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- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:48Somerville and command of an Azur Lane coalitionQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:24:29Henderson, Jellicoe and Cunningham in a modern naval thought experimentQ&A
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous3:40:13Which later admirals merit warship names?Q&A
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars24:52Destroyer command and interwar officer developmentNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:02:28A Pacific-first war creates a stronger coalitionChapter
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:16:43Command tenure shapes who leads a Pacific-first coalitionNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 22:56:20Why Andrew Cunningham fits a fictional Azur Lane commandQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 23:12:41Why a fictional naval command still needs administrationQ&A
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...11:19Vian and Cunningham's reciprocal loyaltyNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...51:05Cunningham on missed warnings and the late pay-cut letterNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...53:36What 500 interviews revealed about sailors' household budgetsNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...55:41Port inquiries and the revised 10 percent pay ceilingNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...56:32How location shapes memoirs of InvergordonNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...1:34:46Tomkinson or Cunningham: would an immediate sortie have worked?Notable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...5:28Destroyer flotillas gave future admirals early command experienceNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)21:02Cunningham, the A-to-K line, and interwar destroyer doctrineNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?11:38An ABDA headquarters ashore needs a separate fleet commanderNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...8:24Vian's handling accident tests the value of candourNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:42:07A victorious Tovey could take the fleet to the Far EastNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:38:46Carrier strength could let Cunningham add a battleship bombardment at TarantoQ&A
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?1:46:15The Mediterranean Fleet reinforces the Far EastChapter
- Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi1:18:14Cunningham's simple orders versus overcomplicated commandChapter
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off1:08:40When technical promotion does not produce strategic leadersNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida4:48:31The Royal Navy's shift toward task groupsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida5:23:40How Cunningham combined simple operations to complicate enemy choicesNotable Point
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception0:00Cunningham's command ethic and aversion to wasteChapter
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception2:36Restoring Reginald Henderson to the rearmament storyChapter
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception6:45Nearly fifty years of Royal Navy serviceNotable Point
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception7:47Operational command over staff apprenticeshipNotable Point
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception32:41Cunningham raises the Admiralty's operational tempoChapter
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception36:20An Admiralty team built around proven specialistsChapter
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception37:19A fleet commander learns committee warfareChapter
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception40:15Team leadership and many simple plansChapter
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception41:51What if Cunningham commanded the British Pacific Fleet?Notable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:59:20Choosing one admiral for every flag postQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:23How the Royal Navy might have handled Mark 14 failuresQ&A
- Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?44:04The invasion becomes a Mediterranean fleet battleChapter
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...47:02Operation MI versus Cunningham's Operation MB8Chapter
- Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...4:39HMS Active and the Mediterranean school of commandChapter
- Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...1:15:15The Darnah bombardment showed the cost of Vian's initiativeNotable Point
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic1:22:27Cunningham, shore command, and better communicationsChapter
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:56:53Why wartime reporting and memoirs require source criticismNotable Point
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...43:02The panel's favorite naval officers from 1900 to 1945Q&A
- What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?1:10:06Cunningham and Fieldhouse show why admirals may command ashoreChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer0:00Reconstructing Dalrymple-Hamilton's elusive careerChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer31:37Reserve readiness and the Fourth Destroyer FlotillaChapter
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?24:53Where Henderson might have served after leaving the AdmiraltyChapter
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes0:41Rodney and the Royal Navy's officer factionsChapter
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...4:19Destroyer flotillas as practical schools for naval commandNotable Point
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/411:51Cunningham, Lee, or Mikawa in a night actionQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/43:48:07Which Royal Navy officers most resemble Willis Lee?Q&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast48:51Commanders forced to fight against their usual styleQ&A
- So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?48:08Cunningham and unused formations reinforce the Far EastChapter
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'1:46:23Jellicoe turned the Grand Fleet into a gunnery instrumentNotable Point
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....19:54Alan Brooke, Churchill, and self-serving memoirsNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...35:10Why carriers became natural flagshipsNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!1:01:53How dispersed British operations overloaded Italian commandNotable Point
