Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Crimean War

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  1. The Press Gang, myth and reality...
    1:08:22Why impressment gave way to professional serviceQ&A
  2. Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:27:24A giant first rate in Crimea and the MediterraneanQ&A
  3. Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?
    2:10:51The Albania and Berwick stories about lingering warsQ&A
  4. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    11:52:21Why the Light Brigade does not describe cavalry in 1914Q&A
  5. Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"
    33:44The army as an instrument of maritime strategyChapter
  6. Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"
    48:11What the Crimean Baltic campaign says about sea power ashoreNotable Point
  7. Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence
    13:07Political exclusion interrupted Hornby's rapid riseNotable Point
  8. What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?
    2:49:12Why Britain might accept Russian control of ConstantinopleQ&A
  9. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    3:11:41Crimean War forts offer likely examples of protected rotating gunsQ&A
  10. Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued
    19:47The end of Royal Navy capture prize moneyQ&A
  11. Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command
    26:52Astley Cooper Key establishes Greenwich for practical professionalismChapter
  12. How effective was the Russian Navy
    13:28Sinop turns Russian naval success into a balance-of-power crisisChapter
  13. How effective was the Russian Navy
    17:54Vladimir demonstrates steam-powered tactical controlNotable Point
  14. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    4:34:07How old are sea mines that still cause trouble?Q&A
  15. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    6:58:06A British Alaska would reshape Canada and Pacific strategyQ&A
  16. The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 7
    1:11:15Russia's coast-defence problem and why carriers persistNotable Point
  17. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    2:31:14How would the British Army fare against Civil War armies?Q&A
  18. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    2:12:57Alaska as part of Canada after the Crimean WarQ&A
  19. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    1:44:24Escort mass production demonstrated industrial intentChapter
  20. Battle of Sinop(1853): Part 1 - Split due to Emergency
    20:30The Crimean War and weaponized historical argumentChapter
  21. Battle of Sinop(1853): Part 1 - Split due to Emergency
    26:05Russia's Ottoman bargain misread British interestsChapter
  22. Battle of Sinop(1853): Part 1 - Split due to Emergency
    28:23The limits of Russian great-power statusQ&A
  23. Battle of Sinop(1853): Part 1 - Split due to Emergency
    29:52Why Russian success alarmed France and BritainChapter
  24. Battle of Sinop(1853): Part 1 - Split due to Emergency
    42:31Osman Pasha and Adolphus Slade in Ottoman naval reconstructionChapter
  25. Battle of Sinop(1853): The Death Knell or a Useful Patsy?
    8:19The Crimean War in the longer Russo-Ottoman struggleChapter
  26. Battle of Sinop(1853): The Death Knell or a Useful Patsy?
    22:36Why the Caucasus campaign made the convoy importantNotable Point
  27. Battle of Sinop(1853): The Death Knell or a Useful Patsy?
    47:24The ultimatum that made aggression the key diplomatic testNotable Point
  28. Battle of Sinop(1853): The Death Knell or a Useful Patsy?
    58:27Why destroying Sinop’s batteries changed the diplomatic caseNotable Point
  29. Battle of Sinop(1853): The Death Knell or a Useful Patsy?
    1:02:20A Russian victory that widened the Crimean WarChapter
  30. Bruships 131: Battleships...
    1:25:07Battleships in Transition and Crimean War procurementChapter
  31. New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response
    6:04New Ironsides versus GloireQ&A
  32. HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response
    0:25From bomb vessels to coastal monitorsQ&A
  33. HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response
    19:14Russian invasion fears and Australian naval infrastructureNotable Point
  34. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 2
    0:25Australia's overlooked naval collections and museum shipsChapter
  35. Iron Clad Battles of the War of the Pacific & Chilean Civil War
    1:28:12Australia’s overlooked preserved naval historyNotable Point
  36. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    0:17Why Australian collections matter to naval historyNotable Point
  37. Ship Shape & Running on Gas
    0:28Australia's surviving Crimean War ship enginesNotable Point
  38. Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books
    1:05:57A guide to the steam battleship's emergenceChapter
  39. Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books
    1:13:27Why steamship scarcity forced mixed Crimean War fleetsNotable Point
  40. Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books
    1:15:46Emergency conversions for Russia, new battleships for FranceNotable Point
  41. Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books
    1:17:17How political support shaped Walker's steam-fleet programmeNotable Point
  42. Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books
    1:17:58How Baltic bombardment needs secured new small craftNotable Point
  43. Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!
    27:45Duke of Wellington’s rushed conversion created structural riskNotable Point
  44. Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!
    32:35Steam blockships as harbour guards and coastal batteriesNotable Point
  45. Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!
    35:48HMS Queen and the end of the sail-built ship of the lineChapter
  46. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    15:52Gunboats from Crimea to riverine warfareChapter
  47. What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response
    1:08:22A surviving Ottoman Empire could redirect the next Anglo-Russian crisisNotable Point
  48. Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam
    26:51Savannah, Great Western, and the liner transitionChapter
  49. Some Sunday Naval Books
    3:23Corbett on war councils and cabinet responsibilityChapter
  50. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    1:15:18Canadian Alaska and the Anglo-Japanese AllianceQ&A
  51. Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises
    2:12:56How splendid was Britain's isolation?Q&A
  52. A Book or Two to Review (25): Churchill's Admiral
    9:03Lough Swilly, HMS Agincourt, and an unshaken naval ambitionChapter
  53. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 1/11 Archer Class
    0:40Astley Cooper Key and the emerging torpedo threatChapter
  54. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"(Intro)
    20:57How Britain could break the Union blockadeNotable Point
  55. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"
    1:05:01Crimean War lessons in Monitor and the Anaconda PlanQ&A