Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

French Invasion Plans

Related time notes

  1. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    34:57Q&A: Why France could not simply seize the Channel IslandsQ&A
  2. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    42:56Q&A: Why Brest could not guarantee freedom to sortieQ&A
  3. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    1:47:51The 1692 invasion plan outruns French concentrationChapter
  4. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    3:01:05Choiseul’s 1759 invasion problemChapter
  5. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    3:03:43Invasion diplomacy gives away the prospect of surpriseNotable Point
  6. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    3:09:02Britain prepares for invasion while continuing overseas campaignsNotable Point
  7. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    0:08Failed cruises made a close blockade urgentChapter
  8. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    1:20:00The 1759 French invasion projectChapter
  9. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    1:21:09Crossing the Channel would leave the invasion's supply problem unresolvedNotable Point
  10. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    1:23:29Fast embarkation left little room for invasion suppliesNotable Point
  11. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    1:24:46The Le Havre raid and autumn weather changed the invasion planNotable Point
  12. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    1:31:48Quiberon Bay and the collapse of the invasion threatChapter
  13. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    1:40:50Retreat into the Vilaine left French ships disarmed and trappedNotable Point
  14. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    2:49:10Lagos and Quiberon Bay break the French fleetsChapter
  15. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    3:03:16Choiseul's invasion plan fails before the crossingChapter
  16. A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759
    0:20Why Quiberon Bay mattered in 1759Chapter
  17. A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759
    5:03Why an unsound invasion plan continuedNotable Point
  18. A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759
    7:01Conflans rejects dividing an inadequate invasion fleetNotable Point
  19. A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759
    8:31The Carrickfergus raid after the strategic moment had passedNotable Point
  20. Legacy of Trafalgar Part 1/2 - The Battle
    9:18Why defeating Nelson would not have opened BritainNotable Point