Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Force Generation

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  1. Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:09:46Carrier age, repeated surges and delayed retirementNotable Point
  2. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    17:16Finding modern equivalents for the numerous general-purpose destroyerNotable Point
  3. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    19:03Destroyer numbers make layered fleet screens possibleChapter
  4. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    23:57Battle damage increases the ships needed to maintain a forward forceChapter
  5. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    25:20The Philippine Sea fleet shows the scale of destroyer demandChapter
  6. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    32:41Sumner firepower reinforced a screen built around Fletcher numbersNotable Point
  7. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    37:07Why build Robert H. Smith destroyer minelayers?Q&A
  8. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    43:25Would a Sumner-first program have produced enough destroyers?Notable Point
  9. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    45:37One deployed carrier requires several hullsNotable Point
  10. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    25:36Carrier numbers, rotation, and crew enduranceNotable Point
  11. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:46:18How large the Royal Fleet Auxiliary needs to beQ&A
  12. What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?
    47:26Four fast ships support a deploy-train-refit cycleChapter
  13. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    2:25:48Why twelve destroyers is a precarious global minimumQ&A
  14. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    13:14The 1997 Royal Navy force baselineChapter
  15. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    23:51What selling three Type 23s cost in fleet availabilityNotable Point
  16. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    44:22The force behind the 1998 Joint Rapid Reaction ForceNotable Point
  17. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    47:44The 1998 shift from open-ocean warfare to the littoralChapter
  18. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    1:09:262003 cuts to escorts and submarinesChapter
  19. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    1:11:21The command roles that Type 45s inherited from Type 22 frigatesNotable Point
  20. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    1:21:11Why the 2010 promise to do more with less failedNotable Point
  21. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    1:28:36Continuous deterrence as a force-generation lessonNotable Point
  22. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    1:32:46Reading the Future Force 2020 readiness tiersChapter
  23. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    1:38:03Extended readiness and real reservesNotable Point
  24. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    1:45:11The 2010 force-planning assumptionsNotable Point
  25. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    1:48:44How Future Force 2020 removed operational slackNotable Point
  26. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    2:02:56Force 2025 and the depth behind amphibious operationsChapter
  27. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    2:05:04Reserve brigades as part of a sustainable deployment cycleNotable Point
  28. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    2:41:20What the 2021 North Atlantic graphic required in practiceNotable Point
  29. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    3:01:13Helicopter orders and the number of deployable squadronsNotable Point
  30. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    3:15:16Allied Type 26 frigates are reinforcement, not a substituteNotable Point
  31. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    3:23:21Carrier missile vehicles and the cost in hangar spaceNotable Point
  32. Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:33:18The gaps in Astute construction and the case for extra boatsNotable Point
  33. How many Warships does your Navy need?
    1:14:46Carrier air wings are the US Navy's hidden bottleneckChapter
  34. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…
    28:34Why new ships point beyond a simple 2027 deadlineNotable Point
  35. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…
    41:48Capability gaps erase generations of naval expertiseNotable Point
  36. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…
    42:42Wartime expansion depended on trained peacetime cadresNotable Point
  37. Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!
    29:29The early U-boat arm depended on a tiny cadreChapter
  38. Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!
    32:22Mürwik built U-boat officers over four yearsChapter
  39. Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!
    38:48Submarine losses consumed trained crewsNotable Point
  40. Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...
    52:09Reliable aircraft and elite crews underpin Japanese scoutingNotable Point
  41. Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII
    36:41Escort, support, and hunter groups formed a ladderNotable Point
  42. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    1:03:04Why more Japanese carriers would not solve the air-group shortageQ&A
  43. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    2:35:16A 1997 Chinese air force in 1950 faces sustainment limitsQ&A
  44. Unryū class: Japan's Light Fleet Carriers!
    5:34Carrier construction outran aircrew trainingNotable Point
  45. Procuring for Peace First Draft
    32:18Why peacetime commitments imply twenty-four escortsNotable Point
  46. Procuring for Peace First Draft
    1:22:31Crewing cuts can undermine force generationNotable Point
  47. Procuring for Peace First Draft
    1:34:39Design fleets from commitments and force-generation mathChapter
  48. Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?
    0:00From the Six-Six Fleet Plan to the Maya classChapter
  49. Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?
    7:28Why Maya's upgrades suit a two-ship Japanese buyNotable Point
  50. Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?
