Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Coastal Artillery

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  1. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:36:37Marine artillery sinking a cruiser at GuadalcanalQ&A
  2. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:39:15Why field artillery might avoid engaging shipsQ&A
  3. Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?
    24:23Coastal artillery and its limited success against shippingNotable Point
  4. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    35:18Gallipoli's command problem and the price of forcing straitsChapter
  5. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    1:22:19Why enter the Baltic instead of attacking Wilhelmshaven?Q&A
  6. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    1:49:20What if Germany already controlled Denmark?Q&A
  7. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    18:36Why German shore guns struggled against the D-Day bombardment fleetQ&A
  8. Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    33:09Christian IV's coastal-gun bluff and shipping duesNotable Point
  9. Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?
    25:01Oscarsborg's old guns concealed decades of neglected modernizationChapter
  10. Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?
    30:56Norway could afford gradual improvements to armed neutralityChapter
  11. Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?
    34:06Six newer guns at Oscarsborg could have changed an attacker's calculationsNotable Point
  12. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    6:22:19Vuelta de Obligado and the limits of superior firepowerChapter
  13. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    6:24:44The ships and river defenses at Vuelta de ObligadoNotable Point
  14. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    7:26:18A hypothetical 1920 program for Royal Navy basesQ&A
  15. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    7:46:18How Diamond Rock became HMS Diamond RockNotable Point
  16. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:05:52Assessing the Bofors 105 mm naval gunQ&A
  17. Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    47:40Where Britain's 9.2-inch coastal guns came fromQ&A
  18. Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:47:30Norway should not force one calibre ashore and afloatQ&A
  19. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    6:04:33Railway guns remained widespread in the Second World WarQ&A
  20. Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:00:53The older lineages behind American 3-inch gunsNotable Point
  21. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    18:00Kilkis and Lemnos arm Crete's coastChapter
  22. Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:37:24Coastal artillery can exceed shipboard gun limitsQ&A
  23. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    30:46Longer-ranged weapons dispersed the modern coastal fortressChapter
  24. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    41:51Oscarsborg shows what Norway's unmobilized defenses could still doChapter
  25. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    3:08:10Radar control could sharpen both coastal attack and defenseQ&A
  26. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    3:11:41Crimean War forts offer likely examples of protected rotating gunsQ&A
  27. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    3:12:22Possible British and German cross-Channel gun duelsQ&A
  28. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:47:39A Malta 100-ton gun hit could doom GoebenQ&A
  29. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:11:55Building a defended air station with two tendersChapter
  30. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:58:32The defenses a tender pair could bring ashoreNotable Point
  31. Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...
    55:41Why 9.2-inch guns hit harder in shore bombardmentQ&A
  32. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    3:02:03Why guns and missiles solve different naval fire-support problemsNotable Point
  33. What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?
    41:27A common 15-inch gun system could support coastal defensesNotable Point
  34. Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War
    46:33Why Ottoman fleet survival was tied to ConstantinopleNotable Point
  35. Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War
    49:54Kountouriotis uses Averof's speed to cross the Ottoman lineChapter
  36. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    2:02:27An 18-inch coastal gun at GibraltarQ&A
  37. Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...
    25:46British responses would change with Spanish constructionNotable Point
  38. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    14:25A Helgoland force on Germany's doorstepNotable Point
  39. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    15:50Fortification gives Britain a reason to retain HelgolandChapter
  40. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    32:06High cliffs make speed essential for an attackerChapter
  41. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    34:15Defending the high ground rather than every shorelineNotable Point
  42. Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 106
    1:01:15Could German coastal artillery shell the island?Q&A
  43. Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 106
    2:00:47Why the fortress does not need modern light cruisersNotable Point
  44. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    2:10:33Bigger coastal guns cannot cover every landing siteQ&A
  45. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    1:03:27Finland's surviving 12-inch coastal artilleryNotable Point
  46. Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice
    2:26:54Why Malta did not receive 15-inch coastal gunsQ&A
  47. Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice
    2:27:47What an Axis invasion of Malta would requireQ&A
  48. Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built
    37:22Why spare 15-inch turrets defined HMS VanguardQ&A
  49. Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?
