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- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:25Why replacing an E-2 means replacing more than its radarQ&A
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?26:39AUKUS, uncrewed submarines, and control at seaNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:13Iowa's missile cells and a command role supported by escortsQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:31:05Publicity for carriers and Henderson's case for the Fleet Air ArmNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:20Nuclear weapons and individual control in Azur LaneQ&A
- Five Doomsday Weapons of the Sci-fi universes, and the theories of Deterrence... why do they fail?35:47Can the Doomsday Machine be stopped?Chapter
- Five Doomsday Weapons of the Sci-fi universes, and the theories of Deterrence... why do they fail?40:21A superweapon still needs an accessible shutdown controlNotable Point
- Five Doomsday Weapons of the Sci-fi universes, and the theories of Deterrence... why do they fail?1:30:24Could AI run defense systems in a film-style scenario?Q&A
- Five Doomsday Weapons of the Sci-fi universes, and the theories of Deterrence... why do they fail?2:07:34Could simpler robots resist the Flood?Q&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...4:05:11Air-defence command and airborne control hubsQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:45Why tactical nuclear use still crosses the nuclear thresholdNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:41How interservice language left Force Z without fighter coverNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:26Phillips's staff and flagship could have strengthened ABDA commandNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:16Why indecision can cost more lives than a wrong orderNotable Point
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs7:15Type 26 as the task group's ASW directorNotable Point
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs10:16How NATO escort groups reinforce carrier formationsNotable Point
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live30:19Divided command and contradictory signals from JapanChapter
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live1:27:06When a plan demands cooperation commanders will not giveQ&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live1:39:39Would MacArthur have lost Guadalcanal?Q&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:38:18The command problem with autonomous armed UUVsNotable Point
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?2:30:15Swedish sea control and status assetsChapter
- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:26A mixed task force needs sensors and a flag command postQ&A
- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:11Modern warships still need an offline fighting modeQ&A
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...1:33:44Uncrewed systems still depend on supported peopleNotable Point
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:30Force Z and the meaning of 'no air support'Notable Point
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:51:06Why a Type 31-sized air-defense command ship is difficultQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:22Reusable oceanic USVs have different costs from expendable dronesNotable Point
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:38How much ship space an admiral's staff needsQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:13The communications foundation missing from the Defence Investment PlanNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...45:48Modern warships as floating server farmsNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:23Lion-class battleships in the Falklands WarQ&A
- Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age9:50A destroyer equipped to take command of the task groupNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:00:35Tactical nuclear use risks rapid strategic escalationQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:07:06A new air-defence centre adds to existing command layersNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:35:44The digital targeting network needs communications capacity to operateChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:40:44Task Force RAID sets out operational AI prioritiesNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:43:34Type 91 exposes the unanswered question of AI weapon controlChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:48:36Distributed air defence adds latency and single-point failuresQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:59:04Uncrewed warships require costly control and survivability engineeringQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:59:09An autonomous voyage home still needs protection and commandQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?4:00:55A hacked missile vessel could threaten its own task groupQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?4:05:01A networked force creates an emissions-control problemNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?4:29:23Networked forces need sovereign satellite resilienceChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?4:38:29Cyber funding must support resilient networks and protection against radio-controlled threatsChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?5:05:31Uncrewed vessels still depend on operators and maintenance crewsQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?5:44:51Defence reform divides accountability among policy, armaments, military command, and the nuclear enterpriseChapter
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:27An all-drone navy still needs defended command shipsQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:53Uncrewed fleets depend on contested communicationsNotable Point
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:18Science-fiction ideas likely to appear in near-future naviesQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:17:20Physical controls, touchscreens, and fragile hologramsNotable Point
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:19:09Mogami and FDI displays bring outside views into the CICNotable Point
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:48:56Sauron should concentrate force against one enemy at a timeQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:12:01Redesigning the Colonial Fleet after the First Cylon WarQ&A
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...5:28Destroyer flotillas gave future admirals early command experienceNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...26:29Radar and the CIC moved command away from the bridgeNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not29:31Satellites and spaceports behind drone warfareNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not37:25Drone numbers need control capacity and replacement stocksNotable Point
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?0:13Fleet can mean a navy, an area command, or a mission commandChapter
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?2:20Geographic fleets manage the complexity of peacetime commandNotable Point
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?3:48Squadron assignment does not dictate a ship's wartime employmentNotable Point
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?9:25Senior captains extend command below the flag-officer levelNotable Point
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?10:17Warship-loss risk requires unusual depth in naval commandNotable Point
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?15:28The Falklands command chop separates ship-to-shore delivery from the land campaignNotable Point
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?16:58Woodward's Falklands command covered the carrier battle groupNotable Point
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?17:34A proposed Bristol headquarters for the Falklands task forceNotable Point
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?21:21Task-group command rank reflects concentrated naval firepowerNotable Point
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?22:02Task units reduce the hierarchy to individual shipsChapter
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...49:36Campaign disruption versus a turn's worth of destructionNotable Point
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:07:23The loss of SS President CoolidgeQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:14Crete: sending ammunition-depleted cruisers back into dangerNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:44Why a larger Type 83 hull need not drive the whole ship's costNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:27Why an armed unmanned surface vessel still needs a substantial hullQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:18USV autonomy, communications, and the cost of controlQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:14Why fibre-optic drone control becomes harder at seaQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:24:41Undersea drones still need control and launch platformsQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:32Why underwater fibre-optic control costs moreNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:31:50Why a single European NATO navy would struggleQ&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...2:25:42Why the proposed battleship emphasizes magazines, power, and commandChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...2:44:43The frigate becomes the low-end anchor and uncrewed-force coordinatorChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...3:19:35Frigate-led uncrewed groups and future fleet commandersNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:59:36Why an uncrewed cruiser is unlikelyQ&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...5:04:22Will uncrewed vessels need a dedicated support ship?Q&A
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...18:05Akizuki develops an indigenous flotilla leaderNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...47:54Haruna and Shirane turn destroyers into helicopter command shipsChapter
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...52:37Tachikaze and Hatakaze add air-defence command depthNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...57:50Shirane applies Haruna experience to a four-ship aviation forceNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:04:53Distributed helicopters point toward IzumoNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:06:46Hatakaze combines group command with a heavily armed destroyerNotable Point
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:40:31Fleet command with light-speed communication delaysNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?25:02Better sensors create more computing and crew demandsChapter
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?27:34Protecting naval electronics from seawater, shock, and radarNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:34:45Uncrewed escorts still need endurance and shipboard maintenanceChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:38:03A dock-equipped command ship could help rearm uncrewed vesselsNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?43:27Combat information layout shapes the shipChapter
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:54What mobility adds to an air-defense batteryQ&A
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?52:47Survey ships already carry the computing a conversion needsChapter
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?55:09Information must be ready before seconds countNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:35:58What must change before navies deploy larger uncrewed warshipsQ&A
- Passion, Research & History1:17Uncle Sid and the limits of wartime blameNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:09Why local drone coordination does not remove human fire controlQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:44:04Controlling drone corvettes from a crewed warshipNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:35The fragile communications chain behind uncrewed warshipsQ&A
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?8:52Clear command authority kept decisions movingNotable Point
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?31:10Assigning responsibility for German wartime decisionsNotable Point
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?54:04Public mobilization could clarify Norway's orders to resistNotable Point
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?1:03:29Fleischer's northern command offered a readiness templateChapter
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?1:04:35How partial mobilization could put formations at the landing pointsNotable Point
