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- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:23:26The Royal Navy if war began over Czechoslovakia in 1938Q&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:51:34Why a slow battleship could frustrate faster surface raidersNotable Point
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?14:02Why one extra knot matters on a long cruiseNotable Point
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:07:30Could torpedoes have changed Rawalpindi's last action?Notable Point
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:23:45Operation Berlin against a stronger Allied fleetChapter
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?47:44Germany's worst case: the first wave caught at seaChapter
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous55:51Scharnhorst and Gneisenau: a classification change without a proven orderNotable Point
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous2:19:27Why keeping Force Z in Europe offered limited reliefNotable Point
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live15:06A 1938 speed refit for Nelson and RodneyQ&A
- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:18:31Choosing a German warship to preserveQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:29When battleship rearming becomes a new-ship problemQ&A
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?1:13:39Rawalpindi's torpedo counterfactualNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:09:36Operation Berlin probably still slips through the early-war gapQ&A
- Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)1:40:26Conflicting warnings before Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sailedNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida15:55What torpedoes might have changed for RawalpindiNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida25:08If a British submarine sank one of Germany's twins early in the warQ&A
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?58:16F3's forward battery and speed change two German encountersNotable Point
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:31A hypothetical torpedo strike against Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, or the High Seas FleetQ&A
- Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List37:10Why Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were called battlecruisersNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:17:28Rodney's high-speed encounter with GneisenauChapter
- A 1920s Caspian Sea Carrier: What happens if the German/Soviet relationship includes a carrier?1:02:16German yard sequence enables an earlier carrierNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!1:42:39Making HMS Rodney faster than expectedChapter
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...1:39:04Gneisenau as a candidate for the most important blockshipQ&A
- So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live37:47Battlefleet power combines escorts with a flagship staffChapter
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea51:22Germany attempted commerce raiding with ships designed for other warsNotable Point
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral35:42Lütjens belonged with destroyers and light forcesChapter
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'56:08Two Tiger Cubs could reverse the Battle of CoronelChapter
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission1:08:25Norway, Renown, and the destroyers left at NarvikChapter
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission1:18:53Glorious, damaged battlecruisers, and Lutjens's promotionNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission1:36:39Operation Berlin breaks out past British detectionChapter
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission1:46:01Why a disagreement with Hoffmann remained manageableNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission1:47:22Raiding logistics and the strain on Royal Navy escortsNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission1:55:28Chilean Reefer draws Gneisenau into an expensive fightNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission1:57:20Operation Berlin and disciplined raider commandChapter
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:12:41Tattletale cruisers against Scharnhorst and GneisenauNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:16:00How early surface losses could change Norway and the Atlantic warNotable Point
- 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
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:27:56How two more supporting cruisers shorten patrol responseNotable Point
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:05:06Von Spee's squadron and radio direction findingQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:48:34How County-class escorts could save HMS GloriousQ&A
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.24:56Would Ise and Hyuga fare better than HMS Glorious?Q&A
- What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?1:01:54Helicopter patrols change Scapa Flow and carrier vulnerabilityNotable Point
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI38:55The Kriegsmarine entered war before its fleet was readyNotable Point
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:35:42A second carrier could keep Scharnhorst and Gneisenau away from GloriousQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:33:51Two Alaska-class cruisers would outmatch Scharnhorst and GneisenauQ&A
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 41:00:29Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sank HMS GloriousNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response9:31A carrier's scouting value during Operation BerlinNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response37:15Graf Zeppelin in the Norwegian campaignQ&A
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response1:02:36HMS Glorious and the cost of ignoring carrier doctrineQ&A
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?0:01Operation Berlin was a battle over perceptionChapter
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?29:42Lütjens took two battleships out to attack tradeChapter
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?46:30Rawalpindi and HMS Clyde delayed the Atlantic breakoutNotable Point
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?48:13Lütjens wanted to wait for BismarckNotable Point
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?57:39Ramillies denied the raiders their first convoyChapter
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?1:25:00Rodney nearly caught GneisenauChapter
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?1:31:07Atlantic wear undermined the planned Bismarck concentrationNotable Point
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?1:12:09Earlier encounters repeatedly postponed the Atlantic sortieChapter
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:00:07The North Atlantic inflicted its own operational attritionNotable Point
