Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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HMS Victorious

Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy.

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  1. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    40:29Adding King George V and Victorious to the Denmark Strait counterfactualNotable Point
  2. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    59:11King George V and Victorious were too distant to join the battleNotable Point
  3. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:36:57Rebuilding Implacable instead of VictoriousQ&A
  4. What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?
    56:52Releasing Ark Royal and Illustrious for other theatresNotable Point
  5. What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?
    58:40More Atlantic capital ships against German raidersChapter
  6. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    40:05A faster French carrier conversion for World War IIQ&A
  7. What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)
    2:02:05Experienced aircrews could strengthen new carrier squadronsNotable Point
  8. Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:30:13How Ark Royal's name could influence a refit decisionNotable Point
  9. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    30:02Victorious's equipment deteriorated while waiting beside the shipNotable Point
  10. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    34:23An earlier Unicorn could support Victorious with the US NavyChapter
  11. 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 2026
    2:25:58Which Cold War destroyer had the best modernization potential?Q&A
  12. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:55:44Finishing Malta-class carriers instead of rebuilding VictoriousQ&A
  13. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:57:24Why Victorious's reconstruction is criticized as a sunk-cost problemQ&A
  14. Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:32:50Pearl Harbor delayed until the carriers returnQ&A
  15. Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:12:46Flawed warship programs that might have workedQ&A
  16. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    1:19How the Royal Navy studied American Pacific battlesChapter
  17. Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...
    1:52:22Aircrew rescue offset the Pacific war's harsh security limitsNotable Point
  18. Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:41:48Why rebuilding the Implacable class could outperform VictoriousQ&A
  19. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    3:03:23A hypothetical carrier, bomber, and submarine attack on Bismarck in FranceNotable Point
  20. The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!
    2:03:27Why Ark Royal's air group was ready for BismarckNotable Point
  21. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    13:26Wartime wear, Victorious, and the carrier pauseNotable Point
  22. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:48:10How Operation C could become an Allied-Japanese fleet confrontationChapter
  23. A Hearts of Iron Christmas... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit
    28:49Enterprise's British gun mounts and a possible American refitNotable Point
  24. A Hearts of Iron Christmas... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit
    47:41Was HMS Enterprise considered for HMS Victorious's American voyage?Q&A
  25. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    2:54:49Why Victorious was the costly carrier to reconstructQ&A
  26. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    4:10:27How the Bismarck hunt exposed gaps in carrier aircrew trainingNotable Point
  27. The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...
    35:51Wartime availability reshapes doctrineNotable Point
  28. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    2:16:39Could a fleet carrier have changed Denmark Strait?Q&A
  29. Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS
    27:59881 Squadron's fighter role in Operation TungstenChapter
  30. Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS
    28:52Global carrier priorities shape Operation TungstenNotable Point
  31. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    1:04:55Why wartime carrier machinery wore out so quicklyNotable Point
  32. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:16:54Fighter direction needed better interception geometryNotable Point
  33. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:43:03USS Robin turned carrier shortage into Allied integrationNotable Point
  34. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    27:17Victorious and Saratoga exchange fighter-direction lessonsNotable Point
  35. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    6:45Carrier baselines before wartime shortcutsNotable Point
  36. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    1:28:03The missed modernization choiceNotable Point
  37. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    3:05:51Why Victorious attacked Bismarck with SwordfishQ&A
  38. Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines
    56:33American carrier raids and the need for HMS VictoriousNotable Point
  39. Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?
    54:48Operation Crossroads destroys a first-generation carrierNotable Point
  40. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    1:29:28Carrier air defense evolves from climb rate to fighter directionChapter
  41. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    1:11:20Ranger compresses a large air group into a treaty hullChapter
  42. Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?
    4:26:14Why Portsmouth suited a preserved HMS VictoriousQ&A
  43. Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered
    19:09Could Implacable replace the costly Victorious rebuild?Q&A
  44. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:02:32Building carrier task forces without fast battleshipsChapter
  45. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    1:13:05Why postwar carrier rebuilds could cost more than new shipsNotable Point
  46. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    7:38How HMS Unicorn could change the Bismarck pursuitQ&A
  47. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    2:59:40Why a U-boat screen could betray Operation RheinübungQ&A
  48. 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals
    19:51Fulmars from the Arctic to Operation PedestalChapter
  49. Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes
    48:30HMS Tuna and an expert submarine commanderChapter
  50. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    1:15:14Dick Raikes's route from Warspite to submarine commandChapter
  51. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    2:58Why larger carriers might have transformed the Scimitar's recordNotable Point
  52. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    15:19803 Naval Air Squadron brings the Scimitar to seaChapter
  53. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    18:35Front-line carrier service and a new tanker missionChapter
  54. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    52:13Operation EF and the costly northern carrier raidsChapter
  55. HMS Enterprise: Tell Me Where You Need Your Royals or Gold Delivered - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 5
    31:47The refit that might have sent Enterprise to the PacificNotable Point
  56. USS Texas: Always Bigger in Spirit - KSS3 S2 Comment Response
    4:05Illustrious keeps serving despite reduced speedNotable Point
  57. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    38:04Mobile air-superiority bubbles and opportunistic strikesChapter
  58. British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    14:21Graf Zeppelin already tied British carriers to home watersNotable Point
  59. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    30:29How Graf Zeppelin could accelerate British carrier constructionQ&A
  60. Bruships 131: Battleships...
    2:36:58A third British capital ship at Denmark StraitQ&A
  61. HNLMS Schorpioen: KSS1 S6 Comment Response
    3:16Why Malta, not Victorious, was the better postwar carrier betQ&A
  62. Bruships 130: Battleships
    1:22:46How an inconclusive Denmark Strait action would be rememberedQ&A
  63. Bruships 130: Battleships
    2:52:28When the Victorious rebuild could become a class programQ&A
  64. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:30:45Why Victorious was rebuilt before ImplacableQ&A
  65. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    1:30:22Illustrious-class timelines show how delay accumulatedNotable Point
  66. Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer
    28:01Combining British and American carrier practicesQ&A
  67. Bruships 111: Random Books of History
    56:56Why Victorious led the carrier modernization programmeQ&A
  68. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    2:14:07Saratoga and Victorious: complementary carrier strengthsNotable Point
  69. Bruships 110: Naval Aviation
    28:10Why Victorious could not easily take Sea CatQ&A
  70. Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat
    39:07Why the new Victorious still joined the Bismarck huntQ&A
  71. Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...