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?1:08:14Regional commanders would have tested Norway's paper readinessNotable Point
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?1:10:23Laake's political loyalty and the limits of army commandChapter
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?1:14:18Laake and Fleischer made different assumptions about government intelligenceNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII51:42Kimberley as a forward headquarters for Operation DragoonChapter
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:33:21Why 31 Bay-class ships would not equal an amphibious fleetQ&A
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…30:53Carrier groups could manage airspace but add exposureNotable Point
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?35:32American and Soviet cruisers served different strategic needsChapter
- Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun30:53Are mission bays a liability for future destroyers?Q&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)56:09Uncrewed escorts still add people to the task groupQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:19:32Communications constrain uncrewed undersea warfareChapter
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:20:32Satellite capacity limits the scale of drone operationsNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:48:58VLS shuttle ships multiply the logistics forceQ&A
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!51:21Type 31 as a hub for uncrewed systemsChapter
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!53:51Naming the formation below a task groupNotable Point
- Future Fleets: Some Ideas of Naval Warfare18:41Local radar processing reduces a task group's emissionsChapter
- Future Fleets: Some Ideas of Naval Warfare41:08Smarter drones create larger systems or fragile kill chainsChapter
- Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far40:21Command space and the assumptions behind self-defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...12:34Why the Picard Maneuver fails in a fleet meleeQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...29:35Dahak versus the Death StarQ&A
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?52:18Amphibious missions persist as defenses changeNotable Point
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit1:43:37The battlefield of 1918 demanded different command skillsChapter
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit1:46:14Shell production expanded faster than command's information systemsNotable Point
- Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)1:51:47PPI turned radar echoes into a command pictureChapter
- Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)1:56:40PPI and the multinational destroyer force at UshantNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...35:50Rebuilding an Imperial Star Destroyer after YavinQ&A
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers26:44Hybrid warships can lose focus in both missionsNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)1:08:03Why PLA leadership purges affect more than generalsQ&A
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off49:25The institutional challenge of Commodore Amphibious WarfareChapter
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off54:21Running the amphibious command from HMS FearlessNotable Point
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off1:33:19Media visibility and Falklands command creditChapter
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off1:35:08Why Britain did not send a vice admiral southNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle38:48Changing command and signals staff in the 1915 counterfactualNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle1:05:54Command failures in Malaya and a Dowding alternativeNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle6:37:49How modern warship bridges protect their crewsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…4:30:01Fixing Allied command and control in the Battle of FranceChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…4:39:17Richard O'Connor's capture and the danger of a moving frontNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War3:54:34When a future cruiser is marketed as a battleshipQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:09:23Why Admiral Scott chose San Francisco at Cape EsperanceQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:10:14Why pickets and flagships received radar upgrades earlyNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust11:36:40Space Marine captains and the risks of frontline commandNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress5:47:15Why Douglas Haig might communicate better than Beatty at JutlandQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida23:39Building an early wartime combat information centreQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:55:01MacArthur's authority over naval forces was theater commandQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida4:53:47Haig, a mechanized BEF, and the limits of radio coordinationQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida5:05:25Does World War II have an equivalent to the Hundred Days?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida5:19:39Why the Royal Navy relied on objective commandQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida5:24:48Sicily, Normandy, and authority to protect the landing areaNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida7:49:05What fifteen De Zeven Provinciën-class frigates would give the NetherlandsQ&A
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:19Why AI may enlarge rather than shrink command staffsQ&A
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception40:15Team leadership and many simple plansChapter
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:18:30Why abolishing military ranks creates new hierarchy problemsQ&A
- Nelson: A Very British God of War...33:45Why flag captains sustain an admiral's commandNotable Point
- Nelson: A Very British God of War...41:29Should a flag officer lead the boarding party?Notable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...30:38The Type 82 procurement pinch pointNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...32:15Standardise NATO systems rather than hullsNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...51:32Why joint operations need larger flag facilitiesQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:09Choosing a ship for an early combat information centerQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:13:30Internal armour and sectional survivabilityNotable Point
- Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age37:13Falklands command disputes had to reach back to BritainNotable Point
- Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age42:22Falklands command problems revealed the value of flag spaceNotable Point
- Battle of Lepanto 1571: Alliances of Command35:44The Falklands analogy: command, rank, and blameNotable Point
- Battle of Lepanto 1571: Alliances of Command59:40Flags and messenger boats carried battle ordersNotable Point
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:15The cost of recalling forward commanders for a speechNotable Point
- What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?10:30The ambiguous order to form Task Force 34Chapter
- What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?35:13Communication failure leaves the strait openNotable Point
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?48:11The Task Force 34 message that left the strait openChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?55:24Clear orders and verification as Leyte's lasting lessonChapter
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:11HMS Manchester and the cost of stale damage reportsQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:32:28Why Anglo-Dutch and Napoleonic naval wars differedQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:46Why surface combatants may pass 30,000 tons againQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:23:06Why a peer-war fleet still needs a flagshipQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:32:04A flagship as a joint headquarters and disaster-relief baseNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:26Henderson and British multi-carrier doctrineChapter
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:07Modernizing the Imperial II Star DestroyerQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:22:30Why counterinsurgency experience does not reproduce peer-war tempoNotable Point
- Battle of Winchelsea(1350)24:49Edward III builds a war-fighting systemNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:29:19Who commands at Savo when Warspite brings Somerville?Q&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:38Blackburn Blackburn and airborne plotting spaceNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?16:46A surviving Phillips reshapes ABDA commandChapter
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?23:00Destroyer command culture favors decisive responsibilityNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?36:17Indomitable, Renown, and Syfret reinforce the theaterChapter
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?2:18:26Phillips can reorganize Malaya's ground commandQ&A
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?2:32:35Front-line exchange can make ABDA interoperability workNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?2:55:26Who could outrank MacArthur in February 1942?Q&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:15:53If Rogal Dorn died in Sanguinius's placeQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:39:56Falklands task groups and the need for an amphibious flagshipNotable Point
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory14:21St Vincent holds Toulon while Nelson huntsNotable Point
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory1:30:17French recognition failures turn fire inwardNotable Point
- The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!1:19:22Would Far East command have kept Tom Phillips in Singapore?Notable Point
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:34:31More Hurricanes and Beaufighters over MalayaQ&A
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...1:25:54How Soviet commissars fitted beside naval commandNotable Point
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...1:40:52Officer rank lets specialists command working partiesNotable Point
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...2:08:32Why randomized familiar ranks feel incoherentQ&A
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s11:00Visual targeting limited the Queen Bee's useful strike rangeNotable Point
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s35:51Drone control needs resilient alternativesNotable Point
- Battle of Gravelines 1588: Point of No Return for the Spanish Armada0:00Gravelines as the Armada's last chance to reformChapter
- Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?9:52Concrete airfields reshape Crete's defenseChapter
- Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?27:07Why the historical German victory was fragileChapter
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy2:39:48Why future escort vessels may be optionally crewedQ&A
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...1:04:11Why the battle line gave way to the modern task forceNotable Point
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability46:34The command chain that made Italian sightings arrive lateNotable Point
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability1:30:33The older command model behind Japan's dispersed scouting groupsNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…30:07Small task groups within a centralized attrition strategyNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…33:33Yamamoto's responsibility and the work of his staffNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…35:14How did Japan control its carrier task groups?Q&A
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…1:35:54When operational assumptions control intelligence assessmentNotable Point
- Suffren: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Voldermort25:04Providien: numerical advantage lost to command frictionChapter
- Suffren: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Voldermort43:20Trincomalee: close-action orders misreadChapter
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:15:12Admiral Hara inside Japan's centralized command systemQ&A
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?1:16:31Would Ark Royal have ended the war in two weeks?Q&A
