Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Dreadnoughts & Warships

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFZXdyGlJy0
Aircraft Carriers - From Kite Carriers to Conversions (1800-1928) > .
How to Build a Navy - Planning, Procurement, Production, Logistics > .

Axis logistical weakness

The German Navy had no aircraft carriers, which made air supremacy during naval battles impossible. (In total, the Axis fielded only sixteen carriers; the Allies, a hundred and fifty-five.)

Lindbergh and many others were “hypnotized by Nazi braggadocio and pageantry.” The Nazis were apparently hypnotized, too. As a land-based power with a small navy, they needed the Luftwaffe to perform miracles (for instance, bombing Britain into submission). They did not see the Luftwaffe realistically; they deluded themselves into believing it could do the impossible.

Operation Odysseus
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDb22nlVXGgd2rdNu1C44t-hoYXA9bL2M

How Warships Changed The Tide of Battle: (WW1 Documentary) | Timeline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjrJR8mxQ8Y

Jutland: Clash of the Dreadnoughts


1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WwZW5Roc80
2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Cas7zsKBI

Diesel vs Nuclear

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Sunday, September 23, 2018

Fleet Comparisons, WW2

.WW2 Navy Comparison — Fleets Evolution 1939–1946 > .

On the brink of WW2, the emergence of effective radar systems, as well as the development of submarines and carrier-borne aviation, drastically changed the nature of naval warfare. Even the most innovative doctrines became hopelessly obsolete on the battlefields of the new war.

sī vīs pācem, parā bellum

igitur quī dēsīderat pācem praeparet bellum    therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war sī vīs pācem, parā bellum if you wan...