Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Force H

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  1. Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:19:43A German fleet without large surface warshipsQ&A
  2. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    57:25Force H and British resource strain in the wargameNotable Point
  3. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    57:49What a larger Taranto strike might changeChapter
  4. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    53:30A rebuilt Hood changes the hunt for BismarckQ&A
  5. HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars
    27:05Interwar doctrine and dispersed naval forcesChapter
  6. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    1:26:29A capital ship could buy a carrier room to strikeQ&A
  7. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    2:09:37Britain's alphabetical forces absorbed local commandsNotable Point
  8. Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:04:00HMS Renown as Force H's rear guardQ&A
  9. Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart
    36:52A carrier-battlecruiser hunting group for IncomparableNotable Point
  10. What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)
    1:12:04A Mers-el-Kebir sortie still favors SomervilleQ&A
  11. What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)
    1:27:07French control of the western Mediterranean frees Force HNotable Point
  12. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    4:32:14How escaped French and Dutch fleets alter Britain's naval warQ&A
  13. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    3:12:03How Italian neutrality could transform the Mediterranean warQ&A
  14. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    6:21:38If Franco received a large fleet in 1940Q&A
  15. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    43:44How German merchant raiders created strategic disruptionQ&A
  16. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:28:38USS Wasp learns British carrier defense with Force HQ&A
  17. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    29:51The French fleet joins the Royal Navy in 1940Q&A
  18. Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:06:40How the Royal Navy could use the French fleet in 1940Q&A
  19. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:25:40World of Warships HMS Devastation in the Second World WarQ&A
  20. Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?
    24:53Where Henderson might have served after leaving the AdmiraltyChapter
  21. Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?
    1:19:31A carrier-rich fleet can rotate ships across three theatresChapter
  22. Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?
    1:28:00Henderson at Force H changes diplomacy as well as operationsNotable Point
  23. An Indomitable Force Z
    38:52Indomitable restores the missing fighter layerNotable Point
  24. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:09:32How many cruisers should have accompanied Force Z?Q&A
  25. Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax
    2:29:10A Type 45 destroyer as a Second World War fleet assetQ&A
  26. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    1:14:19Malta fighter ferry operations meet stowage and quality-control limitsChapter
  27. So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?
    27:17A different fate for the French fleetNotable Point
  28. So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?
    38:44A layered fleet structure guards both Atlantic exitsNotable Point
  29. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    3:00:49Delay also gives the Allied navies time to concentrateChapter
  30. Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!
    10:33Rebuilt battlecruisers could reinforce secondary theatresQ&A
  31. Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more
    51:27A split German sortie against Force H and the Home FleetQ&A
  32. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    1:23:56How Glorious's survival might have changed TarantoNotable Point
  33. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    2:25:08Radar shadowing and Bismarck's early steering failureNotable Point
  34. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    1:21:46A loaned US carrier and the Taranto strikeQ&A
  35. Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!
    1:17:43German losses could release British capital ships for the MediterraneanNotable Point
  36. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    9:50Kongos and Nagatos reinforce different Allied fleetsChapter
  37. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    58:44Force H gains speed while the Home Fleet gains weightChapter
  38. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    1:26:33Sea control isolates North Africa and protects CreteChapter
  39. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    1:28:35Slow battleships block Atlantic routes while fast forces hunt raidersNotable Point
  40. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    38:18Churchill would distribute Japanese strength across several fleetsChapter
  41. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    1:31:27What Japan could send firstChapter
  42. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    2:06:50Operation MB8 could help redistribute Japanese shipsNotable Point
  43. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    2:33:51Japanese reinforcements could frustrate Operation BerlinChapter
  44. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    48:27Why the Admiralty wanted more than two battleships at SingaporeQ&A
  45. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    2:20:53How more carriers could change Royal Navy task forcesNotable Point
  46. Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered
    54:34Why navies use opaque names such as Force H and Force ZQ&A
  47. HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution
    39:03A controlled reconnaissance sighting supports the Sicily invasionNotable Point
  48. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:22:50Three navies built different carrier task-force modelsChapter
  49. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    3:44:39Why Force H would choose a Yorktown-class carrierQ&A
  50. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    2:07:24Carrier task forces combine scouting, reach, and gunpowerChapter
  51. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:59:52Earlier light fleet carriers could transform British multi-carrier operationsQ&A
  52. HMS Enterprise: Tell Me Where You Need Your Royals or Gold Delivered - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 5
    38:43From Force H to South Atlantic raider huntsChapter
  53. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    54:18Long command changed how officers used doctrineChapter
  54. Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?
