Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Fleet Exercises

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  1. Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy
    53:49Building a national fleet through tradition and hard exercisesChapter
  2. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:21:51More carrier exercises could improve later decisionsNotable Point
  3. What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live
    2:31:17How additional Hermes-type carriers improve fleet learningQ&A
  4. Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!
    25:53Destroyer history through national design philosophiesNotable Point
  5. 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 3
    32:44How the Royal Navy tested Far East strategyChapter
  6. 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 3
    1:07:38Exercise design determines institutional learningChapter
  7. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    1:36:58Why French budgets constrained interwar naval exercisesQ&A
  8. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    23:52What would make Britain back the X-1 concept?Notable Point
  9. Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why
    41:41How peacetime exercises distorted destroyer air defenseNotable Point
  10. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    14:34Henderson's carrier experience challenges a false exercise lessonNotable Point
  11. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    35:41Prewar exercises expose mount and ammunition problemsChapter
  12. Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:25:54The Royal Navy's weekly command warNotable Point
  13. Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s
    22:37HMS Argus became an experimental drone carrierChapter
  14. Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit
    34:25A peacetime commander should keep asking questionsNotable Point
  15. Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!
    1:00:03King rehearsed a carrier attack on Pearl HarborChapter
  16. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    1:05:15Didos came of age in Mediterranean fleet warfareChapter
  17. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    1:05:48Cape Matapan resembled a prewar exercise problemNotable Point
  18. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:38:29What the Royal Navy learned and missed in interwar exercisesQ&A
  19. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    28:57How fleet exercises underestimated attacks on destroyersNotable Point
  20. Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship
    29:22Wireless specialists filled a gap in the prewar naval staffNotable Point
  21. Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship
    57:16Fleet exercises tested Somerville's communications systemChapter
  22. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    25:08Naval diplomacy works through a visible escalation ladderChapter
  23. Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership
    1:07:21How the Royal Navy tested Falklands lessons in 1983Q&A
  24. USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 1
    24:43Operation Mainbrace tested NATO's Atlantic commandNotable Point
  25. Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?
    39:07Competitive fleet exercises need freedom and real incentivesNotable Point
  26. The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers
    1:16:46Carrier doctrine had to be learned at seaNotable Point
  27. The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers
    1:25:12Treaties keep experimental carriers in serviceNotable Point
  28. The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War
    8:20How exercises carried World War I biases forwardChapter
  29. The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War
    17:13Reconnaissance mattered more than early bomb loadsChapter
  30. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    38:36What combat experience added before Coral Sea and MidwayQ&A
  31. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    1:29:58Why Ernest King formed a poor opinion of BeattyQ&A
  32. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    18:30Why cruiser and carrier roles conflictedChapter
  33. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    21:13Royal Navy exercises defined a carrier's escortNotable Point
  34. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    29:02Fleet exercises had already exposed the hybrid's problemNotable Point
  35. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    49:49Exercises proved the Blackburn's warning valueNotable Point
  36. HMS Warspite: The Survivor - KSS3 S3 Comment Response
    6:28How a 28-knot Warspite could reinforce carrier hunting groupsNotable Point
  37. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    28:48British multi-carrier doctrine predated the Pacific WarChapter
  38. British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    26:30Matapan and Taranto turned Royal Navy exercises into combatNotable Point
  39. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    28:23Battlecruisers and carriers as hunting groupsChapter
  40. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    1:23:38Interwar exercises tested fast capital-ship rolesChapter
  41. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    3:08:41The 1929 exercises kept the battlecruiser question openNotable Point
  42. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    32:16Home Fleet service and pre-war statusChapter
  43. USS North Dakota(BB-29): The USN's First True Dreadnought - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 8
    20:14Veracruz patrols and the Atlantic Fleet's war trainingNotable Point
  44. How do Navies Learn from War
    21:36Why navies test lessons in fleet exercisesChapter
  45. How do Navies Learn from War
    24:24Teaching a lesson without exposing its sourceNotable Point
  46. Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-65
    1:09:21Exercises understated destroyer air-attack riskQ&A
  47. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    4:02:14Beatty ended an exercise after being outmaneuveredNotable Point
  48. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    17:47How interwar doctrine left 4.7 inch low-angleChapter
  49. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    1:27:06Why the Royal Navy underestimated dive-bombingQ&A
