Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Plan Z

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  1. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    21:34Plan Z and the political choice behind a diesel fleetChapter
  2. America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class
    39:52How other naval programmes might reactChapter
  3. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    50:12Why a 1942 Plan Z remains constrainedChapter
  4. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    1:50:16The Royal Navy's immediate answer to Plan ZQ&A
  5. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    35:01Plan Z escorts were a missed small-cruiser opportunityChapter
  6. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    38:18Project J was fast enough for the capital ships it would escortNotable Point
  7. Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?
    34:01Plan Z and inward-looking strategyNotable Point
  8. Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...
    22:50Plan Z and individually powerful destroyersNotable Point
  9. If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?
    18:28Prestige and competing budgets undermine Germany's fleet plansNotable Point
  10. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    1:09:09Restoring Germany's pre-1914 shipbuilding capacity in 1933Q&A
  11. What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)
    25:34Yamato's 18-inch guns distort every rival building programNotable Point
  12. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:03:20Why German naval industry never recovered before 1939Q&A
  13. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    0:32Why postwar blame can distort Plan ZNotable Point
  14. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    3:03What Plan Z proposed to build by 1948Chapter
  15. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    3:14A Scharnhorst-based fleet could have arrived soonerNotable Point
  16. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    11:31Shipyards and lost expertise constrained Plan ZChapter
  17. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    16:57The conventional anti-British concept of operationsChapter
  18. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    17:35Plan Z was a moving program, not one fixed blueprintNotable Point
  19. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    20:48Why a surprise concentration was implausibleNotable Point
  20. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    24:23Separating Hitler's rhetoric from operational intentNotable Point
  21. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    30:30Small, varied classes magnified the readiness burdenNotable Point
  22. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    32:36The Soviet fleet would also use the years before 1948Notable Point
  23. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    33:42What Plan Z could realistically send into the North SeaChapter
  24. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    35:32Plan Z could not assume Norwegian and French basesNotable Point
  25. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    38:07Plan Z could not freeze the Royal Navy in 1938Chapter
  26. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    46:10An alternative Plan Z concept: Baltic control against the Soviet UnionChapter
  27. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    49:01Raiding Britain, not defeating it for sea controlChapter
  28. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    50:56A longer arms race favored the maritime democraciesNotable Point
  29. A 1920s Caspian Sea Carrier: What happens if the German/Soviet relationship includes a carrier?
    1:06:30A settled raiding mission avoids carrier requirement driftNotable Point
  30. Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...
    59:14How the United States might answer a completed Plan ZQ&A
  31. The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea
    30:01Plan Z could not develop in isolation from other naviesNotable Point
  32. The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea
    51:22Germany attempted commerce raiding with ships designed for other warsNotable Point
  33. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    2:24:09Why a delayed Second World War still hurts Plan ZNotable Point
  34. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    3:40:31Why a Plan Z fleet sortie strains historical credibilityNotable Point
  35. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    2:32:45Comparing Soviet and German fleet threats if war is delayedQ&A
  36. Ramblings Emergency Broadcast
    57:06Dream fleets still need fuel, crews, and a war economyQ&A
  37. Ramblings Emergency Broadcast
    1:01:54Graf Zeppelin against a mature carrier forceNotable Point
  38. Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat
    1:19:57An 11-inch-cruiser alternative to German Plan ZQ&A
  39. Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier
    1:03:12National strategy sets each navy's logistical ceilingNotable Point
  40. What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier
    45:19Germany: Plan Z's quality-quantity trapChapter
  41. What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier
    53:04Germany's balanced peacetime fleetNotable Point
  42. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    3:52:10Infrastructure limits on naval expansionQ&A
  43. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    33:30Why rebuilding German sea power required decadesNotable Point
  44. Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    48:28Plan Z and battleships for a Royal Indian NavyQ&A
  45. Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    58:03Could Germany have gone directly to 16-inch guns?Q&A
  46. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    3:50:15Was Plan Z meant to exhaust Britain's economy?Q&A
  47. Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London
    3:17:24Plan Z triggers a three-way building spiralNotable Point
  48. The Graf Zepplin's Proposed Teeth: The Fi 167 & JU-87C, Key Aircaft Series 1 - Aircraft 8
    25:49Plan Z needed time to build the systems behind the shipsNotable Point
  49. Imperial Russia Survives WWI: A Patreon Requested Alternate History
    31:17Five-power diplomacy and German maritime disarmamentChapter
  50. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:58:50Industrial capacity limits Axis-victory counterfactualsNotable Point
  51. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:04:47Why enlarged British light cruisers need not trigger an arms raceQ&A
  52. Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books
    3:08:29What forty County-class cruisers do to treaty fleetsQ&A
  53. Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books
    3:47:30Why France could not answer Plan Z aloneQ&A
  54. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    24:44German yard intelligence brought British escorts forwardNotable Point
  55. Stalingrad Class: Stalin's Ship Dreams - KSS2 S7 Comment Response
    0:23Could the Soviet Union afford the Stalingrad class?Q&A
  56. Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?