    21:32Why eight excellent destroyers still leave a coverage gapChapter
  51. Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:34:33How a 340-airframe SH-60 fleet would be distributedQ&A
  52. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:38:00More Type 45s and the fleet availability problemQ&A
  53. Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit
    35:47Shipbuilding remains a strategic function after war beginsNotable Point
  54. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    20:48Why a surprise concentration was implausibleNotable Point
  55. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    26:27The one-in-three rule changes fleet arithmeticChapter
  56. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    30:30Small, varied classes magnified the readiness burdenNotable Point
  57. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    32:36The Soviet fleet would also use the years before 1948Notable Point
  58. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    1:30:48Leaving Zuikaku behind while breaking doctrine elsewhereChapter
  59. Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!
    1:38:10Experienced captains as the Navy's fleet insuranceNotable Point
  60. Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:48:12The maintenance force behind uncrewed PT-sized craftQ&A
  61. From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live
    3:23:48Reserve depth stood behind the wooden wallNotable Point
  62. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...
    50:14Rebuilding forces after the armed services vanishQ&A
  63. The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea
    53:41Why more U-boats were not a simple substitute for battleshipsNotable Point
  64. Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 5
    1:06:51Reservists bridge the years before mass mobilisation maturesNotable Point
  65. Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 5
    1:09:55Older destroyers and frigates as reserve training shipsNotable Point
  66. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    4:50:14Why reserve crews matter after the regular force absorbs the opening shockQ&A
  67. Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 3
    40:29Reserve activation turns readiness into combat powerNotable Point
  68. Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 1912
    29:19Front-line experts were not recycled into trainingNotable Point
  69. Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 1912
    50:10The command structure lacked expansion redundancyNotable Point
  70. Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 1912
    1:12:14The elite system depended on controlled escalationNotable Point
  71. Regia Aeronautica's Mainstay: Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 4
    10:54How the SM.79 generated usable air strengthNotable Point
  72. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    1:08:05Why does a four-aircraft CAP need eighteen fighters?Q&A
  73. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    1:08:54Thirty-six F-35Bs support overlapping CAP and strike cyclesNotable Point
  74. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    12:11How the Curtiss-Douglas cycle preserved experienceChapter
  75. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    46:44Why experienced aircrews saw an obsolete ideaNotable Point
  76. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    32:31Why carrier air groups can be built in modules of eighteenNotable Point
  77. HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution
    45:11The best carrier for a mission is the one availableChapter
  78. Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered
    3:47:34A third Queen Elizabeth versus two light carriersQ&A
  79. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    1:44:10Can a country create a coastal navy during a war?Q&A
  80. Twelve Odd Ships
    12:34Japanese recruiting lagged behind new warshipsNotable Point
  81. Twelve Odd Ships
    1:01:15Wolverine and Sable scaled carrier qualification safelyChapter
  82. Twelve Odd Ships
    1:02:43Veteran instructors turned qualifications into force generationNotable Point
  83. Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.
    25:46Could pilot rotation have sustained Japanese naval aviation?Q&A
  84. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    3:30:56Why engineering talent is a force multiplierNotable Point
  85. 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals
    1:00:09Naval capacity must exist before war beginsNotable Point
  86. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    1:42:17Could Britain mount a modern Falklands operation?Q&A
  87. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    17:40How nucleus crews make a reserve flotilla mobilizableChapter
  88. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    26:26Reserve fleets need exercises and realistic readiness ratiosNotable Point
  89. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    27:35Could wartime call-ups include civilian specialists?Q&A
  90. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    1:14:24A reserve fleet depends on training and support infrastructureNotable Point
  91. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    2:34:53River-class OPVs as modern presence squadronsChapter
  92. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    3:24:33Reserve ships protect a fleet against long-war attritionChapter
  93. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    3:39:27More modest hulls improve force generationChapter
  94. 'T' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's Ambush Predators - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 6
    34:18Mediterranean losses exposed peacetime assumptionsNotable Point
  95. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    45:45Why Pearl Harbor's personnel losses mattered more than hull lossesNotable Point
  96. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    1:20:53Pilot rotation traded peak strength for enduranceNotable Point
  97. Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War
    29:48Why Russia's paper strength could not reach the battleNotable Point
  98. Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett
    1:02:12Training areas and problem-solving are strategic infrastructureChapter
  99. Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett
    1:07:25New platforms need operational work-up and continuityNotable Point
  100. Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies
    1:02:37Air-to-air missiles make trained pilots a strategic targetChapter
  101. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 11
    28:37Commissioning new capital ships through a crew bottleneckNotable Point
  102. CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 4
    8:48Why four carriers mattered for availabilityNotable Point
  103. CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 4
    40:19Building availability through compatible flight decksNotable Point
  104. Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD
    1:24:42Design ships for the fight their weapons permitChapter
  105. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:07:30Why Japan's elite naval pilots were hard to replaceNotable Point
  106. The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet
    2:24:41Self-defence can free escorts for the wider fightNotable Point
  107. An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...
    23:35A limited fleet budget turns cruiser procurement into a capability tradeoffNotable Point
  108. An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...
    2:08:35Income development creates an upfront-investment problemNotable Point
  109. An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...
    2:47:13Fleet expansion fails without early investment in the economic baseNotable Point
  110. Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...
