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- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...2:22French and Italian fleets in the treaty eraChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...55:55French submarines against Italy's Libyan supply routeNotable Point
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...56:18How radar helped British night fighting before radar fire controlNotable Point
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...57:49What a larger Taranto strike might changeChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:01:18More Taranto hits and the limits of Italian repairsNotable Point
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:06:37Italian torpedo specialists would remain a threatNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:23Four Italian light carriers would strain the treaty systemQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:23How aerial torpedoes were adapted for shallow harboursNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:55A 1940 Italian attempt to seize the French fleetQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:02Italian strategy after controlling the MediterraneanQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:31:58Terribile as Italy's earliest plausible Trafalgar winnerQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live52:10How many carriers the Regia Marina neededQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:50:34Why Italy adopted numerous autocannon earlyQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:04:13The Japanese carrier lessons Aquila neededQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:31:12Why the Regia Marina did not challenge the Malta air planQ&A
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?0:18Why the French fleet changes the Allied balanceChapter
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?40:51No Mers-el-Kébir and a larger Taranto strikeNotable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?45:25Giulio Cesare and the limits of a larger Taranto raidNotable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?53:02Could early defeats unseat Mussolini?Chapter
- Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...53:30Why a submarine-only threat was easier to counterNotable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:05:22The Battle of Cape Bon night ambushNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:36Getting U-boats past GibraltarQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:32:04A freed Ark Royal transforms the Taranto strikeChapter
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:46:18Defeat in Libya and Taranto threatens MussoliniChapter
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:38:39French ship quality varies by class but matches Italy overallQ&A
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?38:21Axis reactions face strict industrial limitsChapter
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?41:38A triple-carrier Taranto could create lasting superiorityNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?45:03A heavier Taranto strike could keep Crete and cut Axis suppliesNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?46:27A smaller Italian battle fleet frees Queen Elizabeth-class shipsNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:05:17Earlier cruisers could give Force Z a proper screenNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:06:41Italian cruisers would remain a serious opponentNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:21:19Holding Crete could reduce carrier damage and encourage reinforcementNotable Point
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:10Why German and Italian naval designers did not cooperateQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:04France's bargaining position at WashingtonQ&A
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?1:13:10How an Italian change of sides would alter the Mediterranean warChapter
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:02:51A three-carrier Taranto raid could cripple the Italian fleetChapter
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:06:08Why Italy would struggle to recover from a larger Taranto raidQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:31:10A crippled Italian fleet makes the fall of Crete less certainQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:38:46Carrier strength could let Cunningham add a battleship bombardment at TarantoQ&A
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...31:18Italy needs organic reconnaissance for Mediterranean convoy warChapter
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...34:48The IMAM Ro.43 offers endurance with a recovery penaltyNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...39:19Airborne spotting matters most at battleship gun rangesNotable Point
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?29:23Mussolini's prestige race and Italy's naval standingChapter
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?1:39:04If Italy exits the Axis in December 1941Chapter
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?1:43:30How Italian withdrawal could isolate the Afrika KorpsNotable Point
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?1:46:15The Mediterranean Fleet reinforces the Far EastChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:24:01A victorious Regia Marina's proposed 1960s forceQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:14:33Italy's strategic aims in the treaty settlementNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…4:14:30Carrier mass at Malta and Taranto in an accelerated 1940Chapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon43:39Industrial depth decides who can replace a lost fleetQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon8:05:38Fuel shortages drive the Cape Bon missionChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon8:10:18Why the first Italian fuel run turned backNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon8:18:21Destroyers strike at knife-fighting range off Cape BonChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon8:22:40Cape Bon denies fuel and delivers a British victoryNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon8:23:58A neutral Italy's possible postwar fleetQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:37:43Why multiplying each alliance's best navy still favors the AlliesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust3:12:03How Italian neutrality could transform the Mediterranean warQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust3:57:26Caracciolo-class battleships would push older Italian ships into reserveQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust7:29:53Capable Italian crews were undermined above ship levelNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress4:04:43Why leadership alone could not transform the Regia MarinaQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress5:05:18The fatal assumption that darkness protected the convoyNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress5:11:49Force K's radar ambush of the Duisburg convoyChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress5:16:33Divided batteries and confusion in the Duisburg convoyChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress5:21:44Why the Duisburg convoy escort could not recoverNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:32:54Would stronger anti-aircraft batteries change Taranto?Notable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:42:07Judging the Capitani Romani by how they were deployedNotable Point
