Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Maritime Reconnaissance

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  1. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:25:22Why an unarmed Badger could still threaten a fleetNotable Point
  2. Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception
    24:01RAF reconnaissance makes Taranto possibleChapter
  3. Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception
    26:37Timing Taranto around convoy cover and a concealed approachChapter
  4. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    26:11Midway's broken contact and the shadowing problemChapter
  5. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    10:50Gotland and Sweden's Baltic reconnaissance problemChapter
  6. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    15:31How Gotland's aircraft protected a Baltic minelayerNotable Point
  7. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    32:50French cruiser aircraft as instruments of imperial presenceChapter
  8. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    46:34The command chain that made Italian sightings arrive lateNotable Point
  9. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    1:11:00Tone-class scouts in Japan's attrition doctrineChapter
  10. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    1:28:08Why Britain and Japan both prized reliable naval aircraftNotable Point
  11. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    1:38:19US scouting cruisers, gunfire spotting, and the SOC SeagullChapter
  12. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    1:39:31Why submarines alone could not replace cruiser scoutsNotable Point
  13. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    2:05:05How cruiser aircraft searched and divided the lookout workQ&A
  14. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    2:11:43Were cruiser aircraft expected to fight each other?Q&A
  15. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    2:14:40Who watched where inside a cruiser scout aircraftQ&A
  16. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    2:56:19Japanese cruiser scouts at Midway and Leyte GulfQ&A
  17. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    11:31Intelligence sources and the Midway water ruseChapter
  18. Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:05:25How New Zealand Catalina production could change Force Z's reconnaissanceQ&A
  19. Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!
    1:31:06How many ships contributed to the hunt for Bismarck?Q&A
  20. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    7:43A seaplane tender worked as a mobile base, not a carrierChapter
  21. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    22:12The US Navy example exposed Britain's funding problemChapter
  22. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    35:37Distant trade routes needed a mobile patrol backstopNotable Point
  23. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    49:14How patrol aircraft might constrain Admiral Graf SpeeChapter
  24. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    1:05:46Independent reconnaissance could ease the Force Z air-support problemChapter
  25. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:26:08Belfast's aircraft remained an auxiliary cruiser functionNotable Point
  26. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:35:32Could a tender hide a forward reconnaissance base?Q&A
  27. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    5:31Why the Kido Butai was so difficult to discoverChapter
  28. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    22:00Why merchant traffic was unlikely to expose the carriersNotable Point
  29. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    33:07A storm-covered sighting and the shadowing problemChapter
  30. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    36:06The Royal Navy's quiet shadow-aircraft conceptNotable Point
  31. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    1:36:38Why Taranto and Tsushima are imperfect parallelsNotable Point
  32. Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS
    26:02Convoy escort by denying German reconnaissanceChapter
  33. Soviet Naval Aviation Doctrine: Always Wrestling the Same Demons
    51:42The Badger-Bear reconnaissance and strike complexChapter
  34. Soviet Naval Aviation Doctrine: Always Wrestling the Same Demons
    1:29:08Why strike coordination had to be airborneNotable Point
  35. Soviet Naval Aviation Doctrine: Always Wrestling the Same Demons
    1:41:33The enduring logic: see first, strike at rangeChapter
  36. Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 1912
    52:58Reconnaissance priority encoded in unit numbersNotable Point
  37. Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions
    15:03Modern detection networks change the CAM-ship problemNotable Point
  38. Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions
    32:47Reconnaissance denial protected convoys and UltraNotable Point
  39. Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers
    16:16Macchi L.3 flying boats give the mobile base reachChapter
  40. Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers
    19:26Mediterranean geography weakened the carrier caseChapter
  41. Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers
    29:09Miraglia supports wars, reconnaissance, and cruiser aircraftChapter
  42. Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers
    31:59Giuseppe Miraglia becomes an Italian naval aviation heroChapter
  43. Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers
    44:28Reconnaissance without surrendering naval controlChapter
  44. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    2:22:19Japanese scouts strip the Rabaul raid of surpriseChapter
  45. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    3:52:46Could radar-equipped Swordfish have cleared the picket line?Q&A
  46. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    33:29Why a Zeppelin scout carrier would be short-livedQ&A
  47. Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)
    2:48:18Bear-F reconnaissance through the GIUK air screenNotable Point
  48. Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts
    39:44Wake Island's limited long-range reconnaissance valueNotable Point
  49. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response
    50:56Twin-engine aircraft as fleet scouts and shadowersQ&A
  50. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response
    52:31French offshore scouting and long-range strike doctrineQ&A
  51. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    27:54Finding a Sverdlov across the oceans was a strategic problem of its ownNotable Point
  52. Bruships 88: Way of War
    2:12:14Royal Navy submarines scouting inside Japanese watersChapter
  53. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    19:43Small carriers could scout the oceans for surface raidersNotable Point
  54. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    1:02:44Why the Fw 200 Condor was a targeting threatChapter
  55. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    38:44Malta shifts from convoy chokepoint to forward baseNotable Point
  56. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments
    50:34Why Italy struggled to organize maritime reconnaissanceQ&A
  57. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1939
    26:20Giving Italian reconnaissance a naval voiceChapter
  58. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1939
    30:46Simplifying Graf Zeppelin with Japanese experienceChapter
  59. Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)
    2:37:34Were B-17s designed for maritime reconnaissance?Q&A
  60. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    56:33Why a submarine aircraft carrier solves the wrong problemQ&A
  61. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    2:51:18Germany did have long-range Atlantic reconnaissanceQ&A
  62. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    2:00:45Polaris, the V-force, and the reconnaissance gapChapter
  63. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    46:05The Kido Butai's extraordinarily lucky approachChapter
  64. The Fairey Story - Part 1 of 4: The Company
    10:40The Fairey F.2 outruns its operational settingChapter
  65. The Fairey Story - Part 1 of 4: The Company
    16:46The F.2 reflects the RNAS home-defence burdenNotable Point
  66. Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    4:44The Fairey Gannet against Soviet submarines and raidersNotable Point
  67. Part 3 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    18:15Carrier missions expanded beyond the Suez strikeNotable Point
  68. Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)
    1:37:08Iris uses three engines for maritime-reconnaissance reliabilityChapter
  69. Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)
    1:50:52The B.20 retractable hull rethinks the flying boatNotable Point
  70. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    17:00Using HMS Eagle to find Akagi firstChapter
  71. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    41:06Singapore's limited local air and escort resourcesNotable Point
  72. An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (L)
    19:44H8K Emily's long-range gambleNotable Point
  73. An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (L)
    36:17Fiat RS.14: a Mediterranean reconnaissance floatplaneNotable Point
  74. Patreon Video 1: Intro - What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?
    25:18Stockpile bottlenecks, not a second battle fleetChapter
  75. Disguises of a Surface Raider - A River Plate 80 Video
    2:21Graf Spee and Master and Commander: who must the disguise fool?Chapter
  76. Disguises of a Surface Raider - A River Plate 80 Video
    4:18How a distant misidentification could buy Graf Spee timeNotable Point
  77. Disguises of a Surface Raider - A River Plate 80 Video
    5:18Why repeated reconnaissance could expose Graf Spee's disguiseNotable Point