Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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German Battleship Tirpitz

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  1. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:05:30Replacing Tirpitz's secondary battery with 5-inch/54 gunsQ&A
  2. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    1:26:22Possible German responses to a failed surface raidChapter
  3. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    1:29:51Why German surface ships would still face pressure to raidNotable Point
  4. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:50:09Bismarck and Tirpitz: reputation and operationsNotable Point
  5. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:52:24Tirpitz's deck armour and Operation TungstenNotable Point
  6. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    2:19:27Why keeping Force Z in Europe offered limited reliefNotable Point
  7. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    42:40An earlier loss of Tirpitz could release the Home FleetQ&A
  8. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    35:01Plan Z escorts were a missed small-cruiser opportunityChapter
  9. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    56:30Preparing to meet a German carrier and battleship groupNotable Point
  10. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    1:03:16Attacking Graf Zeppelin before the German battleshipsNotable Point
  11. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    1:09:41British strength could push Germany toward a carrier battle groupChapter
  12. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    1:11:39Tirpitz and Graf Zeppelin need more than commissioning datesNotable Point
  13. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:02:25A lone Scharnhorst changes the force needed to cover convoysQ&A
  14. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    8:34:42Tirpitz and the problem of crediting the final attackNotable Point
  15. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:23:01Bismarck joins the Arctic convoy threatQ&A
  16. If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?
    2:45:20Could Prince of Wales return for a Tirpitz rematch?Q&A
  17. Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:49:12If Tirpitz left Norway for active operationsQ&A
  18. Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:21:00Which World War II warship failed its contemporary hypeQ&A
  19. Scuttlebutt 11: from SDSR to Pearl Harbor, with a stop at CVA-01 along the way...
    37:45Why 25,000-ton battlecruisers were poor Revenge-class replacementsQ&A
  20. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:08:50Which Axis battleships would add value to Operation Crossroads?Q&A
  21. Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:31:31A Canadian-built Helldiver strike on TirpitzQ&A
  22. Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:06:23A Helldiver squadron against Tirpitz's air defencesNotable Point
  23. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:44:12Why Tirpitz was most useful in the Norwegian fjordsQ&A
  24. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:30:22What if Tirpitz had been completed as a carrier?Q&A
  25. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    3:10:24Four German capital ships in Operation RheinübungQ&A
  26. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    54:12Archive evidence sets limits on the tender counterfactualNotable Point
  27. Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live
    54:29Why PQ 17 shaped later Arctic convoy protectionNotable Point
  28. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    13:48Was Tirpitz an effective warship?Q&A
  29. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    26:58Tirpitz's capable fire control and limited gunnery practiceQ&A
  30. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    2:42:13The narrow route to an active Tirpitz sortieQ&A
  31. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    3:58:58Tirpitz was not the only warship attacked with Tallboy bombsQ&A
  32. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    4:09:44How a surviving Bismarck changes the Atlantic convoy warQ&A
  33. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    4:36:15The likely fate of a surviving TirpitzQ&A
  34. Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS
    27:59881 Squadron's fighter role in Operation TungstenChapter
  35. Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...
    59:01Adding Tirpitz changes the entire Atlantic interception planQ&A
  36. Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!
    27:03How far Tirpitz lay from the open seaQ&A
  37. Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!
    2:04:17Why battleships could not sensibly bombard TirpitzQ&A
  38. Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier
    33:21Truant's global patrol career and late-war trialsChapter
  39. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    1:10:03Strike-heavy air groups against TirpitzChapter
  40. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:16:12Who would claim an intact Tirpitz after the war?Q&A
  41. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:43:11An early Fairey Barracuda combat debutQ&A
  42. Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more
    44:27A combined German capital-ship sortieQ&A
  43. 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
  44. Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more
    1:05:30H-class schedules and earlier German construction timesQ&A
  45. Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more
    1:10:09An earlier launch could delay completionNotable Point
  46. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    1:45:41How Bismarck and Tirpitz together could threaten Arctic convoysNotable Point
  47. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    1:57:20Operation Berlin and disciplined raider commandChapter
  48. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    2:49:44A German carrier group with Bismarck and TirpitzQ&A
  49. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    3:05:37If Tirpitz joined Bismarck in Operation RheinübungQ&A
  50. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    1:57:26Could a mass German breakout beat the coalition fleet?Notable Point
  51. The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers
    1:21:40Furious serves from the Tondern raid to the attack on TirpitzNotable Point
  52. HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution
    43:24Furious joins the multi-carrier campaign against TirpitzChapter
  53. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    2:01:25Lütjens commanding an expanded Operation RheinübungQ&A
  54. Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books
    1:22:29What Britain might do with a captured TirpitzQ&A
  55. Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes
    48:30HMS Tuna and an expert submarine commanderChapter
  56. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    56:59A widely used aircraft without an iconic victoryChapter
  57. 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 7
    34:25Seawolf's patrols from the Skagerrak to TirpitzChapter
  58. Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 4
    28:59What Tirpitz gained for 10,000 extra tonsChapter
  59. Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 4
    35:14German capital ships were used piecemealChapter
  60. British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    4:55Graf Zeppelin would draw even more attention than TirpitzNotable Point
  61. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    4:16Should Germany have built a training carrier first?Q&A
  62. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    3:11:06What if Germany waited for four operational battleships?Q&A
  63. Check Campaign: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    16:52Why Vanguard was technically superior to TirpitzQ&A
  64. WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...
    10:08A failed invasion strips away German naval optionsNotable Point
  65. A Naval Historian Reacts to... a Decade of Brasseys (4RB 19)
    35:51Contemporaneous views of German naval threatsNotable Point
  66. Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?