    3:15:03Redeployment requires recovery, equipment, and trainingQ&A
  111. Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada
    2:28:06Congress had a fleet while Balmaceda improvised oneNotable Point
  112. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    1:50:08Which carriers could actually fight in May 1980?Chapter
  113. Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)
    2:38:37Building force strength for a return to the offensiveNotable Point
  114. Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)
    2:44:19Trainees as a reserve beyond formal strength limitsNotable Point
  115. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 4(February 2023)
    1:31:58Targeting recruitment centers in a continental campaignNotable Point
  116. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 4(February 2023)
    2:11:56When speed justified a costly assaultQ&A
  117. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    1:38:16How much British reinforcement was available?Q&A
  118. BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate's Battle Cruisers
    1:01:20Korolev exposes the cost of an early allied transferNotable Point
  119. BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate's Battle Cruisers
    1:08:10Command tours must build the next formation leadersNotable Point
  120. Brooklyn Class(US Treaty Cruisers): Comment Response
    5:48Why rebuilt Savannah was held from immediate combatNotable Point
  121. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 64
    18:44Chios squanders Macedonia's strategic sea powerNotable Point
  122. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1942
    2:58Preserve veteran Japanese aircrew for a longer warChapter
  123. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1941
    13:56The Free Polish Navy's scarce personnel problemChapter
  124. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1941
    16:11Recruit the Polish diaspora for long-term force growthNotable Point
  125. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    2:46:39Why a class needs more than two shipsQ&A
  126. What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    1:37Why a capability needs more than one hullNotable Point
  127. What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    20:24Procurement is about a fleet, not one shipChapter
  128. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    24:27Canada's two-ocean force-generation problemChapter
  129. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    52:28Force generation is the real comparisonChapter
  130. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    53:47Class history reveals a navy's fleet conceptsNotable Point
  131. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)
    31:01War Plan Red exposes the gap between paper strength and readinessNotable Point
  132. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    2:30:49How many multi-role support ships would a fleet need?Q&A
  133. Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books
    3:02:26Fighting with ships actually availableNotable Point
  134. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    35:05Readiness was more than the number of shipsChapter
  135. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    45:13Colour squadrons as a command reserveNotable Point
  136. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    1:12:52A pilot pipeline designed for one short warQ&A
  137. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    2:15:49Nagano recognized a long war but did not prepare for itNotable Point
  138. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    22:20Why Japan could not rapidly expand its naval pilot poolQ&A
  139. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    2:04:03How could the newly raised 73rd Highlanders be elite?Q&A
  140. A Book or Two to Review (3): Strategy, A History
    8:42Carnot builds the system Napoleon exploitsNotable Point
  141. Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail
    2:09:59How Napoleon held a multinational Grande Armee togetherChapter
  142. Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?
    1:33:58How quickly would reserve fleets return to service?Q&A
  143. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    3:30:13Rotating combat pilots back into training preserved experienceNotable Point
  144. Guadeloupe 1810 (Part 2 of Live)
    20:21A crack regiment supports wider force trainingNotable Point
  145. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    3:20:20Training crews and synchronizing a carrier air groupNotable Point
  146. Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War
    1:04:13Manning a French fleet in 1940Q&A
  147. Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War
    1:11:15Who could absorb French warships in 1940?Q&A
  148. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:03:12Amphibious ships do not create an armyQ&A
  149. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:15:17One amphibious ship cannot move 60,000 troopsNotable Point
  150. An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"
    15:39The interwar Mediterranean Fleet as a response reserveNotable Point
  151. An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"
    32:48Reach and enduring regional interestNotable Point
  152. Dream Fleet for the Current Integrated Review A Little Proposal
    20:49Unpredictable wars make reserve capacity valuableNotable Point
  153. Dream Fleet for the Current Integrated Review A Little Proposal
    21:50Reserves as a civil-military bridgeNotable Point
  154. Dream Fleet for the Current Integrated Review A Little Proposal
    28:50Grey-zone conflict renews the case for reservesNotable Point