Aircraft Carriers

Aircraft Carriers are the ultimate tool of modern power projection. They are symbols of both naval strength and air superiority. This episode covers their history and their future: 1840s: Balloon Carriers are invented 1900s: Seaplane Carriers are invented 1910s: Modern aircraft carriers are invented 1930s-1940s: WWII (five major carrier battles) Pearl Harbor: Japan's six carriers surprise the United States Navy Coral Sea: Japan's three carriers engage America's two carriers (both lose one carrier) Midway: America's three carriers engage Japan's four carriers and sink all four, with the help of codebreakers and reconnaissance. Considered a turning point in the Pacific War Philippine Sea: America's sixteen carriers destroy or disable all but 35 of the 500 Japanese carrier-based aircraft Leyte Gulf: America's seventeen carriers decisively defeat the Imperial Japanese Navy in the largest naval battle in history WWII-present: US Carrier Strike Groups control the seas For more information, read: The Pacific War Companion by Daniel Marston Jane's Warship Recognition Guide Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft Carriers (1921-1945) by Mark Stille US Navy Bluejacket's Manual Military History Podcast is sponsored by Armchair General Magazine

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Aircraft Carriers is an episode from Military History Podcast by George Hageman.

This episode is 17:10 long.

This episode was published on Dec 8, 2007.

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