Pacific war did not developNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:56:18MacArthur's retirement gives Nimitz the PacificQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:08:36Stalin turns east after Germany's defeatQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:22:06Saving Philippine air power buys only weeksQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:54:50Japan's decisive-battle expectationNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...19:32Confederate and Japanese leaders misread American resolveNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions49:58Force Z air cover and carriersQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 19418:12Singapore defenses and the Malayan air shortfallChapter
- A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 194117:25Singapore as a lifeline for Pacific strategyNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 194119:23Singapore as a prolonged reinforcement contestNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (19): British Battle Tanks5:47Why Australia kept the MatildaChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (19): British Battle Tanks7:12Australian Matilda protection modificationsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (19): British Battle Tanks8:05Matildas in Pacific combined-arms operationsChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (19): British Battle Tanks9:40Matilda amphibious and infantry-support adaptationsNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p3/3 - Italy1:37Suez and Britain's route back eastNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p3/3 - Italy3:09Clearing Axis air power from convoy routesNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p3/3 - Italy4:36Who would own the Pacific victory?Notable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p3/3 - Italy8:49Why advancing in Italy mattered in AsiaNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p3/3 - Italy10:34A possible invasion of Japan and the supply build-upNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p3/3 - Italy20:20The campaign's human and cultural costNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z4:34Pound's Ceylon plan for the Far EastChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z24:04Ceylon and a stronger ABDA alternativeNotable Point
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live8:11Philippine Sea seminar frameChapter
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live27:19Kantai Kessen timing windowNotable Point
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live35:39Could Japan seek peace after the Philippine Sea?Q&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live40:50Why the Allies demanded unconditional surrenderQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live55:53An Anaconda strategy against JapanNotable Point
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:01:54Japan began a naval war without its support systemQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:04:04Operation Starvation and Japan's narrowing optionsNotable Point
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:08:39Why Japanese submarines struggled to reach Allied tradeQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:09:53When Japanese commanders saw the war was lostQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:28:52Philippines relief-force alternativeQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:37:01Could Japan keep expanding in Asia and avoid America?Q&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:16:15Tojo's government fell after the Marianas defeatQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:33:32Could Japanese land-based air have changed the battle?Q&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:57:56What if Japan attacked America but not Britain?Q&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:17:31Pearl Harbor as a failed decisive-battle setupQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:27:55Why Kantai Kessen could not solve Japan's industrial mismatchNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:31:38Why San Diego was a harder Japanese targetQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:43:43Special Naval Landing Forces in early 1942Q&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:44:25Why Japan struggled to raid Allied supply linesQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:47:32What total destruction at Pearl Harbor would costNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:49:39Why occupying Darwin would not mean conquering AustraliaNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books2:12:36Australia's fighter problem was industrial and geographicQ&A
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)8:37Kantai Kessen meets American strategyNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)10:21Combined Fleet leadership from Yamamoto to ToyodaNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)57:29Saipan triggers the fleet battleChapter
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:41:34The final doctrine lessonNotable Point
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword25:05Where naval shore bombardment had its greatest effectQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword1:06:10Why European amphibious veterans still needed Pacific retrainingQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword1:14:23How costly an invasion of Japan might have becomeQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword2:54:29How wartime observers compared amphibious theatresQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword3:00:53Why Normandy could not use a Pacific-style bombardmentNotable Point
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword3:24:19Why the Pacific advance had to pass through more islandsQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)3:12:28Mixed Lexington carrier and battlecruiser task groupsNotable Point
- Basil Jones: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 121:00Operation Irregular targets Japanese island logisticsChapter
- Basil Jones: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 130:45Destroyers and Liberators coordinate under air attackChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?36:58Why Dutch neutrality would not secure the East IndiesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?3:33:41Yamato and Nagato at GuadalcanalQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?3:55:57Why Japanese carrier aircrew losses were operationalQ&A
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War2:44:57Cunningham or Nimitz as the best admiral of the warQ&A
- Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History9:36A Liberty-ship repair crew waits without power in San Pedro BayChapter
- Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History11:09Repairing a kamikaze-damaged Liberty ship in the PhilippinesChapter
- Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History17:57LCM-3 tank lighters carry armour onto Pacific beachesNotable Point
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers1:33:14The British Pacific Fleet restored influence through presenceChapter
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers1:39:01Cruiser variety in the British Pacific FleetNotable Point
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:12:16Force Z's loss angered Britain more than it demoralized itQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:21:06British night-flying carriers in the early Pacific WarQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:26:52Ernest King's resistance to shared Pacific commandQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:32:37Why Japan could not simply bypass Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:42:22Why US Marines island-hopped while the Army prepared for NormandyQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:26:16Kido Butai's elite strength lacked replacement depthQ&A
