Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Far East Strategy

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  1. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    1:21:47Where Britain expected to base a counteroffensive against JapanQ&A
  2. Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?
    24:53Where Henderson might have served after leaving the AdmiraltyChapter
  3. Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?
    1:30:54A Far East posting would create a carrier demandNotable Point
  4. Scuttlebutt 9 - A long time coming...
    44:25Could a reinforced Royal Navy contest Japan in the Far East?Q&A
  5. Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!
    26:23Interwar roots of landing-ship dock designQ&A
  6. Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!
    7:08Exercises, not Abyssinia, shaped the support-ship requirementNotable Point
  7. Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!
    24:03The base chain behind Britain's planned war with JapanChapter
  8. Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!
    27:53Why Japan was the Royal Navy's hardest planning caseNotable Point
  9. Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes
    14:34Why Britain needed Combined OperationsChapter
  10. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    16:12Ark Royal as a strike carrierChapter
  11. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    18:59Far East planning for a dangerous southern advanceNotable Point
  12. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    20:43Why Britain chose armoured carriersChapter
  13. If not Pearl Harbour?
    1:17:39Singapore and the problem of American neutralityChapter
  14. If not Pearl Harbour?
    1:19:09American isolationism was selective in the Far EastNotable Point
  15. If not Pearl Harbour?
    1:27:35Sydney and the strain on British global powerChapter
  16. If not Pearl Harbour?
    1:32:08Could attacking Australia knock Britain out of the war?Q&A
  17. If not Pearl Harbour?
    1:33:39Would the Pacific crisis draw in more African troops?Q&A
  18. If not Pearl Harbour?
    1:43:08Would Japan still take Papua New Guinea?Q&A
  19. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    37:41Commerce raiders formed Britain's first Far East phaseChapter
  20. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    39:25Furious offered Force Z a different kind of deterrenceNotable Point
  21. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    41:28Battle carriers were meant to fight through to SingaporeChapter
  22. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    52:36Why Unicorn belonged in the Far EastNotable Point
  23. The Amagi Class: Super Kongos or Nascent Fast Battleships? - KSS2 S5 Comment Response
    0:09Britain's dilemma if the Anglo-Japanese Alliance survived Pearl HarborQ&A
  24. Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat
    8:02Reading Royal Navy Far East strategy through shipsChapter
  25. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    1:03:12European distances distorted Britain's Far East debateNotable Point
  26. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    2:26:47Japan's problem reaching Malaya's west coastNotable Point
  27. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    2:29:26Why a three-enemy war required different fleetsNotable Point
  28. Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    44:37The class suited distant presence and crisis responseNotable Point
  29. Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    3:03:56Britain's submarine-ban campaign concealed a strategic tradeoffQ&A
  30. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    19:19Yangtze Patrol and Panay crisis warningNotable Point
  31. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    46:41Sloop capacity, anti-submarine cover, and Far East readinessNotable Point
  32. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    21:28Reinforcing Malaya and deterring JapanQ&A
  33. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    58:42Rearming French capital ships and delaying JapanQ&A
  34. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    33:28Reasonable assumptions hide the escort-carrier requirementChapter
  35. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    44:20Winchester Castle shows the scale of a multi-role conversionNotable Point
  36. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    54:13Aircraft ferrying and trade protection share one hullChapter
  37. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    45:19Capital ships shift toward the Indian OceanChapter
  38. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    49:28Fewer diversions strengthen Far Eastern defensesNotable Point
  39. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    1:04:34A reinforced Far East keeps the Burma Road openChapter
  40. French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)
    15:20Two theaters and two competing fleet philosophiesChapter
  41. French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)
    1:19:13Why Britain could not ignore a French naval defeatNotable Point
  42. French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)
    1:20:20Why France designed an allied navy for the Atlantic and Far EastChapter
  43. French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)
    2:32:30How range changed French cruiser roles by theaterChapter
  44. My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)
    1:09:34Why Japan shaped Royal Navy cruiser requirementsChapter
  45. Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"
    2:05:39Why Suez mattered more than Panama to Royal Navy designQ&A
  46. Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"
    2:41:59Nelson-class design and the Royal Navy's distributed fleet doctrineQ&A
  47. A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea
    7:27Britain's global commitments and multiple naval threatsNotable Point
  48. A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea
    16:39Why interwar choices look clearer in hindsightNotable Point
  49. A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea
    22:42Why the escort shortage was hard to foreseeNotable Point
  50. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from
    38:22Britain needed an integrated defence staffNotable Point
  51. Four Random Books 24: Power, Money & Strategy in 1930s
    9:43Singapore made fleet mobility a Far East strategyChapter
  52. Four Random Books 24: Power, Money & Strategy in 1930s
    12:24Singapore and the Western Pacific basing balanceNotable Point
  53. Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 3
    40:47The Hong Kong garrison competed with Singapore's wider strategyNotable Point
  54. Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 1
    21:20Postwar commanders reassess the Far East from SingaporeChapter
  55. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...
    18:46Far East preparedness and ten-years-away assumptionsNotable Point
  56. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    1:19The Dutch war scare meets a Pacific crisisChapter
  57. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    9:28Tsingtao containment shifts attention back to EuropeChapter
  58. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    10:40Aircraft production without an immediate bombing threatNotable Point
  59. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    16:24Containment creates false confidence in the Far EastNotable Point
  60. Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean
    1:06:29Alexandria's 1st Flotilla and the Far East trade-offNotable Point
  61. An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)
    18:52Town-class cruisers as a mobile Far East deterrentNotable Point
  62. An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)
    1:02:57If Britain had faced Japan without allied interventionNotable Point
  63. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    43:32Mediterranean exercises combined training, presence, and Far East accessNotable Point
  64. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    17:51The Royal Navy's three-phase Far East planChapter
  65. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    55:10Why Wei-hai-wei was not heavily fortifiedQ&A
  66. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    1:16:13Wei-hai-wei, Far East plans, and Swordfish rangeQ&A
  67. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    1:26:04Why Force Z needed a carrier more than prestigeQ&A
  68. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    1:32:04Japan did not need captured German plans to assess British weaknessQ&A
  69. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    27:19Ark Royal and the two paths of British carrier designChapter
  70. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    29:54Steel flight decks and the logistics of overseas carrier repairNotable Point
  71. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    32:03China Station's joint command and headquarters burdenNotable Point
  72. 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
  73. 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
  74. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    40:17Fuel stockpiles, Singapore, and the infrastructure of Far East warNotable Point
  75. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    41:42The Mediterranean Fleet as a planned reinforcement forceChapter
  76. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    45:03Strategic command versus fleet command in the Far EastNotable Point
  77. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    53:12Two battleships and the limits of visible deterrenceNotable Point