Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Combined Arms

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  1. What happens if Emperor Napoleon III of France backs Emperor Maximilian of Mexico to the Maximum?
    42:18Balanced corps for the border, ports and mobile reserveNotable Point
  2. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    2:30:13A better prepared European land warChapter
  3. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    2:35:45Radios and exercises could improve French and Belgian coordinationNotable Point
  4. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    3:40:10Better prepared Allied armies could make the Phoney War less passiveNotable Point
  5. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    2:49How Vimy Ridge was brokenQ&A
  6. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    40:24Mixed weapons multiply a fleet's defensive problemChapter
  7. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    42:05How mixed air attacks divided a fleet's attentionNotable Point
  8. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    3:30:36Ukraine's drones work alongside artillery, missiles, and crewed unitsNotable Point
  9. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    20:04Balanced fleets turn Mahan's warning into force designChapter
  10. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    21:06Urban combined arms explains the need for a balanced fleetNotable Point
  11. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    49:36Campaign disruption versus a turn's worth of destructionNotable Point
  12. An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers
    16:04Single-weapon forces fail the combined-arms testNotable Point
  13. Future Fleets: Some Ideas of Naval Warfare
    36:05Layered attacks must defeat layered fleet defencesNotable Point
  14. Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit
    45:09Rolling barrages and tanks answered the killing zoneChapter
  15. Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit
    1:49:52Tank performance depended on initiative and supportNotable Point
  16. Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)
    1:13:14Mass production made mortar fire organic to infantryNotable Point
  17. Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)
    1:17:17Were Stokes mortars assigned to companies by 1917-1918?Q&A
  18. Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi
    1:20:28Rommel's infantry writing and the demands of wider commandNotable Point
  19. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    4:41:34The missed chance to strike German columns in the ArdennesNotable Point
  20. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    3:08:22Why mechanized US Army units still use cavalry namesQ&A
  21. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    3:54:42Four-person fire teams and the ACV's thirteen passengersQ&A
  22. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    3:19:14Haig's artillery blind spot and aptitude for maneuverNotable Point
  23. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    4:00:25Learning under Haig and the Hundred Days payoffChapter
  24. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    4:44:02How repeated attacks sustained the Hundred Days offensiveChapter
  25. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    58:19Adapting conventional forces to fight the Death EatersQ&A
  26. Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:47:08Fleet screens through a medieval combined-arms analogyQ&A
  27. Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence
    1:05:30Hornby rejected a single prescribed battle formationNotable Point
  28. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    1:34:27Missile-age naval warfare as a coordinated system of strikesChapter
  29. Battle of Dornach(1499)
    40:00The Swiss vanguard and Bernese main body combineChapter
  30. Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!
    1:17:00King's varied career prepared him for modern global warChapter
  31. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:07:06A Star Wars AT-TE as a Second World War combined-arms problemQ&A
  32. Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?
    57:30Force design requires balance rather than fashionable systemsChapter
  33. An Indomitable Force Z
    1:18:48Japan's early advantage was an integrated full-spectrum forceNotable Point
  34. So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?
    0:00Jeune École as a warning against one-technology fleetsChapter
  35. So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?
    39:47Civilian leadership and compromise between service factionsNotable Point
  36. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    47:57Shore artillery in Soviet river operationsNotable Point
  37. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    2:44:08Air power can destroy ships, but navies do not remain passiveQ&A
  38. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    7:43:44A delayed Falklands War changes commanders more than outcomesQ&A
  39. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    24:19Logistics halted Japan's early expansionChapter
  40. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    35:22Marine support units and piecemeal Japanese reinforcementNotable Point
  41. How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 7
    39:16Jaffa-led combined-arms brigadesChapter
  42. Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?
    26:26Air power as an evolution in combined armsNotable Point
  43. Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?
    1:01:02Mitchell, St. Mihiel, and disputed command creditChapter
  44. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    21:02Dive bombers help torpedo aircraft reach battleshipsNotable Point
  45. Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:24:46Can a Vauban-style fort anchor a modern city's air defence?Q&A
  46. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    1:54:16Rabaul and the Bismarck Sea show the logic of combined air-sea powerQ&A
  47. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 10
    3:45:55Combined arms and the Royal Navy's First World War roleQ&A
  48. Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?
