Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Fleet In Being

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  1. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:50:09Bismarck and Tirpitz: reputation and operationsNotable Point
  2. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    1:15:55A limited Baltic lodgement near the Kiel CanalChapter
  3. Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    4:17:31The German surface fleet as a fleet in beingQ&A
  4. Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...
    1:21:01How a harsher Dogger Bank could prevent JutlandChapter
  5. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    50:31Why Raeder's surface fleet mattered even when its ships rarely foughtQ&A
  6. Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:34:02Austria-Hungary as a clearer fleet-in-being exampleQ&A
  7. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    53:43Leyte Gulf: decisive victory without annihilationChapter
  8. Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century: Bringing your Politics to the Battlefield
    1:49:00The Vyborg Bay breakout preserves Sweden's fleetChapter
  9. Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century(1700-1790)
    3:28:28The Vyborg Bay breakout preserves Sweden's fleetChapter
  10. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:44:12Why Tirpitz was most useful in the Norwegian fjordsQ&A
  11. The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea
    56:46German surface ships mattered even when they stayed in portNotable Point
  12. The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea
    1:48:50The defeat removed Raeder but preserved the fleet in beingChapter
  13. Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live
    1:17:00Would greater German aggression have changed the battle?Q&A
  14. Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live
    1:17:46How JW 51B's escort layers fitted togetherNotable Point
  15. Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live
    3:40:14Was Wilhelm II as reluctant to risk major warships?Q&A
  16. Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live
    3:51:42Should Germany have kept its surface fleet active?Q&A
  17. Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live
    3:55:58When has a risk-fleet strategy worked?Q&A
  18. Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?
    3:50:22Four larger Scharnhorsts would force a British capital-ship emergencyQ&A
  19. Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War
    27:23Kountouriotis treats risk as the price of naval usefulnessChapter
  20. Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War
    34:46Fleet-in-being orders constrain the Ottoman commanderChapter
  21. Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War
    46:33Why Ottoman fleet survival was tied to ConstantinopleNotable Point
  22. Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 5
    53:06Deterrence and patrols are difficult naval work to make visibleNotable Point
  23. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    13:48Was Tirpitz an effective warship?Q&A
  24. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    3:22:07HMS Dreadnought was useful even without fighting at JutlandQ&A
  25. The Roman Navy with Simon Elliot... #2Historians
    28:46Fleet presence keeps piracy from becoming a systemNotable Point
  26. The Roman Navy with Simon Elliot... #2Historians
    39:30Carausius turns naval expertise into a breakaway sea empireNotable Point
  27. The Roman Navy with Simon Elliot... #2Historians
    56:57Slow communications made local fleets strategically decisiveNotable Point
  28. Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...
    1:37:42Jutland might end before the battle fleets meetNotable Point
  29. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    2:50:44An Italian collapse could leave Germany's fleet in portNotable Point
  30. Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 5
    24:03Giulio Cesare and Italy's Adriatic fleet-in-being strategyChapter
  31. The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War
    13:22Aerial torpedoes and the fleet-in-being problemChapter
  32. The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War
    31:50Why Cuxhaven was more than an airship raidNotable Point
  33. HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution
    22:44How a 1918 harbor strike could reshape naval strategyNotable Point
  34. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    23:54A Dutch battlecruiser as a risk-fleet weaponQ&A
  35. Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 4
    35:14German capital ships were used piecemealChapter
  36. Dante Alighieri: Not Dreadnought but still an Inferno - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 1
    21:38A battleship held in reserve for the Austrian fleetChapter
  37. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    1:45:36Hitler's caution may waste the extra prewar hullNotable Point
  38. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    2:55:15Major losses turn the surviving fleet into a threat in beingChapter
  39. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    3:00:31Would the Battle of the North Cape still happen?Q&A
  40. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    1:08:57A fleet in harbour was no longer a fleet in safetyChapter
  41. Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 10
    27:24Could an Ersatz Monarch have reached service in wartime?Notable Point
  42. Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer
    25:22Dispersing German surface ships as a fleet in beingQ&A
  43. Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)
