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. ▪️ Times      •    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”? Follow along  on Instagram Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack