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- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:09:18A forward operating base delivered in containersNotable Point
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...8:01Destroyers as a screen for the Soviet stateNotable Point
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...40:58Deleting fuel tanks changes the strategy a ship can supportNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)43:04Crewing constrains the move to larger Finnish combatantsNotable Point
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:30:46Portsmouth's forts and a Dutch raidQ&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:35:29Explosive drone boats, sea conditions and defenceQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:03:23Sea Lion's landing barges and Dover's defencesNotable Point
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:10:22Testing burning fuel on waterQ&A
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:39:04Could Gibraltar's current prevent a mine barrier?Q&A
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:18Defending three Okinawa-sized islands in a 1917 scenarioQ&A
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:09:52Keeping six-inch coastal guns alive under bombardmentQ&A
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:36Building a usable wharf before a full naval baseQ&A
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:14:38Could attackers bypass a coastal battery by landing elsewhere?Q&A
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:15:14Adding boats and prefabricated works to island defensesQ&A
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:19:04Concrete and earth in a 1917 coastal fortQ&A
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?54:25Britain's worst case: limited German landingsChapter
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?1:02:31Burning oil and stranded invasion bargesNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live48:00Stored heavy guns in Britain's wartime defensesQ&A
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous1:56:17Local resistance and the Home Guard's delaying roleNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:17:31Would Germany build flak towers and prepare an Atlantic Wall?Q&A
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...36:48The Cricket class and coastal torpedo-boat defenceNotable Point
- What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)1:57:41Could Germany strike Britain while the Grand Fleet was away?Q&A
- 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
- Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia21:49S-363 distress call and a false incursion alarmNotable Point
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:47:13Raising the price of an assault on StanleyNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:54Why Baltic shore missiles still need convoy escortsQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:10Rodney's captain planned to fight through to the beachesNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:46Sea-based AA forts and layered air defenceQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:25:59Missiles ashore and guns offshoreQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:55Sweden's layered coastal defence before 1914Q&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:52:17Coastal battleship guns versus mobile missilesQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:52:39What reactivating Gibraltar's coastal guns would requireQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:19:25North Korean frigates serve industrial and coastal purposesQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:19S-boats in the Thames EstuaryQ&A
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?1:00:20Carrier construction redirects surplus heavy gunsNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII14:18Léopard and the liberation of La RéunionNotable Point
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...1:04:20Sleipner and a local militia capture German shipsNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More27:28Cheap coastal defence and the naval funding gapNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:28:02Did Japanese coastal torpedo launchers achieve notable results?Q&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:26:42The cost of defending the Channel IslandsQ&A
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?21:22Cruiser turrets shared with coastal batteriesNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?27:41Using gun liners to preserve a larger wartime calibreChapter
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?9:32Coastal boats freed larger ships for other dutiesChapter
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?11:44The coastal boats built from 1914 remained small defendersNotable Point
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:01Torpedo boats would threaten Germany's Norwegian reinforcement chainQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:44Why pre-Roman archaeology is hard to recover at PortsmouthQ&A
- Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...21:13Why coastal turret ships could abandon sail soonerNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:03:50Cyclic's explanation of coastal missiles and Black Sea Fleet withdrawalNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics41:07The roads and reused fortifications of the Surrey HillsChapter
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:38:33Cold-water mangroves reshape North Sea coastsQ&A
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit8:40British coastal defence aimed to hold invaders for the Royal NavyNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:18:04Fort Darnett guarded Chatham from the MedwayNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:41:59Preparing Hong Kong to resist invasion in 1997Q&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:46:46Hong Kong's waterfront and urban radar clutterNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:29Where Grand Fleet turrets could become Fort DrumsQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:59:42Why the Singapore fort proposal turns to commandNotable Point
- Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)2:17:43Home Guard defence schemes could outrun government controlNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)1:18:56Surviving coastal batteries could punish the invasion crossingQ&A
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)1:32:59Taiwan's beaches and mountainous interior constrain an invasionChapter