    4:59:42How low-rate 16-inch production could change the King George V classQ&A
  50. Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?
    5:07:49Could monitors and coastal batteries evade the 16-inch limit?Q&A
  51. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism
    1:52:39Cannon range defined territorial waters and blockade logisticsNotable Point
  52. Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions
    2:53:31What happened to the Royal Navy's 18-inch guns after FuriousQ&A
  53. Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions
    3:08:30Why 18-inch guns alone could not save SingaporeQ&A
  54. Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions
    3:09:48Where treaty politics would permit 18-inch coastal gunsQ&A
  55. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    3:02:44German 800 mm guns would be exposed near GibraltarQ&A
  56. HMS Ben My Chree(1908/1915): A Soaring Service with a Legacy of Fire Risk Managment
    42:28Mustafa Ertuğrul Aker brings shore artillery to bearNotable Point
  57. HMS Ben My Chree(1908/1915): A Soaring Service with a Legacy of Fire Risk Managment
    49:49Ottoman guns destroy Ben-my-Chree at KastellorizoChapter
  58. Carry on Invading Britain: The Battle of Fishguard (1797)
    24:38Fishguard Fort deters a direct harbor landingNotable Point
  59. HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!
    1:15:05Operation Medium bombards CherbourgChapter
  60. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    2:05:45Coastal superguns could become a naval-treaty loopholeQ&A
  61. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    2:53:18Shore batteries could exceed the 16.5-inch naval gun limitQ&A
  62. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    4:14:28Continuous 16-inch production could rearm the King George V classQ&A
  63. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    2:43:26If Gibraltar were as narrow as MessinaQ&A
  64. Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books
    2:17:38Fixing the British triple 4-inch mount for dual-purpose useQ&A
  65. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    37:55Low-rate coastal turret production preserves capital-ship skillsQ&A
  66. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    44:27Coastal batteries can be built around full ship-standard turretsQ&A
  67. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    55:39A modern Martello tower becomes a layered sea-and-air defense fortQ&A
  68. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    5:35Where Britain might have placed 18-inch coastal gunsQ&A
  69. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    50:20Could Graf Zeppelin's guns stop destroyer attacks?Q&A
  70. Dante Alighieri: Not Dreadnought but still an Inferno - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 1
    23:20A multinational Durazzo force faces submarines and shore batteriesNotable Point
  71. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    34:50Why 28 knots mattered in the MediterraneanNotable Point
  72. Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    2:38:52Heated-shot loading traded accuracy for incendiary effectQ&A
  73. HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 3
    1:06:38Mine damage reshapes Warspite into a slow bombardment shipNotable Point
  74. USS Texas: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 2
    1:07:13The Cherbourg duel with Battery HamburgNotable Point
  75. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    2:28:49Why fortress guns used naval or land carriagesQ&A
  76. Battle of San Nicolas(1811): Revolutionary Battles Part 2/2
    37:44A shore battery checks the first attackNotable Point
  77. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    1:01:17Why the 18-inch gun points to a shipboard requirementQ&A
  78. Bombardment of Ellwood
    36:07Fort Stevens and range disciplineNotable Point
  79. Bombardment of Ellwood
    1:54:33Were Fort Stevens' guns upgraded?Q&A
  80. USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser
    38:22Wichita at Casablanca in Operation TorchNotable Point
  81. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    2:32:36Fireships and forts were the defenders' best asymmetric toolsNotable Point
  82. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    2:53:16Scipion's crew saved the ship from a fireshipNotable Point
  83. Brooklyn Class(US Treaty Cruisers): Comment Response
    38:44Why Safi's concrete coastal battery looked more dangerousNotable Point
  84. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 64
    49:08Spain captures Rosily's squadron at CadizChapter
  85. Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations
    31:09Eight-inch coastal batteries for the FalklandsQ&A
  86. Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations
    47:13How coastal batteries could reshape the 1982 invasionQ&A