    22:01Is the argument limited to naval battles?Q&A
  49. Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued
    4:10:16Bombing, blockade, and armies depend on one anotherNotable Point
  50. Rome is Won, What Carthage does now the Romans are Really Annoyed! Rome Total War 2, April 2023
    1:43:55Urban defenses channel attackers into kill zonesNotable Point
  51. Rome is Won, What Carthage does now the Romans are Really Annoyed! Rome Total War 2, April 2023
    2:16:19Roman missile doctrine versus Carthaginian cavalry strengthNotable Point
  52. Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada
    2:32:51A fleet gives Congress the logistics to winNotable Point
  53. Can Cathage Take Rome with a Naval Historian in charge? Rome Total War 1, April 2023
    40:18Missile troops blunt Roman heavy infantryNotable Point
  54. Can Cathage Take Rome with a Naval Historian in charge? Rome Total War 1, April 2023
    1:31:40Repeated redeployment creates a temporary openingNotable Point
  55. Can Cathage Take Rome with a Naval Historian in charge? Rome Total War 1, April 2023
    3:02:30Infantry fixes the enemy while cavalry turns the flankNotable Point
  56. Can Cathage Take Rome with a Naval Historian in charge? Rome Total War 1, April 2023
    3:11:41How light infantry, missiles, and cavalry counter Roman heavy infantryChapter
  57. Can Cathage Take Rome with a Naval Historian in charge? Rome Total War 1, April 2023
    3:33:25A missile screen and cavalry reserve prevent envelopmentNotable Point
  58. Rome Total War; To go Remastered or Not to Go Remastered that is the question
    29:40Pinning a centre for cavalry envelopmentNotable Point
  59. Rome Total War; To go Remastered or Not to Go Remastered that is the question
    59:45Separating a garrison from its relief forceNotable Point
  60. Rome Total War; To go Remastered or Not to Go Remastered that is the question
    2:10:54Spreading siege towers across several approachesNotable Point
  61. Rome Total War; To go Remastered or Not to Go Remastered that is the question
    2:27:53Roman infantry remains the army's coreNotable Point
  62. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 8(March 2023)
    23:54Matching artillery, infantry, and cavalry to the threatNotable Point
  63. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 8(March 2023)
    1:58:43Pinning the centre while attacking both wingsChapter
  64. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    43:31Protecting artillery while keeping troops free to manoeuvreNotable Point
  65. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    1:01:33Fixed defences and the direction of attackNotable Point
  66. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    1:06:20Attacking artillery while keeping a cavalry reserveNotable Point
  67. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    2:06:02Supporting artillery without shooting friendly troopsNotable Point
  68. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    3:30:53Why infantry squares surrender firepowerNotable Point
  69. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)
    2:18:24Protecting artillery with terrain, infantry, and a mobile reserveChapter
  70. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 5(March 2023)
    1:43:29Using terrain to bring artillery around the Spanish lineNotable Point
  71. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 5(March 2023)
    1:54:20Weighing friendly-fire risk against concentrated supportNotable Point
  72. The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century
    8:59Why isolated ship losses do not settle the battleship-versus-aircraft debateNotable Point
  73. The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century
    1:28:19Mediterranean submarines under constant air and surface pressureChapter
  74. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)
    6:12Artillery diversion and a rear assaultNotable Point
  75. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    58:44Gunboats supporting torpedo-boat night attacksChapter
  76. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    6:24Why land-based aircraft could not replace fleet aviationNotable Point
  77. Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions
    3:17:58Carriers and submarines cannot replace a combined forceQ&A
  78. Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions
    3:24:14Terrain and deployment decide whether tanks or guns dominateQ&A
  79. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    1:52:50The Winter War exposed the cost of purged command structuresChapter
  80. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    43:44The surface fleet an oceanic submarine war requiredNotable Point
  81. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    46:29A shorter war removes air-defence lessons but helps CreteNotable Point
  82. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    5:20Kirov as the hub of a bastion-defense forceChapter
  83. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    6:27How a multi-axis attack could strain AegisNotable Point
  84. The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less
    15:36Mixed fleets turn torpedo boats into force multipliersNotable Point
  85. Bruships 80: Books From Travels
    2:57:03Why amphibious forces still need armorQ&A
  86. Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)
    1:14:50Why Starfleet's ground defense fails before the shooting startsNotable Point
  87. What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    23:35Penny packets versus complete force packagesNotable Point
  88. Bruships 55: New Books
    3:16:05Placing the Home Guard within Britain's wider defenceNotable Point
  89. Bruships 55: New Books
    3:28:26Tactical performance and strategic defeat in 1940Q&A
  90. Bruships 55: New Books
    3:58:40Mechanized for war, but still learning how to use armourNotable Point
  91. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    43:10French air power, radios, and doctrine in 1940Notable Point
  92. Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p2/4 - RNAS
    13:15Regimental identity versus naval systems thinkingNotable Point
  93. The Battle of Athos 1807: A Long Patrol
    46:36The unused Ottoman force multipliers at TenedosNotable Point
  94. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 6, Gorgon Class
    7:51How monitors secure the coastal end of an army's lineNotable Point
  95. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    3:40:44Infantry and missile weapons challenge heavy cavalryChapter
  96. Four Random Books 32: Medieval
    3:21Feudal armies and the military transition at HastingsNotable Point
  97. Four Random Books 30 - Courage
    6:56Estonian mortars support a British companyNotable Point
  98. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    14:25Why amphibious forces need armour and heavy firepowerChapter
  99. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    40:07Roman heavy infantry as amphibious assault armourChapter
  100. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    41:51Normandy's first-wave tanks were there to break the beach defencesNotable Point
  101. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    56:53Why tanks still matter beside air and naval fire supportQ&A
  102. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    1:40:00Gallipoli needed a combined naval and land planChapter
  103. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    1:47:59Could regular troops and integrated preparation have changed Gallipoli?Q&A
  104. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    2:09:38Armour in Sicily's narrow roads and defended hillsChapter
  105. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    2:12:19Sicily's rearguards force repeated combined-arms attacksNotable Point
  106. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:02:17DD Shermans lose time on the approach to Sword BeachChapter
  107. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:03:01Artillery observers keep the Sword Beach bombardment connectedNotable Point
  108. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:06:04Sword Beach engineers open exits while tanks block the gapsNotable Point
  109. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:53:57Why mount rocket artillery on a tank chassis instead of a truck?Q&A
  110. The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-1916
    2:25:52Could the British destroyers have attacked?Q&A
  111. Bruships 36: International Relations
    2:51:41The missing combined arms in Starship TroopersNotable Point
  112. Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions
    15:09French Somme advantages in artillery, terrain, and fire and movementNotable Point
  113. BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest Part 2 of 2
    36:14Malta's layered offensive and coordination problemChapter
  114. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    1:20:50Dispersed defenses weakened Malaya more than a simple shortage of weaponsQ&A
  115. 50th Live Special: What, Why & How of Armed Forces…
    2:52New technology adds layers to warfareNotable Point
  116. 50th Live Special: What, Why & How of Armed Forces…
    4:25Information runs through every military domainNotable Point
  117. Dream Fleet for the Current Integrated Review A Little Proposal
    6:57New weapons expand warfare rather than end itChapter