Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Solomon Islands Campaign

Related time notes

  1. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    1:40:16Benham exposed the tradeoff between torpedoes and screening weaponsChapter
  2. Kaigun-chūjō Gunichi Mikawa: The IJN's Pearl Harbor back up plan
    22:11Eighth Fleet restraint at the end of a long supply lineChapter
  3. Kaigun-chūjō Gunichi Mikawa: The IJN's Pearl Harbor back up plan
    27:42Mikawa calls the Solomons an attritional black holeChapter
  4. Kaigun-chūjō Gunichi Mikawa: The IJN's Pearl Harbor back up plan
    42:06Reconnaissance gaps amplify the Savo Island defeatNotable Point
  5. Kaigun-chūjō Gunichi Mikawa: The IJN's Pearl Harbor back up plan
    49:52What if Japan limited or abandoned the Solomons defense?Notable Point
  6. Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)
    1:13:23Merrill and Burke in the early SolomonsQ&A
  7. Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List
    12:04Hara and Shigure survive repeated Pacific battlesChapter
  8. Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle
    16:12Guadalcanal turns Japanese expansion into withdrawalChapter
  9. Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle
    20:20Bombardments confront the Tokyo Express supply systemChapter
  10. Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle
    1:23:17Routine bombardments reveal changing campaign momentumChapter
  11. Battle of Blackett Strait
    22:09Blackett Strait was secondary to the bombardment missionChapter
  12. Battle of Blackett Strait
    32:58Solomons geography and logistics point toward RabaulChapter
  13. Battle of Blackett Strait
    1:21:47American bombardment raids become a repeatable systemChapter
  14. Battle of Blackett Strait
    1:24:14Guadalcanal's evacuation shifted Japanese strength northChapter
  15. Battle of Blackett Strait
    3:11:12Japan's defensive perimeter created a resource-security Catch-22Notable Point
  16. Battle of Blackett Strait
    3:15:09Blackett Strait signals a shift in control of the nightNotable Point
  17. Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?
    18:55Operation Cartwheel and the road to RabaulChapter
  18. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    1:07:37Why early US heavy cruisers suffered moreQ&A
  19. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments
    34:51Recycling Wyoming's guns into proto-Alaska escortsQ&A