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)2:15:41Taiwan needs coastal defense and depthQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle48:27Could submarine size limits favour coastal defence?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle2:51:48Why the 1890s United States needed a fleet as well as fortsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon1:04:47Matching French crews and older battleships to an Indochina defenseNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:42:50Why the Maunsell sea forts have decades rather than centuries leftQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust9:56:24Choosing a castle by fortification and locationQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:59:10Hong Kong was defensible only at prohibitive costQ&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)1:58:36Do coastal weapons create true naval no-go zones?Q&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:36How city-states suppressed rival portsQ&A
- Battle of Winchelsea(1350)... defeating the first Armada?33:50Ship towns turn royal intent into a medieval fleetNotable Point
- Battle of Winchelsea(1350)1:05:14Edward turns idle forces into coastal defenseChapter
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:00:42Coastal blackouts concealed targets and exposed signalsQ&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft2:19:41What the early US Navy lacked above its frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:24:42Darwin's weak defenses and Dominion responsibilityNotable Point
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys1:07:40Norway enters 1940 with submarines from another eraChapter
- Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?18:00Kilkis and Lemnos arm Crete's coastChapter
- Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?35:32Führer Directive 28 meets a different CreteChapter
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:22:09Fast attack craft armed with Naval Strike MissilesQ&A
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?46:10An alternative Plan Z concept: Baltic control against the Soviet UnionChapter
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:39Modern coastal batteries did not depend on medieval castlesQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:48:32The Strait of Hormuz became easier to close and easier to reopenQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:13:42Repairing North Korea's damaged new destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:26How defensive minefields could delay Germany in NorwayQ&A
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII2:53:08South American submarines in World War IIQ&A
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!18:48Northern raids shape Korea's force prioritiesNotable Point
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!40:30Korean coastal warships turn cannon into a force multiplierChapter
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:32:30How Spanish coastal towers helped defend southern ItalyQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:33:40Why foreknowledge alone would not let Germany stop D-DayQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:55Why amphibious assaults usually land away from portsQ&A
- Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?1:26Why coastal defences did not need to stop every invasionChapter
- Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?5:51Falmouth shows deterrence through cost and geographyNotable Point
- Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?14:43Peacetime planning can mistake imperfect protection for no valueNotable Point
- Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?1:02:42Singapore's guns redirected the invasion through MalayaNotable Point
- Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?1:04:51Japan captured more islands than its logistics could fortifyNotable Point
- Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?1:26:29Judge defensive systems by the time and choices they createChapter
- Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?1:26:29Napoleon's reaction forces treated the sea too much like landNotable Point
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...9:51How castles served as Second World War coastal defencesQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...24:30Where cross-Channel and railway guns came fromQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:37Coastal defences designed chiefly to stop landing troopsQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:42Why new Royal Navy coastal submarines would probably be uncrewedQ&A
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?10:28Coastal defenses work by changing the attacker's calculationChapter
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?18:22A castle becomes a fort when it serves the stateQ&A
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?19:08Henrician forts turned anchorages into a dispersed fleet networkNotable Point
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?22:24Martello towers spread a compact defensive model across the British EmpireNotable Point
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?28:49Steam-powered raids made Portsmouth's landward defenses necessaryNotable Point
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?30:46Longer-ranged weapons dispersed the modern coastal fortressChapter
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?33:01Britain's land-based area air defence faded after BloodhoundNotable Point
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?36:57Old coastal fortifications can adapt to new weaponsNotable Point
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?49:40Britain planned to defeat landings through defense in depthChapter
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?50:38Canceled invasions make coastal defenses look less effectiveNotable Point
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?1:11:22The Atlantic Wall concentrated strength at ports and the Pas-de-CalaisChapter
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?2:52:00Defensive cost is measured against the asset at riskNotable Point
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?2:56:46Modern coastal defense can use mobile teams as tripwiresNotable Point
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?2:59:19Strong coastal defenses forced costly changes to Allied invasion plansChapter
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?3:06:04Swedish and Henrician defenses stand out in different waysQ&A
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?3:12:59Railway artillery appears not to have been pursued as a Philippine workaroundQ&A
- Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,8:35Pendennis and St Mawes turn beaches into killing groundsNotable Point
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...2:20:12Coastal blackouts as anti-submarine defenseQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:06:38How Coast Guard cutters reinforce the US NavyQ&A
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class1:27:30The Six-Six Fleet as coastal siege warfare at seaNotable Point
- Admiral James Saumarez & the Battles of Algeciras31:50Linois made Algeciras Bay a defensive trapChapter
- Paulet Affair of 1843: When the Royal Navy found itself in charge of Hawaii2:43Evacuating a fort without saving its gunsNotable Point
- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command7:01Henry May builds a school for admirals and staff officersChapter
- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command26:52Astley Cooper Key establishes Greenwich for practical professionalismChapter
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:14Coastal missile size and nuclear-powered amphibious shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...55:06British pop-up and mobile pillbox proposalsQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?1:30:02Warships became fortifications mainly through necessityQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?4:10:57Contested landings in the age of coastal A2/ADQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 202445:46The emergency plan to turn R-class battleships into coastal fortressesNotable Point
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...2:48:26Layered coastal defense for strategic peninsulasQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1082:05:26Moving the Mediterranean Fleet would not hand Malta to ItalyQ&A
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 71:11:15Russia's coast-defence problem and why carriers persistNotable Point
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- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 10636:34What a British fortress could supportNotable Point
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 10654:11Designing the fortress to defeat a rapid attackChapter
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1061:01:15Could German coastal artillery shell the island?Q&A
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1062:09:11Would a second ring of sea forts surround Heligoland?Q&A
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1062:25:34Would Britain need to block the Kiel Canal physically?Q&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.2:40:49A Type XXI surfacing in the PotomacQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:10:36Modern shore batteries still in serviceQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!1:11:08Britain's thin coastal defenses before the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!1:28:13German submarine-borne raids on BritainQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:59:09Gangut-class battleships as a Baltic deterrentQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:10:03A realistic small navy for independent CataloniaQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...1:11:31Why Taiwan would keep an Alaska afloatQ&A
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- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 11:24:04Distributing torpedo boats for local port defenseNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 11:50:51Heavy cruisers for a national port networkNotable Point
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!55:11Why old port defenses survive beneath newer buildingsQ&A
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- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!2:03:08A Swedish naval-forces reference closes the book tourChapter
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- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission1:27:02Operation Sea Lion as an amphibious logistics problemChapter
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission1:30:41The proposal to beach battleships in the Dover StraitNotable Point
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests48:47The Chesapeake range tested air defense claims as well as bombsNotable Point
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?13:01Mitchell's Hawaii claims and the limits of prophetic reputationNotable Point
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?1:28:13Coastal aircraft leave trade beyond their reachNotable Point
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?1:44:47Fixed airfields and mobile battleships cover different areasNotable Point
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- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:37:24Why an Axis assault on Malta was unlikely to succeedQ&A
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- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:35:39Submarines can free the battle fleet from port defenseNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:37:49Could Royal Navy submarines ambush German raiding forces?Q&A
- Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:16:11Why closing a defended strait can simplify enemy gunneryNotable Point
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- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism42:22Gunboats could not replace seagoing warshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:49:47The Strait of Messina needed denial more than battleship gunsQ&A
- The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)1:02:57Did France also attack the Channel Islands?Q&A
- The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)1:32:35Could a Newcastle landing avoid the local fortifications?Q&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!1:40:35Pearl Harbor's defenses reflected a peacetime funding mindsetQ&A
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.1:33:23Novgorod's circular hull fits a narrow missionChapter
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered21:59Why imperial coastal forts remained obsoleteQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books1:34:03If the Channel Islands sat in the middle of the English ChannelQ&A
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI42:08The Brandenburg class shows why reserve roles must fit the shipChapter
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?1:21:43Germany sends old battleships from coastal defence to JutlandChapter
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:43:32An Italian special attack on New York HarborQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:57:17Preparing Russia's Far Eastern fleet in 1900Q&A
