Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Gibraltar

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  1. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    31:09Russian access to open oceans and the problem of chokepointsChapter
  2. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    58:27Suez, Gibraltar, and the race to mobilise reservesChapter
  3. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    1:34:24Overseas bases need docks, stores, and training facilitiesChapter
  4. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    28:15Rebuilding Napoleon's navy around training, Toulon and GibraltarQ&A
  5. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    51:28A larger British P-8 fleet and its patrol areasQ&A
  6. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    52:02Why base Mediterranean P-8s at Gibraltar?Q&A
  7. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:48:23Gibraltar's drone threat and maritime patrol coverageNotable Point
  8. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:40:13Fleet logistics after nuclear attacks on British basesQ&A
  9. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:03:57Seizing the Canaries could endanger GibraltarQ&A
  10. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:25:02Italian strategy after controlling the MediterraneanQ&A
  11. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    1:11:57Using a Franco-Spanish fleet to secure the western MediterraneanQ&A
  12. Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:52:39What reactivating Gibraltar's coastal guns would requireQ&A
  13. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    51:05North African airfields reopen a fast convoy route to SuezNotable Point
  14. Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?
    1:46:15The Mediterranean Fleet reinforces the Far EastChapter
  15. Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:58:29Where Grand Fleet turrets could become Fort DrumsQ&A
  16. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    52:50Choosing a global network of fortified naval basesQ&A
  17. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    29:10Operation Judgement inside Operation MB8Chapter
  18. Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence
    55:23Fleet positioning stopped Russia without opening fireChapter
  19. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:40:16How the Royal Navy would view AtlantropaQ&A
  20. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:34:05Why an Axis Mediterranean would not force an early cross-Channel invasionQ&A
  21. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    0:00Why Greece might invest in CreteChapter
  22. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:36:24Britain's three-century position at GibraltarQ&A
  23. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:16:48Morocco complicates colonial ambitions after a French revolutionNotable Point
  24. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:17:34Neutralizing Malta does not end Britain's Mediterranean warQ&A
  25. What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?
    2:09:34Earlier convoys and a more resilient imperial networkNotable Point
  26. Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!
    49:16Richard Howe's authority rested on trustNotable Point
  27. Admiral James Saumarez & the Battles of Algeciras
    37:43HMS Hannibal grounded during the failed British attackChapter
  28. Admiral James Saumarez & the Battles of Algeciras
    43:34Gibraltar's dockyard restored Saumarez's squadronChapter
  29. John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…
    33:21Cape Spartel: concentration without a decisive battleNotable Point
  30. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    1:19:16Coastal pilots expose the Le Havre cover storyNotable Point
  31. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    1:19:57Rodney engineers an unfair fight at the Moonlight BattleChapter
  32. Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!
    2:02:22The Moonlight Battle off Cape St VincentChapter
  33. Marquis de Santa Cruz: The Man who could have given Spain the World...
    22:00The Gibraltar clash and lessons from English cannonNotable Point
  34. The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live
    1:53:25Byng turns fleet readiness into deterrent diplomacyNotable Point
  35. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    3:54:50Malta versus Gibraltar as an Axis invasion targetQ&A
  36. What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?
    41:27A common 15-inch gun system could support coastal defensesNotable Point
  37. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    2:00:46Why an Axis seizure of Gibraltar would not sever BritainQ&A
  38. Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS
    26:02Convoy escort by denying German reconnaissanceChapter
  39. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    2:02:27An 18-inch coastal gun at GibraltarQ&A
  40. Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...
    25:46British responses would change with Spanish constructionNotable Point
  41. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    4:54The Treaty of Kiel and a northern GibraltarChapter
  42. Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 106
    12:45Could Britain have treated Heligoland as another Gibraltar?Q&A
  43. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    1:06:06A fortified network from Gibraltar to SingaporeChapter
  44. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    1:06:33Coastal artillery as an industrial and operational reserveNotable Point
  45. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    1:18:40Heavy guns at Gibraltar and the problem of emplacementNotable Point
  46. Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier
    23:13Italy's capable fleet lacks logistical depthChapter
  47. Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier
    48:40Britain's global network distinguishes entry bases from forward basesChapter
  48. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 1
    2:31:38Gibraltar coal sustains a distant fleetNotable Point
  49. Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!
    8:10Why Alexandria offered Malta a safer supply routeNotable Point
  50. Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!
    25:50Nelson's main guns against aircraftNotable Point
  51. Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!
    45:41Operation Splice and carrier aircraft transferChapter
  52. Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!
    56:30Operation Rocket repeated the carrier ferry runNotable Point
  53. Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!