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?1:25:36Why Falklands command stayed at NorthwoodQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?14:26IJN rank inflation and the problem of apprentice admiralsQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?35:05Why submarines struggled to provide tactical scouting reportsQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?36:45Long-range missiles still need fresh moving-target dataNotable Point
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose12:41How Dutch fragmentation slowed naval decisionsNotable Point
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose1:21:52Terrain cuts off the Batavian commandNotable Point
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose1:24:04Piecemeal counterattacks lose Den HelderChapter
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:03:54A Queen Elizabeth-class carrier becomes an isolated command postQ&A
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:03:24Heavier battlecruisers and specialist staffs in a Dogger Bank-style actionChapter
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?3:15:20Beatty with a standardized battlecruiser-fleet staffQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:15Richmond Turner controlled information that Pearl Harbor commanders neededNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...54:23Nelson prepares captains to act after signals failChapter
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...1:20:39Four French frigates offered a signaling advantageNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...1:41:37The French decoy fails against Nelson's identification systemNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...2:13:01Improvised French measures add confusion after darkNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...16:01Turner's intelligence bottleneck before Pearl HarborNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...47:02Operation MI versus Cunningham's Operation MB8Chapter
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...1:16:53Command complexity made Japanese radio silence brittleChapter
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...1:44:26The June 3 warning that Japan left unansweredNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...1:58:08Midway's losses reflected decisions made before contactNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...2:03:12Concentration as a command-and-control solutionChapter
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...2:08:52Nagumo's tactical skill did not fit strategic commandNotable Point
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!49:46Panic destroys Korean fleets before battleChapter
- Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...1:26:14HMS Hillary was Vian's headquarters ship for Operation HuskyChapter
- Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...1:30:45Keeping command present without stifling subordinate initiativeNotable Point
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction1:03:40Admiralty reorganization disrupted naval intelligenceNotable Point
- Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century(1700-1790)1:47:14Did terrain explain Charles XII's victories?Q&A
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned39:29How Oskar Stark became Port Arthur's scapegoatChapter
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned48:19Alexeyev's titles without a usable theater commandChapter
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned1:02:42Why Rozhestvensky hid his route from reinforcementsNotable Point
- An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley27:38Saint-Cast and the command problem in an amphibious withdrawalChapter
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:34Why Beatty's flag signals caused confusion at Dogger BankQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:37Nuclear escalation after command and communications failNotable Point
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin1:10:39Regional fleets were trapped by centralized controlChapter
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?33:17George Tryon's loss made subordinate judgment essentialNotable Point
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?34:23How the German battle turn workedNotable Point
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?39:35Scheer pressed for raids under cautious commandersChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:45:11What made a destroyer leader?Q&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:18:29Royalist as an escort-carrier flagshipChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:40:35What an Atlanta might have added at SamarNotable Point
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!55:44Why instant communications invite tactical micromanagementNotable Point
- What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?1:14:40Starfleet's missing staffs expose a real command problemNotable Point
- What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?1:15:34An admiral turns policy into coordinated fleet effectsChapter
- Simone Antonio Pacoret de Saint Bon: Father of the Regia Marina15:28Formidabile fights on after the squadron withdrawsNotable Point
- Simone Antonio Pacoret de Saint Bon: Father of the Regia Marina18:43What Formidabile’s absence meant at LissaNotable Point
- General George S. Hammond USAF: A Science Fiction Flag/General Officer who lives up to the rank!25:30How a general's staff turns argument into a decisionChapter
- General George S. Hammond USAF: A Science Fiction Flag/General Officer who lives up to the rank!41:46Specialists give Stargate Command organizational depthNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:57Carriers, parasite craft, and command delay in space combatQ&A
- Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,3:42Why larger fleets made signal ambiguity dangerousNotable Point
- Italian Submarines of WWII: Shackled Potential or Victims of Geography?30:42Good submarines undermined by weak employmentNotable Point
- Battle of Zonchio 1499: Limitations of Command... Venetian Style36:40Kemal Reis and the Ottoman advantage in commandChapter
- Battle of Zonchio 1499: Limitations of Command... Venetian Style42:32Why accounts name different Ottoman commandersNotable Point
- Why the Admirals and Staff of Star Treks Star Fleet cause me pain...0:34Why ship-level competence does not scale by itselfChapter
- Why the Admirals and Staff of Star Treks Star Fleet cause me pain...3:35Why one Starfleet adjutant cannot replace a fleet staffChapter
- Why the Admirals and Staff of Star Treks Star Fleet cause me pain...5:03The cost of removing a prepared mission commanderNotable Point
- Why the Admirals and Staff of Star Treks Star Fleet cause me pain...13:53The missing junior officers behind Sisko's staff workNotable Point
- Why the Admirals and Staff of Star Treks Star Fleet cause me pain...31:15Janeway delivers a concise and credible command briefingNotable Point
- Why the Admirals and Staff of Star Treks Star Fleet cause me pain...42:32Why the tachyon blockade needs an established fleet staffChapter
- Why the Admirals and Staff of Star Treks Star Fleet cause me pain...1:03:10Why a flagship needs an admiral's command spaceNotable Point
- Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship43:32Deputy Director of Signals carried authority beyond Somerville's rankChapter
- Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship45:14A communications officer learns command from the insideChapter
- Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship57:16Fleet exercises tested Somerville's communications systemChapter
- Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship1:15:15Somerville learned high command by carrying information upwardChapter
- 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?33:39A battleship as command ship for uncrewed forcesChapter
- Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias25:39Deaths at sea leave the expedition under command by committeeChapter
- Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias53:15Lost guides and short ladders doom the San Lazaro assaultChapter
- HMS Queen Mary: An Evolutionary Ship in a Time of Fleet Transition38:34Hall's Jutland communications counterfactualNotable Point
- So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live37:47Battlefleet power combines escorts with a flagship staffChapter
- So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live58:03A battleship can command uncrewed forces from the forward positionChapter
- So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live1:07:29Should the Iowa class be reactivated as an uncrewed control ship?Q&A
- So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live1:19:33Distributed control rooms make automation a survivability systemChapter
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live43:39A command structure destroyed before battleChapter
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live46:35Charles Knowles's influence over VernonNotable Point
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live1:03:48The later joint-command model answers CartagenaNotable Point
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live1:18:28Were Cartagena's commanders court-martialled?Q&A
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live1:30:14War by committee replaces operational commandNotable Point
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live1:40:48Why not try the whole council of war?Q&A
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live2:36:50Could Admiral Byng have improved the command?Q&A
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live2:38:14What should a plan provide beyond first contact?Q&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!49:24How the Allied defense of Crete might have workedQ&A
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…39:58Reconstructing decisions from incomplete battle recordsNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes28:54Patronage as professional talent managementNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes35:25Why admirals needed captains who could think for themselvesNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes1:27:25Why Rodney's line-breaking plan failed at MartiniqueChapter
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes1:41:09Reversing the fleet's order before the SaintesNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?48:19The fatal ambiguity over air support for Force ZNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?52:08How a call-sign question gave a misleading impression before JutlandNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?1:25:03Phillips's flagship problem and the possible addition of RenownNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?1:32:03Did naval and RAF fighter controllers use the same frequency?Q&A
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked21:52Why the Controller could resist a First Sea LordChapter
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked1:26:25Hood and the problem of conflicting operational authorityChapter
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!2:47:12Rodney rotates fresh ships into the vanChapter
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!2:52:06French collisions draw de Grasse back without a shotNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!2:55:36Rodney times fire near de Grasse's flagshipNotable Point
- Marquis de Santa Cruz: The Man who could have given Spain the World...51:33Could Santa Cruz have changed the Armada campaign?Chapter
- Marquis de Santa Cruz: The Man who could have given Spain the World...55:34A landing-first solution to fireships and Parma coordinationNotable Point
- Marquis de Santa Cruz: The Man who could have given Spain the World...58:02Why the author of doctrine could also discard itNotable Point
- Marquis de Santa Cruz: The Man who could have given Spain the World...1:00:25Isle of Wight and Essex landing optionsNotable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:08How ballistic-missile submarines retain targeting independenceQ&A
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!7:38Why service control shaped Britain's maritime air powerChapter
- Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'21:12Command before a standardized officer corpsNotable Point
- Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'23:52Commanding independent maritime entrepreneursChapter
- Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'52:49Drake's missing lantern and the Rosario prizeNotable Point
- Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'1:00:22The Calais and Dunkirk coordination trapChapter
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...27:48Why warship action is difficult to disavowNotable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise3:10:34British theater command before modern combatant commandsQ&A