    39:13Tirpitz demonstrates the modernised gun's range mismatchNotable Point
  67. Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?
    49:29Tirpitz returns fire after the range closesNotable Point
  68. Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!
    2:50:56Four German capital ships force Britain to concentrateQ&A
  69. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:18:06Operation Governor and Queen Mary escort dutyChapter
  70. HMS Nubian: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 5
    23:11Preferred escort for carrier strikes off NorwayNotable Point
  71. Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat
    8:54Why finishing Seydlitz would not solve German shortagesQ&A
  72. Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships
    45:15Nelson and Rodney as wartime heavy hittersNotable Point
  73. Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?
    2:03:03Why Nelson and Rodney remained fleet insurance in World War IIChapter
  74. Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?
    2:38:40Where did Nelson and Rodney serve late in the Second World War?Q&A
  75. Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...
    1:34:39Four warship classes as national design stereotypesQ&A
  76. Bruships 88: Way of War
    2:15:27If Bismarck and Tirpitz sortied togetherQ&A
  77. Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?
    2:59:33How long would Tirpitz survive?Q&A
  78. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    57:47The capital ships needed to escort Graf ZeppelinQ&A
  79. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1942
    5:51Britain needed both crash carrier construction and VanguardChapter
  80. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1939
    37:04How Yamato disclosure could reshape German ambitionsNotable Point
  81. Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future
    2:12:30How Royal Oak might have changed Pedestal or PQ 17Q&A
  82. Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future
    2:24:23Scapa Flow supports the Arctic-convoy battle fleetNotable Point
  83. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    9:48How each German capital ship tied down British strengthQ&A
  84. The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)
    5:15Bismarck's reputation and force concentration at Denmark StraitNotable Point
  85. British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion
    13:47Prestige ships and industrial opportunity costNotable Point
  86. Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)
    16:03How could HMS Hood remain the world's largest warship?Q&A
  87. Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)
    52:56When Britain concentrated both 16-inch battleshipsNotable Point
  88. What a the choice of Secondary gun calibre tells us: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    23:17Why independent surface raiders accumulate gunsNotable Point
  89. County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued
    48:18Berwick’s Arctic and Norwegian endgameChapter
  90. County Cruisers P1: The Kent Class (Long Patrol)
    56:16Carrier cover and Operation CounterblastChapter
  91. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    2:12:46A failed Channel Dash releases ships for the eastern warQ&A
  92. Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books
    3:06:25Heavy cover for convoys threatened by TirpitzQ&A
  93. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    2:59:25Fleet Air Arm aircraft in attacks on TirpitzQ&A
  94. Bruships 55: New Books
    4:21:04Why combining German surface raiders could make them easier to catchQ&A
  95. Bruships 55: New Books
    4:39:31The arithmetic behind replacing battleships with U-boatsNotable Point
  96. A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz
    0:06Why Hunting Tirpitz is useful for source-led naval historyChapter
  97. A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz
    3:03X-craft passage planning for the Tirpitz attackNotable Point
  98. A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz
    4:09Tow failures and navigation errors before the attackNotable Point
  99. A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz
    6:48X9 is lost during the passage to NorwayNotable Point
  100. A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz
    9:03X8's charge failures force her crew to scuttle the craftNotable Point
  101. A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz
    14:16X-craft as a substitute for weapons Britain did not yet haveNotable Point
  102. Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books
    26:37Hunting Tirpitz as a source-bookNotable Point
  103. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    3:23:45Yorktown or Wasp against Bismarck and TirpitzQ&A
  104. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    3:36:45Why Tirpitz survived longer than Pearl Harbor battleshipsQ&A
  105. Some More Battle Cruisers
    36:15Scharnhorst and Gneisenau suggest a German fast-battleship alternativeNotable Point
  106. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 3 Trinidad to Bermuda
    30:25Jamaica covers carrier strikes against TirpitzNotable Point
  107. Four Random Books 21: Raiding
    2:53Target Tirpitz and the Arctic convoy threatChapter
  108. Four Random Books 6: War At Sea
    5:47Treaty limits turn design into a chain of compromisesNotable Point
  109. Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:04:16Why Arctic convoys still needed heavy coverQ&A
  110. PQ17: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P3/3
    24:57Pound's feared worst-case scenarioNotable Point
  111. PQ17: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P3/3
    30:45A northern route and the limits of command discretionNotable Point
  112. PQ17: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P3/3
    35:52PQ 17's legacy without a simple villainChapter
  113. Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean
    23:01The S class fits the MediterraneanNotable Point
  114. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:18:17Tirpitz threatened Arctic convoys without leaving portQ&A