Starfighters, Battleships, and World War II

Onscreen Media

•Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

•Dam Busters (1955)

•Hearts and Minds (1974)

•Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)

•Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

•Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)

•Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)

•Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)

•Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)

•Star Wars: Empire at War (2006)

•Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

•Star Wars Rebels (2014)

•Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

•Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015)

•Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017)

 •Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

 •Star Wars: Squadrons (2020)

Novels

•Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil by Timothy Zahn

Reference Books

•Battles That Changes The Galaxy by Jason Fry, Cole Horton, Chris Kempshall, and Amy Ratcliffe

•Timelines by Kristin Baver, Jason Fry, Cole Horton, Amy Richau, and Clayton Sandell

•Collapse of the Republic by Fantasy Flight Games

•The Essential Guide to Warfare by Jason Fry

•The Clone Wars: Incredible Vehicles by Jason Fry

•The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels by Haden Blackman

•Rebel Starfighters: Owners' Workshop Manual by Ryder Windham

•Complete Vehicles, New Edition by Jason Fry, Pablo Hidalgo

•Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide by Pablo Hidalgo, Emily Shkoukani

Publications

•Star Wars: The Magic of Myth by Mary S Henderson

•V Was for Victory: Politics and American Culture During World War II by John Morton Blum

•The Jungle, Japanese and the British Commonwealth Armies at War, 1941-45 by Tim Moreman

•The Evolution of Long-Range Escort Doctrine in World War II by Lee A. Lesher

•The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell

Web Sources

•Star Wars: The Immense Size of the Executor-Class Star Destroyer by Halfscreen on youtube.com

•”Using The Anaxes War College System, what are the fastest…” by u/ProfessorG42 on reddit.com/r/MawInstallation

•The Clone Wars: Incredible Vehicles (spoilers inbound!) on boards.theforce.net

•Mauser C96: One of Germany’s Most Iconic Firearms by Jesse Beckett on warhistoryonline.com

•George Lucas Interview: Aerial Dogfights In Star Wars on starwars.com

•How World War II dogfights influenced 'Star Wars' by Alex Lockie on businessinsider.com

•The Westmoreland mind-set by Derrick Z. Jackson on nytimes.com

•Stuka Siren: Sound As A Weapon by World War Military History on youtube.com

•Ju 87 Stuka siren by MilošTV on youtube.com

•Japan’s Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter was Amazing, Except for 1 Weakness by Sebastien Roblin on nationalinterest.org

•Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Resistance Bomber Design by Star Wars on youtube.com

•The B-17 Flying Fortress, Part 2 – Crew by Sarah Sundin on sarahsundin.com

•Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Cutaway Drawing on conceptbunny.com

•The Bomber-Escort on b17flyingfortress.de

•The View From the Ball Turret by Emily Enger on silverwingscoffee.com

•xkcd: Standards on xkcd.com

•Crew of the B-29 bomber, "The City of Los Angeles." on digital.archives.alabama.gov

•Republic Gunship Inspiration? by Scott on theforce.net

•The Real-World Air Combat Origins of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” by Tom Demerly on theaviationist.com

•The Real-Life Engineering Inspirations Behind Star Wars' Spacecraft by Christopher McFadden on interestingengineering.com

•The Last Jedi Incredible Cross-Sections – An Interview with Jason Fry by Nicholas W. Adams on http://eleven-thirtyeight.com/

•Star Destroyers - World War 2 Battleships in Space? A Design Comparison! by Resurrected Starships on youtube.com

•“Why do aircraft carriers have two bridges?” on quora.com

•Warships of the Empire on theforce.net

•5 Reasons 'Star Wars' Spaceships Make Absolutely No Sense by Kyle Mizokami on popularmechanics.com

•“Finally Making Sense of the Warship Classification…” by u/SJshield616 on reddit.com/r/MawInstallation

•”Carrier Imperial Star Destroyer?” by  on reddit.com/r/MawInstallation

•“In Star Wars, why didn't Imperial Star Destroyers have escort ships…” on quora.com

•Classification Of Naval Vessels by J. E. Hamilton on usni.org

•Useful Notes / Types of Naval Ships on tvtropes.org

•Boeing B-52D Stratofortress on nationalmuseum.af.mil

•WWII’s Ill-fated Ball Turret Gunners by Rose Heichelbech on dustyoldthing.com

•Ship Shapes - Anatomy and types of Naval Vessels on history.navy.mil

•”Which are some of the best ship designs of Star Wars?” on quora.com

•Chronicles of Courage: B-17 and the Ball Turret by NBC News Learn on youtube.com

•In Defense of the Y-Wing by Brynn Tannehill

•“Why did the B-17 have a relatively small bomb load…” on quora.com

•Battle of Jutland on wikipedia.org

•Ship of the line on wikipedia.org

•Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov on wikipedia.org

•Anti-Japanese sentiment in the United States on wikipedia.org

•Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on wikipedia.org

•Ball turret on wikipedia.org

•Junkers Ju 87 on wikipedia.org

•Kiev-class aircraft carrier on wikipedia.org

•Izumo-class destroyer on wikipedia.org

•HMS Dreadnought (1906) on wikipedia.org

•Dreadnought on wikipedia.org

•Pre-dreadnought battleship on wikipedia.org

•List of longest naval ships on wikipedia.org

•Military Aircraft on wikipedia.org

•Fighter-bomber on wikipedia.org

•List of naval ship classes in service on wikipedia.org

•Boeing B-29 Superfortress on wikipedia.org

•North American P-51 Mustang on wikipedia.org

•@XWnHIST on twitter.com

Wookieepedia Pages

•Malevolence

•Warship

•Warship (Legends)

•Battlecruiser

•Cruiser

•Procurator-class Star Battlecruiser

•Executor-class Star Dreadnought

•Executor

•Mandator IV-class Siege Dreadnought

•Koros-Strohna

•Baanu Rass

•DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station

•Supremacy

•Ilum

•Eclipse (Executor-class)

•Super Star Destroyer

•Super Star Destroyer (Legends)

•Imperial-class Star Destroyer

•Frigate

•Consular-class Space Cruiser

•EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate

•Providence-class Dreadnought

•Free Dac Volunteers Engineering Corps

•Kuat Drive Yards

•Particle Shield 

•Deflector Shield

•Ray Shield 

•Anaxes War College System

•Anaxes War College System (Legends)

•Destroyer

•Resurgent-class Star Destroyer

•Dreadnought

•Dreadnaught (Legends)

•Munificent-class Star Frigate

•Battle of D'Qar

•TIE/sf Space Superiority Fighter

•Carrier

•Quasar Fire-class Cruiser-Carrier

•Imperial Escort Carrier

•A/SF-01 B-wing Starfighter

•RZ-2 A-wing interceptor

•Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry

Lectures and general acquired knowledge via The University of Utah