  87. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    3:24:40Concrete D-Day platforms could carry limited gunsQ&A
  88. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    1:16:00Montojo's outclassed and partly disarmed squadronChapter
  89. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    1:22:49Why Manila Bay's shore batteries barely foughtQ&A
  90. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    1:50:04Could a coastal battery destroy a cruiser?Q&A
  91. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    2:18:24Auxiliary cruisers and shore batteries around Puerto RicoChapter
  92. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 2
    2:45:59What a 6-inch coastal battery could deterQ&A
  93. Bruships 80: Books From Travels
    59:22Railway guns against destroyers in NorwayQ&A
  94. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)
    38:36A more equitable fortification compromiseChapter
  95. Boadicea Class (1907): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)
    26:32Six 4-inch guns traded broadside weight for exposed mountsNotable Point
  96. Finnish War 1808-9 (Sweden vs Russia): A War of Autocracies (Long Patrol)
    17:53Sveaborg exposed the limits of a fleet frozen into harbourChapter
  97. Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet
    1:49:36What navies did with guns from scrapped capital shipsQ&A
  98. Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet
    1:59:29Why a ship's guns could outperform the same weapons ashoreQ&A
  99. Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)
    24:02A submarine sighting without a hunting forceNotable Point
  100. Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol
    37:32Karlsruhe against the coastal guns at KristiansandChapter
  101. Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)
    15:11The long service life of the 9.2-inch gunNotable Point
  102. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    1:11:05Why coast batteries could mix unlike heavy gunsQ&A
  103. M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 9
    17:42M30 lost while enforcing the Smyrna blockadeNotable Point
  104. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    16:23Shipboard and shore guns in Taranto's defenceQ&A
  105. Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.
    2:14:29Defeat the landing across several domainsQ&A
  106. A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 1941
    8:12Singapore's deliberate restraint and landward coastal gunsNotable Point
  107. The Battle of Athos 1807: A Long Patrol
    46:36The unused Ottoman force multipliers at TenedosNotable Point
  108. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 6, Gorgon Class
    16:27Armour made Gorgon a protected coastal reconnaissance postNotable Point
  109. The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!
    2:25:54Force H opened fire as Holland cleared the harbourChapter
  110. Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans
    3:08:18España-class sisters on opposite sidesQ&A
  111. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 4, Lord Clive Class M10-13
    20:31Belgian civilians constrain the Ostend bombardmentNotable Point
  112. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 4, Lord Clive Class M10-13
    21:25Uncertain Ostend defenses shape the monitors' approachNotable Point
  113. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 4, Lord Clive Class M10-13
    23:20Slow monitors escape the Hindenburg batteryChapter
  114. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-9
    17:47Lord Clive on air defense, the Dover Barrage, and deceptionChapter
  115. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-9
    23:04HMS General Craufurd carries heavy gun barrels to DunkirkChapter
  116. Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"
    1:09:55SMS Radetzky suppresses Montenegrin coastal gunsNotable Point
  117. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    55:14Why invading Oahu required far more than the carrier raidQ&A
  118. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    1:20:11What Kimmel and Short could do without a declaration of warQ&A
  119. Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War
    3:57:15Singapore's guns and the ammunition problemQ&A
  120. Four Random Books 7: Dunkirk
    9:00Why the East Mole became an evacuation lifelineNotable Point
  121. An Introduction to Operation Menace part 2 of 2
    12:13How Dakar's defenses gained strengthNotable Point
  122. An Introduction to Operation Menace part 2 of 2
    19:39Dakar's naval and coastal defenseNotable Point
  123. An Introduction to Operation Menace part 2 of 2
    26:17Coastal batteries bring the fleet under fireNotable Point
  124. BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest Part 2 of 2
    7:20The Regia Marina and a missed Malta assaultNotable Point
  125. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan
    16:29Singapore's coastal guns still face an ammunition limitNotable Point