The Drydock - Episode 180

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00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:49 - Why did the Russians loose so few ships during Operation Albion, considering that the Germans came with 10 battleships and a battlecruiser? 00:03:13 - Why did the Germans note changes their codes in WW1? 00:09:24 - Were small German marine turbines of this era particularly fragile or maintenance intensive? 00:14:41 - Hull and deck curves on older age of sail ships 00:19:27 - Cannon balls bouncing off oak ships? 00:24:30 - Where there ships others than monitors designed exclusively for bombardment? 00:27:04 - Even though the preliminary attacks on the Normandy beaches were massive, why did they do so little damage to the Atlantic Wall? 00:32:59 - Why did the US never use 18 inch guns? 00:35:28 - HMS Hood and torpedoes at Denmark Strait 00:41:58 - Why did the Alaska-class have midship aviation facilities when every other post treaty cruiser battleship had stern aviation facilities? 00:44:30 - How key was the St. Nazaire drydock? 00:49:23 - When did RN officers stop free-lancing? 00:53:52 - Why did navies not try to put more modern guns on refits in the 1930's? 00:58:53 - Are battleship guns and armour lost technology? 01:03:01 - Was the glorious First of June a French strategic victory? 01:05:21 - Channel Admin An archive of Drydock Questions and free naval photos - www.drachinifel.co.uk Model ships of many periods - http://store.warlordgames.com?aff=21 Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Shirt/mug

Published 2022-01-09 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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