Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Battle Of Crete

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  1. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    1:14:00Crete, convoy routes and Romanian oilChapter
  2. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    1:19:12Convoy routes from the Mediterranean to the Far EastChapter
  3. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    1:20:06Romanian oil as a bombing target from CreteNotable Point
  4. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    2:20:38Force Z and the accumulated consequences of earlier decisionsNotable Point
  5. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:25:44Malta's defences and rocky ground complicate an airborne invasionNotable Point
  6. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:46:52The Royal Navy's costliest Second World War mistakesQ&A
  7. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:50:14Crete: sending ammunition-depleted cruisers back into dangerNotable Point
  8. What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?
    18:24Mediterranean losses and repairs constrain Allied reinforcementsNotable Point
  9. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    1:31:10A crippled Italian fleet makes the fall of Crete less certainQ&A
  10. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:05:10An early Mediterranean collapse could delay the Afrika KorpsQ&A
  11. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:32:38Holding Crete could make Operation Pike more practicalQ&A
  12. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:42:25Would the larger fleet prevent Tribal-class bow losses?Q&A
  13. The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII
    50:08Kimberley's Red Sea and Mediterranean escort dutiesNotable Point
  14. Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:46:57Why HMS Gloucester was sent back off CreteQ&A
  15. Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception
    32:41Cunningham raises the Admiralty's operational tempoChapter
  16. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut
    2:26:19Warships the panel would save from tragic lossQ&A
  17. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    1:23:43Mediterranean force deployment after TarantoChapter
  18. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    1:27:40Convoys, the Afrika Korps, and CreteChapter
  19. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    1:30:05Surviving carriers, Crete, and Force ZNotable Point
  20. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    27:07Why the historical German victory was fragileChapter
  21. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    32:27Obstructed airstrips deny German reinforcementNotable Point
  22. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    35:32Führer Directive 28 meets a different CreteChapter
  23. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:18:44Fortified Crete and Malta require a combined Axis invasionNotable Point
  24. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    52:42Crete remains an Allied bomber and logistics baseQ&A
  25. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    43:41Radar and barrel replacement altered wartime gun performanceNotable Point
  26. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:52:13If Britain's 1939 battle fleet became Vanguard classQ&A
  27. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    2:13:01Dido-class air defence during the Crete campaignChapter
  28. Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!
    49:24How the Allied defense of Crete might have workedQ&A
  29. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    3:27:27Why invading Malta would be worse than CreteQ&A
  30. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    2:07:12Crete's defence suffered from command instabilityQ&A
  31. What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!
    35:36Crete and the cost of rotating commandersNotable Point
  32. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    2:25:08Radar shadowing and Bismarck's early steering failureNotable Point
  33. Battle of Blackett Strait
    2:11:03Destroyer supply runs reveal Japan's logistics trapChapter
  34. Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 3
    32:43A wide operational career from Greece to D-DayChapter
  35. Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s
    2:46:44Why early helicopters make the naval war unpredictableChapter
  36. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    44:02Formidable, Crete, and spare-parts logisticsChapter
  37. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    1:21:28Risking a carrier for total victory at CreteNotable Point
  38. WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...
    1:06:11A northern air front changes the Battle of Britain and CreteChapter
  39. WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...
    1:12:16Mediterranean sea control makes North Africa a logistics warChapter
  40. Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...
    2:06:57Why Crete may remain an Allied baseNotable Point
  41. Albany Class: Comment Response
    27:05Why escorts risk themselves for capital shipsNotable Point
  42. HMS Nubian: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 5
    19:10Taking damage while screening a carrier off CreteNotable Point
  43. HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 3
    45:52Air attack at Crete exposes the cost of fleet defenceChapter
  44. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    3:33:25Crete could tie Force H to the western MediterraneanNotable Point
  45. Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...
    2:19:48How might HMS Glorious surviving have changed the carrier war?Q&A
  46. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    41:29Air Ministry priorities and Royal Navy aircraft shortagesQ&A
  47. Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 76
    1:11:12A stronger air component for mobile naval basesNotable Point
  48. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    1:27:07Crete command planning and interservice breakdownNotable Point
  49. Top 5 Inventions that came too Late
    14:25Dual-purpose guns before Norway and the MediterraneanChapter
  50. HMCS Haida & The Tribal Class: Always Service
    2:22:41Nubian's near-global Second World WarChapter
  51. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    41:43Greece, Crete, and the limits of Axis sea powerChapter
  52. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    46:29A shorter war removes air-defence lessons but helps CreteNotable Point
  53. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 3
    2:10:05French North Africa and an early collapse of Italy's positionQ&A
  54. Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches
    1:12:28Why did capital-ship Marines carry towed artillery?Q&A
  55. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1942
    3:09Crete and Ark Royal constrained carrier support for Force ZChapter
  56. County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)
    30:38York's wreck remained at Suda Bay for a decadeNotable Point
  57. County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)
    36:30Explosive motorboats disabled York at Suda BayNotable Point
  58. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    15:08Fallschirmjager strengths and limits on CreteQ&A
  59. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    1:12:19How larger air groups create cumulative advantagesQ&A
  60. Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney
    3:48:41Q&A: would Rodney have helped at Crete?Q&A
  61. Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)
    25:17Taranto’s result could redistribute the battle fleetNotable Point
  62. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    1:56:25Why a larger Taranto strike could change CreteQ&A