  50. Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 3
    17:03Forbin's exercises tested towing and divided-fleet strategyChapter
  51. Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 3
    23:19Coëtlogon's exercise career ended with an official warning not to rely on herChapter
  52. Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 3
    25:42Surcouf survived rapid obsolescence by filling a fleet command gapChapter
  53. Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p9
    26:35The 1890 amphibious exercise and the problem of realistic oppositionChapter
  54. Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p9
    29:10Sfax in France's maneuver and reserve cycleChapter
  55. Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p9
    31:05The Levant bombardment trial and the coastal-defense contestChapter
  56. Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p9
    34:57The 1895 exercise against Italy and contingent alliancesNotable Point
  57. Esmeralda(1883): 19th Century Cruisers p7
    22:09Izumi shifts from fleet exercises to wartime scoutingChapter
  58. Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches
    2:18:50A prewar exercise foreshadowed Force HNotable Point
  59. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments
    35:13How war-game umpires should handle unconventional plansQ&A
  60. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1940
    0:00What naval reform can still achieve in January 1940Chapter
  61. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)
    3:40Why ships and crews still require fleet trainingNotable Point
  62. Leipzig Class (Reichsmarine)
    20:45Leipzig's pre-war Atlantic task-force rehearsalChapter
  63. Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament
    1:57:17How exercise assumptions shaped the Tribal-class destroyerNotable Point
  64. Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"
    2:27:29Eskimo's prewar diplomacy and early-war confusionNotable Point
  65. How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)
    31:09Making night fighting an institutional habitChapter
  66. How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)
    31:09Why realistic night exercises were politically costlyNotable Point
  67. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 7/11 The Roaring Twenties
    21:23Concentrated fleet doctrine versus distributed warNotable Point
  68. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    47:36World War I accelerated fire-control experienceQ&A
  69. Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection
    7:40446 Flight scouts in a Mediterranean fleet exerciseChapter
  70. Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection
    10:51Recreating a North Sea war plan in the MediterraneanNotable Point
  71. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion
    16:08Carrier range broke battleship arithmeticChapter
  72. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:44:16Why interwar admirals usually commanded from battleshipsQ&A
  73. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    3:09:27Glorious and Eagle rehearsed carrier-versus-carrier war in 1931Notable Point
  74. Town Class Part 3 of 7: Pre-War
    11:12Exercise CD rehearses a German raider breakoutChapter
  75. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond
    30:26Taranto becomes a lesson for Pacific naviesChapter
  76. Four Random Books 11: Quasi American
    0:39Theodore Roosevelt-era fleet exercises and force coherenceChapter
  77. Four Random Books 11: Quasi American
    2:20Dewey, Marine reconnaissance, and a possible Venezuela contingencyNotable Point
  78. Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)
    29:26The Dart and the rise of night carrier operationsChapter
  79. Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era
    1:22:36The Algeciras fleet demonstrationNotable Point
  80. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    20:29Worked-up destroyer flotillas and forward reservesNotable Point
  81. An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 3 of 3
    6:38Exercises must resemble the war a fleet may fightChapter
  82. An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 3 of 3
    17:25Exercise incentives concealed air-defence weaknessesChapter
  83. Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:25:16Foreign observers at Royal Navy exercisesQ&A
  84. Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy
    50:21When exercises rewarded dangerous aggressionNotable Point
  85. Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy
    1:44:13The 1929 exercise case for retaining battlecruisersChapter
  86. Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:38:21The fleet exercise that ended with a carrier ramming attackQ&A
  87. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    2:19What the Royal Navy expected war games to teachChapter
  88. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    36:19Exercise MZ tested air attack in a balanced fleet problemChapter
  89. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    45:06Exercise M1 tested concentrated carrier torpedo strikesChapter
  90. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    50:19Exercise OA tested mixed battle fleets and divided screensChapter
  91. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    55:09OA's battle result made victory a costly operational stateNotable Point
  92. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    1:01:43Exercise OD rehearsed convoy interception and night battleChapter
  93. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    1:07:36Exercise OC linked submarine shadowing with air and ASW screensChapter
  94. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    1:16:14The 1929 exercises found questions faster than answersNotable Point
  95. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    13:53The disputed British contribution to Allied carrier proceduresNotable Point
  96. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    14:37British and American interwar carrier experimentsChapter
  97. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    16:56Why similar carrier exercises produced different doctrinesQ&A
  98. Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?
    53:10A peacetime convoy escort force estimateQ&A
  99. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    24:59The 1929 exercises reshape carrier warfareChapter