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P4/5 Summary... was Lend Lease worth it?5:02Aid totals reveal Allied staging prioritiesNotable Point
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA42:47Precise prices disguise false gasoline and aircraft storiesNotable Point
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...2:47:39Middle Eastern aviation fuel moved to American Pacific forcesNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland21:17HMCS Uganda with the British Pacific FleetChapter
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland24:21Why HMCS Uganda's crew voted against continued Pacific serviceNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 3 Trinidad to Bermuda42:30Bermuda moves from Torch to prisoner recoveryChapter
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...2:17:44Why USS Enterprise received a British naval pennantQ&A
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:00:29Why US Navy Seabees mattered to the Pacific advanceQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered35:58Japan's war timing and the inevitability of US interventionQ&A
- Four Random Books 19: A Decade of Brasseys24:52Lingayen Gulf as a combined naval-air-amphibious operationChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s1:31:32HMS Unicorn as a mobile carrier-support systemNotable Point
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 192059:37The Pacific range problem for Japanese destroyersQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19202:24:25Japan's army-navy rivalry as a strategic handicapNotable Point
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19202:37:29New Marianas airfields for RAF Bomber CommandQ&A
- Town Class Part 4 of 7: Overview of War15:52Why the Far East cruiser plan unraveledChapter
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys7:54In Harm's Way and the loss of USS IndianapolisChapter
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:33:03What a later start to the Second World War would change at seaQ&A
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"1:31:31Midway proves a battle need not end a war to be decisiveNotable Point
- Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"7:14The Big Blue Blanket fighter-direction systemChapter
- Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"30:42Fleet carriers, convoy escorts, and strike escort carriersNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol47:18Perth's last fight in Sunda StraitChapter
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol50:15Hobart's route from Apollo to Task Force 74Notable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol53:29How HMAS Hobart survived a torpedo hitNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol58:28Hobart carried Australia to Japan's surrenderNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol1:01:06A Commonwealth navy in a global warNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American4:47War Plan Orange and the Pacific logistics problemNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American5:18War Plan Orange and decisive-battle assumptionsNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American6:09War Plan Orange and the exposed fleet trainNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American7:07Philippine battle scenarios and Japanese attrition attacksNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation46:43Wake Island's improvised Marine air defenceChapter
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation52:20Testing casualty claims for Operation DownfallQ&A
- Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/230:26Why the Pacific War is not a universal fleet templateNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War3:28:54A British command against JapanQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War3:43:43Britain's plans for invading JapanQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers22:22A layered cruiser blockade across the PacificQ&A
- Four Random Books 9: Command in Their Own Words0:46William Slim on constrained command in BurmaChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-1021:58A counterfactual early Japanese-American warNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:29:52Slim and MacArthur as Pacific commandersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:32:53Were Pacific admirals mavericks?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:39:45Swapping Nimitz and CunninghamQ&A
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers22:18Cunningham's case for eighteen fighters over the fleetNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers55:17Why Crete's carrier-covering operation is easily forgottenNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:58:50A balanced introduction to the Imperial Japanese NavyChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:03:26The Japanese Navy's limited Atlantic reachQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A15:18When bayonets and knives remain battlefield weaponsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:38:20Would Japan benefit if the Pacific Fleet were elsewhere?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:44:49Did Japan have a practical plan to invade Australia?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:46:18With the Old Breed and the conditions on PeleliuChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:55:24Iwo Jima's airfields and the road to JapanChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:05:33Did the Iwo Jima bombing reveal the island's value?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:06:15The atomic-bomb counterfactual at Iwo JimaNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:12:26Why the B-29 belonged in the PacificQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:13:50Lancasters as a backup atomic-bomb carrierQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:16:33Could Tribal-class destroyers fight in the Pacific?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:25:56If the Solomon Islands campaign had gone worseQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 429:05American preparedness and British commerce raidingQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...12:15Wartime refits and Britain's early Pacific windowNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 46:49Launching is not commissioning for the King George V classChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 48:04The cruiser pipeline cannot be redesigned overnightNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 431:31Late Axis entry meets an already-mobilized allianceChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 439:30A nominally neutral America as a Pacific supply baseNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 446:01A Pacific-first war changes the ships Britain buildsChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 42:30Why American entry looks likelyChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 47:38A fleet problem becomes a Pacific reinforcementChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 427:16Blockade after the decisive fleet actionNotable Point
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest part 1 of 218:34O-, P-, and R-class boats for distant patrolsChapter
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest part 1 of 224:24Range comes with a shallow-water tradeoffNotable Point