    26:26Why the Tegetthoff class mattered as a standing threatNotable Point
  44. Osmaniye: Key Ship Series 1, Ship 5
    5:56When prestige keeps capital ships out of actionNotable Point
  45. If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?
    1:40:03A fleet in being at Kure invites a Taranto-style strikeChapter
  46. If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?
    1:43:46Why Taranto did not produce Cunningham's decisive surface battleNotable Point
  47. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    1:32:23Presence effects matter even when ships sink littleNotable Point
  48. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    10:03Was Tirpitz a fleet in being or a surface-raider threat?Q&A
  49. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    11:34How a Soviet fleet in being could help NATO concentrateQ&A
  50. Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 2
    10:45Torpedoes turn a protected cruiser into a costly riskNotable Point
  51. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    48:33A destroyer-led Mediterranean supports an Indian Ocean reserveNotable Point
  52. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    41:12Graf Zeppelin as a carrier fleet in beingQ&A
  53. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    2:04:15Plan Z and the High Seas Fleet problemQ&A
  54. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1942
    20:49Surface raiders preserved multiple threats for the AlliesNotable Point
  55. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1941
    11:32A capable Finnish coastal fleet used with restraintNotable Point
  56. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1941
    19:36A German carrier-battleship force ties down BritainChapter
  57. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1941
    25:23Graf Zeppelin's threat value exceeds its combat valueChapter
  58. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    1:02:26Cervera commands Spain's hollow Caribbean SquadronChapter
  59. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    1:05:56Cervera objects to a mission his squadron cannot sustainChapter
  60. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments
    4:31Graf Zeppelin's value as a threat rather than a mature carrierQ&A
  61. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments
    25:34How surface raiders reshape the convoy war without fightingChapter
  62. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    1:53:49Cervera's weak squadron still becomes a fleet in beingNotable Point
  63. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1940
    30:50A carrier threat can disrupt convoys without firingNotable Point
  64. Ruse de guerre
    31:40Dummy capital ships satisfy German fleet expectationsNotable Point
  65. Ruse de guerre
    33:26Dummy R-class battleships exploit German riskNotable Point
  66. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    1:52:04Why disabling the Normandie Dock matteredNotable Point
  67. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    2:32:25A raider's value exceeds the ships it sinksQ&A
  68. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    2:50:34Why Britain faked R-class battleships and HermesNotable Point
  69. Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)
    46:32Torpedo results in the Russo-Japanese War and JutlandChapter
  70. Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet
    2:18:37A fleet in being as an active strategic postureQ&A
  71. British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion
    13:47Prestige ships and industrial opportunity costNotable Point
  72. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    2:13:09Cuddalore and limited sea control in IndiaChapter
  73. Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books
    3:09:06How a Soviet battleship could reshape German deploymentsNotable Point
  74. The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol
    2:13Aircraft as a challenge to fleets in harbourNotable Point
  75. The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol
    3:08Fisher's Baltic scheme and forcing a fleet outChapter
  76. The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol
    6:00Bombing as a morale and deterrence problemNotable Point
  77. The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol
    13:21The Sopwith Cuckoo and early aerial-torpedo limitsNotable Point
  78. The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol
    17:27Small carriers, repeated raids, and multi-carrier doctrineChapter
  79. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    1:08:47Why losing the Royal Navy could lose the warQ&A
  80. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    6:32Orders and weather made Trafalgar possibleNotable Point
  81. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    24:01The return crossing, Ireland diversion, and Channel raceChapter
  82. 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol
    9:51Risk-fleet theory and its British assumptionsChapter
  83. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)
    29:01Napoleon's invasion plan and the West Indies feintChapter
  84. Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol
    1:17:33Lord Torrington and the older fleet-in-being strategyNotable Point
  85. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    3:09:22Yonai saw Yamato as deterrence, not a war-winning fleetNotable Point
  86. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 2/11 1890s Battleships
    9:45Coastal defence as force multiplicationNotable Point
  87. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 2/11 1890s Battleships
    10:50A risk fleet must remain defensiveChapter
  88. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    49:48Germany without capital shipsQ&A
  89. Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans
    1:17:18España's thin protection and deterrent valueChapter
  90. Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects
    2:12:24Coastal-defense battleships as a deterrent fleetQ&A
  91. The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-1916
    2:36:44Hipper sought another isolated British forceQ&A
  92. Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War
    4:01:41Force Z as a fleet in beingQ&A
  93. Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy
    51:24Trafalgar's strategic aim: stop an invasionChapter
  94. Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A
    31:53The strategic cost of not invading HawaiiNotable Point
  95. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:18:17Tirpitz threatened Arctic convoys without leaving portQ&A