- Flotillas of the Danube (Continued)1:06:27Speed, smoke, and disputed surprise at Vienna's bridgeNotable Point
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?1:37:07Anti-ship ballistic missiles create an escalation trapNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 313:10The carrier as a command-and-control hubChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 31:10:52High-alert carrier operations carry fratricide riskNotable Point
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates41:21Command, sensors, and the open bridgeChapter
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?10:02Submarines as mobile minefieldsNotable Point
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?48:21Why adding a friendly SSN raises hunt risksChapter
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?53:03Why submerged communications constrain coordinationChapter
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?55:56Shore headquarters prioritize contacts; ships retain cautionChapter
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?58:06Why an unverified submarine kill remains a threatNotable Point
- Battle of Elli49:09Ottoman plans without the forces to execute themNotable Point
- Battle of Elli1:01:23Orders not to risk ships constrain Ottoman commandNotable Point
- Battle of Elli2:13:15Elli shows why ships alone do not make a fleetNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 953:18Beatty, Pelly, and the limits of battlecruiser command cultureNotable Point
- The Roman Navy with Simon Elliot... #2Historians33:34Roman coordination and the Spanish ArmadaNotable Point
- WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting23:00Commanders, local initiative, and rapid reactionChapter
- WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting27:29Roman frontier forts as an analogy for Dover's tripwiresNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...1:21:18Uncrewed early warning and command personnelNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:57:45Why Fleet Problem lessons did not save Pearl HarborQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/48:41:49Why Nimitz commanded the Pacific from shoreNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/49:01:15How combat information centres changed night fightingNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 741:39Why an LHD can do more than a hospital shipNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 751:27Airborne early-warning drones need power as well as enduranceNotable Point
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:17:14Why shipboard drone defense favors missiles and expendable interceptorsQ&A
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'1:05:15Cradock's survival could improve British fleet reportingNotable Point
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1082:46:00Why could British radio discipline confuse allied forces?Q&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song1:56:35Why nuclear cruise missiles are a poor routine shipboard loadQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song2:49:39Nelson with four Montanas at Denmark StraitQ&A
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII45:23Industrial world war stretched command across the globeNotable Point
- Beatty of the Mediterranean: Finding the Right Peg for the Right Hole?19:50Milne's choice: concentration or a split forceChapter
- Beatty of the Mediterranean: Finding the Right Peg for the Right Hole?32:21Conflicting Admiralty signals unravel the pursuitNotable Point
- Soviet Naval Aviation Doctrine: Always Wrestling the Same Demons1:29:08Why strike coordination had to be airborneNotable Point
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage35:23Refueling overhauls remake the ship for new missionsNotable Point
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage1:40:13The limits of an allied thousand-ship navyChapter
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier28:31Communications bandwidth limits drone scaleChapter
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier1:10:18Airborne early warning is more than a sensorChapter
- Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier1:22:36Soviet communications shaped command-ship task groupsChapter
- Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier1:27:17Shore control made submarines easier to integrate with Soviet fleetsChapter
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:20:05Why the Pacific submarine campaign needed two commandsQ&A
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...16:16Uncrewed escorts and the danger of command from afarNotable Point
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:57:15Duncans at Coronel would change command choices as well as firepowerQ&A
- Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...33:32Refits and elevator changes turn experience into design knowledgeChapter
- HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 25:39Career officers and loyal area-defence commandsNotable Point
- HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 21:12:38The first Democratic Japan attempt collapsesChapter
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!1:01:53How dispersed British operations overloaded Italian commandNotable Point
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 747:26Command information for a multi-planet empireNotable Point
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 753:04A modular Ha'tak with a deployable command baseNotable Point
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 758:39Split Jaffa garrisons and divide-and-rule securityNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!35:36Crete and the cost of rotating commandersNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign54:19British nuclear command and second-strike doctrineNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:56:29Warhammer 40,000 and crisis command designNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission8:44Torpedo-boat habits and fleet commandNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission14:34Why patrol crews needed to know their orders' purposeNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission1:05:17Norway's warning failure at NarvikNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission1:46:01Why a disagreement with Hoffmann remained manageableNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission2:20:18An unexplained refusal to follow the cloud coverNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission2:21:50Allied detection and a divided German flag teamNotable Point
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:21:06One command for US Pacific submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:26:09MacArthur, nuclear release authority, and overlapping command chainsQ&A
- Musings on Procurement56:35The limits of a common amphibious ship familyNotable Point
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion16:00Discipline preserves the fighting value of an armed forceNotable Point
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:06:50Organizing a mixed fleet by speed and tactical roleChapter
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...2:51:13A carrier is a command system, not only an airfieldChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History15:22Japanese reinforcements need a place in Allied commandNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:41:08Mixed command teams coordinate the coalition fleetNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:46:31Southern France opens while Germany turns eastChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:47:50Norwegian readiness and the risks of an Allied returnNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:50:20Could a Mediterranean command suit Beatty?Notable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:51:25The First Sea Lord as information managerNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:01:42Build command space into the carrier's missionChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism56:30Manley Dixon coordinates the South American stationChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism2:12:58How quickly could Dixon's South American station move information?Q&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle1:04:00A rehearsed silent approach absorbs new contact reportsChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle1:12:19The bombardment group enters behind a layered screenNotable Point
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London1:21:21Carrier strikes depend on delegated commandNotable Point
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London1:24:21Could Stalin's navy develop carrier doctrine?Q&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait1:12:10Japanese interservice rivalry duplicated capabilities and obstructed coordinationNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait1:26:28An argument that MacArthur stayed in command beyond his best yearsNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait1:28:35Leadership at ship, squadron, and theater level demands different skillsNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait2:27:42An air staff let an absent commander shape the bombardment planNotable Point
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War17:13Reconnaissance mattered more than early bomb loadsChapter
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War50:11Aerial intelligence met a weak reporting chainNotable Point
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War55:20What Jutland revealed about seaplane carriersChapter
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War56:27Why carriers became fleet command nodesNotable Point
- Carry on Invading Britain: The Battle of Fishguard (1797)24:38The French ships depart and remove the expedition's naval supportNotable Point
- Carry on Invading Britain: The Battle of Fishguard (1797)39:57Knox abandons Fishguard after overestimating the enemyChapter
- Carry on Invading Britain: The Battle of Fishguard (1797)43:38Language, looting, and wine deepen Tate's command crisisNotable Point
- Carry on Invading Britain: The Battle of Fishguard (1797)55:39Cawdor turns local competence into a command teamNotable Point
- Carry on Invading Britain: The Battle of Fishguard (1797)57:37Fishguard's lesson in complex operations and political assumptionsChapter
- Carry on Invading Britain: The Battle of Fishguard (1797)1:01:35Penal formations trade initiative for tighter disciplineNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction1:52:50Peacekeepers of Sol gives the carrier a fleetChapter
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction2:48:29Keep the fight away from the crew's safest refugeNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction2:57:49Why use a carrier if fighters share its propulsion?Q&A
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues10:55Naval aviation required institutions as well as aircraftChapter
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues13:11Carrier air-group command before 1937Chapter
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues20:43From carrier groups to wings and uncrewed aircraftNotable Point
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:15:45An Italian carrier reopens control of naval aviationNotable Point
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered1:37:34British doctrine as a framework for adaptationNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:35:55How a US naval attaché reported from an embassyQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:26:25Why every King George V-class battleship needed command spaceQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered44:16How Dutch battlecruisers change the Java campaignQ&A
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō26:26Why the hybrid inherited both ships' weaknessesNotable Point
- HMS Princess Beatrix & HMS Queen Emma Landing Ship Infantry(Medium) - When Dutch Ferries go to War19:19Retired officers helped expand the wartime Royal NavyChapter
- HMS Princess Beatrix & HMS Queen Emma Landing Ship Infantry(Medium) - When Dutch Ferries go to War43:23Destroyers supported Claymore's dispersed landing groupsChapter
- HMS Princess Beatrix & HMS Queen Emma Landing Ship Infantry(Medium) - When Dutch Ferries go to War49:17Claymore's demolition party exposed a command gapNotable Point
- The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes2:42:01How command and unit morale sustain disciplineNotable Point
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence41:31Admirals' yachts as discreet diplomatic toolsNotable Point
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19282:15:03Better fighters do not automatically prevent the Fall of FranceNotable Point