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest part 1 of 231:18HMS Trident from the Mediterranean to the Far EastNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A21:02Robert Leckie's Pacific War memoirNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:13:54How Japan outran its logistical limits early in the Pacific WarQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:48:53If Pearl Harbor had met a prepared U.S. fleetQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:57:45Why holding the Philippines and Singapore hurts JapanQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:04:11How the Panama Canal shapes Pacific naval logisticsQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A23:31First-hand accounts of Pacific carrier warfareChapter
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:01:56A war without German commerce raidingQ&A
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (L)22:21Rufe: the Zero's costly floatplane conversionNotable Point
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (Q)1:00Why flying boats mattered to long-range patrolChapter
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?49:30A longer-ranged Queen Elizabeth alternativeQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:16:27Why Operation Downfall is difficult to studyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:29:56What British carriers might change at Coral SeaQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:41:21Replacing a catastrophic carrier loss after Coral SeaQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:03:56Why the Fletcher fit US Pacific doctrineQ&A
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)31:54Pacific-war changes and construction delaysChapter
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?0:02Why the land campaign shapes the naval storyChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 3 of 327:41A Hawaii counterfactual asks how Japan could shape the US advanceNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 1 of 232:51Elco S-class gunboats traded torpedoes for concentrated automatic fireNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:17:32King's Pacific offensive was the least bad optionQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:00:37For Royal Navy Pacific operations, read beyond the obvious campaign booksQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:36:37A reliable Mark 14 would improve rather than transform the early Pacific warQ&A
- An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)6:30USS Spearfish and submarine sea denialNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A17:56War Plan Orange as a guide to American Pacific strategyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A21:27British Pacific Fleet history built from veterans' recollectionsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A30:57Operational maps for Coral Sea and Midway, plus an IJN overviewNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A49:25Why Japan could not solve its wartime production gapQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:01:44Japan's strategic dependence on an Anglo-American partnerQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:10:04China, commercial interests, and American Pacific powerQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:20:17A Japanese strategy of seizing Hawaii and blocking PanamaQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:08:21Where Prince of Wales might go after a surviving Force Z withdrawsQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy57:08Why two battleships could not deter JapanQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:39:04Japan's expectation of battle followed by negotiationNotable Point
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:50:23How earlier wars emptied the Far East cruiser planQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A15:03Light fleet carriers in an invasion of JapanQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A20:48The multinational force behind Operation DownfallQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A24:24Why blockade did not remove the case for invading JapanQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A24:49Casualty estimates and a possible surrender timelineQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A30:28Moving Soviet troops into an invasion of JapanQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A31:07An Army focused on China tries to direct a global warQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A31:53The strategic cost of not invading HawaiiNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A33:08Why the Western Allies might accept Soviet landings in JapanQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A34:17The Yalta bargain for Soviet entry against JapanQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A34:26Bypassing Japanese forces in the Dutch East IndiesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A35:00How Japan's service ministers could bring down governmentsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A39:56Why bad information survives in authoritarian commandsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:04:44Japanese warships must be judged against Japanese doctrineQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:34:21Why Fletcher is the favorite US Navy destroyerQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history46:34Royal Navy plans for commerce raidingQ&A
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iv)5:33Bulolo and the headquarters ships across theatersNotable Point
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iv)14:02HMS Boxer as a larger fighter-direction shipNotable Point
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iv)15:48Landing ship engineering and forward repairChapter
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iv)19:12Why Pacific distance transformed amphibious logisticsChapter
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iv)22:25Landing-ship designs adapted for the PacificNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie52:18Could Operation C have changed the postwar balance?Notable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:26:32Mitscher preferred, Fletcher respected, and Halsey criticisedQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 0: Update & Some Amphibious Questions Answered41:41Why LVTs were essential in the PacificQ&A
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iii)1:40How three LST marks divided the design problemChapter
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iii)3:23Who controlled the Pacific shaped the LST Mark IIINotable Point
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iii)20:18The LST Mark III was timed for the Pacific warChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:34:57Why did Allied landing-craft bows differ?Q&A
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:38:48Why Europe and the Pacific needed different craftQ&A
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:41:56British LVT use and the Royal Marines' postwar pathQ&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?49:00Did the US and Royal Navies value destroyers differently?Q&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!17:24HMS Unicorn and a globally supported carrier fleetChapter
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!36:09Armor as an answer to distant-war logisticsChapter
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!38:12Why American yards could not solve every British Pacific repair problemQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:20:20How armored carriers absorbed kamikaze attacksQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:35:54British and American sustained air operations convergeQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:57:58Highball and the Sea Mosquito assessedQ&A