The Drydock - Episode 362

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00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:38 - How did Taiho's lift wells contribute to her sinking? 00:05:01 - Did the Germans ever try to get input for proper surface ship designs from the other Axis powers? 00:09:20 - Could the Imperial Japanese Navy have instituted an effective submarine blockade of British India in 1942 and 1943 using captured ports in the Dutch East Indies as supply bases? 00:13:48 - Did the Germans share their homing torpedo tech with the Italians or Japanese? 00:15:54 - Could a viable cargo submarine have been made if it were designed from the start to be a cargo vessel intended to haul materials comparable to a surface ship? 00:22:34 - Could other torpedoes apart from the G7e have been reverse engineered? 00:28:44 - If France kept the Richelieu's, how hard would it have been to install VLS's at the back end? 00:32:57 - Considerations for a triple 15" KGV? 00:36:26 - Were other locations seriously cosidered for the East of Suez dockyard, such as Mombasa, Aden, Persian Gulf or Bombay (Mumbai) and was the final location decided in conjunction with the Simonstown dockyard development? 00:41:12 - There seem to be two main variations of the Baltic Project: Cutting off German trade with Sweden or invading Pomerania. Which plan do you think works best? 00:42:35 - Cargo Submarines in WW1? 00:49:31 - Is there any individual allied merchant ship (or warship on a transport mission) whose loss to the u-boats hit the allies particularly bad because of its irreplaceable

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