Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Gunther Lutjens

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  1. HMS Gorgon(HNoMS Nidaros) takes part in the First Battle of Narvik
    16:51Command experience and destroyers packed with troopsChapter
  2. Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List
    1:08:10Friedrich Bonte and Germany's destroyer gamble at NarvikChapter
  3. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:35:05Why HMS Glowworm met Admiral Hipper aloneQ&A
  4. Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral
    35:42Lütjens belonged with destroyers and light forcesChapter
  5. Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral
    38:29Why an admiral aboard Bismarck created command riskNotable Point
  6. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    3:58:40Why a Free German Navy built around Bismarck is unlikelyQ&A
  7. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    0:00Rodney and speed as survivalChapter
  8. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    8:44Torpedo-boat habits and fleet commandNotable Point
  9. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    18:03World War I as Lutjens's torpedo-boat schoolChapter
  10. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    31:19Promotion without broad sea commandNotable Point
  11. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    33:30Why rebuilding German sea power required decadesNotable Point
  12. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    45:16Learning a cruiser command through private conversationsChapter
  13. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    49:22Karlsruhe's design weaknesses on a world cruiseNotable Point
  14. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    50:59Building the Kriegsmarine's officer corpsNotable Point
  15. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    51:55Personnel policy, Nazi pressure, and destroyer identityNotable Point
  16. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    58:48From Gdynia to the Humber minefieldChapter
  17. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    1:05:17Norway's warning failure at NarvikNotable Point
  18. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    1:08:25Norway, Renown, and the destroyers left at NarvikChapter
  19. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    1:18:53Glorious, damaged battlecruisers, and Lutjens's promotionNotable Point
  20. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    1:27:02Operation Sea Lion as an amphibious logistics problemChapter
  21. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    1:30:41The proposal to beach battleships in the Dover StraitNotable Point
  22. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    1:36:39Operation Berlin breaks out past British detectionChapter
  23. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    1:41:03Why Ramillies did not need to chase the raidersNotable Point
  24. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    1:46:01Why a disagreement with Hoffmann remained manageableNotable Point
  25. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    1:47:22Raiding logistics and the strain on Royal Navy escortsNotable Point
  26. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    1:55:28Chilean Reefer draws Gneisenau into an expensive fightNotable Point
  27. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    1:57:20Operation Berlin and disciplined raider commandChapter
  28. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    2:09:37Why Lutjens expected to sacrifice BismarckChapter
  29. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    2:15:14Bismarck's missing fuel and the Denmark Strait choiceNotable Point
  30. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    2:20:18An unexplained refusal to follow the cloud coverNotable Point
  31. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    2:21:50Allied detection and a divided German flag teamNotable Point
  32. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    2:25:08Radar shadowing and Bismarck's early steering failureNotable Point
  33. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    2:29:16Fire discipline and the decision not to pursue Prince of WalesChapter
  34. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    2:34:15A successful radar escape compromised by radio trafficNotable Point
  35. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    2:41:41Bismarck's fuel crisis and conflicting morale messagesChapter
  36. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    2:48:09Bismarck's last battle, uncertain scuttling, and survivor rescueChapter
  37. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    2:55:53Why a multidimensional naval threat matteredNotable Point
  38. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    2:01:25Lütjens commanding an expanded Operation RheinübungQ&A
  39. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    9:31A carrier's scouting value during Operation BerlinNotable Point
  40. Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?
    29:42Lütjens took two battleships out to attack tradeChapter
  41. Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?
    48:13Lütjens wanted to wait for BismarckNotable Point
  42. Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?
    54:11Rules of engagement could not survive contactNotable Point
  43. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    3:25:12Could German headquarters direct surface raiders like U-boats?Q&A
  44. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    3:32:36Who could command a second German battleship pair?Q&A
  45. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    8:04Lütjens's opposition to racial policy coexisted with obedience to the regimeChapter
  46. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    10:31What separates a willing follower from a useful idiot?Q&A
  47. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    20:42Could Lütjens have succeeded Raeder as Kriegsmarine commander?Q&A
  48. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    23:13Would Lütjens have allowed himself to be captured?Q&A
  49. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    23:47A torpedo-boat career shaped Lütjens's command limitsChapter
  50. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    29:29Did interwar German naval service necessarily expose officers to foreign views?Q&A
  51. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    30:23World cruises broadened Lütjens, but the Reichsmarine narrowed his command pathChapter
  52. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    39:13A40 put Lütjens in command of a 29-man torpedo boatNotable Point
  53. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    41:18Small crews gave Lütjens little practice in sharing command decisionsNotable Point
  54. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    46:10Staff work did not reproduce the isolation of command at seaNotable Point
  55. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    54:53Could the Reichsmarine have given Lütjens more sea command?Q&A
  56. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    58:01Karlsruhe's world cruise offered a rare chance to develop junior officersNotable Point
  57. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    59:24Military authority could conceal weak communication habitsNotable Point
  58. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    1:04:04Lütjens's preferred way of learning did not scale to fleet commandChapter
  59. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    1:18:30Personnel policy brought Lütjens into written opposition to racial lawsNotable Point
  60. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    1:29:53The Polish campaign exposed both Lütjens's limits and the Kriegsmarine's promotion problemChapter
  61. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    1:33:58Was there a better officer to promote instead of Lütjens?Q&A
  62. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    1:39:43Marschall's illness put Lütjens into an unfamiliar capital-ship commandChapter
  63. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    1:44:14Norway's timetable carried a human cost before battle beganNotable Point
  64. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    1:46:20Renown tested Lütjens in his first capital-ship actionChapter
  65. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    1:56:26Saving the capital ships meant abandoning the force Lütjens had builtNotable Point
  66. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    2:06:19Sea Lion exposed the gap between invasion plans and naval realityChapter
  67. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    3:15:22Raeder ordered Rheinübung despite Lütjens's objectionsNotable Point
  68. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    3:17:51Before Rheinübung, Lütjens expected sacrifice and withheld the Nazi saluteNotable Point
  69. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    3:33:02Was Lütjens surrounded by yes-men?Q&A
  70. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    3:38:10Lancelot Holland's career shows the command experience Lütjens lackedNotable Point
  71. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    3:40:11At Denmark Strait, Lütjens delayed fire and refused a pursuitChapter
  72. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    3:59:04A victory-or-death speech told Bismarck's crew what Lütjens expectedNotable Point
  73. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    4:05:29Why did Lütjens not scuttle Bismarck before the final battle?Q&A
  74. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    4:17:37Lütjens's final command demanded more experience than his career providedNotable Point
  75. Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol
    29:52Karlsruhe's training cruises and welded-hull weaknessChapter
  76. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P4 Introduction to Patreon Video 4...
    22:50Kriegsmarine contact and internal dissentNotable Point