Maritime History with Chris Sams (live and unplugged)

• Were battleships a dead concept by World War Two?

  This week I ask myself the question as to whether the Battleship, as a concept, was dead by the start of the Second World War as has been argued elsewhere and if so, what has made it obsolete?Two things I forgot to mention that I only picked up on the listen through.1.) Goliath was the battleship I forgot!2.) Air craft carriers are also useful in the Pacific because of the nature of the campaign as for any landing on islands require air support and it is a lot easier ifyou bring your own airfields with you rather than rely on previously conquered islands which may be many miles away slowing your reaction time and straining your fuel or not have ready airfields.You can find me on the Socials with all my links here and my substack made up of predominantly maritime and naval history with aviation and some local history thrown in for good measure here… Get full access to Chris’s Naval History Substack at jerijerod14.substack.com/subscribe

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• Defending the Bay of Danzig

  In September 1939 the small Polish Navy was tasked with defending their shores against the German navy but how well did they do and how long did they hold out?As always you can find me on Substack here and on Bluesky at @jerijerod14 Get full access to Chris’s Naval History Substack at jerijerod14.substack.com/subscribe

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• Three designs that changed everything

  This week’s episode looks at three ship designs that changed everything we knew or thought we knew about ship designs in the 19th Century. From armour to speed and underwater!There is one slight sound glitch less than 10 seconds in but I hesitate to re-record the whole 45 minutes for the one glitxh so… take it as part of the unplugged experience!As always you can find me on Substack here and on Bluesky at @jerijerod14 If you want to get a copy of Rachel Lance’s book on the Hunley you can find it at the rainforest bookshop here (or get the details and buy it somewhere else…) Get full access to Chris’s Naval History Substack at jerijerod14.substack.com/subscribe

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• How the Royal Navy would beat Sealion

  This week, on the 85th anniversary of Adlertag I put forward the idea that had Operation Sealion been launched then the Royal Navy would have swept it aside with ease and that the Norway Campaign had done irreperable harm to the German fleet.There is a certain amount of “Whataboutary” and generalisation but… hear me out.As always you can find me on Substack here and on Bluesky at @jerijerod14 Get full access to Chris’s Naval History Substack at jerijerod14.substack.com/subscribe

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• The death of Jugoslavia

  This week’s episode is the final part of my Austro-Hungarian Kriegsmarine at the end of the First World War and the fate of the flagship of the State of Slovenes Croats and Serbian navyYou can find me on the Socials with all my links here and my substack made up of predominantly maritime and naval history with aviation and some local history thrown in for good measure here… Get full access to Chris’s Naval History Substack at jerijerod14.substack.com/subscribe

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