Aircraft Carriers - From Kite Carriers to Conversions (1800-1928)

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Aircraft Carriers - The Fleet Aircraft Carrier in the Interwar Years (1929-1939)
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Aircraft Carriers - The Fleet Aircraft Carrier in the Interwar Years (1929-1939)

How to Build a Navy - Planning, Procurement, Production, Logistics
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How to Build a Navy - Planning, Procurement, Production, Logistics

How Early Submarine Disasters Forced A Revolution In Design
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How Early Submarine Disasters Forced A Revolution In Design

The Rejected Flying Boat Built Out of Pure Stubbornness | Short Singapore
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The Rejected Flying Boat Built Out of Pure Stubbornness | Short Singapore

The Soviet Flying Wing Fiasco: The Horrible History of Russian Fighter Jets
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The Soviet Flying Wing Fiasco: The Horrible History of Russian Fighter Jets

Sail to Steam to Iron - Half a Century of Change
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Sail to Steam to Iron - Half a Century of Change

Why Germans Never Expected the American M18 Hellcat to Outrun Their Panzers in WW2
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Why Germans Never Expected the American M18 Hellcat to Outrun Their Panzers in WW2

The evolution of the carrier air wing in the Pacific from Pearl Harbour to Santa Cruz
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The evolution of the carrier air wing in the Pacific from Pearl Harbour to Santa Cruz

The Washington Naval Treaty - The parties, the motives, the negotiations, the loophole abuse...
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The Washington Naval Treaty - The parties, the motives, the negotiations, the loophole abuse...

Dreadnought Modernisation - A tri-wire balancing act
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Dreadnought Modernisation - A tri-wire balancing act

Aircraft Engines | Origins and Early Development
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Aircraft Engines | Origins and Early Development

The Ten-Engine Titan: Inside the B-36 Peacemaker, The Cold War’s Largest Bomber
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The Ten-Engine Titan: Inside the B-36 Peacemaker, The Cold War’s Largest Bomber

The INSANE Engineering Behind SS Great Eastern
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The INSANE Engineering Behind SS Great Eastern

How Aircraft Went To Sea - From Biplane Barges to Aircraft Carriers (feat. Drachinifel)
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How Aircraft Went To Sea - From Biplane Barges to Aircraft Carriers (feat. Drachinifel)

Admiral Rozhestvensky - Much more than just torpedo boats
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Admiral Rozhestvensky - Much more than just torpedo boats

Update from Ukraine | Critical Situation for Russia in Crimea | Russia Lost Ships and Air Defence
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Update from Ukraine | Critical Situation for Russia in Crimea | Russia Lost Ships and Air Defence

Why Speer Said One US Invention Erased Two Years Of Atlantic Wall Concrete
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Why Speer Said One US Invention Erased Two Years Of Atlantic Wall Concrete

5 Naval Myths & Misconceptions - Range, Ramming and Sinking
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5 Naval Myths & Misconceptions - Range, Ramming and Sinking

Battleship Guns of WW2 - A series of tubes
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Battleship Guns of WW2 - A series of tubes

Why Germans Couldn't Believe the U.S. Landed 10,000 Vehicles on D-Day
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Why Germans Couldn't Believe the U.S. Landed 10,000 Vehicles on D-Day