HMS Hood & USS Iowa - Battlecruisers or Fast Battleships?

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Today we take a look at the argument over whether Hood was a battlecruiser or a fast battleship, and if that changes the definition of the Iowa class as well!

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:18 - The Question!

00:03:52 - Battlecruisers by Mission Role - Generation 1

00:16:57 - Battlecruisers by Mission Role - Generation 2

00:21:30 - Later Battlecruiser Generations and Faulty Definitions

00:26:20 - Definitions by Design/Comparison that don't work

00:29:48 - Definition by Design that works!

00:35:51 - What ifs? Hood and Iowa as definite battlecruisers

00:40:59 - Definition by Specification - Definitive?

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