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:38:25Judging the leading admirals of the twentieth centuryQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:24:41Admiral Henderson as a wartime First Sea LordQ&A
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193821:07Warspite as the Royal Navy's enduring capital shipNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:12:11What Cunningham might change at SingaporeQ&A
- Carry on Invading Britain: The Battle of Fishguard (1797)6:48The Royal Navy's evacuation tradition predates DunkirkNotable Point
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time1:39:38Modern admirals map imperfectly onto Napoleonic command rolesQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:48:00Which admiral most shaped World War IIQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:05:10Vian, Somerville, Cunningham, Harwood, Fraser, and Jellicoe merit ship namesQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:17:18Cunningham was the practical successor if Pound retired earlyQ&A
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response36:13When carrier gunfire does not prove a design needQ&A
- Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War24:48Fighting fleets and designing them require different admiralsNotable Point
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:49:36Cunningham and Fraser blurred commander-in-chief and fleet commandQ&A
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...1:27:13A major Far Eastern fleet requires senior combined commandNotable Point
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...2:24:58Somerville commands a fleet rather than a detachmentNotable Point
- Neptune Class: The Cruiser Conundrum Crisis - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 62:11Cunningham and Pound's competing cruiser visionsNotable Point
- Neptune Class: The Cruiser Conundrum Crisis - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 630:18How the Neptune programme ran out of momentumChapter
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:02:57Why replacing Doorman would not fix the Java Sea forceNotable Point
- Memoirs as Historical Sources6:27Decide what kind of evidence a memoir providesChapter
- Memoirs as Historical Sources31:28Account for wartime secrecy in Cunningham's memoirNotable Point
- Memoirs as Historical Sources34:27Why Cunningham's recollections can be checked closelyNotable Point
- Memoirs as Historical Sources38:17Treat relationships as part of corroborationNotable Point
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI9:20Why one mistake does not settle a leader's reputationNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 30:26How Warspite became the Royal Navy's Grand Old LadyChapter
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...3:33:17Closing range in a night battleNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)2:31:06Cunningham, Alan Brooke, and naval policyNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)57:39Roboute Guilliman through Nimitz, Cunningham and St VincentNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:11:43Three starting points for World War II naval strategyChapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?16:29British ships and commanders available in 1939Chapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:43:46Why Taranto did not produce Cunningham's decisive surface battleNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class1:08:09HNLMS Soemba's guns for Operation OverlordNotable Point
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites3:38:45Why Cunningham's memoir may feel unusually expansiveQ&A
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class31:13Why Cunningham changed his view of large destroyersNotable Point
- Bruships 88: Way of War2:21:55Cunningham on Mediterranean air power and logisticsChapter
- Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina39:17Why the Regia Marina and Cape Matapan resist simple storiesNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:04:08Force V improvises carrier air cover at SalernoChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:18:56The forced landing behind Cunningham's 'two lucky men' remarkNotable Point
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?2:34:27Cunningham and Somerville become available in the eastNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 248:42Ranking Royal Navy admirals of World War IIQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 21:11:36Star Trek captains as naval command typesQ&A
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)50:33Harwich Force and training for aggressive commandChapter
- Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century1:15:47Warspite's Turkish visit shows how presence must fit its audienceNotable Point
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...2:01:38Andrew Cunningham's leadership in A Sailor's OdysseyChapter
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...2:09:01Choosing Cunningham, Nelson, or Henderson for different commandsQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...2:17:07An Admiral-class identity for Type 83Q&A
- Duquesne class, Marine National (Long Patrol)26:52Godfroy and Cunningham avoid another violent French ruptureChapter
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)39:29Taranto's limits shaped the risk at Suda BayNotable Point
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:52:17Which British admiral could take Kimmel's command?Q&A
- Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)29:18Destroyer flotillas as a leadership schoolNotable Point
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships3:24:13Use frigates to preserve aggressive command skillNotable Point
- Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)55:00Building a coalition command and Far Eastern fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:16:29Cunningham and the first fleet to SingaporeChapter
- ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)34:22ASW depended on specialist officers and intelligenceChapter
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars2:19:53Specialist leaders sustained submarine and ASW expertiseNotable Point
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:28:53How Admiral Cunningham might have pressed the Pearl Harbor attackQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII41:27Training let Cunningham plan around a fleet action after darkNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?1:18:56Taranto and the problem of damaging too muchNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary17:26Cunningham's confidence before TarantoQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary3:35:55Why Cunningham attacked without waiting for EagleQ&A