    21:39Norway opened the route into the AtlanticChapter
  57. What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?
    20:34Why the Kriegsmarine remains third in lineNotable Point
  58. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    1:24:09Plan Z and the limits of German rearmamentChapter
  59. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    0:01Paper strength versus industrial realityChapter
  60. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    26:18Design growth outruns German yard capacityChapter
  61. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    40:36H-42's gun existed ahead of its factoryNotable Point
  62. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    41:46Plan Z needed time, money, and naval priorityChapter
  63. Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 3
    24:47Why Project 23 and Plan Z outran maritime infrastructureNotable Point
  64. Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?
    3:36:11Would Germany still build a surface fleet?Q&A
  65. Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 1
    1:17:38How a known Yamato could distort rival building programmesNotable Point
  66. Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years
    1:18:06Risk-fleet theory and Plan Z's paper strengthChapter
  67. Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years
    1:20:12How British construction would answer Plan ZNotable Point
  68. Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?
    2:57:43Industrial infrastructure limited Axis war plansChapter
  69. Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued
    2:21:49Plan Z runs into industrial limitsQ&A
  70. Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued
    2:42:38Turbine manufacture limits Germany's capital-ship programmeQ&A
  71. Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued
    2:45:51Britain could answer Plan Z while Germany was still buildingQ&A
  72. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    1:22:27How long would German naval industry have needed to recover?Q&A
  73. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    1:43:50Deutschland's guns invited the wrong opponentsChapter
  74. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    11:38Plan Z's force mix and caliber burdenNotable Point
  75. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    14:21Jutland, Scapa Flow, and the missing fleet purposeChapter
  76. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    17:53Plan Z's presence fleet and mine-warfare logicNotable Point
  77. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    58:07Plan Z's calendars and the Raeder-Dönitz rivalryChapter
  78. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    1:00:00Plan Z and the Allied industrial responseNotable Point
  79. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    1:03:11The enemy fleet and German command Plan Z would meet in 1948Notable Point
  80. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    1:09:20H-class scale, range, and the raiding contradictionNotable Point
  81. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    27:44Plan Z needed shipbuilding investment a decade earlierNotable Point
  82. Washington Cheaties: Comment Response
    55:01Why Plan Z exceeded a static treaty-ratio fleetNotable Point
  83. Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...
    1:45:24Why German cruiser plans, doctrine, and operations divergedNotable Point
  84. Bruships 90: Books From the Road
    3:54:40Bismarck alone could not deter the Royal Navy battle lineQ&A
  85. Bruships 90: Books From the Road
    3:59:28German raiding theory, Plan Z, and actual construction never alignedNotable Point
  86. Bruships 90: Books From the Road
    4:10:59Germany never settled what foreign-policy purpose its navy should serveNotable Point
  87. Bruships 90: Books From the Road
    4:16:02Waiting until 1948 would not solve Plan Z's strategic and economic contradictionsQ&A
  88. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    3:17Two-ocean planning and the infrastructure answer to Plan ZNotable Point
  89. Chapyev Class (Projekt 68 of the Soviet Navy): Fighting the Peace
    36:54An impossible battlefleet leaves Project 68 as the cornerstoneNotable Point
  90. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    1:38:36Why delaying war would not complete Plan ZQ&A
  91. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    1:42:35Plan Z would provoke a larger Allied naval raceQ&A
  92. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    1:44:48The Royal Navy's answer to Plan Z was continuous replacementQ&A
  93. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    1:49:52The Two-Ocean Navy Act as America's Plan ZQ&A
  94. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    2:04:15Plan Z and the High Seas Fleet problemQ&A
  95. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1942
    9:11Bismarck exposed the Kriegsmarine's unbalanced forceChapter
  96. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    30:35A 10:10:7:4:4 ratio intended to reassure JapanChapter
  97. All Forward vs Aft Balance Main Armament: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    4:16Reichsmarine design choices and institutional memoryChapter
  98. Leipzig Class (Reichsmarine)
    19:43Why Plan Z needed industrial preparation before 1939Notable Point
  99. The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)
    1:12Kriegsmarine secret projects and the limits of Plan ZNotable Point
  100. The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)
    4:25Why the Deutschland class were heavy cruisersNotable Point
  101. The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)
    7:10H-class battleships and the risks of paper designNotable Point
  102. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    3:29:25Gorshkov: strategy must fit the stateChapter
  103. Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…
    3:10:54Naval readiness timetables before the Second World WarNotable Point
  104. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/4
    21:10Raeder’s political limits and unbuildable plansQ&A
  105. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    2:20:37Why Plan Z needed Britain to stand stillQ&A
  106. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    31:11Plan Z's missing destroyer screenChapter
  107. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    2:39:52Germany planned for war with Britain in 1948, not 1939Q&A
  108. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz
    17:16Plan Z meets industrial capacity and escort productionChapter
  109. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P1/14: Erich Raeder
    10:01Plan Z and the revival of risk-fleet strategyChapter
  110. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered
    11:42The Kriegsmarine as a new risk fleetQ&A
  111. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered
    14:38Why German naval expansion would trigger countermobilizationNotable Point
  112. Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    40:35Why Plan Z battleships were an awkward raider conceptQ&A
  113. Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    45:33Plan Z exceeded German wartime industrial capacityQ&A