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History2:05:36Autoloaders would not erase Denmark Strait command limitsQ&A
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 749:09Sturgeon's friendly-fire scare exposes signal confusionChapter
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 754:11Why RAF organization complicated maritime coordinationNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 225:23Command culture from Tsushima to task forcesChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 229:37Destroyer box tactics against BismarckNotable Point
- If not Pearl Harbour?15:09Singapore's base investment lacked a dedicated defense commandNotable Point
- Stalingrad Class: Stalin's Ship Dreams - KSS2 S7 Comment Response22:16A NATO command cruiser as the peacetime answerNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response18:41A simple German carrier faced institutional barriersNotable Point
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:02:31Why geography changes fleet organization through accessQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:50:47Argentina's procurement was better than its command systemQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:55:03Argentina's missed chances in the Falklands WarQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:33:44How Room 40 intelligence reached wartime commandsQ&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?3:25:12Could German headquarters direct surface raiders like U-boats?Q&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?3:32:36Who could command a second German battleship pair?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy3:32:29Destroyer command trained wartime admiralsNotable Point
- Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett51:36Uncrewed convoy escorts still need repair and reloadingNotable Point
- Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett57:40Uncrewed fleets need cyber defence near the actionChapter
- Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett1:00:38Concentration requires dispersed forces to work togetherNotable Point
- Town Class(1936): Building for Presence - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 252:16What Royal Navy paperwork reveals - and concealsNotable Point
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore8:01Singapore as the fleet's entry point to the Far EastChapter
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore1:19:00A Sydney headquarters keeps theater command ashoreNotable Point
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore1:30:04Sydney forces an enduring joint Far East commandChapter
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore1:35:24Joint planning could reduce the command failures around Force ZNotable Point
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore1:38:12Force Z's air-support message exposed a joint-command failureNotable Point
- Asahi(1899): Cornerstone of the Six/Six Pland - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 837:24Asahi's decisive bridge hit in the Yellow SeaChapter
- Asahi(1899): Cornerstone of the Six/Six Pland - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 841:05Command targeting from conning towers to radioNotable Point
- 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?1:39:29How two meanings of air support failed Force ZQ&A
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:04:49Why the Far East deputy commander would be AustralianQ&A
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:33:55Could MacArthur disrupt the joint-command framework?Q&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update1:59:02Mobilization could have changed Norway's 1940 defenseNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update2:28:19The update breaks expected fleet-command behaviorNotable Point
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare49:09The cursed result of radar fire control arriving firstQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare2:18:18HMS Ladybird as an afloat command and logistics shipNotable Point
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare2:36:39Swapping Beatty and Jellicoe at JutlandQ&A
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?1:11:27The Japanese scratch force and its command burdenChapter
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?1:15:28Why the Japanese formation really was a scratch forceQ&A
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?1:23:48Sentaro Omori's command background and reliefNotable Point
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?1:34:16Why Japanese ships collided in complex battlesQ&A
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?1:37:13Factional alignments inside the Japanese commandQ&A
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?1:57:02How one misunderstood order sidelined USS FooteNotable Point
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?2:15:13Uncontrolled aggression destroys HatsukazeNotable Point
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?2:21:22Why Japanese destroyer squadrons had light-cruiser leadersNotable Point
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)15:13A joint command had to shield an amphibious operationNotable Point
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)35:48The Japanese formation mixed ships and command layersChapter
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)43:02Aggression became dangerous when it outran formation controlNotable Point
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)1:08:48An uncontrolled attack unraveled Japan's torpedo formationNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 111:02:33Building a battle line around Hood while preserving the screenNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 101:05:02Delegated command creates friction and divided attentionNotable Point
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...1:27:13A major Far Eastern fleet requires senior combined commandNotable Point
- Thoughts on Problems for Future of Strategy from a Naval Historian49:11Distributed forces still depend on critical nodesNotable Point
- Thoughts on Problems for Future of Strategy from a Naval Historian52:06Autonomy turns elite cyber talent into a strategic resourceNotable Point
- Capital Ships of Science Fiction: Battlestars to Star Destroyers with a Naval Historian43:05Centralized control costs the Empire operational reachNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre2:11:46From France to ABDA: why coalition command matteredNotable Point
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!51:59Why a Tiger-class cruiser could help at San CarlosQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:44:06How Jellicoe planned for command loss in battleQ&A
- HMS Nelson(1876): bad sound22:15How should a warship divide space among weapons, command, and people?Notable Point
- Scharnhorst Class: The Quality of the Kaiserliche Marine - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 617:03Flagship staffing and uneven machinery resultsNotable Point
- Memoirs as Historical Sources21:58Read Somerville's letter as a map of wartime commandNotable Point
- CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 427:03Experimenting with an island-side aircraft routeNotable Point
- CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 433:17Carrier design as command, sustainment, and deck managementNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 42:10:39Joint command for a British expeditionary forceNotable Point
- HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 829:19Radio and staff work enabled more fluid fleet tacticsNotable Point
- How Many Guns Does that USN Battleship have?38:38Conning-tower armour only helps if commanders use itNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:36:12Why tactical nuclear weapons do not stay tacticalNotable Point
- Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology27:26A flagship transfer worsens command and controlNotable Point
- Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology43:13Italian commanders ignore the final attack orderNotable Point
- The Imperium of Man: at SOME POINT I will figure this game out...27:32Objectives versus annihilation in a fictional space battleNotable Point
- The Imperium of Man: at SOME POINT I will figure this game out...1:00:53Target priorities and attacks on enemy mobilityNotable Point
- The Imperium of Man: at SOME POINT I will figure this game out...1:45:40Concentrating ships by coordinating arrival timesNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:03:58Signal flags traded secrecy for usable commandQ&A
- Lessons of the Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & First Battle of Algeciras(1801)5:18Fleet command is more than leading from the frontNotable Point
- Lessons of the Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & First Battle of Algeciras(1801)8:32Direct action can compete with command responsibilityNotable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)1:18:40General chase breaks the British formationChapter
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)2:34:51Intelligence, not ship totals, links the two defeatsNotable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)3:02:31Radio would transform age-of-sail command and controlQ&A
- Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response7:19Why a flagship needs room for a command staffQ&A
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 71:31:04Why Vian chose Indefatigable as his flagshipNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway40:52Command pressure made strategic restraint difficultNotable Point
- HMS Cossack: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 1...special edition...27:43Norwegian mobilization and the first Narvik failureNotable Point
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet3:21Guilliman as a networked military administratorNotable Point
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet16:27Post-Heresy separation of land and space forcesChapter
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet22:03Distributed fleets limit the scale of rebellionNotable Point
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet27:36Segmenta, sectors, and divided commandNotable Point
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet31:47The Geddes Axe and the loss of Royal Navy experienceNotable Point
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet41:00Ranks scaled for a galaxy-spanning navyChapter
- An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...1:24:32Target fixation leaves the rest of the fleet without attentionNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?1:04:04Lütjens's preferred way of learning did not scale to fleet commandChapter
- Bruships 113: Jutland40:06What reliable radios could have changed at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland2:06:53Beatty's reconnaissance duty after the first German withdrawalChapter
- Bruships 113: Jutland2:35:53A carrier strike does not solve Beatty's reporting problemQ&A
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...1:59:59American theatre command remains undefinedQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett2:08:30Maritime theory prepares judgmentChapter
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett2:10:25Rodney's signal needed a shared tactical understandingNotable Point
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett2:12:47The Codex Astartes as a doctrine analogyNotable Point
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett2:36:50Resilience requires clear command successionNotable Point
- Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done34:51Why a capital ship should preserve its range advantageNotable Point
- Rome is Won, What Carthage does now the Romans are Really Annoyed! Rome Total War 2, April 20231:27:19Why targeting the commander can unravel an armyNotable Point
- Can Cathage Take Rome with a Naval Historian in charge? Rome Total War 1, April 20231:37:03Why naval commanders delegate battle controlNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation2:57:54Pristina airport and the value of subordinate judgmentNotable Point
- Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 198052:34When NATO escort and strike orders point in different directionsNotable Point
- Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 19801:01:13Turning SOSUS contacts into a shared operating pictureNotable Point
- Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 19801:28:07The strain of persistent maritime surveillanceNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)2:16:52Why Wellesley's brother bought him a commissionNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 7654:42Information is potential until a force can actNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 8(March 2023)21:30Striking command and artillery to reduce fighting powerNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)4:16:13Accepting a costly assault to save campaign timeNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:49:30Why Axis command could not become unifiedQ&A
