Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Crete

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  1. What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?
    40:09Holding Crete and bringing Axis oil fields within rangeNotable Point
  2. What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?
    53:02Could early defeats unseat Mussolini?Chapter
  3. What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)
    2:33:47Germany gains little from invading a reinforced GreeceQ&A
  4. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    45:03A heavier Taranto strike could keep Crete and cut Axis suppliesNotable Point
  5. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    49:30Crete's airfields ease carrier demands and support a larger eastern fleetNotable Point
  6. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    51:05North African airfields reopen a fast convoy route to SuezNotable Point
  7. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    1:21:19Holding Crete could reduce carrier damage and encourage reinforcementNotable Point
  8. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    5:10:19The Big Wing's formation time and the cost of sweeps over FranceNotable Point
  9. WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys
    17:56Greek submarines carry the fight after Greece fallsChapter
  10. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    34:14Why a developed Crete merits fortificationNotable Point
  11. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    0:00Why Greece might invest in CreteChapter
  12. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    3:43A narrow-gauge railway transforms CreteChapter
  13. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    9:52Concrete airfields reshape Crete's defenseChapter
  14. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    13:43Metaxas-style defenses protect key sitesChapter
  15. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    23:14Crete becomes Greece's southern naval redoubtNotable Point
  16. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    43:22Crete sustains the Greek government and armed forcesNotable Point
  17. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    53:14Crete and Malta close the eastern MediterraneanChapter
  18. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    57:24Southern ports and radar make Crete resilientNotable Point
  19. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    58:28Crete could sustain bomber raids on PloieștiNotable Point
  20. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    59:30Infrastructure snowballs into strategic air powerNotable Point
  21. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:08:13Naval evacuations beyond DunkirkQ&A
  22. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    1:01:24Mediterranean basing could change carrier employmentChapter
  23. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:44:04Crete, Singapore, and mobile aviation supportChapter
  24. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    1:38:55Crete and Singapore's approaches as defensive depthNotable Point
  25. Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier
    1:19:39Design a support system for a minor navyNotable Point
  26. Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!
    8:10Why Alexandria offered Malta a safer supply routeNotable Point
  27. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    1:26:33Sea control isolates North Africa and protects CreteChapter
  28. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    1:52:54Crete-based bombers target Romanian oilChapter
  29. Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...
    2:06:57Why Crete may remain an Allied baseNotable Point
  30. Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!
    3:01:00Malta was a much harder airborne target than CreteQ&A
  31. Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History
    1:41:20Carrier aviation changes the Mediterranean campaign systemChapter
  32. 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
  33. Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 2
    21:28The international squadron intervenes in CreteChapter
  34. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    40:23The Greek revolt expanded, won at sea, and fractured withinChapter
  35. Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?
    1:26:01More Allied forces for Greece and CreteChapter
  36. General-Admiral(1873): 19th Century Cruisers p3
    22:00Great-power warships intervene in CreteChapter
  37. General-Admiral(1873): 19th Century Cruisers p3
    25:34The Council of Admirals governs CreteNotable Point
  38. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    2:53The wartime coalition behind the United Nations nameNotable Point
  39. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments
    57:26A global fortress program for British naval basesQ&A
  40. Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches
    2:08:05Where would a mobile naval base be useful?Q&A
  41. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1942
    13:23Lost resources and bases create cumulative strategic damageChapter
  42. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1941
    4:03Crete as Greece's fallback base and strategic reserveChapter
  43. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1941
    6:34Use training deployments to fortify CreteNotable Point
  44. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1940
    0:33Crete as Greece's defensible naval hubChapter
  45. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1940
    19:30How earlier British carriers might change TarantoNotable Point
  46. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    14:34Build Crete into Greece's submarine strongholdChapter
  47. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    16:12Crete as a surviving Greek national redoubtNotable Point
  48. Sieges of Malta: Patreon 51 (Long Patrol)
    51:08What holding Crete could have added to MaltaNotable Point
  49. Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...
    2:27:29How holding Crete as well as Malta could change supply routesNotable Point
  50. WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol
    21:20A more decisive Taranto could have shifted forces eastNotable Point
  51. Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)
    25:35Crete and North Africa with Italy's battle fleet sidelinedNotable Point
  52. Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)
    18:08AN6 shows the value of distributed coverChapter
  53. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA
    20:14Shipping scarcity turns aid into strategic triageNotable Point
  54. Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions
    12:14Crete as an eastern Mediterranean unsinkable aircraft carrierNotable Point
  55. Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War
    3:44:55Roads, water, and defensive logistics on CreteNotable Point
  56. Cretan War 1645-1669; An Introduction & Overview
    14:23An exposed colony faces a disguised Ottoman expeditionChapter
  57. Cretan War 1645-1669; An Introduction & Overview
    23:02Why valuable Crete could not feed the invading armyNotable Point
  58. Cretan War 1645-1669; An Introduction & Overview
    29:01Winter sailing defeats a seasonal blockadeNotable Point
  59. Cretan War 1645-1669; An Introduction & Overview
    47:27Candia's twenty-one-year siegeChapter
  60. Cretan War 1645-1669; An Introduction & Overview
    49:43Underfunded defences turn Crete into a strategic lossNotable Point
  61. Cretan War 1645-1669; An Introduction & Overview
    52:47Twenty-four years of war devastate CreteNotable Point
  62. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    14:44The heavy-fighter concept before its combat testNotable Point
  63. Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean
    41:04HMS Thrasher's Victoria Cross bomb removalNotable Point
  64. BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest Part 2 of 2
    5:12Crete, Malta and the Mediterranean supply mapChapter
  65. BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest Part 2 of 2
    8:19France, Crete and the Royal Navy's supply dilemmaNotable Point
  66. Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:51:55Holding Crete could have prolonged the Greek campaignQ&A
  67. Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:56:36An Allied victory in Norway would have mattered more than CreteQ&A