  63. The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?
    50:37Ammunition exhaustion from the age of sail to CreteNotable Point
  64. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 3/4
    6:06Why Norway, Greece, and Crete need separate explanationsNotable Point
  65. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    1:36:54Crete was not a German-only victoryNotable Point
  66. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    2:02:33Crete's command disruption before the German assaultQ&A
  67. Bruships 55: New Books
    4:05:35Command continuity in Crete and southern EnglandNotable Point
  68. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    2:51:24Plans fail when they assume the enemy will repeat your choicesNotable Point
  69. Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword
    34:58Airborne forces were not unique to the D-Day landing planQ&A
  70. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    3:01:36The Fairey Fulmar's record against Axis air powerNotable Point
  71. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland
    45:32Was Rear Admiral King or the promotion system at fault?Q&A
  72. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 2 Fiji to Kenya
    6:41Battle of Crete air attacks exhaust cruiser ammunitionChapter
  73. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 2 Fiji to Kenya
    7:02The Crete attack window shows how intelligence estimates workNotable Point
  74. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 2 Fiji to Kenya
    12:04Naval seniority gives Force C unified commandNotable Point
  75. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 2 Fiji to Kenya
    12:47The Greyhound rescue detachment costs Fiji and GloucesterChapter
  76. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 2 Fiji to Kenya
    17:23Crete changes ammunition policy and exposes command delayNotable Point
  77. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 2 Fiji to Kenya
    39:04Crown Colony cruisers were prewar designs, not emergency shipsNotable Point
  78. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    58:22HMS Fiji and the anti-aircraft ammunition crisis at CreteChapter
  79. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    1:05:25Fiji's final bombing, flooding, and nighttime rescueNotable Point
  80. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    1:08:18How much anti-aircraft ammunition remained before Fiji and Gloucester were lost?Q&A
  81. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    1:09:38Captured Italian guns became improvised Royal Navy air defenseNotable Point
  82. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    1:10:29Why couldn't cruisers redistribute anti-aircraft ammunition at Crete?Q&A
  83. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    1:11:05How far was Fiji listing before the second attack?Q&A
  84. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    1:12:02Did Fiji and Gloucester still have main-gun ammunition?Q&A
  85. Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters
    27:46Gloucester sent back into the Battle of Crete with little AA ammunitionChapter
  86. Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters
    31:52Gloucester's sinking left survivors a day and night in the seaChapter
  87. Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters
    34:01Gloucester's sinking and Cunningham's quiet accountabilityChapter
  88. Town Class Part 4 of 7: Overview of War
    14:13Crete, naval tradition, and enduranceNotable Point
  89. Town Class; big impact with a light footprint
    1:47:30Hugh G. Singer's survival report after HMS GloucesterNotable Point
  90. Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions
    7:58Greek evacuation convoy complexity and the Scottish Prince rescueChapter
  91. Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions
    10:08Warships covering the Greek evacuation refuel and return with almost no restNotable Point
  92. Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions
    11:21Greek evacuation routing across dispersed Aegean embarkation pointsNotable Point
  93. Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions
    12:14Crete as an eastern Mediterranean unsinkable aircraft carrierNotable Point
  94. The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?
    51:30HMS Orion's contested name and the Crete connectionNotable Point
  95. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    34:32Crete and the pressure to risk an understrength carrierChapter
  96. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    44:13Diversion operations and the Scarpanto strike planNotable Point
  97. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    55:17Why Crete's carrier-covering operation is easily forgottenNotable Point
  98. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    1:00:48Enemy scouts find a fleet with too little fighter reserveChapter
  99. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    1:04:41Two one-ton bombs strike FormidableChapter
  100. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    1:17:21Nubian steers home after losing her sternNotable Point
  101. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:38:17If Taranto and Matapan had not weakened the Italian fleetQ&A
  102. Introduction to Crete 1941
    0:34Why the order of battle does not explain CreteChapter
  103. Introduction to Crete 1941
    17:47Royal Navy night power stops the seaborne landingsNotable Point
  104. Introduction to Crete 1941
    18:34Why a 40,000-strong garrison still losesNotable Point
  105. Introduction to Crete 1941
    35:11Italian reinforcements arrive after evacuation beginsNotable Point
  106. Introduction to Crete 1941
    39:05German operational risk and Allied exhaustionNotable Point
  107. Introduction to Crete 1941
    41:42A piecemeal garrison lacks its intended firepowerNotable Point
  108. 2 Minutes: What happened with Crete?
    0:09A victory neither side earnedChapter
  109. 2 Minutes: What happened with Crete?
    0:23British troops without coherent preparationNotable Point
  110. 2 Minutes: What happened with Crete?
    0:57One British weakness behind Germany's precarious victoryNotable Point
  111. 2 Minutes: What happened with Crete?
    1:40Changing the command structure or moving one platoonNotable Point
  112. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...
    52:50Fleet Air Arm types and assumptions not yet tested by warChapter
  113. An Introduction to Patreon Video 3: The Little Boat Wars...
    23:23Crete and the misuse of light forcesChapter
  114. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:11:17How Norway and Crete might shorten the European warQ&A
  115. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:43:09Why naval strength alone could not retain CreteQ&A
  116. Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style
    17:44Formidable follows the Crete-to-Norfolk repair routeNotable Point
  117. Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 3
    5:40Andrew Cunningham and calculated operational riskChapter
  118. Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:59:18Why risking Formidable off Crete could be strategically rationalNotable Point
  119. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    1:19:19Formidable at Crete: resilient ship, exhausted air groupNotable Point
  120. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    1:39:49Make do and mend as an operational doctrineChapter
  121. A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 1
    47:27Operation Claymore, Crete, and specialised support craftChapter
  122. HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile
    48:03Force attrition and the ships left to fightNotable Point