Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Brest

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  1. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    28:15Rebuilding Napoleon's navy around training, Toulon and GibraltarQ&A
  2. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:31:33Why combining Europe's fleets against Britain was difficultNotable Point
  3. École navale: Where France Rebuilt a Navy
    30:05The academy moves ashore, suffers war damage, and rebuildsChapter
  4. The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response
    1:23:51A crippled Bismarck as an industrial burdenNotable Point
  5. Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?
    1:31:07Atlantic wear undermined the planned Bismarck concentrationNotable Point
  6. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    1:18:43Would Bismarck and the twins simply be trapped in Brest?Q&A
  7. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    1:24:12Could more British submarines block the French Atlantic ports?Q&A
  8. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    2:43:47A defective radar and incomplete report helped the raiders escapeChapter
  9. Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?
    47:09Frigates, blockade gaps, and a fog-bound near missNotable Point
  10. Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?
    2:23:35Incomplete casualty records and a continuing campaignNotable Point
  11. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    24:13Why Brest threatened BritainChapter
  12. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    33:15A powerful harbour with a supply problemNotable Point
  13. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    35:23Brest's tidal passages and the problem of keeping watchChapter
  14. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    38:43Why ships approached Brest through the southern passageNotable Point
  15. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    42:56Q&A: Why Brest could not guarantee freedom to sortieQ&A
  16. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    47:23Brest’s fortifications outpaced its transport linksNotable Point
  17. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    50:13Brest’s battles before the great blockadesNotable Point
  18. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    55:30Q&A: How Genoese galley mercenaries were organizedQ&A
  19. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    3:14:26French manpower and logistics in 1759Notable Point
  20. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    4:00:33Brest and the Western Squadron’s strategic legacyChapter
  21. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    4:06:23Q&A: Why Brest's U-boat pens remainQ&A
  22. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    1:56Brest's tides, reefs, and three difficult exitsChapter
  23. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    5:37Hawke's layered watch kept Brest under observationNotable Point
  24. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    7:51Why Brest made the Western Squadron indispensableChapter
  25. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    11:50Wind and weather could break a close blockadeChapter
  26. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    14:45Brest's weakness: dependence on coastal supplyNotable Point
  27. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    17:53Grand strategy without the infrastructure behind itNotable Point
  28. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    20:17An inshore watch could bluff a full blockadeNotable Point
  29. Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books
    2:33:54The Brest blockade beyond the famous fleet actionsChapter
  30. Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books
    2:39:05The rotation and intelligence behind the Brest blockadeNotable Point
  31. French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)
    10:53Lorient and Brest carried centuries of arsenal investmentChapter
  32. French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)
    32:46How Lorient and Brest became France's cruiser-building centersChapter
  33. French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)
    40:47Why French cruiser orders were spread across many yardsChapter
  34. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    2:49:10Lagos and Quiberon Bay break the French fleetsChapter
  35. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    3:03:16Choiseul's invasion plan fails before the crossingChapter
  36. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    21:35Napoleon's invasion plan and its sea-control problemChapter
  37. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    28:45Britain's dispersed blockade networkNotable Point
  38. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)
    2:17:24Why a junction at Brest would still face British concentrationNotable Point
  39. Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion
    2:30Brest, Quiberon Bay, and the logistics of fleet concentrationNotable Point
  40. Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion
    24:38Napoleon's Brest concentration meets British fleet depthNotable Point
  41. Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign
    7:13Concentration could trap the allied fleetNotable Point
  42. Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p2: French Fleet Commanders
    10:52Ganteaume and the trapped Brest fleetNotable Point
  43. Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p1: Strategy & Some Priniciple Personalities
    27:37The Royal Navy's forward blockade systemChapter
  44. Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI
    31:21Two coasts forced France to duplicate fleet supportNotable Point
  45. Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)
    59:29Brest demolition parties show prior preparationNotable Point