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1024:17Mobile gunboats promise coastal defence on the cheapNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1029:23Canada, New Orleans, and Washington expose a disordered land warNotable Point
- Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response5:35Where Britain might have placed 18-inch coastal gunsQ&A
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response3:35A successor force for New IronsidesQ&A
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response17:02Fort Fisher's amphibious history and eroded battlefieldNotable Point
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response17:47Monitor and Warrior belonged to different watersQ&A
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response18:10Why monitor designs spread beyond the Civil WarNotable Point
- HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response6:31Visible threats unlock peacetime defence investmentNotable Point
- HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response22:50What if Cerberus had become an imperial defence type?Notable Point
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore1:02:38Fixed guns preserve battleships for the mobile fleetNotable Point
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore1:05:55Sydney needs layered defence for the naval base and cityChapter
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?33:16Why did Singapore fall if coherent defenses existed?Q&A
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?1:41:35A Sydney strategy expands 15-inch coastal artilleryChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update50:21Submarines promise Adriatic sea denialChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 1039:30The counterfactual case for fast 9.2-inch Royal Navy cruisersChapter
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:42:11Why Falklands coastal batteries prepared for torpedo boatsQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:49:28Why old coastal guns remain useful in the FalklandsQ&A
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs55:00Okinawa exposed a shortage of motor gunboatsChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs58:49Shallow water gave armed small craft a defensive nicheNotable Point
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs2:00:56Shared missions produced similar small-boat designsNotable Point
- HMS Nelson(1876): The Flagship that incubated the Royal Australian Navy - Key Ship Series 5, Part 933:11Colonial politics and the limits of fixed defencesNotable Point
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!28:29Why an Allied landing against Austria-Hungary would be costlyQ&A
- Invasion of Trimcomalee(1795)15:37Coastal artillery, fleet movement, and the invasion threatNotable Point
- Fleets of Mobile Bay(1864)0:06Why Mobile Bay forced a fleet into a narrow fightChapter
- Fleets of Mobile Bay(1864)52:22Why Tennessee should have stayed behind the minefieldNotable Point
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:13:32Where did the treaty restrict fortifications?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:18:33Could coastal guns preserve future battleship armament?Q&A
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)1:12:44Medway and the price of naval unreadinessNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?1:53:37Landing was only the start of Sea Lion's logistics problemNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?2:01:26What did zeroing artillery on invasion beaches mean?Q&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:41:36Milne argues that steam squadrons require a steam-powered defenceNotable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)1:53:00Algeciras Bay turns geography into defenceChapter
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)2:07:55Light winds and Hannibal's groundingChapter
- How to Build A Navy4:47Coastal protection supports political legitimacyNotable Point
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!3:01:00Malta was a much harder airborne target than CreteQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)35:30España as a risk fleet after 1898Notable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)46:28America's oceans favoured a slower defensive battle lineNotable Point
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat1:48:11Canadian harbour guns and battleship deterrenceQ&A
- An Imperial Navy start... this can not end well...2:59:20Separating a mobile fleet from fixed defensesNotable Point
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...2:30:21Halifax, Bermuda, and the Great Lakes resist quick solutionsChapter
- Battle of Hakodate, The Boshin War & the Origin Story of Tōgō Heihachirō38:59Goryokaku and the shogunate's defence-in-depth systemNotable Point
- Battle of Hakodate(1869)2:38:57Goryokaku: coastal defense becomes a final redoubtNotable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada2:15:22Modernization undermined by patronageNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)1:50:31Fort readiness and the timing of Japan's attackQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus3:17:07The U.S. Navy's 1897 coastal-strategy problemNotable Point
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent2:42The sea as America's defensive depthNotable Point
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent42:42Why early U.S. naval growth favoured battleshipsChapter
- HMVS Cerberus: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 42:15A Monitor-influenced design for coastal defenceNotable Point
- HMVS Cerberus: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 43:52A guardship built to stop a quick harbour seizureChapter
- HMVS Cerberus: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 45:00Why a harbour defender did not need ocean speedNotable Point
- HMVS Cerberus: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 46:49Four ten-inch guns and a changing secondary batteryNotable Point
- HMVS Cerberus: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 48:22Armour, teak backing, and a low fighting profileChapter
- HMVS Cerberus: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 410:30Fear of raids in Victoria's imperial settingNotable Point
- A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?55:24Overseas bases and a fleet better prepared for the PacificNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword35:49Building resilient imperial basesQ&A
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition1:04:02The Western Squadron begins with coastal defenseChapter
