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The Drydock - Episode 260
🕑 Added 2023-08-19 08:00:03 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:52 - 1919 Air Raid on Wilhelmshaven simulation?
00:04:53 - Why did a lot of secondary batteries across various nations all hover at about the same calibre of gun?
00:10:36 - How did the British supply aircraft to Malta?
00:15:31 - Of the following three classes: Queen Elizabeth, Hood and the Bismarcks. Which one would benifit the most if they were designed with triple turrets instead of twins?
00:23:14 - Why did the Germans tell everyone that the Bismarck's were Washington and London treaty compliant even though they were not a part of ether?
00:28:14 - Are the 5inch 38 turrets on US battleships, destroyers, cruisers and carriers all the same design/build?
00:33:07 - If Beresford blockaded the Channel could the 2nd Pacific Squadron have sailed around the UK?
00:37:14 - Drach's videos not showing up in recommendations?
00:43:03 - How would the design of ships in antiquity, the classic age of sail, and the age of steam and iron/steel change if the world's seas and oceans were comprised of fresh water instead of salt water?
00:46:52 - What aspect(s) of naval warfare do you think naval wargames rules overlook or overemphasise and what would your ideal wargames rules do with those aspects?
00:51:30 - IJN reaction to the mutiny against the Emperor?
00:54:33 - How would TF 11/14 handled the Japanese Second Carrier Division during the Battle of Wake Island in late 1941?
00:58:27 - What did a typical WWII transatlantic Allied convoy formation look like, and how did it try to maximize its defense against U-boat attacks?
01:02:46 - Were other nations invited to take part in a given nations fleet exercises in the time period the channel covers?
Comments
Ted Jones
I never submit questions you have to answer, but I would like to suggest one you might want to answer. Would either the USS Arkansas or the USS Alaska have been useful at the Battle of Guadalcanal? (Either night, I guess.)
Jellicoe Cats
Changing the oceans to fresh water would massively effect ocean currents which are driven by differences in temperature and salinity. You would have no Gulf Stream to keep Britain abnormally warm for it’s latitude. I’m not even sure Britain would be an island at all because I suspect the polar icecaps would be bigger. God only knows what that would do to the timeline but I doubt we would have a Britain as we know it and might not have even hit the age of steam and steel yet without Britain contributing to the Industrial Revolution assuming modern humans evolved and migrated to Europe at all.
About recommendations not appearing, I have noticed that the Friday podcasts no longer appear on my suggested list, and the Wednesday is not always recommended, I can sometimes find them on the subscription page but not always.
IRRITABLE BOWEL from BF 1942
Of all the WW2 “last stands” that you are aware of what do you consider 1- The most “ gutsy” last stand and 2- The last stand that resulted in the best strategic outcome? Thanks and keep up the good work making awesome videos.