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:34A modernized Italian fleet could push British capital ships from the MediterraneanQ&A
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?29:53France and Italy face capital-ship replacement choicesNotable Point
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?1:10:09Italy recasts Caracciolos as battlecruisersNotable Point
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?1:13:16France must answer Italian fast capital shipsNotable Point
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?1:18:40Continuous building drives reciprocal modernizationNotable Point
- What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?25:52Destroyer culture rewarded attacks against stronger shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:16:42Choosing the Axis destroyer best suited to its theaterQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:57Would a larger Taranto raid free Italy's cruisers to fight?Q&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:10How other powers might read a larger Taranto victoryQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:41:31How the Caracciolo class could upset Washington treaty arithmeticQ&A
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...30:11Unexpected directions in Mediterranean raidingNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...41:33Historical damage and Taranto's operational payoffChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...46:39The unrealized two-carrier damage caseNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:10:42Twenty-five torpedo hits against Italian protectionChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:13:15Flare silhouettes and Italian anti-aircraft enduranceNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:18:32The Italian battlefleet after a larger TarantoChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:23:43Mediterranean force deployment after TarantoChapter
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:55:29Italian carriers force an Allied Mediterranean buildupQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:58:06Who controls an Italian carrier's air group at sea?Q&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:01:19Could limited Italian carrier fighters still defend a fleet?Q&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:54:52Perfect British naval gunnery from 1939Q&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:53:38Fletcher and Tribal destroyers together in the MediterraneanQ&A
- Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?35:32Führer Directive 28 meets a different CreteChapter
- Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?39:30Axis coordination may prevent an invasionChapter
- Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?44:04The invasion becomes a Mediterranean fleet battleChapter
- Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?50:42Italy faces a dangerous commitment off CreteNotable Point
- Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?1:01:42An invasion fleet sacrifices freedom to maneuverNotable Point
- Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?1:02:19Crete changes fleets, North Africa, and Force ZChapter
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48A visual reference guide to Mussolini's NavyNotable Point
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:40C.200 and C.202 as Italian carrier fightersQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:30Could an Italian carrier control its aircraft after launch?Q&A
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability42:10Why the Regia Marina insisted on shipborne reconnaissanceChapter
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability46:34The command chain that made Italian sightings arrive lateNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?1:55Pom-pom or Bofors depends on the expected air threatQ&A
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?42:09Why not build the maximal fast battleship?Notable Point
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?1:20:45Judge weapons by the metrics that matter in combatNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...38:29Why the Royal Navy sank Pola instead of towing her homeQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...40:43A captured Pola could become an Australian prize cruiserNotable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:00:23If Italy solved its naval ammunition problems before entering the warQ&A
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction48:37Royal Navy procurement faced several qualitative rivalsNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...48:13How a submarine-only Germany could strengthen a British attack on TarantoNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:37An all-submarine Germany shifts Royal Navy power eastQ&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:58:42Cape Matapan realized the prewar battle planNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:05:16Why Italian wartime forces gained a poor reputationNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:07:29Second Sirte: tactical success, strategic failureChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:09:17First Sirte: light escorts, gunfire, and radarChapter