    1:03:30Victorious was meant to teach the Implacable refitsQ&A
  72. New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...
    1:19:39A late-service Victorious would need missile air defenseQ&A
  73. New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...
    2:04:44Victorious taught the US Navy what not to repeat on the MidwaysQ&A
  74. Epic Blunders of Naval History
    47:40Why Denmark Strait was a constrained choice, not a blunderChapter
  75. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    1:02:01Escort carriers fill the fleet's shortage of flight decksChapter
  76. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    8:38How long Victorious might have served without the fireQ&A
  77. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1942
    3:09Crete and Ark Royal constrained carrier support for Force ZChapter
  78. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1940
    10:20How Illustrious-class carrier delays accumulatedChapter
  79. Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)
    46:45Scapa Flow's Arctic convoy covering forceNotable Point
  80. Leipzig Class (Reichsmarine)
    53:54Why a fast carrier and battlecruiser form a natural pairNotable Point
  81. The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)
    5:15Bismarck's reputation and force concentration at Denmark StraitNotable Point
  82. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    1:32:23Why a surviving Ark Royal would merit reconstructionQ&A
  83. Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue
    2:12:26Victorious could shield American strike carriers as USS RobinQ&A
  84. Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)
    26:16Japanese expectations of British armored carriersQ&A
  85. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    2:52:48Why Victorious was modernized before later armored carriersQ&A
  86. County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)
    34:44London's retirement was a choice among postwar prioritiesNotable Point
  87. Beacons; Finding Home When Alone Over The Ocean (Long Patrol)
    43:58American YE/YG beacons and the move to TACANChapter
  88. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    1:54:02How Hood's survival could compress the pursuit of BismarckQ&A
  89. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    46:45Ranger was a last-resort Pacific substituteQ&A
  90. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    3:12:27Would the US Navy still have wanted HMS Victorious?Q&A
  91. Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books
    12:01Victorious and a four-carrier modernisation programmeNotable Point
  92. Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books
    2:54:55How a Second World War carrier group might fight BismarckQ&A
  93. Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat
    4:29Victorious as the angled-deck conversion test caseQ&A
  94. Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol
    49:49Allied navies learned logistics from one anotherNotable Point
  95. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    3:14:07Renown could give Allied Pacific carriers a fast surface guardQ&A
  96. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    1:48:12Naval development without the Korean WarQ&A
  97. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    1:38:05If Midway ends without decisive lossesQ&A
  98. Bruships 55: New Books
    2:26:34Why historians rejected a proposed USS Robin filmQ&A
  99. Bruships 55: New Books
    2:30:47HMS Victorious, USS Saratoga, and the Robin deploymentQ&A
  100. Bruships 55: New Books
    2:33:31Victorious and Saratoga exchange carrier experienceNotable Point
  101. Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z
    8:19Illustrious-class build delaysNotable Point
  102. Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z
    13:22What faster armored-carrier construction could changeNotable Point
  103. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?
    4:06:12HMS Victorious against an Indonesian missile strikeQ&A
  104. Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War
    1:52:51How the Royal Navy temporarily searched the wrong way for BismarckChapter
  105. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    25:49Carrier deterrence during the Indonesian ConfrontationChapter
  106. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    2:21:06British night-flying carriers in the early Pacific WarQ&A
  107. Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...
    2:49:58America's greatest gains from reciprocal aidQ&A
  108. Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations
    3:47:50Choosing Warspite, Victorious, Nubian, or UnicornQ&A
  109. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    1:52:27How a surviving Pacific Fleet could reshape MidwayQ&A
  110. Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    9:46Victorious, Ark Royal, and Hermes embodied multi-carrier doctrineNotable Point
  111. Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    10:17British and American fighter-direction radio systemsChapter
  112. Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    2:51:10Why light carriers carried the Korean deploymentQ&A
  113. Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    3:01:33Victorious's rebuild uncovered accumulated wartime damageQ&A
  114. PQ17: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P3/3
    9:47PQ 17's escorts and distant covering forcesChapter
  115. PQ17: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P3/3
    13:19Why the covering force could not sit with the convoyNotable Point
  116. An Introduction to From the Sea... How Navies Influence Land Campaigns.
    55:37HMS Victorious as a signal of resolveNotable Point
  117. Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style
    3:27Victorious expands fighter direction before crossing the AtlanticNotable Point
  118. Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style
    4:11American yards adapt Victorious for heavier aircraftNotable Point
  119. Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style
    5:51Victorious and Saratoga divide strike and fighter rolesNotable Point
  120. Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style
    7:52Victorious's Bombay refit reveals the crew experience of overseas yardsNotable Point
  121. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:02:24HMS Victorious showed British and American carriers could work togetherQ&A
  122. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:17:19Britain had no spare carriers to reinforce MidwayQ&A
  123. Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…
    2:15:26CVA-01 and the planned carrier replacement cycleNotable Point
  124. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    2:22Warship 2020 contents and valueChapter