- Battle of Copenhagen(1801): A Game of Dominoes in Naval Diplomacy39:49Denmark's static defence and unused mobile shipsChapter
- Patreon 75: The Attack on Copenhagen in 1801 and following operations in the Danish waters1:29:42Copenhagen's unprepared fleet and vulnerable command postChapter
- Patreon 75: The Attack on Copenhagen in 1801 and following operations in the Danish waters1:43:46Copenhagen's defences and Hardy's soundingsChapter
- Patreon 75: The Attack on Copenhagen in 1801 and following operations in the Danish waters1:55:41Danish reserves and gunnery under pressureChapter
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword2:35:10Southern Song naval growth joined defence, mobility, and firearmsChapter
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword3:20:26Even a small tank force could devastate the 1982 landing vehiclesQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:17:58How Baltic bombardment needs secured new small craftNotable Point
- Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)1:33:45Dorchester Heights turned a maritime lifeline into a trapChapter
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!32:35Steam blockships as harbour guards and coastal batteriesNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood33:25Peter Iredale and improvised invasion defensesNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood36:07Fort Stevens and range disciplineNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:12:54North Point, Fort McHenry, and the British withdrawalChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:46:32Fort Stevens and submarine gunfire limitsNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:54:33Were Fort Stevens' guns upgraded?Q&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:16:12Dutch Harbor's improvised ground defenseNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class1:14:16Johan Maurits van Nassau in the defense of the NetherlandsNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII15:52Gunboats from Crimea to riverine warfareChapter
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain3:26:25Singapore had heavy guns but failed to secure the water supplyQ&A
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...24:35EFV cancellation assumes safer beaches or decisive long-range firesNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine39:22A coastal fleet for war with Poland and FranceNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine55:48Cruiser policy as a chain of reactions rather than a strategyNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response51:35Would the treaties permit 15-inch/50 refits?Q&A
- Admiral Hipper Class29:00Admiral Hipper bluffed her way into TrondheimNotable Point
- Admiral Hipper Class38:40How Oscarsborg Fortress sank BlücherChapter
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:03:35Why Poland's coast looked a poor invasion target in 2022Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"51:17Were the España-class ships really coastal-defense dreadnoughts?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:03:51Treaty rules reached merchant conversions, foreign orders, and Pacific basesChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:09:47Early North Sea oil would reshape British coastal defense and alliancesQ&A
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations31:09Eight-inch coastal batteries for the FalklandsQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)12:52Building Norway's fleet and naval industry togetherQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)18:58Why Italy and Norway need different cruiser fleetsQ&A
- Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p926:35The 1890 amphibious exercise and the problem of realistic oppositionChapter
- Velasco Class(1881): 19th Century Cruisers p522:21Conde de Venadito's sorties from HavanaNotable Point
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-401:40:38Useful World War II roles for surviving pre-dreadnoughtsQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-401:56:18An obsolete dreadnought as a Tobruk fortressQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-402:12:37Why Sweden needed cruisers for reach beyond the BalticQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-402:14:05A modest interwar defense flotilla for IcelandQ&A
- Tre Kronor Class: Because the Swedish had a lot of Bofors guns to use..3:30Specifications for a Baltic task-group leaderChapter
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War44:01Manila Bay's shore batteries fail to close the entranceNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194039:31How Australia could build naval capacity in six monthsQ&A
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193912:10Minefields and controlled access to Norwegian fjordsNotable Point
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)2:58:56What did flare and hospital drifters do?Q&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)48:05Fridtjof Nansen’s compact regional weapons fitChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)52:53Norway and Denmark drew different lessons from 1940Notable Point
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)54:30Norwegian coastal deterrence versus Danish global enduranceNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 244:32Modern Maunsell forts as fixed air-defense sitesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:45:59What a 6-inch coastal battery could deterQ&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)2:15:03Would Harpoon missiles help Ukraine in 2022?Q&A
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)1:11:18A disclosed compromise for Pacific fortificationsChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)9:39Small-craft flotillas expand local defense and industryNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)31:07Flotilla defense raises an attacker's costsChapter
- My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)19:56Dutch gunboats and submarines built for local defenseNotable Point
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine43:26Fisher made flotilla defence support the battle fleetQ&A
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)2:03:35What were modern equivalents of coastal forts in 2022?Q&A
- NMS Elisabeta (Romanian Navy): A Cruiser's Purpose (Long Patrol)23:48Danube defence and guns moved ashoreChapter
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet2:34:59Land-based anti-ship missiles already existQ&A
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)50:02Norwegian destroyers and the coastal-defense mismatchChapter
