Ep 96: Vincent O’Hara and Trent Hone on Naval Combat at Night
Vincent O’Hara and Trent Hone, naval historians and co-editors of Fighting in the Dark: Naval Combat at Night, 1904-1944, join the show to talk about how naval warfare was transformed by technology that made possible night combat at sea.
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Show Notes
Vincent O’Hara and Trent Hone, naval historians and co-editors of Fighting in the Dark: Naval Combat at Night, 1904-1944, join the show to talk about how naval warfare was transformed by technology that made possible night combat at sea.
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• 02:01 Introduction
• 03:35 Night combat pre-19th century
• 06:02 Why do we fight at night?
• 09:30 Getting close in
• 13:47 Different approaches
• 19:28 German naval thinking pre-WWI
• 22:05 Jutland and after
• 27:09 Theory vs. experience
• 32:04 Japanese success at night
• 37:59 The Italian navy
• 40:52 Long range torpedoes
• 45:27 Changes in command expectations
• 49:44 Dealing with technological changes today
• 52:36 Is the U.S. Navy the “best”?
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