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Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
Study Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign, a Dr. Alex Clarke video from 8 Jul 2024, with 25 time notes. Topics include Anti-Submarine Warfare, Battleships…
Time notes
- 12:26Canada-class refit firepower tradeoffsNotable Point
A battleship refit weighs larger guns, longer range, radar, secondary batteries, armor, and refit time before a possible American war.
- 30:19QuestionCould you win the campaign while building only a historically accurate fleet?AnswerQ&A
Possibly, but the rules would need to include ships actually ordered or cancelled by treaty because the game models theoretical possibilities without reproducing every historical political and strategic constraint.
- 34:27Uneven surface action and force overmatchNotable Point
A lopsided action shows how battleships, cruisers, and destroyers overmatch a small opposing force before torpedo risk can matter.
- 52:47Plain English as a test for defence policyNotable Point
A discussion of British politics argues that defence proposals lose public support when specialists rely on buzzwords instead of explaining policy in plain English.
- 54:19British nuclear command and second-strike doctrineNotable Point
A policy discussion distinguishes British nuclear command arrangements from the American system and explains authenticated orders, letters of last resort, and second-strike doctrine.
- 1:00:07Continuous at-sea deterrence logicNotable Point
A policy aside argues that deterrence should be continuous at sea or absent, not a partial force saved for crises.
- 1:01:49What the Red Cross emblem protectsNotable Point
A flag-history aside distinguishes the protected Red Cross emblem from St. George's Cross and explains its connection to neutrality and aid under the Geneva Conventions.
- 1:14:05Forward deploying battleships while diplomacy buys timeNotable Point
Britain positions eight modern battleships near North America, reinforces Hamilton and St. John's, and uses diplomacy to finish refits before a possible American war.
- 1:23:06Retention and perishable skills in a modern forceNotable Point
A discussion of British force growth argues that retaining current personnel and sustaining perishable skills matter more than expecting long-departed veterans to return directly to frontline roles.
- 1:31:44Drone warfare widens the military skill mixNotable Point
A discussion of drone operators shows why modern units need technical dexterity and cognitive aptitude alongside traditional infantry endurance.
- 1:35:15St. John's fleet positioning for an American warNotable Point
A campaign-planning moment places fleets around St. John's as quiet preparation for a possible war with the United States.
- 1:47:33A Japanese alliance for Pacific defenseNotable Point
A campaign decision improves relations with Japan so an ally can help defend Pacific possessions while Britain's main fleets concentrate against the United States from other theaters.
- 1:48:39Refitting old hulls versus replacing themNotable Point
A comparison with the American fleet shows how a mass refit program trades short-term availability for a larger body of modernized firepower.
- 1:52:34Why Stalin would wait out the wider warNotable Point
A Second World War counterfactual argues that Stalin had stronger incentives to play the combatants against one another than to join a Mediterranean conflict before Soviet forces were ready.
- 1:53:38G3 and N3 gun lineage and the fast-battleship turnNotable Point
A design-history aside connects the G3 and N3 gun debate to British large-calibre development and a possible shift toward fast battleships.
- 1:55:59Submarine-heavy port defenseNotable Point
A cruiser shortfall leads to a defensive plan built around submarines, aircraft, port protection, and more submarine construction.
- 2:07:52Political labels versus authoritarian practiceNotable Point
A political-history aside warns against reading a movement's ideology directly from its chosen name and focuses instead on how increasingly coercive methods converge under authoritarian rule.
- 2:12:01The First World War origins of towed sonarNotable Point
A technology aside traces an early American towed-sonar system to the First World War and asks what continued interwar development might have done for ASW.
- 2:15:00Designing a large mine-laying destroyerChapter
A 7,500-ton destroyer design balances minelaying and escort duties with twelve 5-inch guns, long-range torpedoes, protection, stability, and weight limits.
- 2:29:32The Anglo-German naval race was not a two-power vacuumNotable Point
A historiographical aside argues that Britain and Germany cannot be studied in isolation because several overlapping naval races competed for British money and attention.
- 2:34:18Independent research and borrowed conclusionsNotable Point
A research-method aside explains why a historian may avoid another creator's answer while forming an independent argument on the same subject.
- 2:35:51Mine warfare and ASW buildoutNotable Point
A mass submarine and destroyer buildout pairs mine warfare with sonar research as the American fleet begins adding submarines.
- 2:51:14Asymmetric British and American fleet structuresNotable Point
A direct order-of-battle comparison shows Britain emphasizing destroyers and submarines while the United States concentrates far more heavily on cruisers.
- 2:53:49The gas-turbine Librarian-class battlecruiserChapter
The closing design study builds a fast gas-turbine battlecruiser around very long-range main guns, global endurance, secondary batteries, and the compromises needed to control weight and machinery efficiency.
- 3:01:28Keeping local government within its competenceNotable Point
A former councillor explains why local meetings should prioritize budgets, planning, and services they can actually control instead of consuming public resources on national or international declarations.