    1:18:32Force H embodied the fast response to surface raidersNotable Point
  55. Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?
    1:33:28Ark Royal's delayed report helped the raiders escapeChapter
  56. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    2:15:04SL 67 confronted the raiders with HMS MalayaChapter
  57. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    2:43:47A defective radar and incomplete report helped the raiders escapeChapter
  58. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    3:23:38What if Italy sortied while Germany concentrated its battleships?Q&A
  59. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    3:28:50How would battlecruisers organize for commerce protection?Q&A
  60. Town Class(1936): Building for Presence - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 2
    36:51Town-class cruisers became wartime fleet cornerstonesChapter
  61. WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...
    1:19:11A stronger Far Eastern fleet changes Japanese choicesChapter
  62. Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    40:17Where to start reading on Force HQ&A
  63. Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties
    1:05:59The missed Lexington battlecruiser optionChapter
  64. Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?
    3:09:57Why faster capital ships mattered to Force HNotable Point
  65. Testing out my Spanish Dreadnought Designs
    1:46:11A Spanish Vittorio Veneto and Mediterranean strategyQ&A
  66. Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &11
    8:36Pairing fast carriers with capital shipsNotable Point
  67. HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 9
    7:26The core of Force H and Ark Royal's escort screenNotable Point
  68. HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 9
    40:09Carrier spotting and strikes at Mers-el-KébirChapter
  69. HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 9
    42:12Ark Royal helped conceal the Taranto concentrationNotable Point
  70. HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 9
    43:24How Ark Royal and Renown balanced Force HNotable Point
  71. HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 9
    45:20The strike that slowed BismarckNotable Point
  72. HMS Renown, the RN's most Underated Capital Ship of WWII?; Key Ship Series 3, Ship 8
    30:24Renown as the fast capital-ship partner for Force H carriersNotable Point
  73. HMS Renown, the RN's most Underated Capital Ship of WWII?; Key Ship Series 3, Ship 8
    30:24Force H service and the Norwegian campaignChapter
  74. HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 3
    58:42A 160,000-mile service cycle sends Warspite back to Force HNotable Point
  75. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    3:33:25Crete could tie Force H to the western MediterraneanNotable Point
  76. Bruships 113: Jutland
    2:50:12What a larger interwar Royal Navy could deployQ&A
  77. Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)
    22:42Force H as a model for hunting Graf ZeppelinChapter
  78. Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation
    17:24The integrated carrier and capital-ship task forceChapter
  79. USS New Ironsides: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 8
    1:18Would Graf Zeppelin's casemate guns help in a carrier fight?Q&A
  80. If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response
    22:23Matching carrier design to doctrineNotable Point
  81. Bruships 88: Way of War
    2:45:20Somerville watches the Bismarck chase unfoldChapter
  82. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 64
    1:49:03How Britain would hunt two German capital shipsQ&A
  83. Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina
    24:26Operation Halberd shows where cruiser speed stopped being enoughChapter
  84. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    0:54How a loyal French fleet reshapes Allied strategyQ&A
  85. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    8:24A French battle fleet in the Indian OceanQ&A
  86. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    18:21Why Force H needed fast capital shipsQ&A
  87. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    32:02Hermes as Force H's anti-submarine carrierNotable Point
  88. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    20:47From allied asset to the burden of Force HNotable Point
  89. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    26:03French concentration releases Force H for other missionsChapter
  90. Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?
    19:19What Britain intended at Mers-el-KébirQ&A
  91. Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?
    37:48The French fleet strength that Force H replacedChapter
  92. Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?
    55:08Could Hood receive a wartime refit?Q&A
  93. Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?
