Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Combined Operations

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  1. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:01:26A reference for wartime combined-operations trainingQ&A
  2. Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?
    58:40Operation Torch as coalition rehearsalChapter
  3. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    57:43Replacing Mountbatten in the Fifth Destroyer FlotillaQ&A
  4. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:02:54Who could take Mountbatten's later Combined Operations role?Q&A
  5. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:04:30Mountbatten's ability, royal connections and risk of captureQ&A
  6. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    3:00:23Planning a three-week-warning Channel Dash interceptionQ&A
  7. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    1:44:36A personal judgment on the Second World War's military legaciesQ&A
  8. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:18:44Fortified Crete and Malta require a combined Axis invasionNotable Point
  9. Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:11:23Could American reinforcements have saved Singapore?Q&A
  10. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    38:20Dieppe showed what fortified ports do to under-supported raidsChapter
  11. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    44:43Commandos exploited the gaps between heavy coastal batteriesChapter
  12. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    1:17:05Planning for a return to Europe began before DieppeNotable Point
  13. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    1:18:00Dieppe sent a large force against defenses without enough supportChapter
  14. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    1:27:25Commando raids worked best when their scale matched a precise objectiveNotable Point
  15. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    1:43:06Political urgency distorted combined-operations planningNotable Point
  16. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    1:47:44Churchill and Mountbatten reinforced each other's ambitionsQ&A
  17. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    2:49:10A D-Day fire-support call may have reached USS Texas by chanceNotable Point
  18. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    43:39A command structure destroyed before battleChapter
  19. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:03:48The later joint-command model answers CartagenaNotable Point
  20. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:30:14War by committee replaces operational commandNotable Point
  21. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:37:38Shipboard replacements remove most American troops from the siegeNotable Point
  22. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:49:31Vernon pushes an unsupported assault on San LázaroChapter
  23. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    2:09:25Why better leadership alone was insufficientChapter
  24. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    2:20:38The combined-operations lessons of CartagenaChapter
  25. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    2:30:13Who selected the expedition's inadequate engineering force?Q&A
  26. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    2:33:01Amphibious engineering becomes an integrated capabilityNotable Point
  27. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    2:36:50Could Admiral Byng have improved the command?Q&A
  28. Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...
    40:41Observing the Sino-French War and studying combined operationsChapter
  29. Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...
    1:14:47Building the logistical base for war with RussiaChapter
  30. Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...
    1:17:09Personal networks behind Japanese combined commandNotable Point
  31. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    49:44Commonwealth navies operating as one wartime systemNotable Point
  32. Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?
    2:11:34Bismarck would make the Saint-Nazaire raid urgent and harderQ&A
  33. The Roman Navy with Simon Elliot... #2Historians
    31:59Agricola uses the fleet as an army's maritime flankChapter
  34. The Roman Navy with Simon Elliot... #2Historians
    33:34Roman coordination and the Spanish ArmadaNotable Point
  35. The Roman Navy with Simon Elliot... #2Historians
    52:32Sea control made North African campaigning possibleChapter
  36. Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'
    1:28:46Why more cruiser firepower does not solve GallipoliNotable Point
  37. Check Campaign 10: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:03:53Why a chief of defence must think jointlyQ&A
  38. Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 3
    9:50From cargo liners to Landing Ship Infantry (Large)Chapter
  39. Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 3
    33:20The missing landing-ship detail in Operation Torch accountsChapter
  40. Check Campaign 3: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:31:09A combined landing and mine-clearance conceptNotable Point
  41. Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes
    14:34Why Britain needed Combined OperationsChapter
  42. Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes
    20:24Keyes built Combined Operations around strategic raidsChapter
  43. Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes
    41:39Bill Sparks survives the raid and the bureaucracyChapter
  44. HMS Princess Beatrix & HMS Queen Emma Landing Ship Infantry(Medium) - When Dutch Ferries go to War
    34:28Operation Claymore's real landing forceChapter
  45. HMS Princess Beatrix & HMS Queen Emma Landing Ship Infantry(Medium) - When Dutch Ferries go to War
    41:07Tight rules shaped the first major Commando raidChapter
  46. HMS Princess Beatrix & HMS Queen Emma Landing Ship Infantry(Medium) - When Dutch Ferries go to War
    48:20Claymore proved the value of fast independent landing shipsNotable Point
  47. HMS Princess Beatrix & HMS Queen Emma Landing Ship Infantry(Medium) - When Dutch Ferries go to War
    49:17Claymore's demolition party exposed a command gapNotable Point
  48. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    19:48Combined Operations assembles the raidChapter
  49. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    28:04Mountbatten's promotion outpaced his experience at seaNotable Point
  50. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 11
    1:33:02Concentrating warships and troops for the Thailand campaignChapter
  51. WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...
    30:23Norwegian command turns naval victory into victory ashoreNotable Point
  52. WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...
    1:19:11A stronger Far Eastern fleet changes Japanese choicesChapter
  53. WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...
    1:27:13A major Far Eastern fleet requires senior combined commandNotable Point
  54. How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre
    2:07:15Why R-boats rarely received a fair fightQ&A
  55. Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!