- 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 waters2:03:58The Danish line collapses and command passes ashoreNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 5(March 2023)2:09:49Why large commands cannot brief every subordinate on everythingQ&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 5(March 2023)2:38:18Acting before every uncertainty is resolvedNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 5(March 2023)3:20:02The cost of using a general as heavy cavalryNotable Point
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword21:16Citadel overpressure matured with nuclear and chemical defenceQ&A
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?1:00:40Better shells do not remove Beatty's command riskNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?1:19:39Beatty's signal failure was not Seymour's aloneNotable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century56:21Interwar boats: endurance, radio, and fleet coordinationChapter
- Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 216:13George Germain's earlier command failureNotable Point
- Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 21:02:20Why George III was not directing every operationNotable Point
- Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 21:27:33Why small battles reveal more than headline campaignsNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 3(February 2023)34:05Why a poor enemy commander may be useful aliveNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 3(February 2023)47:06Using militia as closely controlled supportNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 3(February 2023)1:05:34Why the enemy general becomes the primary targetChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood53:40Did the anti-aircraft fire hit the Los Angeles balloon?Q&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...37:34A flagship must accommodate the staffQ&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...48:11Flagship workspaces can be modularNotable Point
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...55:11Shipboard space caps a command staffNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)36:17Realistic games and divided vehicle-crew rolesNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)1:31:48Fifth-rate engagement tacticsNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:09:38Would the US Navy serve under British command?Q&A
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class41:40Singapore's reservoir and the Japanese supply deadlineNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class55:43Singapore, command structure, and wartime decisionsNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?47:32Strategic surprise versus amphibious command riskNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?18:10The recurring French command-and-control problemNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect2:07:42The missing message mattered more than the original orderNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect2:14:21Can better communications overload command?Q&A
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect3:39:22How Coronel's command and intelligence failures convergedChapter
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:38:04Rapier positions planned as a land battle at San CarlosNotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat2:03:10Three coalition task forces for an invasion of JapanNotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat2:10:05Why satellites do not make shipboard radar obsoleteQ&A
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...16:21Protecting the command successor and the tankersNotable Point
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...1:42:12Jamming and command delay in missile defenceNotable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?3:00:49Better guns cannot fix Crete or Malaya by themselvesQ&A
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?2:25:54How Queen Anne's Mansion made Nelson a fleet flagshipNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers38:37Zhdanov's command-ship conversion preserved a heavily armed fleet flagshipNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books19:44Type 82 as a task-force command shipQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books2:05:05A more capable Fearless and IntrepidQ&A
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty16:35Why maritime forces require specialized integrationChapter
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 331:03Faster torpedo boats broke the Forbins' visual command modelNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control31:11The Admiralty command crisis behind CoronelChapter
- Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control37:19Doveton Sturdee and leadership in WhitehallNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control43:19Cradock's cross-faction credibilityNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control51:53Late orders and the mutual interceptionChapter
- Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control57:30Why did Cradock engage at Coronel?Q&A
- Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control1:29:39Cradock's impossible command choiceNotable Point
- Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?1:03:02Yorktown-class aviation strength outgrew its command spacesNotable Point
- Battle of Navarino(1827): A Failure of Deterrence or Expecting too Much?23:19Ottoman fragmentation and the Janissary vacuumChapter
- Battle of Navarino(1827): A Failure of Deterrence or Expecting too Much?54:04A large fleet with divided commandChapter
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate's Battle Cruisers1:25:32Coalition battles require command above the ship captainChapter
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate's Battle Cruisers1:33:42The Ancient control chair concentrates combat riskNotable Point
- Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…11:42Reading the Roman account against its biasChapter
- Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…17:31Did Roman command rotate from day to day?Q&A
- Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…51:31Mallius, Caepio, and aristocratic command rivalryChapter
- Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…1:05:17Separated camps turn one Roman force into twoChapter
- Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…2:18:52Arausio's command lesson for allied forcesChapter
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More20:56Paladin's diplomatic mission cannot overcome its military limitsChapter
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More30:12Remnant Faction: missiles can coast beyond their powered rangeChapter
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More39:47Operation Medusa targets the network that holds a force togetherChapter
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More54:02Command authority and POW duties survive communications collapseChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 341:29Odd and even numbers in IJN submarine typesQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4225:46ABDA needed a coalition staff before the warQ&A
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers1:17:04Savo Island as a lesson in wartime mentalityChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out36:15Why drones do not remove the pilot tradeoffQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:07:12Why modern warship bridges can remain exposedQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:15:34The 48-hour measure that might have helped Force ZQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments13:42Force Z's air-cover problem was partly a signals failureQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments1:02:58How Phillips's loss weakened Far Eastern commandQ&A
- Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches38:39Technical literacy without universal specializationNotable Point
- Town Class (1911): Chathams20:11Southampton shows light cruisers holding the fleet togetherChapter
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again1:10:15Lost identification turns former allies against one anotherNotable Point
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again1:14:35When faster-than-light communications fail, identification becomes strategyNotable Point
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again1:55:19Reconnaissance probes still leave commanders waiting for identificationNotable Point
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again2:15:08Limited communications still allow missile salvos to change courseNotable Point
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War34:59The Battle of Manila Bay and the garbled ammunition reportChapter
- Offset Strategies One to Four20:45The fourth offset's autonomy dilemmaChapter
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack1:28:07Why command failure cost air power in the PhilippinesQ&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)12:04An internal citadel for future automated warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions2:03:01What remains surprising about the Battle off SamarQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions2:14:54The missing staff role behind fleet communicationsNotable Point
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)22:16Independence, endurance, and the task-group testNotable Point
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))1:00:14Concentrated command staffs trade economy for resilienceNotable Point
- Nine Sailed Star Book Review & Interview with Glynn Stewart7:48Long dominance turns doctrine into ritualNotable Point
- Nine Sailed Star Book Review & Interview with Glynn Stewart9:09Why does Elvar command not devolve after an admiral is lost?Q&A
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)42:20Mass and manoeuvre in Second World War torpedo attacksNotable Point
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)43:16When better communications slow commandNotable Point
- 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)26:35HMS H29 and the cost of an unclear orderNotable Point
- Finnish War 1808-9 (Sweden vs Russia): A War of Autocracies (Long Patrol)32:03Sveaborg's surrender handed Russia Sweden's critical fleet baseChapter
- Finnish War 1808-9 (Sweden vs Russia): A War of Autocracies (Long Patrol)45:04A high-ground analogy frames the avoidable naval fight at PiteåNotable Point
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:29:20How uncrewed tanks could be controlled in battleNotable Point
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...16:57Coordinating mixed fleets before radioQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...2:59:53When shared English fails coalition commandNotable Point
- Titanic Lessons Learned 110yrs On (Long Patrol)42:29Information flow is part of ship survivabilityChapter
- RMS Titanic, 110yrs on what lessons were learned?2:09:16Does a Hood-Sheffield comparison explain Moskva?Q&A
- Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events1:25:48Grant's telegram and the question of surpriseNotable Point
- Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events1:36:16Why did Lew Wallace arrive so late?Q&A
- The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)32:52Bathurst corvette bridge design and the radar transitionNotable Point
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)56:46When no one owned intelligence distributionNotable Point
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)2:38:08Pearl Harbor as a system failureChapter
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships27:36Why are the ship AIs not simply in command?Q&A
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships40:13Security assumptions after twelve centuries of peaceNotable Point
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships45:18Why emergency command authority needs protocolNotable Point
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships1:56:22Who provides the four superweapon authorizations?Q&A
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships2:17:03Million Voices and drydock securityChapter
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships2:46:50Giving a sentient ship AI a place in commandNotable Point
- The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)10:11Troubridge, Arbuthnot, and command supervisionQ&A
- The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)42:21Command succession after a flagship is lostNotable Point