    57:17Repeated deliveries strengthened Gibraltar's defensesNotable Point
  54. Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice
    2:26:01Gibraltar as a fortified bottleneckNotable Point
  55. Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice
    2:36:33If Scharnhorst and Gneisenau entered the MediterraneanQ&A
  56. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    3:32:03Spain in the Axis turns Gibraltar into a battlefrontQ&A
  57. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    3:36:24Battleship turrets as Gibraltar batteriesQ&A
  58. Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions
    3:34:57Why Gibraltar would trap a War Plan Red expeditionQ&A
  59. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    2:46:38An island Gibraltar would dominate the Mediterranean entranceQ&A
  60. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    3:02:44German 800 mm guns would be exposed near GibraltarQ&A
  61. Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    20:53Gibraltar and oil denial shape the plan for war with FranceNotable Point
  62. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    1:15:21Repairing Ark Royal after a successful towQ&A
  63. What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?
    1:01:54Helicopter patrols change Scapa Flow and carrier vulnerabilityNotable Point
  64. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:03:04Naval strategy without Suez or PanamaQ&A
  65. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:21:42Capturing Gibraltar requires Spain and TurkeyQ&A
  66. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    2:34:53River-class OPVs as modern presence squadronsChapter
  67. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    37:55Low-rate coastal turret production preserves capital-ship skillsQ&A
  68. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    3:23:38What if Italy sortied while Germany concentrated its battleships?Q&A
  69. Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett
    37:23Trade density explains the value of Gibraltar and other chokepointsChapter
  70. Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    1:00:38What if the Dunkerques had joined the Allies?Notable Point
  71. Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    37:15Weighing explanations for General Sikorski's deathQ&A
  72. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    1:05:02Capital ships secured sea areas as well as fighting fleetsNotable Point
  73. Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail
    1:13:17Infrastructure, readiness, and Lord SandwichNotable Point
  74. Lessons of the Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & First Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    38:47Algeciras as a fortified refuge near GibraltarChapter
  75. Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    1:33:09Why Algeciras repeatedly became a battlefieldChapter
  76. Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    1:53:00Algeciras Bay turns geography into defenceChapter
  77. Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    2:18:31Gibraltar Bay kept informal wartime channels openNotable Point
  78. Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    3:25:39Losing Gibraltar would complicate British maritime zonesQ&A
  79. HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 9
    1:02:54What timely damage control might have preservedNotable Point
  80. Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses
    38:17How Soviet naval ambition could fuel an international arms raceChapter
  81. Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History
    1:43:56Mediterranean success redistributes British capital shipsNotable Point
  82. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 5(March 2023)
    1:01:51Why the campaign map weakens Gibraltar's defensive geographyNotable Point
  83. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 3(February 2023)
    2:05:19Why real Gibraltar requires sea controlNotable Point
  84. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    1:01:17Why the 18-inch gun points to a shipboard requirementQ&A
  85. Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak
    1:28:48What happened to the Gibraltar dockyardQ&A
  86. Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History
    1:23:21If Franco's Spain attacked Gibraltar and PortugalQ&A
  87. Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 2
    17:48A Red Sea flagship for Italian imperial ambitionChapter
  88. Active Class: The Last Scout Cruisers?
    16:25Active shifts from the Humber to Dover, Queenstown, and GibraltarChapter
  89. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments
    57:26A global fortress program for British naval basesQ&A
  90. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    1:20:58A global cruiser war constrained by coal and diplomacyChapter
  91. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    37:33Mediterranean geography narrows the cruiser missionChapter
  92. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    1:27:44Force posture in an Anglo-French naval standoffQ&A
  93. Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))
    22:28George Collins had reached the end of a hard command sequenceChapter
  94. Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)
    1:02:12Three years at Gibraltar justified George Collins's retirementChapter
  95. Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)
    1:26:09What a Spanish attack on Gibraltar might have meantQ&A
  96. Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)
    2:17:35Did Gibraltar count as a combat posting?Q&A
  97. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    17:20Gibraltar and the uncertainty of Napoleon's expeditionChapter
  98. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    28:26Why Hitler could not attack Gibraltar through SpainNotable Point
  99. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    2:13:48Sea supply frustrates a siegeQ&A
  100. Action of the 18th of June 1799: How to Lose Frigates & Influence (Long Patrol)
    1:02:41Egypt versus Gibraltar as Napoleon's strategic choiceChapter
  101. Finnish War 1808-9 (Sweden vs Russia): A War of Autocracies (Long Patrol)
    17:53Sveaborg exposed the limits of a fleet frozen into harbourChapter
  102. Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...