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:33:39Rodney's contact showed how narrow the raiders' margin had becomeChapter
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:44:36The repair clock blocked an April concentration with BismarckNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:18Why 11-inch guns did not make Scharnhorst a battlecruiserNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...2:00:39Unbuilt warships as a record of national ambitionChapter
- The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 315:24Berkeley's role in the Channel Dash responseNotable Point
- Scharnhorst Class: The Quality of the Kaiserliche Marine - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 65:17Why Scharnhorst and Gneisenau became paired namesNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer3:31:44How unused Nelson-class tonnage affected a wartime pursuitNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:10:32How forty-eight Counties reshape a war with GermanyQ&A
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:41:02A 1937 reconstruction for HMS TigerNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:10:18Fast battleships change the pursuit of German raidersNotable Point
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:50:56Four German capital ships force Britain to concentrateQ&A
- HMS Renown, the RN's most Underated Capital Ship of WWII?; Key Ship Series 3, Ship 832:30The chase of Scharnhorst and GneisenauNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 334:17Warspite races north after Rawalpindi is sunkNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?1:39:43Marschall's illness put Lütjens into an unfamiliar capital-ship commandChapter
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?1:46:20Renown tested Lütjens in his first capital-ship actionChapter
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?1:52:59Could Scharnhorst and Gneisenau have survived Rodney?Q&A
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?1:54:19Was Renown firing full broadsides or alternating half-salvos?Q&A
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?1:59:18Capital-ship scarcity made German tactical victories costlyNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?2:05:27What large warships were available to support Sea Lion?Q&A
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?2:30:29Operation Berlin began by winning the intelligence contestChapter
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?2:38:04Old convoy battleships deterred faster German raidersNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?2:52:25Prize-taking brought Gneisenau within reach of RodneyNotable Point
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat1:50:12What more power could have done for Nelson and RodneyQ&A
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine49:31Scharnhorst's battleship role and cruiser-caliber gunsNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History39:06Treaty persistence and Germany's missing fleet infrastructureChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 641:49:03How Britain would hunt two German capital shipsQ&A
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations19:43Small carriers could scout the oceans for surface raidersNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19425:51Britain needed both crash carrier construction and VanguardChapter
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions2:57:27How one old battleship could deter two German raidersNotable Point
- Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...2:52:58What if Admiral Hipper and Gneisenau were lost in Norway?Q&A
- Leipzig Class (Reichsmarine)20:45Leipzig's pre-war Atlantic task-force rehearsalChapter
- Leipzig Class (Reichsmarine)24:19Leipzig's opening-war blockade, minelaying, and escort workNotable Point
- Leipzig Class (Reichsmarine)49:13Nürnberg's Norway assignment became escort workNotable Point
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)1:28Why a raider might avoid a convoy it could defeatNotable Point
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)59:29Why Renown and Rodney became the famous sistersNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)2:19:25A combined German sortie triggers a mass Royal Navy responseQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?1:09:03Glorious's fatal absence of air patrolChapter
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:52:05How a faster Nelson might trap GneisenauNotable Point
- Some More Battle Cruisers36:15Scharnhorst and Gneisenau suggest a German fast-battleship alternativeNotable Point
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces1:59:38Why Renown could face Scharnhorst and GneisenauNotable Point
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:49:41Why weather did not excuse Glorious's missing air patrolQ&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes4:23Why Renown could drive off Scharnhorst and GneisenauNotable Point
- Four Random Books 16: It's A Question of Dates15:55German heavy ships after the Norwegian campaignNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 5 of 5: What ifs, Ships & Patreon Votes11:24Renown's pursuit after Glowworm's lossChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 5 of 5: What ifs, Ships & Patreon Votes13:16Whitworth, Narvik, and the limits on German naval actionChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 1 of 5: Introduction37:20Operation Weserübung attacks several ports at onceChapter
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:12:22How many Tribals could tackle Scharnhorst and Gneisenau?Q&A
- Four Random Books 6: War At Sea2:02Norway 1940 through a dense naval chronologyNotable Point
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 2 of 324:19The Channel Dash and Britain's strategic geographyChapter
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 2 of 330:54MTB 74 and torpedoes designed to clear netsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:09:48A failed radio delays contact with Scharnhorst and GneisenauNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:19:10Could Force H have trapped the German raiders?Q&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P4 Introduction to Patreon Video 4...7:36A Far Eastern coalition fleetNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:25:06HMS Glorious and the cost of flying no reconnaissance patrolQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:32:01If Scharnhorst and Gneisenau had been sunk earlyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:17:32If Germany lost Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in 1940Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:36:37If Renown had escorted GloriousQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:53:14How Hood might have fared against Scharnhorst and GneisenauQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!17:39HMS Renown confronts German battleships off NorwayNotable Point