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership30:50Why a more successful Taranto raid would not automatically remove ItalyQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership1:54:52Doubling Washington Treaty carrier tonnageQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?24:41Italian carriers reshape the Mediterranean naval warQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:48:49Could interwar infrastructure and quality control improve Italy's fleet?Q&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?17:14Could Italian fast battleships have saved HMS Tiger?Q&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?46:13Could Italy open the war with a strike on Toulon?Q&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?3:39:16Could Nelson and Rodney be made faster for an Italian threat?Q&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?3:59:10France designs against Littorio, not a weaker BismarckQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:08:18Why a major Italian surprise attack would meet layered defensesQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/42:14:17The Battles of Sirte and the cost of withdrawing too soonQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/43:52:45Testing Michelangelo's paper design against engineering spaceNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/48:24:03Why better Axis long-range air support matters more than perfect shellsQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/44:48:34Why an early naval-treaty collapse would not hand the Axis parityQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/45:01:00The consequences of common German-Italian naval armamentQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/46:21:20Four carriers would turn Taranto into a fleet-ending strikeQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/46:45:51Cochrane with modern carrier doctrine would strike Italy earlyQ&A
- Beatty of the Mediterranean: Finding the Right Peg for the Right Hole?1:07:13The third route: Goeben in Austria-HungaryChapter
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....23:21Where an Italian carrier might matter mostQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall7:23Would early Libyan oil revive Italy's unfinished capital ships?Q&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall1:57:38Why navies did not always use their treaty tonnageQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:07:44An all-forward Lion would be a lateral design choiceQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:17:50Higher treaty limits would not resolve the naval balance problemQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:39:30German-Italian triple 15-inch turrets would accelerate a naval crisisQ&A
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier37:13Italy: completing the Littorios and adding carrier aviationChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!31:20Interwar threat assumptions behind carrier planningNotable Point
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!1:20:26The most useful Axis naval technology exchangesQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!2:02:13War in the Abyssinia Crisis leaves Italy isolatedQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:45:24A monoplane Albacore against the Regia MarinaQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:02:52Early Fireflies against the Italian fleetQ&A
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission2:55:53Why a multidimensional naval threat matteredNotable Point
- Regia Aeronautica's Mainstay: Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 451:35Regia Marina strength and Italy's shortage of industrial timeChapter
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:14:14An Italy-neutral Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:40:18Italian cruiser survival at Cape MatapanQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:56:35Who France's super-dreadnought fleet was built againstQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends12:47How HMS Ajax won against an Italian squadronQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:56:46Testing a 6:6:4:2:2 capital-ship ratioQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends2:06:12Italy joins the Allies in September 1939Q&A
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History58:44Force H gains speed while the Home Fleet gains weightChapter
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:33:46Italy's deterrence logic for giant capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:48:49The Cold War case for Italy retaining battleshipsQ&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...1:11:40Japan's declaration complicates Axis access to supplies and the French fleetChapter
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...1:48:24Nagato and Mutsu could reinforce Cape MatapanNotable Point
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...2:26:02A shattered battlefleet could force Italy out of the warChapter
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons52:16What two Béarns might have changed before the Second World WarNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:36:20Why a 1930 world war begins with Royal Navy dominanceQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:42:20Why delaying the European war to 1948 favors an experienced BritainQ&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle21:30Cape Bon offers an earlier resupply ambushNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 50:35Italy answers France in the dreadnought design raceChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 55:34Why Giulio Cesare became Italy's lucky battleshipNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 56:53From Conte di Cavour to Andrea Doria and Francesco CaraccioloNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 524:03Giulio Cesare and Italy's Adriatic fleet-in-being strategyChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 524:03The class's first postwar anti-aircraft refitNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 528:58Italy at the center of a qualitative dreadnought raceNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 530:30Giulio Cesare at Corfu and the mechanics of naval coercionNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 533:23Rebuilding Giulio Cesare into a 27-knot battleshipChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 535:13Commissioning rules shift risk between navies and shipbuildersNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 543:33Albania exposes the limits of Italian war readinessChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 548:50Fire-control quality undermined by inconsistent Italian shellsNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 550:06Giulio Cesare and Warspite duel at CalabriaChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 554:28Giulio Cesare's protected berth at TarantoChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 557:52From Cape Spartivento to the First Battle of SirteChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 558:33Philip Vian escapes a battleship-heavy force at First SirteNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 51:05:25The Conte di Cavours and Italian treaty equality with FranceChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 51:09:41How Italy assembled its Washington treaty tonnage claimNotable Point