    31:04Which positions control Mediterranean access?Q&A
  103. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    52:02Gibraltar's enlarged docks still limit modern carriersChapter
  104. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    57:38Gibraltar investment reveals planning for war with ItalyNotable Point
  105. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    1:31:16Gibraltar joined protected water with accessible repair docksNotable Point
  106. Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"
    1:22:05Why a German occupation of Spain could become a strategic trapQ&A
  107. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    55:36How Britain might base 22 SSNs and 40 conventional submarinesQ&A
  108. Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises
    56:42How British naval power shaped AlgecirasNotable Point
  109. Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars
    1:54:50Seabed hydrophones existed before SOSUS-scale surveillanceQ&A
  110. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    1:11:19Minorca and the cost of split commitmentsChapter
  111. Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore
    41:09Axis concentration in the Mediterranean would trade reach for confinementQ&A
  112. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    6:32Orders and weather made Trafalgar possibleNotable Point
  113. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    24:01The return crossing, Ireland diversion, and Channel raceChapter
  114. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    56:13Nelson's pursuit and Villeneuve's choicesChapter
  115. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    1:06:09Huguenot migration and naval talentNotable Point
  116. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)
    4:03:44Gibraltar in a modern Franco-British counterfactualNotable Point
  117. Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion
    35:47The post-Trafalgar storm threatens ships and prizesNotable Point
  118. Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign
    19:06Orde reinforces the Channel Fleet without a port callNotable Point
  119. Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign
    34:38Nelson's Atlantic pursuit and British coverageChapter
  120. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different
    5:12Ark Royal emerged from a long procurement path and fixed dock limitsNotable Point
  121. An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean
    8:42Why Mediterranean geography limits raidingNotable Point
  122. Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI
    2:26:03Why armoured cruisers made more sense for BritainNotable Point
  123. Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response
    54:20Why Anglo-Japanese tension competed with Atlantic planningNotable Point
  124. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    1:40:09Without Suez, Gibraltar seals the MediterraneanQ&A
  125. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    2:14:13Napoleon underestimated Gibraltar and sea powerQ&A
  126. Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p3/3 - Italy
    5:46Turning the Mediterranean into a movement zoneNotable Point
  127. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    0:22The Great Siege begins as a contest over a naval baseChapter
  128. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    24:43What was Gibraltar's Second World War stay-behind plan?Q&A
  129. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    33:18Was Gibraltar's land border fixed by treaty?Q&A
  130. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    2:34:08Why did Franco not attack Gibraltar during the Second World War?Q&A
  131. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    2:47:08Could Minorca have replaced Gibraltar as Britain's Mediterranean base?Q&A
  132. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    2:50:41Would losing Gibraltar have redirected British imperial ambitions?Q&A
  133. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?
    3:12:33Why early magnetic detection worked best in shallow straitsQ&A
  134. Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...
    1:07:10The fall of France creates Force HChapter
  135. Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 1
    26:38Why Britain turned its fleet against AlgiersChapter
  136. Bruships 34: Random History
    2:34:20Gibraltar convoys, escort carriers and refuelling dutiesNotable Point
  137. Flower Class Shorts no 5: HMS Coreopsis
    0:31Coreopsis as a concealed-armament Q-shipChapter
  138. Four Random Books 5: Destroyers
    13:15Mediterranean operations and the limits of early naval radarNotable Point
  139. 2 Minutes: Force K's an overview Part 1/2
    0:32Reinforcing the River Plate hunt from FreetownNotable Point
  140. Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era
    1:22:36The Algeciras fleet demonstrationNotable Point
  141. 2 Minutes: Victorian Naval Diplomacy & @BaileInneraora - Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy
    1:31Coordinated policy backed by GibraltarNotable Point
  142. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    4:28Mediterranean leverage against a late Italian entryNotable Point
  143. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    59:41Submarines and bases for a Mediterranean counteroffensiveNotable Point
  144. Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:39:49The treaty basis of the Gibraltar disputeQ&A
  145. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    20:29Worked-up destroyer flotillas and forward reservesNotable Point
  146. Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean
    55:59Gibraltar and the 8th Submarine FlotillaNotable Point
  147. BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest Part 2 of 2
    10:01Gibraltar and the S-class submarine bottleneckNotable Point
  148. An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"
    35:42A maintenance network for forward presenceNotable Point
  149. Patreon Video 1: Intro - What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?
    8:11Imperial naval bases as dispersed reserve depotsNotable Point
  150. Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style
    25:03Nelson moves from emergency bow repair to American overhaulNotable Point
  151. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    50:19Exercise OA tested mixed battle fleets and divided screensChapter
  152. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    27:59Gibraltar needs different craft for inshore and offshore patrolQ&A
  153. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    55:05Gibraltar and Suez as Mediterranean naval gatesQ&A