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p40:22Reading Taranto from strategy to cockpitNotable Point
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p428:08Operation Judgment's damage and naval significanceChapter
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P313:05How the Royal Navy measured Taranto's successNotable Point
- WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol7:32Cunningham’s smaller battle line had carrier expertiseChapter
- WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol16:46Taranto damaged Italy without ending the fleet threatNotable Point
- Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)31:49Taranto's exposed harbour and Cunningham's timing problemChapter
- Erebus Class: Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front Long Patrol Part 830:49Worn 15-inch guns and the danger of reduced chargesNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:23:09Why the Regia Marina posed the stronger fleet threatQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:56:25Taranto was one part of a wider Mediterranean operationQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P8/14: Raffaele de Courten9:34British Pacific Fleet command and an Italian squadronNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:56:02De Courten brought the Italian fleet alongside the AlliesNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P3/14: Domenico Cavagnari20:44Battle of Calabria and Cavagnari's removalChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)3:15:46Questions for Henderson, Vian, and CunninghamQ&A
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p3/3 - Italy5:46Turning the Mediterranean into a movement zoneNotable Point
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions3:27:32The ships Vian, Jellicoe, Nelson, and Cunningham valued mostQ&A
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War2:37:58King and Cunningham's grudging wartime respectNotable Point
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War2:44:57Cunningham or Nimitz as the best admiral of the warQ&A
- Bruships 45: Something Medieval4:04:13Why could Nimitz not simply command Leyte from forward waters?Q&A
- Four Random Books Episode 32: Destroyer Challenge (Live)7:22Convoy priorities and deception in Operation HalberdNotable Point
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease41:57The Somerville court-martial threat exposed Royal Navy command cultureNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland45:32Was Rear Admiral King or the promotion system at fault?Q&A
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"1:46:20Professionalism inside the Austro-Hungarian fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:38:23Admirals who preferred sea command still accepted shore dutiesQ&A
- Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters34:01Gloucester's sinking and Cunningham's quiet accountabilityChapter
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?1:10:27Commanders who would have used the radarNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol24:03HMAS Perth as bait at Cape MatapanChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond7:34One operation forces several Italian responsesNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond56:09Taranto was one operation in a global warNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark56:18Cunningham accepts the risk after Ark Royal attacks DunkerqueNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark1:26:56Who commanded the Taranto operation?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark3:19:26Celebration, exhaustion, and Cunningham's signalNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War3:23:14Cunningham's negotiation with the French squadronChapter
- Amphion Class Cruisers1:22:08Cunningham's assessment of Sydney's Cape Spada victoryNotable Point
- Four Random Books 9: Command in Their Own Words5:45Cunningham's naval education between sail and steamChapter
- Four Random Books 9: Command in Their Own Words7:54Operation Demon and the limits of the Greece evacuationNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:39:45Swapping Nimitz and CunninghamQ&A
- Four Random Books 6: War At Sea13:13Cape Matapan: aircraft, radar, and a decisive night actionNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers11:28Radar height and a layered anti-aircraft screenNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers22:18Cunningham's case for eighteen fighters over the fleetNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers34:32Crete and the pressure to risk an understrength carrierChapter
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers44:13Diversion operations and the Scarpanto strike planNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers1:28:49Withdrawal, repair, and the cost of remaining in actionNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era21:23Why compare Constantinople, Alexandria, and AlgecirasChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:08:38Starter books for the Mediterranean naval warQ&A
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest Part 2 of 212:58Malta's Tenth Flotilla and Axis supply lossesChapter
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest Part 2 of 230:04Alexandria's T-class success in restricted watersNotable Point
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:15:58Cunningham’s career in A Sailor’s OdysseyChapter
- 50th Live Special: Thank You5:31Books preserve professional naval judgmentNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 1: Tribal Class (+Admiral Henderson)19:58Operational service changes Andrew Cunningham's mindNotable Point
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan3:37Why Roger Keyes is chosen to commandNotable Point
- An Introduction to Admiral Somerville & Force H – Part 1 Admiral Somerville27:53Consensus command versus small-ship ruthlessnessNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 35:40Andrew Cunningham and calculated operational riskChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 329:03How memoirs and theory carry naval knowledgeNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 114:22John Tovey's Bismarck command and defense of subordinatesChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A9:40Cunningham's working relationship with RooseveltQ&A
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)16:31Henderson's lost wartime leadership and joint-service politicsChapter
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)46:12Home commands and the overlooked coastal convoy warChapter
- Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)15:32Tribal destroyers made Cunningham's Istanbul visit more visibleChapter
- Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)29:04Tribals linked Cunningham's forces at Cape MatapanChapter