Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Luftwaffe

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  1. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:21:13Sea Lion, the Isle of Wight and Britain's 1940 aircraftQ&A
  2. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    6:44Diesel fuel and competition between the German servicesNotable Point
  3. Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?
    18:13Landing-craft production and the limits of air superiorityNotable Point
  4. Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?
    22:44Italian aircraft after Sea Lion's postponementNotable Point
  5. Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?
    52:41The Luftwaffe's anti-shipping limits in 1940Notable Point
  6. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    1:49:43Could peacetime expectations favour the Bf 110?Q&A
  7. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    2:07:53Peacetime does not supply the Luftwaffe's wartime lessonsQ&A
  8. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:38:34Why better ship-to-shore plans do not create an early D-DayQ&A
  9. What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)
    1:04:11Researching Nazism within Germany's armed servicesQ&A
  10. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    49:21Operation Wikinger: misidentification and minefieldsNotable Point
  11. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:55:10Would Goering obstruct a German light-carrier programme?Q&A
  12. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    55:21Why the Luftwaffe could not easily suppress British shipyardsQ&A
  13. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:01:43Would shipyard attacks change German heavy-bomber priorities?Q&A
  14. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:03:04Belfast raids expose German bombers on both journeysQ&A
  15. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:13:12An early Italian exit depends on defeat before German interventionQ&A
  16. Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...
    3:18:44The imagined British response to a Luftwaffe base in the CanariesQ&A
  17. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    4:31:37Why spare aircraft and pilots matter in a long air campaignNotable Point
  18. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    4:41:34The missed chance to strike German columns in the ArdennesNotable Point
  19. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    1:40:26Why an early Me 262 changes air competition more than naval warQ&A
  20. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    1:46:14Why the early Me 262 bomber counterfactual requires a different designQ&A
  21. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    4:40:59Changing air strength in the MediterraneanNotable Point
  22. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:38:52How the Royal Navy reduced Luftwaffe damage in dockyardsQ&A
  23. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    35:32Führer Directive 28 meets a different CreteChapter
  24. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    8:13Why the German navy remained a lower priorityNotable Point
  25. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    19:25Geography reversed British and German service prioritiesNotable Point
  26. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    54:09Norway exposes the demands of fleet air defenseChapter
  27. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:05:59Mediterranean air threats rewarded a mixed 40 mm batteryChapter
  28. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    2:18:27German naval aviation after the Tornado transferQ&A
  29. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    3:17:19Why PQ 17's heavy escort stopped at 25 degrees eastQ&A
  30. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    2:55:45Would PQ 17 fare better if it scattered 500 miles later?Q&A
  31. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    8:24:03Why better Axis long-range air support matters more than perfect shellsQ&A
  32. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    2:31:30Early jets would not solve Germany's invasion problemQ&A
  33. The Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    50:41How institutional conflict overloaded Graf ZeppelinChapter
  34. Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier
    0:16The power and limits of Fritz XChapter
  35. Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier
    9:59An earlier Fritz X would displace dive-bomber investmentChapter
  36. Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier
    45:23Fritz X pushes German air power toward the Ju 88Notable Point
  37. Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:11:59German guided-torpedo priorityQ&A
  38. Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice
    1:28:21Using Operation Tiger to separate facts from causesNotable Point
  39. Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:03:23The German Navy owned aerial-torpedo developmentNotable Point
  40. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    19:19F-22s turn the Battle of Britain into a pursuitQ&A
  41. Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!
    12:26How a 74-gun ship survived into the air-power eraNotable Point
  42. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    0:28Why merchant seaplane tenders were not carrier schoolsNotable Point
  43. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    3:10Merchant aviation gave the Kriegsmarine only indirect lessonsNotable Point
  44. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    11:31Westfalen from airmail tender to wartime prison shipChapter
  45. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    17:24Schwabenland's airmail, Antarctic, and wartime careersChapter
  46. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    22:44Ostmark's purpose-built but minimal aviation supportChapter
  47. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    25:00Friesenland's long life after seaplane-tender serviceChapter
  48. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    27:05Wartime service exposed the tenders' maintenance limitsNotable Point
  49. Carriers of the Kaiserlichemarine: the WWI potential of German Naval Aviation
    3:02Why German naval aviation struggled for institutional supportChapter
  50. What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s
    1:21:55An early second generation of jet fighters could defend BritainChapter
  51. Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 1928
    2:46:21Could heavier German pilot losses derail Barbarossa?Q&A
  52. The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response
    38:46A wartime G3 would carry stronger antiaircraft defensesQ&A
  53. British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    22:53A land blind-landing aid was not yet a carrier landing systemQ&A
  54. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    18:41A simple German carrier faced institutional barriersNotable Point
  55. Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs
    7:37Why institutions shape the technology a navy can useNotable Point
  56. Egret Class: The First Class to lose as ship to a guided missile - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 1
    23:08HMS Egret became the first ship lost to a guided gliding bombChapter
  57. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    41:46Plan Z needed time, money, and naval priorityChapter
  58. Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years
    59:01The Luftwaffe's anti-shipping and training gapNotable Point
  59. Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?