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:33:07Why expanded treaty fleets push Italy toward carriersQ&A
- Navys in the Embassy Bar after the Washington Treaty(1922)4:53Five treaty navies meet after WashingtonChapter
- Navys in the Embassy Bar after the Washington Treaty(1922)8:32Italy loses the Francesco Caracciolo promiseNotable Point
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!19:01The Capitani Romani class as Italy's Atlanta analogueQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!37:10One force-design improvement for each major World War II navyQ&A
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:15:45An Italian carrier reopens control of naval aviationNotable Point
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:33:25A stronger Regia Marina pins British ships in the MediterraneanNotable Point
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers0:01Why an aviation-minded Italy favored seaplane carriersChapter
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers2:16Royal Navy exercises offered Italy an aviation warningNotable Point
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers4:32Seaplane carriers as an institutional compromiseChapter
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers6:24Italian warship design sharpens the carrier paradoxNotable Point
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers16:16Macchi L.3 flying boats give the mobile base reachChapter
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers19:26Parity with Italy traps French naval planningNotable Point
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers19:26Mediterranean geography weakened the carrier caseChapter
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers39:21Macchi M.18s anchor a familiar aviation systemChapter
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers44:28Reconnaissance without surrendering naval controlChapter
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers54:14Mussolini entered the war before Italy was readyNotable Point
- Naval Aviation in 1914: It's Standing Before War Began26:25Italy as the second naval-air powerChapter
- Naval Aviation in 1914: It's Standing Before War Began29:53Italian airpower vision versus payload realityNotable Point
- Naval Aviation in 1914: It's Standing Before War Began31:49Infrastructure and the plateaus of innovationNotable Point
- Naval Aviation in 1914: It's Standing Before War Began37:27Why Italy's exact 1914 air strength is hard to countNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:26:48How 9.2- and 9.4-inch cruisers would reshape rival fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:50:11If the Taranto strike fails completelyQ&A
- What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?1:19:47Axis adoption brings helicopters into prewar combatNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:04:36The helicopter race spreads beyond Britain and AmericaChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:46:44Why early helicopters make the naval war unpredictableChapter
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time34:04Lions and Malta-class carriers create the Axis naval nightmareQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time1:30:06Francesco Caracciolo could define the fast battleshipQ&A
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids1:18:23Italian seaplane carriers pointed toward greater capabilityNotable Point
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI57:22Austro-Hungarian readiness came from planning for its likely warNotable Point
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI1:12:59Italy's second fleet strengthens the Adriatic blockadeChapter
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI1:15:28Italian naval professionalism beyond the stereotypeNotable Point
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:11:44A three-carrier Taranto raid could decide the Mediterranean campaignQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:58:06Cape Bon turned into a rapid Tribal-class destroyer ambushQ&A
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 351:29A second hit might have transformed Matapan and the Albacore's reputationNotable Point
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...52:28Littorio-class battleships excel inside their Mediterranean design envelopeQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:05:26Axis battleship gunnery failures had different national causesQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:27:13Heavily armed British ships force every rival to answerQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:28:57An enemy Italy keeps British battleship construction aliveQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:35:59Prewar naval mistakes in carriers, destroyers, intelligence, and strategyQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:41:23French capital-ship choices could weaken British Mediterranean strategyQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:45:58Radar and rate of fire favor Belfast against TrentoQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:01:29A hostile procurement list pairs impressive ships with hidden weaknessesQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out55:26An early Dante Alighieri would accelerate Austria-Hungary's dreadnought responseQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out2:26:04Pola's isolated crew understood that disaster was approachingQ&A
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response36:13When carrier gunfire does not prove a design needQ&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?1:01:52Would Graf Zeppelin and Aquila overstretch the Royal Navy?Q&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?1:10:44Would Italian neutrality in 1940 hurt the Allies?Q&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?3:23:38What if Italy sortied while Germany concentrated its battleships?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:40:38Were the Dunkerques designed mainly against the Deutschlands?Q&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships14:42A plausible air group for a 1941 Italian carrierQ&A
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...22:45Austro-Hungarian design for the AdriaticChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...32:15Francesco Caracciolo and the cost of 28 knotsChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...34:50Why 28 knots mattered in the MediterraneanNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:01:56How one fast battleship could trigger several foreign responsesNotable Point