    1:07:07A surviving Force Z could threaten Japan's advance on SingaporeQ&A
  56. Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!
    3:01:00Malta was a much harder airborne target than CreteQ&A
  57. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video
    1:00:16Why the fall of Singapore was a combined-operations blunderQ&A
  58. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video
    1:23:00The Spanish Armada's coordination failureQ&A
  59. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    1:04:08Force V improvises carrier air cover at SalernoChapter
  60. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    1:42:30Operation Chariot deceives its way to the dock gateChapter
  61. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    2:05:39The commandos attacked the dock's pumping machinery tooQ&A
  62. Bruships 80: Books From Travels
    2:54:39Canadian sailors in combined operations at DieppeChapter
  63. Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue
    1:39:42Lord Cork and the avoidable failure in NorwayQ&A
  64. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    1:24:52Chandannagar: warships and field guns attack togetherNotable Point
  65. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    20:11Coastal defense and the friction of invasionNotable Point
  66. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    21:46British forces built to operate while cut offQ&A
  67. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    2:07:52The grand assault loses its advantage through poor concentrationChapter
  68. Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword
    1:06:10Why European amphibious veterans still needed Pacific retrainingQ&A
  69. Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-45
    2:55:55Why the British intervention in Norway failedQ&A
  70. Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 2
    26:05Bias Bay becomes a live combined-operations rehearsalNotable Point
  71. Bruships 34: Random History
    2:12:10Could D-Day be classified as a giant river crossing?Q&A
  72. Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books
    3:11:22Goodall's working relationships with Pound, Somerville, and KeyesQ&A
  73. Bruships 29: Best Seller History
    1:25:01Churchill's Secret War and the Dodecanese campaignChapter
  74. Patreon 13: Martin Doherty: What if Gallipoli had succeeded?
    1:45:19Gallipoli's combined-operations lessonQ&A
  75. Patreon 13: Martin Doherty: What if Gallipoli had succeeded?
    2:27:32Were Gallipoli's errors tactical or strategic?Q&A
  76. Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul
    1:34:53Small craft at the St Nazaire raidChapter
  77. Introduction to Crete 1941
    14:57The early assessment warns that Crete may be indefensibleNotable Point
  78. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:54:25Why Roger Keyes could hold a coalition togetherQ&A
  79. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P4 Introduction to Patreon Video 4...
    12:27What an expedition would teach its participantsNotable Point
  80. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P4 Introduction to Patreon Video 4...
    25:36Coalition service tests German design assumptionsNotable Point
  81. An Introduction to Patreon Video 3: The Little Boat Wars...
    26:40Operation Album and the SBS-SAS divideNotable Point
  82. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    2:54:09Tenth Air Force and the 1943 offensive against PenangChapter
  83. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    3:10:40Why the Indian Ocean coalition's diversity was not its main weaknessQ&A
  84. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:35:28The Dardanelles gamble and its failed executionNotable Point
  85. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:43:09Why naval strength alone could not retain CreteQ&A
  86. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:08:35A close account of the Falklands amphibious assaultChapter
  87. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:24:41Why coalition navies can cooperate effectivelyQ&A
  88. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:35:12The coalition bargain behind Eisenhower's commandQ&A
  89. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:40:22A Roger Keyes command in the Far EastNotable Point
  90. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:21:30The scale of a combined NATO amphibious landingQ&A
  91. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan
    3:37Why Roger Keyes is chosen to commandNotable Point
  92. An Introduction to Operation Ironclad: May 1942 Invasion of Madagascar
    26:35Thomas Drew's quiet work behind the assaultNotable Point
  93. Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:17:09Why wartime landing craft needed many servicesQ&A
  94. A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(i)
    16:01Medium LSI speed, capacity, and launch gearChapter
  95. A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(i)
    18:21Medium LSIs make Operation Claymore possibleChapter
  96. A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(i)
    24:01Hand-hoisting LSIs reveal wartime urgencyChapter
  97. A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 1
    12:38The myth of neglected interwar amphibious warfareChapter
  98. A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 1
    1:43:39Why amphibious warfare is a combined operationQ&A
  99. A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck
    16:18Piorun's reserve role in Vian's box formationNotable Point
  100. A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck
    28:52Royal Navy and allied destroyers as one fighting systemNotable Point
  101. Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)
    28:05Operation Claymore used Tribal destroyers as self-contained raiding shipsChapter