    3:39:21German bomber limits met British civil-defence preparationNotable Point
  60. Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?
    3:43:19Could Germany build heavy bombers and force peace?Q&A
  61. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 2
    44:23Stuka sirens and the gap between designed and fielded equipmentNotable Point
  62. A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?
    47:33Diesel allocation would sharpen German service rivalryNotable Point
  63. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    1:14:16Johan Maurits van Nassau in the defense of the NetherlandsNotable Point
  64. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    1:30:33Norway: mutual support and pilot attritionChapter
  65. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    3:00:17Axis interservice friction weakened naval-air cooperationQ&A
  66. Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?
    34:43Minefields, evacuation duty, and Italy's sudden change of sidesChapter
  67. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 3
    29:13What a Bf 110 torpedo bomber would requireQ&A
  68. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 3
    2:40:52Why wartime bombers missed even prominent targetsQ&A
  69. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    1:01:12Why the old Mississippi-class ships were combat-obsoleteQ&A
  70. Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...
    2:43:56Medium bombers and the limits of Axis air power over MaltaNotable Point
  71. 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)
    12:26German destroyers and the Narvik lossesChapter
  72. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 2/4
    10:03Canaris and the alleged Ju 52 air-threat scareQ&A
  73. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: Long Patrol - P4/14: Wilhelm Canaris
    20:16The Dutch airfield scare and strategic deceptionNotable Point
  74. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    4:15:49Why Norway need not repeat the naval losses off GreeceQ&A
  75. Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)
    1:05:52Evacuees use Bren guns against a Ju 88Notable Point
  76. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    2:34:30German war options if Barbarossa never beganQ&A
  77. Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War
    2:08:43Could Task Force 58 dominate the Mediterranean in 1942?Q&A
  78. Four Random Books Episode 32: Destroyer Challenge (Live)
    36:05A destroyer evades a massed air attackNotable Point
  79. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease
    36:59France's defeat opened Atlantic bases and cost Allied matérielChapter
  80. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland
    15:51HMS Uganda at Salerno and the Fritz X strikeChapter
  81. Four Random Books 21: Raiding
    1:40Arctic convoy cargo losses and political riskNotable Point
  82. Four Random Books 21: Raiding
    2:53Target Tirpitz and the Arctic convoy threatChapter
  83. Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)
    2:32:37Why was Graf Zeppelin's hangar underpopulated?Q&A
  84. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 5: French & German Carriers
    33:20Graf Zeppelin's uncertain role and institutional conflictChapter
  85. Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters
    31:52Gloucester's sinking left survivors a day and night in the seaChapter
  86. Four Random Books 12: Destroyers II
    7:09Destroyer survival under Luftwaffe attack in NorwayNotable Point
  87. 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,
    28:30Air attacks widen the Norwegian campaignNotable Point
  88. Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark
    1:11:49Why Germany did not try a Taranto at Scapa FlowQ&A
  89. Four Random Books 9: Command in Their Own Words
    14:10Philip Vian on Gurkha's separation under air attackChapter
  90. Four Random Books 7: Dunkirk
    12:59Why invasion required defeating both British sea and air powerNotable Point
  91. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    1:00:48Enemy scouts find a fleet with too little fighter reserveChapter
  92. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    14:44The heavy-fighter concept before its combat testNotable Point
  93. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P4 Introduction to Patreon Video 4...
    11:02Logistics and carrier lessons at seaNotable Point
  94. An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (L)
    26:03BV 222 Viking: Norway's seaborne transport linkNotable Point
  95. An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (L)
    29:33BV 238: a huge flying boat armed for convoy attackNotable Point
  96. An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (L)
    32:27Rescue buoys and flying-boat recoveryNotable Point
  97. Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?
    54:07HMS Bittern supported troops at NamsosNotable Point
  98. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    1:58:41Eric Brown as a source on Fleet Air Arm fightersQ&A