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:10:49Norway's destroyers could not shield its coastal-defense shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:22:56Could Norway have afforded more capable destroyers?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)2:47:10Why Russia's circular ships make more sense as monitorsQ&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)2:58:02Pye's later West Coast patrol commandNotable Point
- Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)27:43HMS Patrol at the Hartlepool raidChapter
- Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)42:36Hartlepool's cruisers were trapped by their own baseNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:09:23Missile boats need offboard scouting and multi-axis salvosNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:26:24A stationary Averof could prolong Byzantine ConstantinopleQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue3:30:54Mobilization separated Sweden's deterrence from Norway's collapseNotable Point
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:09:04Treaty fortification limits and colonial infrastructureQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World3:00:59Dover Castle and the history of coastal fortificationsQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment36:57Revenue cutters from the Quasi-War to the War of 1812Notable Point
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions2:58:13A 1930s Chinese flotilla defence against JapanQ&A
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."43:38Q&A: Could Port Arthur defend and repair its fleet?Q&A
- Nautilus class (Kaiserliche Marine): Long Patrol16:34From fleet exercises to coastal defenceChapter
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered3:15:18How Taiwan might rapidly mine the straitQ&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov1:08:57Mahan's case against coastal battleshipsQ&A
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles11:44Demologos: an early steam-powered floating batteryNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol20:11Coastal defense and the friction of invasionNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)42:23Britain's layered defense against NapoleonNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)46:42How Britain intended to contain an invasion beachheadQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review(30): Fight for the Fjords, The Battle for Norway 19401:45Planning a Trondheim landing without adequate air coverNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review(30): Fight for the Fjords, The Battle for Norway 194015:28Air superiority turns coastal garrisons into delay forcesNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)20:37A Finnish monitor force for the Winter WarQ&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s1:19:02Was giving up Heligoland good strategy for Britain?Q&A
- An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean45:55The Radetzky alternative for Adriatic defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books3:14:31The Home Guard as a brake on Sea LionQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:06:50Could German minesweepers clear a route for Sea Lion?Q&A
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/71:46Boulogne and the landing geographyNotable Point
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/73:21Britain's prepared southern coastNotable Point
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/713:45Martello towers threaten the landing's supply boatsNotable Point
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/715:05Breakout battles trigger British mobilizationNotable Point
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/716:38The verdict: warning time defeats the schemeNotable Point
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/718:19Island warning time before air powerNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)40:27Martello towers as compact coastal fortsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)56:41Fortifications as logistical delay systemsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)1:24:24Reusing castles for modern invasion defenceQ&A
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/1421:46Castles after gunpowderNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/1440:42A maritime tradition of British fortificationChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Beaumaris Castle - Long Patrol P13/1411:39Dock, town wall, and the Menai StraitChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Beaumaris Castle - Long Patrol P13/1430:29Layered defense and strategic locationNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/1411:23Harlech's lost maritime edgeChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/1423:21Harlech's 1294 siege and Irish sea supplyNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/1431:25A coastal chain supplied by seaNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/1435:50Geography, structure, and garrisonNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/1438:39Reconstructing whitewashed maritime HarlechNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/141:36Conwy's maritime castle planChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/1410:54Sea supply breaks the 1294-95 siegeChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/1417:43River crossing, mountain route, and sea supplyChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/1420:19Town, castle, and sea supplyNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/1422:38Menai geography and the 1282-83 warChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Denbigh Castle - Long Patrol P9/1422:52Rhuddlan makes Denbigh maritimeNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/1413:11Castle and garrison as strategic controlNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/1414:31Natural harbour and defensive geographyNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Hawarden Castle - Long Patrol P5/146:47How Hawarden and Flint controlled Dee crossingsChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Hawarden Castle - Long Patrol P5/148:26Night tides and relief of a siege at HawardenNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/144:39Flint's builders and protected harbourChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/144:01Three waves of castle buildingChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/146:07Castles as tools of sea powerChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/147:37Maritime resupply changes the siege calculusNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/149:13Sea power needs a secure base ashoreNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/1416:52The Tower of London as a water-access precedentNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/1418:47Coastal castles as control and deterrenceChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/1419:34A small garrison turns siege into a raceNotable Point
