Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Force Allocation

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  1. Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!
    13:32Cradock received cruisers unsuited to von SpeeChapter
  2. What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?
    40:54Kinkaid had practical picket forces availableNotable Point
  3. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:57:24Kryptman and the decision to abandon a forge worldNotable Point
  4. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    1:06:36Fast escorts tied to a slow invasion forceNotable Point
  5. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    1:19:51D-Day's carrier absence reflected sea room and mine clearanceNotable Point
  6. Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command
    1:03:00Credible naval signaling depends on ships remaining in theaterNotable Point
  7. Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?
    13:06Why convoy protection consumes entire fleetsChapter
  8. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    1:12:25Sending Longstreet to Knoxville traded troops for command reliefNotable Point
  9. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    42:11Yamamoto and Nimitz manage imperfect resourcesChapter
  10. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    32:16Carrier raids force Japan to defend a vast perimeterChapter
  11. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    2:00:24Sending a carrier task force to ABDA CommandQ&A
  12. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    2:04:26How a West Coast attack could immobilize American sea powerQ&A
  13. Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers
    45:53Carrier deployment needs an operational purposeQ&A
  14. What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?
    1:06:18Britain planned to hold two theatres and win the thirdNotable Point
  15. What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?
    1:41:36Atlantic pressure reshapes Mediterranean carrier deploymentsNotable Point
  16. Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    3:36:57Why holding Norway would not simply add fighters over BritainNotable Point
  17. What was the Italian Red Sea Squadron(Reiga Marina Italiana Flottiglia del mar rosso) to do in 1940?
    53:50The Red Sea threat tied down useful British escortsChapter
  18. What was the Italian Red Sea Squadron(Reiga Marina Italiana Flottiglia del mar rosso) to do in 1940?
    59:28Italy paid the larger opportunity cost for the deploymentChapter
  19. What was the Italian Red Sea Squadron(Reiga Marina Italiana Flottiglia del mar rosso) to do in 1940?
    1:04:08The 1940 choice: withdraw, reinforce, or accept isolationNotable Point
  20. Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    58:37The Caribbean squadron received what wider strategy could spareNotable Point
  21. Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)
    1:49:02Soviet bastions, raiders, and the Allied allocation dilemmaNotable Point
  22. Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword
    2:45:28An early Japanese defeat redirects Allied resourcesNotable Point
  23. Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?
    56:46Australia and Coronel show the counterfactual's wider butterfliesNotable Point
  24. Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...
    1:48:09Allied fleets avoid duplicating theater commitmentsNotable Point
  25. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    28:54German ambitions in the PhilippinesNotable Point
  26. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    28:54An overseas squadron weakened Germany at homeNotable Point
  27. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    1:03:48Would a German battlecruiser have saved the squadron?Q&A
  28. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    1:34:22Japanese cover could have freed Australia to pursueNotable Point
  29. Mersey(1885) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 1
    12:33The deterrent sweet spot of a second-class cruiserNotable Point
  30. Epic Blunders of Naval History
    47:40Why Denmark Strait was a constrained choice, not a blunderChapter
  31. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 64
    1:55:03Why Hood and Prince of Wales lacked Tribal escortsQ&A
  32. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    1:29:19Modern escort-carrier versatility limits availabilityNotable Point
  33. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    13:29French bases remove Allied campaigns and commitmentsNotable Point
  34. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    28:32Division of labour creates Allied freedom of manoeuvreNotable Point
  35. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    30:34A stronger Home Fleet hunts German surface raidersNotable Point
  36. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    43:46Victory removes commitments but also hard-won experienceNotable Point
  37. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    49:28Fewer diversions strengthen Far Eastern defensesNotable Point
  38. Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?
    2:24:18Japan loses the Indochina springboard to SingaporeChapter
  39. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out
    1:08:30Why the Royal Navy could not send its battle fleet straight to the PacificQ&A
  40. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1940
    23:35Why diverse threats matter more than German sinkings aloneNotable Point
  41. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1940
    36:41A German carrier reshapes Allied deployments worldwideNotable Point
  42. County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)
    27:58Exeter arrived too late to reinforce Force ZNotable Point
  43. County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)
    39:29Taranto's limits shaped the risk at Suda BayNotable Point
  44. Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)
    29:02Home-defence reserves versus a viable strikeNotable Point
  45. Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books
    3:26:16How Japanese neutrality would change Royal Navy deploymentsQ&A
  46. Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)
    40:10Scarcity confined the Nelson class to home watersNotable Point
  47. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    1:27:36Why Britain could not simply send battleships to the US Pacific FleetQ&A
  48. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    1:44:09How fewer Pearl Harbor losses could keep US battleships activeQ&A
  49. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    46:45Ranger was a last-resort Pacific substituteQ&A
  50. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    1:06:51Courageous and the limits of anti-submarine exercisesChapter
  51. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    2:15:29How carrier success could reshape the Bismarck problemNotable Point
  52. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    2:48:48A combined Royal Navy-US Navy carrier forceQ&A
  53. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    3:01:48How earlier victories could concentrate the Eastern FleetChapter
  54. The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p4
    16:10How crippling Italy's battle fleet could release British shipsNotable Point
  55. Bruships 55: New Books
    3:35:34Competing demands for experienced British formationsNotable Point
  56. Bruships 55: New Books
    4:14:18Supplying Norway despite German air powerQ&A
  57. Bruships 55: New Books
    4:29:39Why submarines were scarce for SingaporeQ&A
  58. Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword
    3:58:46What the neutral U.S. Navy could have done about BismarckQ&A
  59. Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword
    4:07:03Why D-Day did not need another fast battleshipQ&A
  60. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    3:49:12Operation Dragon trades dreadnought readiness for base defenceNotable Point
  61. Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 3
    33:21Why protection focused on clearly British shippingNotable Point
  62. Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 3
    40:47The Hong Kong garrison competed with Singapore's wider strategyNotable Point
  63. Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 1
    15:02Competing missions imposed an intervention thresholdNotable Point
  64. Patreon 13: Martin Doherty: What if Gallipoli had succeeded?
    1:47:33Why Kitchener would not spare an army for GallipoliQ&A
  65. Town Class Part 4 of 7: Overview of War
    4:33Why wartime demands overwhelmed deterrent deploymentsChapter
  66. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    39:30Why Singapore is an imperfect parallel for Pearl HarborQ&A
  67. Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions
    7:00Aiding the Soviet Union despite Arctic convoy costsNotable Point
  68. Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark
    1:27:11Taranto as global force economyNotable Point
  69. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-22
    31:21How fixed defences release mobile forcesNotable Point
  70. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    1:33:52A different Fourteenth Army if the Pacific war came firstQ&A
  71. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:17:46Eight British capital ships for the Pacific fleetNotable Point
  72. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:22:47Renown's refit before a Pacific deploymentNotable Point
  73. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:30:21Why the R-class battleships stay with the Home FleetQ&A
  74. An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 2 of 2
    31:52A larger invasion army would expose Spain's other frontsNotable Point
  75. Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?
    30:15Why Birmingham took the lightly armed FolkestoneNotable Point
  76. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    11:32Waiting becomes part of Graf Spee's economic warNotable Point
  77. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    29:51Global commitments limit the Graf Spee huntChapter
  78. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:12:12Force H and Force K close the door after Graf Spee passesNotable Point
  79. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:47:11Graf Spee reveals Germany's missing raider support systemChapter