Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Coastal Fortifications

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    20:52A modest base deters interference and creates its own tradeChapter
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    4:14:38Harbor booms as an evolution of defensive chainsQ&A
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    4:48The Santa Cruz harbor attack planChapter
  5. The Value of Surprise as a Tactic: Going For Spanish Silver
    35:23A daylight landing squanders surpriseChapter
  6. The Value of Surprise as a Tactic: Going For Spanish Silver
    42:09San Juan was a predictable strategic targetNotable Point
  7. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    13:43Metaxas-style defenses protect key sitesChapter
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    1:29:44Sixty Swedes raid Baltischport at six-to-one oddsNotable Point
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    3:08:21Baltischport raid succeeds but warns RussiaNotable Point
  10. Simone Antonio Pacoret de Saint Bon: Father of the Regia Marina
    12:11Saint-Bon attacks the Lissa fortificationsChapter
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    36:25Raleigh’s effective governorship and fortification of JerseyChapter
  12. Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias
    39:01Cartagena's geography funnels the fleet through BocachicaChapter
  13. Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias
    43:14Why fleets could overwhelm forts in the age of sailNotable Point
  14. Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias
    51:57British bombardment reshapes Fort San LuisNotable Point
  15. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    32:31Vernon's 1740 attacks reveal the targetChapter
  16. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    54:53Blas de Lezo and Eslava prepare CartagenaChapter
  17. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:07:22Fortifications are designed to buy timeNotable Point
  18. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:11:36Cartagena's geography and layered defensesChapter
  19. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:18:42Two earlier captures drove Cartagena's defensesNotable Point
  20. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:24:35Were Cartagena's moats stagnant water?Q&A
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    39:30Carausius turns naval expertise into a breakaway sea empireNotable Point
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    27:50Defending bases that support imperial tradeNotable Point
  23. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    31:59Defending the Falklands and Caribbean trade routesNotable Point
  24. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    1:06:06A fortified network from Gibraltar to SingaporeChapter
  25. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    1:06:33Coastal artillery as an industrial and operational reserveNotable Point
  26. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    1:18:40Heavy guns at Gibraltar and the problem of emplacementNotable Point
  27. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    1:34:43Prepared islands and defensive depthNotable Point
  28. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    1:43:33Foreign defensive buffers around exposed imperial basesNotable Point
  29. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    1:47:06Fortified route nodes against raiders and submarinesNotable Point
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    1:48:32Tudor weapons need doctrine and delegated executionNotable Point
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    37:10Baltic winter and fortress basingChapter
  32. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    2:46:38An island Gibraltar would dominate the Mediterranean entranceQ&A
  33. HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response
    4:22Cerberus suggests a breastwork path for American monitorsNotable Point
  34. British Capture of Trincomalee(1795) & it’s consequences
    2:00:20Moving ship cannon into coastal fortsQ&A
  35. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    49:44Norway's slow mobilization magnified a risky invasionNotable Point
  36. Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power
    2:22Why a sheltered fleet can deny decisive battleNotable Point
  37. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    34:57Q&A: Why France could not simply seize the Channel IslandsQ&A
  38. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    47:23Brest’s fortifications outpaced its transport linksNotable Point
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    46:09Goeben and the wider-war consequences of earlier reformChapter
  40. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    12:19HMS Sirius, colony artillery, and defensive planningChapter
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    14:00Blocking points could strengthen northern France without a second Maginot LineNotable Point
  42. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    2:12:56Navarino Bay looked like a secure fleet anchorageChapter
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    31:05The Levant bombardment trial and the coastal-defense contestChapter
  44. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1941
    12:46Torpedo boats, trained crews, and concrete for FinlandNotable Point
  45. Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)
    22:19Washington Treaty fortification status quoChapter
  46. Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)
    27:04A disclosed modernization rule for Pacific basesChapter
  47. Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today
    1:33:13The Venetian fortress system and its burdenChapter
  48. Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today
    1:55:34Vido: the key to Corfu's harbour approachesNotable Point
  49. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    20:11Coastal defense and the friction of invasionNotable Point
  50. Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign
    26:20Engineering HMS Diamond RockChapter
  51. Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign
    30:04The ruse and assault on Diamond RockChapter
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    5:04:11Why age-of-sail warships became harbour guard shipsQ&A
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    1:17:15Gallipoli reconnaissance, forts, and minefieldsQ&A
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    1:22:02What battleship guns could do that destroyer guns could notQ&A
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    1:22:57HMS Diamond Rock and a three-gun defenceNotable Point
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    6:33Fort Sumter, Buchanan, and the collapse of compromiseChapter
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    25:27Breaking the blockade changes Confederate supplyChapter
  58. An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 1 of 2
    36:28Raiding and Henrician forts sharpen southern coastal readinessNotable Point