Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Defence In Depth

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  1. Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    41:42How a small Star Wars state might defend its independenceQ&A
  2. Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    49:51Could a small Star Wars state block its hyperspace approaches?Notable Point
  3. Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:02:20More orbital guns at the Battle of ReachQ&A
  4. Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:05:24Using mines to support orbital defensesNotable Point
  5. Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?
    41:10Home Guard delays and regular-army reinforcementChapter
  6. Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century
    34:38Dynamic defense and Japan's maritime geographyChapter
  7. Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:49:55A reaction fleet and positional fleet for Terra InvictaQ&A
  8. Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:54:10Why Terra Invicta complicates a solar-system defence planNotable Point
  9. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…
    47:39Cities, mountains, and ports favor a delaying defenseChapter
  10. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…
    55:46Delay and interdiction turn time against the invaderChapter
  11. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…
    59:00Old weapons can still impose costly delaysNotable Point
  12. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…
    1:00:51Detailed intelligence can make an attacker overconfidentNotable Point
  13. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…
    1:08:31Expendable drones change the cost of attritionNotable Point
  14. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…
    1:09:53Ports and prepared defenders test an invasion's staying powerNotable Point
  15. Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit
    1:40:51American forces learned withdrawal and rebuilt logistics from Allied experienceNotable Point
  16. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)
    2:15:41Taiwan needs coastal defense and depthQ&A
  17. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    1:10:25Why Singapore's defence plans failed in executionNotable Point
  18. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    23:14Crete becomes Greece's southern naval redoubtNotable Point
  19. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    1:18:31Peleliu moved Japanese defence inland and targeted experienceChapter
  20. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    49:40Britain planned to defeat landings through defense in depthChapter
  21. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    51:38The Home Guard turned local knowledge into a delaying networkNotable Point
  22. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    57:07Sea Lion required air superiority and lasting control of the ChannelNotable Point
  23. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    1:58:48Japan moved island defenses inland to pursue attritionChapter
  24. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    2:24:32Peleliu replaced beach annihilation with a fortified inland battleChapter
  25. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    2:31:59Peleliu's cave engineering protected guns and internal movementChapter
  26. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    2:56:46Modern coastal defense can use mobile teams as tripwiresNotable Point
  27. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:07:22Fortifications are designed to buy timeNotable Point
  28. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:26:14The disease clock and Spanish defensive choicesChapter
  29. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    12:00Japan's fear-driven gamble for warChapter
  30. Soviet Naval Aviation Doctrine: Always Wrestling the Same Demons
    3:14Why does Russia need a navy?Q&A
  31. Soviet Naval Aviation Doctrine: Always Wrestling the Same Demons
    5:13The limits of technological shortcuts in naval planningChapter
  32. Soviet Naval Aviation Doctrine: Always Wrestling the Same Demons
    19:54Layered defence and the fight to control aircraftChapter
  33. Soviet Naval Aviation Doctrine: Always Wrestling the Same Demons
    37:25Why Soviet strike density rose toward the coastNotable Point
  34. Soviet Naval Aviation Doctrine: Always Wrestling the Same Demons
    1:05:39Why carriers returned to the Soviet defensive systemChapter
  35. Soviet Naval Aviation Doctrine: Always Wrestling the Same Demons
    1:41:33The enduring logic: see first, strike at rangeChapter
  36. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    1:08:26Defensive depth and stay-behind observers in MalayaNotable Point
  37. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    1:09:57Singapore's supply routes and the limits of the Malta comparisonNotable Point
  38. What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?
    7:21Post-Cold War confidence thins defence depthNotable Point
  39. WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...
    1:12:16Mediterranean sea control makes North Africa a logistics warChapter
  40. Battle of Hakodate, The Boshin War & the Origin Story of Tōgō Heihachirō
    38:59Goryokaku and the shogunate's defence-in-depth systemNotable Point
  41. Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)
    1:06:34How do GIUK defences constrain NATO as well as Russia?Q&A
  42. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)
    1:01:47Why attacking prepared siegeworks wastes an armyNotable Point
  43. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)
    1:26:17Layered hilltop defence and waiting reservesNotable Point
  44. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)
    2:18:24Protecting artillery with terrain, infantry, and a mobile reserveChapter
  45. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    46:35The French Navy's First World War serviceNotable Point
  46. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:14:24Would a longer Maginot Line have helped in 1940?Q&A
  47. Nautilus class (Kaiserliche Marine): Long Patrol
    28:13Emergency minefields as defensive barriersNotable Point
  48. Nautilus class (Kaiserliche Marine): Long Patrol
    31:25Reading a purpose-built minelayer from stern to draftNotable Point
  49. A Book or Two to Review (24): The Wars of Justinian I
    10:59Why frontier soldiers were more than part-time farmersNotable Point
  50. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    38:42Defense in depth beyond the Maginot Line's strong sectorQ&A
  51. Maginot Line: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p2/7
    4:22How fortifications buy timeChapter
  52. Maginot Line: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p2/7
    8:01Layered defense and false confidenceChapter
  53. Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)
    1:30:36Brooke applies France's defence-in-depth lessonNotable Point
  54. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    3:44:23Conflict Unending treats fleet war as an industrial contestChapter
  55. Four Random Books 13: It's Armoured Warfare Time...
    3:09Defence in depth and mine clearing at KurskNotable Point
  56. Battlestar Galactica Deadlock - Some Naval History Fun...
    17:02Viper tactics exploit gaps in ship defenceNotable Point
  57. Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:57:27A concentration strategy for defending SingaporeNotable Point