    1:06:04Which carrier would support the French fleet?Q&A
  94. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 3
    2:00:34How a continuing French fleet reshapes the Bismarck huntQ&A
  95. Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches
    2:18:50A prewar exercise foreshadowed Force HNotable Point
  96. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1941
    6:38Force H as an early fast carrier task groupNotable Point
  97. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1941
    8:31Somerville, Churchill, and command confidenceNotable Point
  98. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    25:10Dutch technology without enough construction capacityChapter
  99. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    55:22How G3 battlecruisers could reshape the wartime fleetQ&A
  100. Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney
    1:37:20Fast capital ships alongside carriersNotable Point
  101. Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney
    2:16:19Renown's long Second World War serviceChapter
  102. Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney
    3:34:39Rodney from the Mediterranean to NormandyChapter
  103. County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)
    52:11Sussex's damage, refit, and return to serviceChapter
  104. Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)
    14:18Carrier survival preserves people as well as flight decksNotable Point
  105. County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued
    42:36Berwick from West Indies patrols to Force HChapter
  106. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    2:53:37Where to research HMS Sheffield's May 1941 camouflageQ&A
  107. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    1:40:15Mers-el-Kébir with three British carriersChapter
  108. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    1:49:36Operation Hats concentrates carriers for TarantoChapter
  109. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    3:17:25Operation White exposes Taranto's strategic limitNotable Point
  110. WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol
    21:20A more decisive Taranto could have shifted forces eastNotable Point
  111. WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol
    24:30The strike depended on a complex fleet operation and one carrierChapter
  112. Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)
    22:08Operation White and Cape Spartivento after a heavier Taranto strikeChapter
  113. Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)
    24:54Operation Coat moved reinforcements through MaltaChapter
  114. Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...
    53:57Where Canadian Queen Elizabeths might fightQ&A
  115. Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p3/3 - Italy
    5:46Turning the Mediterranean into a movement zoneNotable Point
  116. A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...
    1:38Ark Royal and the Mers-el-Kebir attackChapter
  117. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    2:09:49Battlecruisers as carrier-group partnersQ&A
  118. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?
    1:29:58Redeploying a dominant Royal Navy toward Japan in 1942Q&A
  119. Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War
    16:09Geoffrey Bennett's lessons from Second World War naval battlesChapter
  120. Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War
    31:41Destroyer routine and Operation Hats in the MediterraneanChapter
  121. The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!
    2:17:04Holland's mission unfolded under armed surveillanceChapter
  122. The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!
    2:21:39Mines and deadlines narrowed the choices at Mers-el-KebirChapter
  123. The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!
    2:25:54Force H opened fire as Holland cleared the harbourChapter
  124. Four Random Books Episode 32: Destroyer Challenge (Live)
    5:34Operation Halberd's layered escort forceChapter
  125. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease
    41:57The Somerville court-martial threat exposed Royal Navy command cultureNotable Point
  126. Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...
    1:07:10The fall of France creates Force HChapter
  127. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion
    5:28The carrier as an economic-warfare capital shipChapter
  128. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion
    27:42The balanced prewar carrier battle groupChapter
  129. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond
    18:40Damaged battleships change Mediterranean operationsChapter
  130. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    28:50Taranto's place in Mediterranean force balanceChapter
  131. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:34:45The reinforcement passage provides a convincing diversionNotable Point
  132. HMS Arethusa (1934) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 1/4
    8:00A compact cruiser with a wide wartime careerChapter
  133. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    2:31A diversion to an Eastern Mediterranean short of carriersChapter
  134. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    9:38A small air group sustaining continuous patrolsNotable Point
  135. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:04:44A Swordfish forces a German prize crew back aboard BiancaChapter
  136. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:19:10Could Force H have trapped the German raiders?Q&A
  137. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:23:53Which Force H formation hunted the German raiders?Q&A
  138. An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 2 - HMS Enterprise
    14:37Enterprise's early-war deploymentsChapter
  139. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    1:08:22D-class cruisers shifted from blockade hunts to D-DayNotable Point
  140. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    1:14:18D-class cruisers in war and at D-DayNotable Point
  141. An Introduction to Admiral Somerville & Force H – Part 1 Admiral Somerville
    26:07Taking command of Force H after France's collapseChapter
  142. An Introduction to Admiral Somerville & Force H – Part 1 Admiral Somerville
    27:53Consensus command versus small-ship ruthlessnessNotable Point
  143. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    24:15Delhi's conversion and Despatch at MulberryNotable Point
  144. An Introduction to Operation Ironclad: May 1942 Invasion of Madagascar
    9:41The fleet assembled for Operation IroncladChapter
  145. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:02:43A prepared French fleet would still face overwhelming forceQ&A
  146. Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy
    2:02:40How a carrier and battlecruiser hunted raidersQ&A
  147. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    29:27How command strain shaped Somerville's choicesNotable Point
  148. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    29:51Global commitments limit the Graf Spee huntChapter
  149. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:12:12Force H and Force K close the door after Graf Spee passesNotable Point
  150. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:15:24Langsdorff turns away from an early River Plate strikeNotable Point
  151. Rendezvous with the Altmark - A River Plate 80 Video
    3:19Forces H and K search behind Graf SpeeChapter
  152. Rendezvous with the Altmark - A River Plate 80 Video
    5:44Forces H and K are absent from the River Plate battleNotable Point