Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine



00:00 Italian Cruiser Design & Doctrine in the 1920s & 1930s
30:00 Part 2
01:00:00 Part 3
01:30:00 Part 4
02:00:00 Part 5
02:30:00 Part 6
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10 thoughts on “Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine”

  1. Having been able to read the choices, they are all interesting, especially the Sir Eustace Tennyson D'Eyncourt one, but honestly, I have doubts about the reality of Wayne Boren's suggestion in regards to the Japanese not attacking US Interests as bluntly the USA getting drawn in WW2 was inevitable as they were already providing Lend-Lease supplies and frankly Wayne do you honestly think the IJN won't screw up 1 time and get the USA involved?

    The War in the Pacific was basically inevitable no matter what the IJN try not to do

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  2. Dr. Clarke, when Britain sold boilers or turbines (or any other components) to potential opponents did they ever take steps to limit the capability of that equipment?

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  3. Still seems wrong not to call a national socialist a national socialist and instead apply a name derived from a specifically Roman symbol of power.

    Might as well call the Soviets fascist at this point because they ran a command economy, attempted to distribute wealth, manipulated price and currency, tried to make a religion of the state, just as much as the nazis did.

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  4. Great evening, fascinating talk and enlightening and humorous banter in the "Live Chat." Unfortunately, as seems to be usual now, I got shanghaied by the family before the end, anyway, many thanks for these evenings, they helped keep my sanity during the lockdowns, and now , they've got sort of habit forming!

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  5. Re: aviation facilities on the bow: I mean, you have to put it somewhere, and given the number of cruisers that lost the bow to a torpedo in WW2 an survived … I'm not convinced it's that bad, as the the common choice seems to be putting the aviation hangar and stores directly over your steering gear, rudder, and prop shafts at the stern.

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  6. Guh, I hate the 'dogs are colourblind' rubbish. They are not, they are dichromatic, there is a difference. Humans are trichromatic, this means they have three cone cells in their eyes (the ones that see colours). These three cone cells detect light at short, medium and long wave, Dogs, indeed most mammals lack the Long wave cone cell, which means they cannot see much in the red part of the spectrum.

    They are PERFECTLY capable of seeing in the low and medium wave spectra however, so can see various shades of green, blue and into the yellow spectra, though the medium wave cone has only a VERY limited vision in the red.

    They DO NOT SEE JUST IN GREY. That myth really, really needs to die a death. There is absolutely NO excuse for it when everyone has access to Google.

    So yes, fluffy research assistant can most assuredly see blue…. bright red? No, but blue, absolutely no problem.

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  7. Just to point out the Duke of Abruzzi was already a famous explorer before WWI. Also I read before he was replaced by Paolo Thaon di Revel because he wanted a decisive action or battle against Austria-Hungary, while the Italian government preferred the fleet-in-being concept.

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