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...1:03:40Glorious could turn Taranto into a deeper Italian defeatChapter
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...1:06:11A northern air front changes the Battle of Britain and CreteChapter
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...1:12:16Mediterranean sea control makes North Africa a logistics warChapter
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...1:18:32Taranto's warning may still be discounted at Pearl HarborNotable Point
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres9:00World War I coastal motor boats as giant killersChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres12:49Italian MAS boats from Lake Ladoga to the cruiser MolotovNotable Point
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres14:36Why the Italian MAS formula reached its limitsChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres57:03The Italian CRDA 60 and Mediterranean flexibilityChapter
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre24:28MAS boats from the Adriatic to Lake LadogaNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre30:31MAS boats and Mediterranean hit-and-run warfareChapter
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre1:39:12Italian MS boats: trading some speed for seaworthinessChapter
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre1:43:29How Italian MS boats inherited Schnellboot ideasQ&A
- Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology12:02Unification left Italy with an unready fleetNotable Point
- Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology21:36Italy's rapid naval build-up outpaced integrationChapter
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?3:34:46Germany was not Britain's strongest historical naval opponentNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 71:47:25Continental and blue-water carrier design pathsNotable Point
- Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!13:47Italian capital ships and the danger of planning for the wrong warQ&A
- HMS Nubian: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 531:01British night-fighting doctrine at Cape MatapanNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...53:57Small Italian destroyers and the escort gapChapter
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...56:39Italy and Japan drew on Britain's maritime industrial networkNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...1:02:42Zara's armour did not guarantee survivabilityNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...1:12:29Giussano's speed and exposed aviation facilitiesNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...1:20:09Giussano's thin armour offered little safety from destroyer fireNotable Point
- Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done2:44:27Italian ammunition quality and corrupt contractingNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History42:08Italian heavy cruisers and treaty compromiseQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History46:24Why Italian cruiser guns sat so close togetherQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History48:30Italian shell quality was a procurement problemQ&A
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 328:02Francesco Caracciolo and a harder Mediterranean treaty bargainNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation57:38Taranto's damage reshapes Italian fleet strategyChapter
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History50:27How scout-carrier quotas reshape other naviesNotable Point
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History1:39:25A larger multi-carrier strike at TarantoChapter
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'2:27:50Could an Italian submarine have attacked New York?Q&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:38:14Unlimited British warship production against Italy and JapanQ&A
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response12:39A French-style carrier system spreading across EuropeNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response36:09Joffre-class carriers and an Italian responseQ&A
- HMCS Haida & The Tribal Class: Always Service2:06:51Mohawk and the night action off the Kerkennah IslandsChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History39:06Treaty persistence and Germany's missing fleet infrastructureChapter
- Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina0:00Why the Abruzzi class was the Condottieri culminationChapter
- Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina4:11Adriatic lessons hardened into Italian speed doctrineChapter
- Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina5:55Book navies and the fading memory of combatNotable Point
- Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina20:17The Duke of Abruzzi and the dangers of outward-looking nationalismNotable Point
- Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina24:26Operation Halberd shows where cruiser speed stopped being enoughChapter
- Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina33:01Operation Vigorous judged by the convoy objectiveChapter
- Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina37:37Data and bias shape naval-history judgmentsNotable Point
- Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina39:17Why the Regia Marina and Cape Matapan resist simple storiesNotable Point
- Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina44:38A reflective strengths-and-weaknesses audit for any navyNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:24:28Why Italian warships carried so many gunsQ&A
- Duca D'Aosta Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina4:25Duca d'Aosta in the Mediterranean warChapter
- Duca D'Aosta Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina10:11Duca d'Aosta survives the war and becomes KerchChapter
- Duca D'Aosta Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina12:46Eugenio di Savoia from Barcelona to Operation PedestalChapter
- Duca D'Aosta Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina21:43Prince Eugene's warship namesakes and contested legacyNotable Point
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-4052:02Why hunting a crippled Nelson would not repeat the Bismarck chaseQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-401:20:26Why Axis battleships in Dublin would provoke invasionQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-402:06:04Why a 1930s German-Italian war would remain mainly on landQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments16:55How Britain might answer operational Axis carriersQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments29:23Axis carriers could cause panic without being good shipsQ&A
