The Rise and Fall of the Escort Carrier - Development and Capabilities
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Why it's on BrighterTube
Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via Reddit r/history thread: A comprehensive list of Youtube's history channels · 85% confidenceA capability-focused history built on design and operational data. Drachinifel is an engineer-turned-naval-historian who works from design records and official histories; several historians in r/AskHistorians threads recommend him for naval history.
What you'll learn
How escort carriers were developed in WW2, what they could do, and why they faded after the war.
Video by Drachinifel, played through YouTube's embedded player.
Part of Aircraft Carriers, Naval Engineering
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- Castles of Steel, Robert K. MassieThe naval war of 1914-18, battle by battle
- Dreadnought, Robert K. MassieThe Anglo-German naval arms race before 1914
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