Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Island Defence

Also searchable as Island Defense.

Related time notes

  1. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:00:08India's reasons for large amphibious shipsQ&A
  2. Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live
    31:37Japanese attrition doctrine and the cost of holding islandsNotable Point
  3. Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century
    42:22AAV-7As for rapid island reinforcementNotable Point
  4. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…
    7:39Japan's island chain complicates the Taiwan battlespaceChapter
  5. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…
    48:10Nuclear ambiguity complicates invasion-route planningNotable Point
  6. Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?
    1:14:14Japan's island perimeter and the limits of a short-war planNotable Point
  7. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:32:48Keeping Wake Island as a 1942 forward baseQ&A
  8. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 3
    53:19Island chains need a fleet behind their fortificationsNotable Point
  9. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    2:07:12Crete's defence suffered from command instabilityQ&A
  10. USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 4
    36:17Santa Cruz and the last functional carrierChapter
  11. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1942
    3:42Abandon the short-war assumption behind Kantai KessenChapter
  12. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    41:44Using fortified islands to strain Japan's battle fleetNotable Point
  13. Finnish War 1808-9 (Sweden vs Russia): A War of Autocracies (Long Patrol)
    35:57Gotland showed why Baltic islands needed real garrisonsNotable Point
  14. Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?
    1:44:09Greece lacked the destroyer force its islands requiredChapter
  15. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    55:14Why invading Oahu required far more than the carrier raidQ&A