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- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?47:49Buying cargoes to deny enemy suppliesNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers37:46The planned Lexington battlecruisers relied on speed for scoutingNotable Point
- No Pearl Harbor: Japan Enters WWII without attacking America25:12How conquered oil would weaken American leverageNotable Point
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?41:01Ships and boarding teams behind maritime sanctionsChapter
- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?48:24Britain still needs County-class cruisersNotable Point
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- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:37:54Britain could enforce blockade with contracts as well as cruisersNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:18:33Choosing a study edition of Britain's Economic Blockade of GermanyQ&A
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII56:23La Combattante carries de Gaulle and French currency to NormandyChapter
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…12:31Why One China statements do not guarantee wartime supportNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…17:55Trade disruption threatens China's employment bargainNotable Point
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- What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?43:31Trade protection expands the battlecruiser programChapter
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- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)5:15Why a Taiwan conflict would disrupt global tradeChapter
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)10:07Capital flight could compound the shock to maritime tradeNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)2:41:00Estimates of a Taiwan war's economic costNotable Point
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- Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"23:00Privateering as privately financed sea powerNotable Point
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- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:13:57Japan gains oil self-sufficiency in 1937Q&A
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- Scuttlebutt 9 - A long time coming...21:13Why global trade strengthened a maritime blockade strategyNotable Point
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- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise4:12:48Why Black Sea pressure is not a close blockadeQ&A
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- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 57:46Canal mining and the risk of a wider Black Sea shipping warNotable Point
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- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 533:13Residual risk can close a sea lane without sinking most shipsNotable Point
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 535:15Shipping intelligence enabled the Asama Maru interceptionNotable Point
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 51:16:44Attacking ports can disrupt trade without attacking merchant shipsNotable Point
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 51:17:26Canals and river traffic are strategic infrastructureNotable Point
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 51:19:33Logistics arguments need more than a sloganChapter
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:56:56Domestic oil would give Japan time, not solve its warQ&A
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- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!26:10Peacetime commerce versus wartime pressureChapter
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!1:18:13Baltic pressure and the prospect of a shorter warChapter
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- Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes1:11:29Frankton's material and port effectsNotable Point
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- Bruships 130: Battleships2:54:32Why later British battlecruisers were still likelyQ&A
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- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?18:28The Royal Navy's blockade concept against JapanChapter
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- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...22:24A pro-British neutral Scandinavia and Swedish oreChapter
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...42:52Could Britain afford to buy Scandinavian resources?Q&A
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- Henning Von Holtzendorff & Unrestricted Submarine Warfare30:02The 1916 merchant-tonnage calculationChapter
- Henning Von Holtzendorff & Unrestricted Submarine Warfare34:53Why cruiser rules were judged insufficientNotable Point
- Henning Von Holtzendorff & Unrestricted Submarine Warfare37:08Misjudging American entry and Allied resolveChapter
- Invasion of Trimcomalee(1795)28:05Colonial conquest as economic warfareNotable Point
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- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power8:18Commerce protection changes the fleet planChapter
- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power46:06Economic warfare requires ships that are actually availableNotable Point
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- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)1:32:34Targeting Mexico for trade access and another shipyardNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)2:40:19Opening war by intercepting Spanish commerceChapter
- Blockade!!7:43Distant blockade against global supply chainsNotable Point
- Blockade!!14:00Why Napoleon's Continental System could not police the seaNotable Point
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- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:46:55How much oil security did Japan have in 1939?Q&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:55:31Who built Britain's economic-war picture?Q&A
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- Privatising War: Guerre de Course39:20Commerce-war rules favor the stronger maritime powerNotable Point
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- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War59:02Japanese raiders need distant sea lanes to wage economic warQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:22:20Estimating deaths from the blockade of GermanyQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:44:10Why modern submarines are costly commerce raidersQ&A
- The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less12:06Commerce warfare fills the gap after fleet attackChapter
- Action of the 18th of June 1799: How to Lose Frigates & Influence (Long Patrol)59:23Why a distant interception protected Britain's blockadeNotable Point