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 19425:01Italy inherited Graf Zeppelin's carrier-operating problemsChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 19428:09Use Italian engineering for simpler carrier equipmentNotable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194110:06The Regia Marina's unusually balanced Axis fleetChapter
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments50:34Why Italy struggled to organize maritime reconnaissanceQ&A
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194011:21Italy's North African supply problem before entering the warChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194013:33Mediterranean pipelines, cables, and practical limitsNotable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194015:01Italy's achievable 1940 fixes: shell quality and stockpilesChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194016:28Mussolini's strategy constrains Italian naval preparationNotable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194038:14Closing problem: how Italy could expand its escort forceNotable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 193922:12Fuel reserves and production scale for the Regia MarinaChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 193923:42Repairing Italian ammunition quality controlNotable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 193925:27Italy's small-submarine option and command barrierNotable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 193926:20Giving Italian reconnaissance a naval voiceChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193915:24Dunkerque turret complexity versus fleet numbersNotable Point
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine27:00Postwar austerity collides with battleship prestigeChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine44:52Naval treaties make cruisers Italy's status unitsChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine47:15Why did Italy not convert Francesco Caracciolo into a carrier?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine57:15British machinery exposes Italy's industrial constraintChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine1:00:16Could Italy copy Japan's machinery technology transfer?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine1:12:06Would Italian carriers change British planning?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine1:14:56Did Italy have the world's largest submarine fleet in 1940?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine1:36:57Why not sweep British submarines more aggressively?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine1:59:33Why would foreign powers sell Italy naval steel?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:00:31Did the Etna-class light cruisers enter Italian service?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:30:02Why did Italian cruisers remain in service after the war?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:38:39The Duke of Abruzzi links royalty, naval command, diplomacy, and industryNotable Point
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:44:02Did Italian warships have ashtrays and wine on tap?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:52:39Italian cruiser doctrine remains caught between two fleetsChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:55:56Cruiser tonnage might have bought battleships or torpedo swarmsNotable Point
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine3:02:03Cape Matapan puts the Zaras in the wrong battleNotable Point
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine3:04:08Should Italy build only Zaras and Capitani Romani?Q&A
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)33:02Western Mediterranean geography favored speed and air defenseChapter
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)46:02Italy, not Germany, set France's immediate design problemNotable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)1:02:01A fleet for imperial presence, allied war, and ItalyNotable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)1:16:34Elegant ships from an inconsistent naval systemChapter
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)11:09What if French armored cruisers had survived the Washington Treaty?Q&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)42:00Were eighteen interwar French cruisers a large program?Q&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)1:12:00The French war plan against Italy in the western MediterraneanChapter
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)1:39:00Italian and Japanese pressure on French force planningChapter
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)1:53:23Why Taranto did not make Italian battleships irrelevantQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 233:29How Caracciolo completion could enlarge the Littorio classQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels56:28Could a larger Taranto strike force Italy out of the war?Q&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels1:50:23How a British-Italian alliance would reshape the European warQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels1:56:24Why Italy retained obsolete capital ships for treaty bargainingQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels2:04:57Why the loss of Leonardo da Vinci needs archival checkingQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)3:44How extra carriers could compound the Taranto strikeQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:13:23The Franco-Italian naval rivalry behind French battleship buildingNotable Point
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)2:41:05Why equal treaty rights do not require equal naval spendingQ&A
- Giussano Class: Regia Marina's First Condottieri (Long Patrol)3:53Condottieri names and Italian naval identityNotable Point
- Giussano Class: Regia Marina's First Condottieri (Long Patrol)18:57Alberto da Giussano's service ended at Cape BonChapter
- Giussano Class: Regia Marina's First Condottieri (Long Patrol)19:23How to reconcile conflicting Cape Bon accountsNotable Point
- Giussano Class: Regia Marina's First Condottieri (Long Patrol)37:34Bartolomeo Colleoni from Shanghai to Cape SpadaChapter
