Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Baltic Sea Strategy

Also searchable as Baltic defence, Baltic defense, Baltic naval strategy, Baltic strategy.

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  1. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    17:22Fisher's 600-ship Baltic invasion conceptChapter
  2. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    22:24Reaching the Danish Straits before Germany could reactNotable Point
  3. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    51:33Even Beatty would reject Fisher's original Baltic planNotable Point
  4. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    1:01:05Would the Baltic operation precede Jutland?Q&A
  5. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    1:22:56What a Baltic blockade would do to GermanyChapter
  6. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    1:27:03When could the Baltic operation launch?Q&A
  7. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    1:31:24Could simultaneous land offensives strengthen the Baltic attack?Q&A
  8. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    2:23:25Why the date matters when judging Baltic defensesNotable Point
  9. The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not
    1:09:03Swedish FDI frigates and Baltic logisticsQ&A
  10. The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not
    2:46:09A Baltic bastion must secure NATO sea useQ&A
  11. Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII
    0:58Swedish destroyers make every amphibious approach uncertainChapter
  12. Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII
    7:13Småland illustrates route denial in confined watersNotable Point
  13. Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII
    10:45Wrangel and Wachmeister reserve a sixth torpedo for the turn awayChapter
  14. Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII
    37:59Göteborg salvos reserve torpedoes to catch an evasive targetNotable Point
  15. Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII
    41:55Visby commissioning strengthens Sweden during a volatile Baltic endgameNotable Point
  16. Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII
    44:49Öland trades maximum speed for Baltic enduranceChapter
  17. Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans
    59:44A 1933 Scandinavian defense pactQ&A
  18. Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans
    1:38:30Klaus Störtebeker and North Sea maritime cultureQ&A
  19. Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...
    5:37Peking Plan links naval escape to a Romanian bridgeheadChapter
  20. Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...
    17:38Wilk loses shore support during Poland's submarine defenceNotable Point
  21. Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...
    33:19Orzeł reaches Tallinn damaged and faces internmentNotable Point
  22. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:23:09How enclosed seas shape fleet designQ&A
  23. Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?
    9:32Coastal boats freed larger ships for other dutiesChapter
  24. Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?
    58:13Wegener challenged the High Seas Fleet's North Sea focusNotable Point
  25. What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live
    45:01Could Fisher's large light cruisers have become carriers?Chapter
  26. What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live
    50:03Why 9.2-inch guns suited Fisher's Baltic ships betterNotable Point
  27. What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live
    2:36:51Would Jackie Fisher have accelerated the carrier raid?Q&A
  28. Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage
    2:17Sweden prepared to prepareChapter
  29. Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage
    10:34Baltic geography and torpedo strikeChapter
  30. Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage
    21:40Supply independence under armed neutralityChapter
  31. Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage
    25:01HD 16 and closing the back doorChapter
  32. Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage
    29:54He 115 dispersed seaplane strikeChapter
  33. Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage
    34:54Ca.313 and wartime strategic flexibilityChapter
  34. Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage
    37:10Baltic winter and fortress basingChapter
  35. The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 5
    7:43Why Russia and Venice needed 74-gun shipsNotable Point
  36. The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 5
    24:33A preserved Finnish coastal submarine and German U-boat developmentNotable Point
  37. The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 5
    25:40Suomenlinna and Lonna as coastal-defense heritageNotable Point
  38. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    20:11A combined-arms approach to Baltic port denialQ&A
  39. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    39:41Swedish maritime studies beyond battle narrativesChapter
  40. Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers
    20:22A Renown-sized carrier designed for a dash attackNotable Point
  41. Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers
    42:46Carrier aviation makes the Baltic plan less impossibleNotable Point
  42. Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers
    47:49Minesweeping, Denmark, and the route into the BalticChapter
  43. Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers
    1:13:38Baltic blockade could end the war before American entryNotable Point
  44. Ilyushin DB-3 & Il-4: Great Patriotic War Soviet Torpedo Bombers - Key Aircraft Series 2,
    23:47Baltic naval aviation used DB-3s beyond torpedo attackChapter
  45. Ilyushin DB-3 & Il-4: Great Patriotic War Soviet Torpedo Bombers - Key Aircraft Series 2,
    35:45Aerial minelaying fit Soviet maritime theatersNotable Point
  46. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    6:02Baltic submarine design had several national lineagesQ&A
  47. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    56:30Finnish Kilo submarine feasibilityQ&A
  48. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    1:03:27Finland's surviving 12-inch coastal artilleryNotable Point
  49. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    3:16:47Why Sweden chose a layered Baltic defence fleetNotable Point
  50. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    3:24:49Baltic timber mattered most for specialized mast sparsQ&A
  51. Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!
    39:00Baltic-plan risk in narrow watersNotable Point
  52. Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!
    41:51Why joint plans cannot be assigned to another serviceNotable Point
  53. Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...
    1:09:18Why Fisher's Baltic plan begins with the High Seas FleetNotable Point
  54. The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers
    21:21Harwich Force offered a practical Baltic alternativeNotable Point
  55. The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers
    1:27:47Hermes proportions suggest a 524-foot Furious hangarNotable Point
  56. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    2:19:26Fisher's Baltic plan was feasible with the right battle fleetQ&A
  57. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    3:42:38Courageous was a Baltic large light cruiser, not a normal battlecruiserQ&A
  58. What kind of Carrier do you need or want?
    59:20Geography made a multi-carrier fleet attractive to BritainNotable Point
  59. What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?
    54:10A Channel battle of annihilationNotable Point
  60. Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books
    30:39How mines and command delay contained the Baltic FleetNotable Point
  61. Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books
    57:18Naval power, food relief, and Estonia in 1919Chapter
  62. Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books
    1:52:25What if the Kronshtadt-class battlecruisers were ready in 1940?Q&A
  63. Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships
    1:01:34The Herluf Trolle class and Danish armed neutralityNotable Point
  64. Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships
    1:11:48Finland's Vainamoinen class and archipelago firepowerNotable Point
  65. Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships
    2:38:58Swedish Sverige-class ships and Baltic defenceNotable Point
  66. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:10:45Matching a Polish frigate to Baltic operationsQ&A