Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Douglas MacArthur

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  1. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    33:17A counterfactual change in Pacific command after Pearl HarborQ&A
  2. Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live
    1:39:39Would MacArthur have lost Guadalcanal?Q&A
  3. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    17:37MacArthur, Singapore, and the assumptions behind Force ZQ&A
  4. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    24:50MacArthur and subordinate initiative in the PhilippinesNotable Point
  5. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    28:00How a surviving Singapore could affect Allied commandNotable Point
  6. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    1:49:36If Prince of Wales and Repulse survive Force ZQ&A
  7. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:12:04Grant and MacArthur in a Philippines command counterfactualQ&A
  8. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:41:04Omar Bradley's reputation and coalition-command frictionNotable Point
  9. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    22:32The early Cold War in a counterfactual where Roosevelt survivesQ&A
  10. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:49:47A counterfactual nuclear precedent in Korea and the Cold WarQ&A
  11. What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?
    1:22:18Why King favored British leadership of ABDANotable Point
  12. Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?
    1:52:03Separate Allied commands in the reinforced Far EastNotable Point
  13. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    6:23:00Why Nimitz preferred Formosa to retaking the PhilippinesQ&A
  14. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    6:25:06What reinforcement could have helped the Philippines in 1941?Q&A
  15. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    2:23:30Why a better defense of Manila Bay could prolong the Philippines campaignQ&A
  16. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    2:55:01MacArthur's authority over naval forces was theater commandQ&A
  17. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    37:41The Allied advance that set up Leyte GulfChapter
  18. 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
  19. If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?
    2:03:03The Philippines still falls despite a stronger ABDA fleetQ&A
  20. 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
  21. Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:11:52Historical figures whose private judgments remain elusiveQ&A
  22. Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:27:19Admiral Keyes commanding ABDAQ&A
  23. Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:30:22Judging MacArthur's failures and later achievementsNotable Point
  24. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:04:09Where the worst naval leadership failures occurQ&A
  25. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:08:59The limits of comparing Beatty with MacArthurQ&A
  26. Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:18:15Judging admirals beyond their worst decisionsQ&A
  27. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:59:35MacArthur's absence and the Pacific War's logistical timetableQ&A
  28. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    3:17:05MacArthur's self-presentation obscured the gamble at InchonQ&A
  29. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    2:12:22MacArthur's father in a military command counterfactualQ&A
  30. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    1:16:33MacArthur might still repeat his historical inactionQ&A
  31. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    9:01Why Guadalcanal drew the carrier forces inChapter
  32. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    45:23Industrial world war stretched command across the globeNotable Point
  33. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    48:42MacArthur as president at the end of the warQ&A
  34. Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    32:26A stronger ABDACOM complicates MacArthur's commandQ&A
  35. Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:10:15Which World War II generals are overrated?Q&A
  36. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:53:06Yonai, the occupation settlement, and imperial continuityNotable Point
  37. Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?
    33:22Professional dissent still requires honest evidenceNotable Point
  38. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    3:33:48Preparing the Philippines with one day's warningQ&A
  39. Battle of Blackett Strait
    1:26:28An argument that MacArthur stayed in command beyond his best yearsNotable Point
  40. Battle of Blackett Strait
    1:38:45How did Halsey limit Army-Navy friction with MacArthur?Q&A
  41. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    2:49:38MacArthur's later career drove a harsher public reassessmentQ&A
  42. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:09:34MacArthur captured in the PhilippinesQ&A
  43. If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike
    49:23The Philippines as a deliberate relief trapChapter
  44. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    1:45:14An established theater command sidelines MacArthurNotable Point
  45. 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
  46. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    54:20First World War veterans carried authority into the next warNotable Point
  47. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    57:55Reputation protected some commanders and doomed othersNotable Point
  48. Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?
    1:40:42When successful WWI leaders faced a different warNotable Point
  49. Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?
    1:56:04Was the Philippines troop shortage MacArthur's fault?Q&A
  50. Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)
    1:01:03Montgomery, MacArthur and the burden of command egoNotable Point
  51. Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)
    1:03:52Serving under MacArthur or commanding the German Navy?Q&A
  52. Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…
    2:16:05Why secondary armies disappear from public memoryNotable Point
  53. Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers
    46:18Nashville carries MacArthur through Southwest Pacific invasionsNotable Point
  54. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    1:28:07Why command failure cost air power in the PhilippinesQ&A
  55. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    1:40:14Could stronger command prolong the Philippines campaign?Q&A
  56. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    3:07:50A Far East command built around Keyes and SomervilleQ&A
  57. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    3:14:05The missed air alert in the PhilippinesNotable Point
  58. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    3:23:05Keyes and MacArthur in a postwar political branchQ&A
  59. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    7:57Henderson Field becomes the Allied centre of gravityChapter
  60. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    4:37:28Patton in Korea and MacArthur in EuropeQ&A
  61. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    2:56:18MacArthur's retirement gives Nimitz the PacificQ&A
  62. Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail
    2:30:08A Patton-MacArthur command counterfactualNotable Point
  63. Four Random Books 28: Mavericks
    5:45Which famous commanders really count as mavericks?Chapter
  64. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:29:52Slim and MacArthur as Pacific commandersQ&A
  65. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:03:59Nimitz, MacArthur, and two kinds of wartime politicsNotable Point
  66. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    22:51Balancing American prestige in coalition commandNotable Point
  67. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:54:52Could prepared Manila Bay defences have prolonged resistance?Q&A