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The Amagi Class: Super Kongos or Nascent Fast Battleships? - KSS2 S5 Comment Response
Study The Amagi Class: Super Kongos or Nascent Fast Battleships? - KSS2 S5 Comment Response, a Dr. Alex Clarke video from 4 Dec 2023, with 13 time notes. Topics include Amagi Class Battlecruisers, Anglo-Japanese…
Time notes
- 0:09QuestionWhat might Britain do if the Anglo-Japanese Alliance survived and Pearl Harbor still led to war?AnswerQ&A
Britain would not be automatically committed, but could mediate or later intervene to protect its Far Eastern position, depending on the period and course of the war.
- 2:30QuestionWould Canada and the other dominions refuse to support Britain in a war connected to Japan?AnswerQ&A
They might wish to remain outside it, but American plans against Canadian territory and imperial trade could pull Canada into the war and change public attitudes dramatically.
- 3:03Why the Empire-to-Commonwealth change was not a simple breakupNotable Point
The British Empire's transformation into the Commonwealth was a different political process from the straightforward dissolution implied by the word breakup.
- 5:31Shared language does not make the Anglosphere politically uniformNotable Point
Common language and extensive exchange connect Anglosphere societies, but political issues do not carry identical meanings across their national borders.
- 7:48QuestionDid Tosa have a second funnel inside the rear mast structure?AnswerQ&A
No; the drawings show one funnel and a separate supporting structure, while important internal and protective differences remain less visible.
- 9:44QuestionWhat would the first purpose-built fleet carriers have looked like if treaty conversions had not occurred?AnswerQ&A
Evidence is limited, but cruiser-sized experimental carriers likely would have preceded later Soryu- or Hiryu-like fleet carriers, whose arrival might be delayed by capital-ship construction.
- 10:46QuestionWould the Royal Navy choose repeat G3 battlecruisers instead of N3 battleships after seeing the Amagi class?AnswerQ&A
Probably not, because the N3s would already be underway before the Amagis completed; the Japanese ships would influence a later British generation instead.
- 11:14How G3, N3, and Amagi construction schedules would overlapNotable Point
Order, laying-down, and projected completion dates show why completed Amagis would arrive too late to redirect Britain's already committed G3 and N3 generation.
- 13:37How a benchmark navy responds without admitting it followsNotable Point
The Royal Navy would study foreign construction but present its next design as an answer to British requirements, new technology, and the imperial support network.
- 14:39QuestionWould Amagi have been more useful as an aircraft carrier than Akagi?AnswerQ&A
Yes; Amagi likely would have made the better carrier if earthquake damage had not ended the conversion.
- 15:03QuestionIs there firm evidence for the planned HMS Agincourt design?AnswerQ&A
There is evidence that the ship was planned and was broadly a modified Queen Elizabeth-class design, but not enough detail to reconstruct the modifications confidently.
- 15:32QuestionWhat might the US Navy have built after the 1920 South Dakota class if the Washington treaty failed?AnswerQ&A
It would likely complete the Lexingtons and South Dakotas first; a later design might borrow from Tillman concepts, but funding, design capacity, and politics make the outcome uncertain.
- 16:26QuestionAre SSBNs today's battleships while attack submarines fill the cruiser role?AnswerQ&A
To a degree: SSBNs are strategic capital ships, while attack submarines are more cruiser-like, with diesel boats especially close to traditional wartime submarine roles.