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:59:10Tsingtao's command breakdown made diplomacy dangerousNotable Point
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)1:07:11Cruiser power still needs employment doctrineChapter
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:33:57Zigzagging as a practical wartime command habitNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:43:18How corruption erodes a navy's real capabilityChapter
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:46:03Why keeping armoured divisions in Europe was not enoughQ&A
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today1:09:41A combined fleet needed practical cooperationChapter
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today1:45:53Why competent captains could become poor admiralsQ&A
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today2:00:18Ushakov's coalition leadership: logistics, fairness, and respectNotable Point
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today2:29:47How leaders recognize the limits of their abilityQ&A
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)31:34Air combat formations and the return of massNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)32:52Command structure restrains tactical fixationNotable Point
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney4:07:49Q&A: why Queen Elizabeth carriers have two islandsQ&A
- The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu1:58:30Breaking a fleet anchored under a fortChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)42:42Does every ship contribute to naval intelligence?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)1:55:27A Jutland counterfactual built around command skillsQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?1:15:55The evidence against a secret mission for GloriousQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?1:18:21How a proper task group could save GloriousNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?1:29:55The doctrinal error of treating aircraft like gunsNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?2:35:13Why carriers still change Force Z despite uncertaintyQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?3:07:50A Far East command built around Keyes and SomervilleQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?3:26:21Why reinforcement alone would not solve Malaya's command problemNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?3:26:57Why the two losses were avoidableChapter
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov1:28:18Hawke's convoy protection and freedom of commandNotable Point
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)1:08:51Q&A: treaties can deter one war and displace anotherQ&A
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol32:58Wright's rule-bound style meets a fluid night battleNotable Point
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol44:16The American plan for radar, torpedoes, and cruiser fireNotable Point
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol54:36A moonless night removes the planned illuminationNotable Point
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol1:02:17Destroyer star shells become an improvised substituteNotable Point
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol1:19:57Why American strengths created a night-fighting dilemmaNotable Point
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:23:20Why amphibious command still needs dedicated LHDsChapter
- My G3/N3 Dreadnought Battleship + Battle Cruiser = Fast Battleship Design19:33The British preference for a minimal conning towerNotable Point
- Sherman's March to the Sea6:16How command experience shaped Union performanceNotable Point
- Sherman's March to the Sea8:18Why standardised logistics matteredNotable Point
- Sherman's March to the Sea27:48Volunteer ranks complicated command hierarchyNotable Point
- Sherman's March to the Sea40:46The Grant-Sherman command partnershipNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat4:28:19The Channel Dash was a coordination failure, not a Swordfish testNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol39:48Allied command friction and naval experienceChapter
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol12:26Communications make Tarkin's over-sectors responsiveNotable Point
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol15:46Death Star redundancy and mobile governmentNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:23:02How HMS Africa entered the battleQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:25:02Why Trafalgar's frigates stayed on the unengaged sideQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:47:55Eight allied flag officers, but no integrated commandNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)2:12:31How Thomas Hardy extended Nelson's commandQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)2:51:58Nelson's captains planned the attack togetherChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)2:53:41Why Nelson ordered a common paint schemeNotable Point
- Battle of Havana (12th of October 1748)42:35Early fire undermines British cohesionNotable Point
- Battle of Havana (12th of October 1748)49:43Knowles's victory, court-martial, and damaged reputationNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)17:34Why Fearless and Intrepid lacked the command space the Falklands demandedNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)2:41:39ABDA's enduring command-and-control lessonQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)3:57:38Letters of last resort and the human decision loopQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...4:15When a tracking ship can become a command vesselQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 3/418:47Dönitz, central control, and costly persistenceNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli10:09Why Burzagli wanted naval aviation under fleet commandNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff52:54Delegation, signals, and trust in subordinate commandersNotable Point
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence1:52:58Chiefs of staff and the hidden war of fleet allocationChapter
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:11:00A modern US cruiser needs command capacityQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)43:53ABDA's command problem and the value of a visible Allied forceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:02:33Crete's command disruption before the German assaultQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (25): Churchill's Admiral0:26Lord Keyes as a Far East command alternativeNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)17:43Walter Cowan would still go ashore at NarvikQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)55:54Peacetime obedience and the Victoria-Camperdown collisionQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:20:30What fleet growth requires another admiralQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:55:17Why Britain struggled to rotate Pacific commandersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:31:07Commanding the Norwegian campaign differentlyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:56:18MacArthur's retirement gives Nimitz the PacificQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...43:10French air power, radios, and doctrine in 1940Notable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...1:58:50HMS Victoria's collision was an obedience problem, not proof for rammingQ&A
- Steam Rams: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p6/71:53Why ancient ramming does not translateNotable Point
- Steam Rams: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p6/77:42Ramming invites the enemy to cross the TChapter
- Maginot Line: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p2/71:46Belgium and the need for a hard borderNotable Point
- Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/73:39The armies Bull Run actually usedNotable Point
- Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/710:28Patterson's idle army still checks pursuitNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy8:22Flagship authority between captain and admiralNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy19:47Why a good captain may not become a great admiralNotable Point
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions3:43:21Occupation discipline depends on command controlQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)3:28:55Why drone warfare matured after a centuryQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)3:33:11The command team behind a drone strikeNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)3:38:53Drone target identification and human fallibilityNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)3:49:17Drone data-link security and electronic attackQ&A
- The Battle of Athos 1807: A Long Patrol52:32Paired Russian attacks disrupt Ottoman commandChapter
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books2:33:29Victory at the Philippine Sea was a system advantageQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:29:54Why a flat deck does not make an aircraft carrierNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books4:09:54How autonomous Moray is intended to beQ&A
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)34:40Why Spruance and Mitscher used different flagshipsNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)44:19The Falklands remote-command comparisonNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:02:03Submarines report before they attackNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:11:48Guam aircraft reveal a split air-command failureNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (4): In the Name of Rome2:30Belisarius warns against divided commandNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (4): In the Name of Rome21:08Dara turns on flank attacks and controlled pursuitNotable Point
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)21:37Why wartime command needs institutional depthNotable Point
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)28:11How evacuation fragmented army formationsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (2): The Life and Letters of David Beatty15:58Goodenough and Evan-Thomas bypass Beatty's reporting chainNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (2): The Life and Letters of David Beatty16:37Shadowing Scheer was not a cost-free solutionNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (2): The Life and Letters of David Beatty21:14Regular wireless reports could bring Jellicoe in soonerNotable Point
- 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 & Sword1:22:59When the Normandy armies stopped relying on naval gunsQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:14:42How the Navy requested Coastal Command missionsQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:29:30How flying-boat squadrons fit into the command chainQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”2:07:22How air units coordinated with forces at seaQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”2:17:05How Bletchley Park intelligence reached patrol aircraftQ&A
- Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)1:44:19Endor exposes a fleet command structure built around one rulerChapter
- Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)1:47:17Does authoritarian symbolism explain Imperial military choices?Q&A
- Four Random Books Episode 36: No Good Choices4:02Weserubung as a high-risk planning gambleNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 190625:00Why alliance interoperability multiplies coalition powerNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)2:37:13Why useful carrier size grows across the jet ageQ&A
- Bruships 45: Something Medieval4:10:34A ship list is not yet a multinational task groupQ&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy30:21Naval intelligence grew unevenly with communications technologyChapter
- Bruships 44: Strategy33:04Better intelligence should support rather than remote-control commandersNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy43:04From tactical action to geostrategic supplyChapter
- Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies3:03:38China's missing unified naval commandNotable Point
- Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies3:05:25Chiang, Mao, and the politics of unified commandNotable Point
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi19:30Why Avalon's captain keeps control of the final approachNotable Point
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi43:21Delayed communications create operational friction in spaceNotable Point
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi58:20Why might future navies still keep paper records?Q&A