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-178324:43What was Gibraltar's Second World War stay-behind plan?Q&A
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-178327:57The fortification race strengthened Gibraltar before the siegeChapter
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-178334:01The inundation and interlocking batteries close Gibraltar's approachesChapter
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-178355:15Cornwallis, Green and Elliott make Gibraltar an engineered defenceNotable Point
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:00:12Hot shot burns the advanced siege batteriesChapter
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:07:52The grand assault loses its advantage through poor concentrationChapter
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:34:08Why did Franco not attack Gibraltar during the Second World War?Q&A
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)44:31Cherbourg's unrealized Cotentin redoubtNotable Point
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword28:17The Netherlands as an alternative to NormandyQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword29:17Why radio jamming was not Germany's main D-Day problemQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword1:18:18Why a coastline cannot be defended at every possible landing pointQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword2:01:20How mines were adapted to the five D-Day beachesQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword2:48:17Why the Atlantic Wall still matteredQ&A
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 6, Gorgon Class26:00Reconnaissance under German coastal-battery fireNotable Point
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4534:09British oil stocks and flame defensesQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-451:04:15War channels balanced mines, submarines, and navigationNotable Point
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-451:55:21Women boat crews and canals on the British home frontChapter
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-452:08:17Canals as anti-invasion stop linesChapter
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-452:14:23Why Derby anchored an inland defensive lineQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-452:15:49When Britain stopped expecting invasionQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-452:16:16Armed vessels on Britain's canalsQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-452:18:39Floating anti-aircraft defenses on waterwaysQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-452:30:54The Royal Navy's heavy anti-invasion backstopNotable Point
- Four Random Books Episode 36: No Good Choices14:23Operation Torch's harbor coups de mainNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class25:18Rearmed Marshal Ney becomes a useful Downs guard shipNotable Point
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans1:17:18España's thin protection and deterrent valueChapter
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans1:31:34Battlecruisers or battleships for middle powers?Q&A
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 2, Abercrombie Class42:00HMS Roberts became a guardship and experimental platformChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World7:05Amphibious forces preserve options after war beginsChapter
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment2:33:11Finding and defeating modern coastal defencesQ&A
- Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810) - The First Eagle Captured/211 yrs ago today30:05HMS Diamond Rock, the Royal Navy's stone sloopChapter
- Paddle Ships at War2:52:41Early steam power fuels invasion panicNotable Point
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?39:30Why Singapore is an imperfect parallel for Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection1:41:46Torpedo boats stayed with coastal defenceNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 3 of 5: Namsos, De Wiart & Fleischer39:00Norway's long-term defence problem before 1940Notable Point
- HMS Galatea (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 2/410:12Codeword Cromwell, an invasion patrol, and an uncertain mineChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-2232:34Singapore's missing defensive infrastructureNotable Point
- Four Random Books 6: War At Sea2:02Norway 1940 through a dense naval chronologyNotable Point
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)36:40The Velos adapts Dart reliability for GreeceNotable Point
- Blackburn T.3 Velos - 2 Minutes (ish)0:00Blackburn T.3 Velos: Greek Navy roles and seaplane designChapter
- Blackburn T.3 Velos - 2 Minutes (ish)2:19Velos armament and single-seat torpedo sortiesNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p1 of 25:16The Dardanelles comparison: adapt after an attackNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p1 of 28:11Narrow waters, shore guns, and mortar shipsNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 426:07HMS Terror and the defence of SingaporeNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 2 of 226:25Why Medina Sidonia did not gamble on PlymouthNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 1 of 236:28Raiding and Henrician forts sharpen southern coastal readinessNotable Point
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:54:52Could prepared Manila Bay defences have prolonged resistance?Q&A
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?2:27:15Modern missile boats are strongest in coastal defenceQ&A
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?2:32:01Choosing heavy coastal guns for SingaporeQ&A
- Patreon Video 1: Intro - What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?9:02Reclassifying old destroyers as coast-guard shipsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:22:45Countering Schleswig-Holstein at WesterplatteQ&A
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?5:59Malaya's approaches offered defensive possibilitiesNotable Point
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?31:06Singapore falls while Japanese supplies run lowNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:06:31Why the early US Navy favored coastal defenseQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 0: Update & Some Amphibious Questions Answered16:03Why unsuppressed defenses mattered at Omaha BeachQ&A