- Giussano Class: Regia Marina's First Condottieri (Long Patrol)1:13:09Crew bravery could not supply ship survivabilityNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)1:48Spica-class torpedo boats below the treaty thresholdNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)50:44A simpler 10:10:7:4:4 cruiser settlementChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)57:30Balanced bargaining and visible Japanese constructionChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)8:00Why France and Italy received different capital-ship and carrier ratiosNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)59:34How a three-theatre Royal Navy constrains rival concentrationNotable Point
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion0:48Treaty limits and the grey areaChapter
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion34:48Battlecruiser value depends on the theaterNotable Point
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:55:41Why the Italian Navy posed the greater wartime threatQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:08:16Why British convoys still needed heavy cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:26:33A naval war during the Abyssinian CrisisQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:30:56Why Giulio Cesare was hard to attack at TarantoQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru2:18:47Why Italian frogman raids were different from ordinary sabotageQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru3:00:03Renown and Repulse against four modernized Italian battleshipsQ&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:42:16A naval technology race need not lead to warNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:15:44Did six-inch gun performance vary by navy?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:27:20Did Axis cruisers fit their intended roles?Q&A
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)21:54A larger Taranto strike tests Italian repair capacityNotable Point
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)25:17Taranto’s result could redistribute the battle fleetNotable Point
- County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued43:18Berwick under Italian fire in Operation CollarNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)30:09Taranto in a single-front Mediterranean warQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII2:27:22Italian night-fighting skill remained concentrated in small elite unitsQ&A
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?1:18:56Taranto and the problem of damaging too muchNotable Point
- My G3/N3 Dreadnought Battleship + Battle Cruiser = Fast Battleship Design26:25Testing the design against a Regia Marina-style forceNotable Point
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books28:57Could the battleship Roma have survived as a museum ship?Q&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books1:19:03Taranto's possible North African effectQ&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books1:27:54Judging the Regia Marina's convoy warQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary16:23Shipboard and shore guns in Taranto's defenceQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary25:02Why concentrating at Taranto was riskyChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary30:11Why Italy concentrated its battle fleet at TarantoQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary32:23A raid both too successful and not successful enoughNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:06:10Would sinking the battleships in deep water have cost Italy more?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:18:38How Italy contained news of the raidQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:19:22Why Britain expected the whole Italian fleet to answerQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:33:42Taranto and Italy's radar problemQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:45:44Why Italy could not safely divide its battle fleetQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:58:51The Regia Marina near its peak in 1940Q&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary2:00:34Taranto's postwar fleet-base roleQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary2:57:47Battle damage and the limits of victoryChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary3:08:44Target geometry inside Taranto harbourNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary3:17:25Operation White exposes Taranto's strategic limitNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary3:24:07What happened to Taranto's damaged battleshipsQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary4:03:06Why Italy struggled to finish aircraft carriersQ&A
- The Results: Taranto Long Patrol5:50A fleet concentrated in an exposed anchorageChapter
- The Results: Taranto Long Patrol6:43Success inside Italy's principal eastern baseNotable Point
- The Results: Taranto Long Patrol8:16Why the Regia Marina moved to NaplesChapter
- The Results: Taranto Long Patrol16:12A limited strike with a disproportionate deterrent effectChapter
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P35:54Why Taranto mattered to Italian fleet mobilityChapter
- WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol13:17Why the Regia Marina became the immediate targetChapter
- WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol16:46Taranto damaged Italy without ending the fleet threatNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…1:52:21Working Italian shells and a British building responseNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:23:09Why the Regia Marina posed the stronger fleet threatQ&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:32:18Andrea Doria class as capable personal favouritesNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:37:15How the battleship Dante Alighieri influenced the Gangut classQ&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:41:35Francesco Caracciolo and the Italian Navy that might have beenNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:17:52Royal Navy planning had to cover Japan, Italy, Germany, and the Soviet UnionQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:34:35Every major navy entered the war with a different readiness gapQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 3/417:34What made a navy ready for war in 1939?Q&A
- 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 2/40:37Why Italian naval and air cooperation stayed limitedQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 2/428:18Why the Regia Marina was Britain's strategically awkward opponentNotable Point