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...2:13:17Why the Royal Navy still wanted battlecruisersNotable Point
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- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion31:16Battlecruisers as sea-control toolsNotable Point
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- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 2/441:15Would Sakhalin oil have changed Japan's choice for war?Q&A
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- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff13:49Counting the tonnage available to supply BritainChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff17:44Poor harvests made every grain voyage longerChapter
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- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff20:53The assumptions behind Britain’s supply crisisNotable Point
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence2:57:36Fishing pressure can become a long-term economic leverQ&A
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- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books5:14The Anaconda Plan as a model of economic attritionNotable Point
- Blockade33:42Sanctions as a more selective alternative to blockadeChapter
- Blockade37:52Trade dependence determines how quickly blockade bitesNotable Point
- Blockade38:54British distant blockade versus German submarine siegeNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December16:42Why American battlecruiser logic changed after World War INotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 190817:38British and German battlecruisers were designed for different warsChapter
- Some More Battle Cruisers2:00Battlecruisers link sea control to economic warfareChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 190614:53Trade dependence behind the South American dreadnought raceChapter
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!26:06Intelligence and sugar revenue make Caribbean defence urgentNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History17:30How the British blockade closed American commerceNotable Point
- The Great White Fleet1:50:49How Britain combined commerce interdiction with neutral tradeQ&A
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- Town Class Part 1 of 7: Cruisers13:51Trade maps reveal targets for economic warfareNotable Point
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- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection2:19:08John Hawkins's Azores blockade strategyChapter
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection2:21:06Elizabeth I's orders versus her commanders' choicesNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 4 of 5: After 1940 - Quislings & Commandos14:09Fish oil as a raid targetNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 4 of 5: After 1940 - Quislings & Commandos17:24The strategic cost of losing NorwayChapter
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark1:27:11Taranto as global force economyNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:29:38Mahan and Corbett begin from different strategic positionsQ&A
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty2:37:13The Trent Affair and a War Britain Would Fight by ProxyNotable Point
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol20:12Trade protection as a naval priorityChapter
- The World According to the Royal Navy of the 1930s - 4 minutes3:13Economic warfare beyond the fleet battleChapter
- 2 Minutes: Force K a quick summary0:52Raiding shipping as economic and logistics warfareNotable Point
- The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style34:04Why Royal Navy surface raiding is easy to overlookNotable Point
- The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style45:47The economic war behind famous naval battlesChapter
- The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style50:40Malta and the North African logistics decisionChapter
- The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?2:10Why a global navy needed more than one cruiser typeChapter
- Battle of Atlantic: An Introduction to The Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P1/33:30Shipping tonnage, rationing, and British resilienceChapter
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:09:45What a blockade would do to Japanese merchant shippingQ&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:39:49How long might blockade take to force surrender?Q&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 429:05American preparedness and British commerce raidingQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6a Introduction to Patreon Video 432:18Imperial resources and economic warfareNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 443:22Blockade before invasionChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 450:00Prize-taking and the missing Axis pactNotable Point
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- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 1: Tribal Class (+Admiral Henderson)12:09HMS Cossack and the Altmark incidentNotable Point
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- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:09:00RAF mining attacks on the Kiel CanalQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:07:02Dutch battlecruisers as part of an economic-war fleetNotable Point
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- When Good Guys Go Bad - A Conference History Video48:51Deterring Japan with the threat of blockadeChapter
- Asama Maru Incident, 21st of January 1940 - #AsamaMaru80 video53:58A deterrent demonstration near JapanChapter
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile3:00Treaties, cruisers, and the Royal Navy's economic-war strategyChapter
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video11:32Waiting becomes part of Graf Spee's economic warNotable Point
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video48:26Japan and the United States watch Graf Spee's campaignNotable Point
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video52:51Graf Spee pursues psychological economic warfareChapter
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video56:34Britain resists Graf Spee's intended psychological pressureNotable Point
- SS Streonhalh; the Last Victim of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video5:26Captured papers and the geography of British tradeNotable Point
- SS Doric Star - A River Plate 80 Video4:04Langsdorff's route raises questions about raider strategyChapter
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)33:13Cruiser commerce raiding as Far East deterrenceChapter
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)38:11HMS Liverpool and the Asama Maru interceptionNotable Point
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)39:53Defending Singapore while cruisers attacked Japanese tradeNotable Point