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi1:25:48A captain's steward supports command readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi1:32:46Staff planning and a decoy compel the Gift frigate's surrenderTranscript Excerpt
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi1:40:39How shipboard watches keep command availableQ&A
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi1:45:00Why senior commanders should not lead routine away teamsNotable Point
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi2:43:13A pilot shortage tests command-risk rulesTranscript Excerpt
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans3:18:54How admirals chose their flagshipsQ&A
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease43:15Norway's command chain separated rank from operational controlNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 2 Fiji to Kenya12:04Naval seniority gives Force C unified commandNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 2 Fiji to Kenya17:23Crete changes ammunition policy and exposes command delayNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 2 Fiji to Kenya39:04Crown Colony cruisers were prewar designs, not emergency shipsNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from4:26Sea control and command culture in China and JapanNotable Point
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...3:27:06Gallipoli's August offensive depended on too many linked successesChapter
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...3:59:49The Maginot Line debate moves from terrain to coalition politicsNotable Point
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...4:08:45How might Operation Downfall have gone?Q&A
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"52:42French command and the Allied Adriatic imbalanceNotable Point
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"1:39:01A night destroyer clash defeats itselfChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)29:21The pre-Falklands reprieve for Fearless and IntrepidNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P4/6 191538:16Beatty and Hipper bring different command weaknessesChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P4/6 191547:33Lion's radio loss turns Beatty's flags into a fatal ambiguityChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P3/6 19048:39Casualties, friendly fire, and panicChapter
- Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810) - The First Eagle Captured/211 yrs ago today42:13Joint planning without radios at GuadeloupeChapter
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword26:40Vietnamese pilots taught Soviet advisers how to fight American aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword36:39Norway-focused planning left a Falklands helicopter-control gapNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword41:28Matching helicopter loads to the force needed on Mount KentNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword1:23:12When embedded journalists had the better communications gearNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword1:59:13Batmen, naval stewards, and carrier batsmenQ&A
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:02:55Why a busy captain needs help with food and sleepQ&A
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:07:23Who else watches the captain's welfare?Q&A
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:10:41Who checks on the chief engineer's welfare?Q&A
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:11:40Pairing a captain and executive officer with complementary skillsQ&A
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:18:58Stewards give captains an informal view of shipboard lifeNotable Point
- Greenwich Naval College: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Part 216:01Officers must think above their current rankNotable Point
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes1:23:24Main-battery blast disrupted Nelson's flag facilitiesNotable Point
- Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)3:39:23Why Sisko should not command both ship and fleetChapter
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...1:02:04Who should command a British deep-space fleet?Q&A
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...1:32:03Warrior and the defence of an isolated planetChapter
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...1:41:02Command confidence and overconfidence aboard WarriorNotable Point
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...1:43:44Protecting subordinates and projecting composureNotable Point
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...1:56:41Why the chain of command must not be bypassedNotable Point
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...2:03:16Honor and Death and the protected combat bridgeNotable Point
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...2:10:37Standing order 53 and the limits of pursuing piratesNotable Point
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...2:16:40Why Star Trek should use its battle bridgeQ&A
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...2:25:18How remote sensors allow protected combat information centersNotable Point
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...2:55:41Kingship: using an auxiliary bridge to train future commandersChapter
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...3:54:30Imperial Star Destroyer fighter defence and exposed command towersNotable Point
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?53:19The missing Hawaiian air-defense systemQ&A
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?58:18Four hours of warnings on 7 DecemberChapter
- Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions4:26Why action under fire can be safer than delayNotable Point
- Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"8:24Jets extended the range and speed of naval attackNotable Point
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection1:32:35What Norway needed from amphibious forcesQ&A
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection2:21:06Elizabeth I's orders versus her commanders' choicesNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,36:30Narvik's unready garrison and Fleischer's responseChapter
- Battlestar Galactica - Bilgepumps Trailer2:10Networked warfare needs resilient backupsNotable Point
- Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/234:54Networked power versus digital vulnerabilityQ&A
- Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/246:25Conning towers and the limits of command protectionNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:36:07Dunkirk command and control in Desperate VictoriesChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:47:16Why wartime command punishes indecisionNotable Point
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul1:00:40A Fall of France counterfactual centered on commandNotable Point
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul1:44:48A command ship must add informationNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: HMS Rutherford1:45A radar-equipped command ship for motor torpedo boatsNotable Point
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 3 of 33:05Convoy routes, radar, and command controlNotable Point
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 3 of 34:14A command-authority aside on German coastal craftNotable Point
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 3 of 320:04Layered coastal defense around NormandyChapter
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 3 of 322:47Basil Jones coordinates a mass interception forceNotable Point
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 3 of 327:02Fairmile flexibility and the torpedo-boat counterNotable Point
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 2 of 327:41Why the Channel Dash exposed a coordination failureNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:34:28When British understatement became a coalition riskNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era1:42:56Why distant naval commanders still need delegated authorityQ&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:17:20Why Kaga might not receive warning in timeQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 430:48Yugoslavia and Romania in the Axis war planNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:26:04Why Michael Clapp regretted leaving his Wasp behindNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 425:31Fragmented Japanese command complicates the responseNotable Point
- Introduction to the Battle of Cape Passaro26:55How Byng distributed detached commandsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:06:20The case for a British joint expeditionary headquartersQ&A
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 2 of 241:14Saving Singapore required an earlier Far East strategyNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 1 of 217:54Philip II, Parma, and a disconnected invasion planNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 1 of 219:13Medina Sidonia inherits an amphibious operationChapter
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 1 of 223:26Home waters keep England's command network connectedNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 1 of 240:36England's strategy: prevent the link-up, not necessarily destroy the fleetChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:25:06HMS Glorious and the cost of flying no reconnaissance patrolQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:18:09Turning an Arleigh Burke derivative into a command cruiserQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:20:52A modern Royal Navy cruiser conceptQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:43:09Why naval strength alone could not retain CreteQ&A
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:25:29Force Z and command fit in the Malaya disasterNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:10:18Five Eyes as a possible command frameworkQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:28:38Why an EU navy remains difficultQ&A
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?20:15Percival and the command problem in MalayaChapter
- An Introduction to Not the Big Ships: NGFS As Provided by Destroyers & Below Part 1 of 28:42Nile gunboats combine firepower, logistics, and commandChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:15:48Vanguard's bridge reflected battleships becoming command assetsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:27:20Why capable units in Malaya still failed as a larger forceNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:52:05Why American formations adapted better in Pacific battlesQ&A
- An Introduction to Falklands Command14:20Cold War amphibious command built for casualtiesNotable Point
- An Introduction to Falklands Command19:04The amphibious commodore as guardian of the landing forceChapter
- An Introduction to Falklands Command24:25Clapp and Thompson made dual command workNotable Point
- An Introduction to Falklands Command32:21The planned theater layer above carriers and landingsChapter
- An Introduction to Falklands Command35:31A support-trawler dispute exposed the command gapNotable Point
- An Introduction to Falklands Command37:19The uncertain provenance of the Falklands command chartNotable Point
- An Introduction to Falklands Command38:20Parallel task groups conflicted with amphibious doctrineChapter
- An Introduction to Falklands Command42:13Clapp and Thompson preserved the working command relationshipNotable Point
- An Introduction to Falklands Command48:57Complex formations need repeated practiceNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A39:56Why bad information survives in authoritarian commandsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:46:40Why nuclear and conventional missiles should stay separateQ&A
- Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 192931:38Communications rules prepared fleets for dispersed warfareNotable Point
- Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 192957:20Submarines overloaded the fleet before they scored a hitChapter
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:27:24British and American wartime command culturesNotable Point
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iv)1:31Headquarters ships as floating command centresChapter
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iv)2:50HMS Lothian's conversion exposed habitability and discipline risksNotable Point
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iv)7:46Captain-class frigates converted for landing commandChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:43:39Why amphibious warfare is a combined operationQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream29:00The Daring class as a new postwar command designChapter