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.3:19:04Britain answered Italian light cruisers with several ship typesQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli2:26Burzagli's place in the interwar Regia MarinaChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli17:53Heavy cruisers as Burzagli's building legacyNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli20:29The Regia Marina as a Mediterranean strategic fulcrumChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli28:37Comparing Italian, Japanese, and German fleet balanceChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli30:37Teaching as a source of fleet cultureNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai15:18Why Yonai doubted war with Britain and AmericaNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P11/14 Soemu Toyoda0:18Why Ernesto Burzagli joined the Axis chiefs seriesNotable Point
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence11:44Ernesto Burzagli as a model for Italian naval officersNotable Point
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence1:13:50Recovering the Italian Navy's wartime reputationChapter
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence1:31:13Why Italy's war mattered even when its forces struggledNotable Point
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence1:39:26Italy outside the war could complete a stronger balanced fleetQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P8/14: Raffaele de Courten2:15De Courten's early naval careerChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P8/14: Raffaele de Courten3:05Division command in the Mediterranean warNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P8/14: Raffaele de Courten3:36Keeping the fleet from scuttling in 1943Chapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P8/14: Raffaele de Courten4:17Defining Italian naval cooperation with the AlliesNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P8/14: Raffaele de Courten5:54Competence and political leadership in the Regia MarinaNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:22:01Cavagnari answered directly to MussoliniNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:27:29Cavagnari built an Italian fleet around two ship typesNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:28:38Axis admirals entered the war with different expectationsQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:31:44The Italian fleet needed balance more than another battleshipChapter
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:36:54Crete was not a German-only victoryNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:45:55Riccardi replaced Cavagnari without transforming the fleetNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:53:39Riccardi still needed six months to secure a carrierNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:55:04Italy's weak naval chiefs did not make every admiral weakNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:56:02De Courten brought the Italian fleet alongside the AlliesNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P3/14: Domenico Cavagnari0:02Italian naval ranks and Cavagnari's postChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P3/14: Domenico Cavagnari20:44Battle of Calabria and Cavagnari's removalChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 7/11 The Roaring Twenties14:39Italy's Turbine class and the torpedo-boat inheritanceChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 7/11 The Roaring Twenties16:58Turbine-class losses and the air threatNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 7/11 The Roaring Twenties24:41How smaller navies magnify a narrow doctrineNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW240:23How the Imperial Japanese Navy compared with the Regia MarinaQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW23:01:04Why an Italian fighter hybrid might have answered a real needQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW23:06:54Why catapult fighters were an awkward Italian carrier substituteQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/733:33Axis naval infrastructure sets different limitsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...19:43Mediterranean choke points and the case for protectionNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)3:19:03Benedetto Brin and the logic of harbour attackQ&A
- Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 3/3 Scapa to Type 32224:28Why Germany did not initially panic the Royal NavyNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered12:57Italy's carrier gap under Mare NostrumNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s1:43:42Why France and Italy did not exploit their carrier tonnageQ&A
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond5:16Taranto strikes fuel, prestige, and protected watersNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond7:34One operation forces several Italian responsesNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond18:40Damaged battleships change Mediterranean operationsChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark28:50Taranto's place in Mediterranean force balanceChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark1:05:15Harbour geography and incomplete torpedo nets shape the attackChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark1:10:02Sound detectors could warn Taranto without preventing surpriseNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark1:12:46Readiness and complex mounts weaken Italian anti-aircraft fireChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark1:18:51A crowded anchorage restricts Italian fields of fireNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:38:17If Taranto and Matapan had not weakened the Italian fleetQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 419:11An experienced Royal Navy enters the MediterraneanNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 422:26Italian air power faces a Pacific-tested carrier fleetNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P4 Introduction to Patreon Video 4...8:53What the Regia Marina bringsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:42:33If Italy had disabled Valiant and Queen ElizabethQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:01:32The weakest wartime light cruisersQ&A
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest Part 2 of 27:20The Regia Marina and a missed Malta assaultNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You16:37Spica-class boats in the convoy warNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:45:20Why the Italian Navy entered the war without carriersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:56:51How an Italian oil boom might reshape the Regia MarinaQ&A
- Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)29:32HMS Somali charged an Italian battleship while destroyers screened the convoyChapter
- Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)30:10Cape Bon tested destroyers against the light-cruiser alternativeChapter