Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Military Engineering

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  1. Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:49:00Impractical superweapon ideas and engineering limitsQ&A
  2. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    23:48A Roman conquest of Germania built around engineering and coercionQ&A
  3. Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:18:03Building an island quay with concrete blocks and compacted fillNotable Point
  4. Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:19:04Concrete and earth in a 1917 coastal fortQ&A
  5. Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?
    32:36Useful landing boats available in tiny numbersNotable Point
  6. Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?
    34:57Landing jetties that arrived too late for Sea LionNotable Point
  7. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:18:02A Cold War anecdote about Lego in minefieldsNotable Point
  8. Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:08:01Battlestar Galactica and fleet software verificationQ&A
  9. Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)
    3:02What counts as a British shed invention?Chapter
  10. Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)
    13:06Tube Alloys exceeded the home workshop's resourcesQ&A
  11. Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)
    1:25:06Why did inventors need physical demonstrations?Q&A
  12. Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)
    1:28:22Did children contribute to workshop inventions?Q&A
  13. Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)
    2:17:43Home Guard defence schemes could outrun government controlNotable Point
  14. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)
    1:00:24Has Taiwan hidden defensive bunkers in ordinary-looking buildings?Q&A
  15. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)
    1:09:59Civilian construction machinery can delay military movementQ&A
  16. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)
    1:32:59Taiwan's beaches and mountainous interior constrain an invasionChapter
  17. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)
    2:07:40Why flattening a city can strengthen its defensesQ&A
  18. Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off
    1:27:19Was HMS Intrepid's engine trouble genuine?Q&A
  19. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    5:04:09Cornish mining expertise beyond CornwallNotable Point
  20. Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    34:06When Chinese siege practice met a Russian fortNotable Point
  21. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    13:43Metaxas-style defenses protect key sitesChapter
  22. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:12:29Underwater breathing would change raids more than enginesQ&A
  23. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:43:51Naval infrastructure must survive relentless heavy useQ&A
  24. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    1:35:09Specialist engineer vehicles reveal serious preparations for warNotable Point
  25. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    2:31:59Peleliu's cave engineering protected guns and internal movementChapter
  26. General George S. Hammond USAF: A Science Fiction Flag/General Officer who lives up to the rank!
    41:46Specialists give Stargate Command organizational depthNotable Point
  27. Sir Walter Raleigh: Some Good Ideas, Some Good Intentions, Sometimes Good Results…
    36:25Raleigh’s effective governorship and fortification of JerseyChapter
  28. Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias
    32:34Blas de Lezo and Sebastián de Eslava use the warning wellNotable Point
  29. Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias
    34:48A vast fleet brings twelve thousand troops but one engineerChapter
  30. Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias
    50:43The only engineer dies before the decisive siegeNotable Point
  31. Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias
    51:57British bombardment reshapes Fort San LuisNotable Point
  32. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:07:22Fortifications are designed to buy timeNotable Point
  33. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:18:42Two earlier captures drove Cartagena's defensesNotable Point
  34. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:24:35Were Cartagena's moats stagnant water?Q&A
  35. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:49:31Vernon pushes an unsupported assault on San LázaroChapter
  36. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    2:09:25Why better leadership alone was insufficientChapter
  37. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    2:20:38The combined-operations lessons of CartagenaChapter
  38. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    2:27:20Could a larger shore battery have taken San Lázaro?Q&A
  39. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    2:28:59Why not land more guns from the fleet?Q&A
  40. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    2:30:13Who selected the expedition's inadequate engineering force?Q&A
  41. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    2:31:02Could naval carpenters replace the missing engineers?Q&A
  42. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    2:33:01Amphibious engineering becomes an integrated capabilityNotable Point
  43. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    2:41:06What engineers contribute before a gun firesQ&A
  44. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:17:28Why Seabee construction was critical in the PacificQ&A
  45. Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:44:32How the Rebel Alliance could clear snow on HothQ&A
  46. Flotillas of the Danube
    2:09The Danube as frontier, highway, and logistics systemChapter
  47. Flotillas of the Danube
    1:10:04Czechoslovakia puts its river forces under engineersChapter
  48. Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?
    18:44John Porte's procurement conflict and engineering valueNotable Point
  49. Battle of Chattanooga(1863)
    39:31Brown's Ferry was the key to opening the Cracker LineChapter
  50. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    1:27:26Lookout Mountain's apparent strength was misleadingNotable Point
  51. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    1:37:27Confederate fortifications used the wrong crest of Missionary RidgeNotable Point
  52. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    2:22:56Bragg failed to withdraw or prepare defense in depthNotable Point
  53. Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat
    43:42How log rafts could serve in riverine warfareQ&A
  54. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    38:51Invasion airfields and amphibious-lift bottlenecksNotable Point
  55. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    1:33:51The Anaconda Plan as a continental siegeQ&A
  56. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    2:56:16What 1944 Britain could learn from the Canadian AVGPQ&A
  57. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    3:03:30Could 1940s factories reproduce the AVGP engine?Q&A
  58. Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:38:22The limits of beaver wetlands as battlefield obstaclesQ&A
  59. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    12:23Why depth charges are poor weapons against undersea tunnelsQ&A
  60. Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI
    50:35Army-navy competition shaped access to technical reservistsNotable Point
  61. Naval Historian Reacts to Four Random Books 30 - Courage
    23:36Technical forces need the widest skilled recruitment poolNotable Point
  62. Glorious First of June (1794)
    54:59Why artillery and engineer officers appealed as army commandersNotable Point
  63. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    1:02:11Q&A: When city-perimeter fortifications fadedQ&A
  64. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    1:32:01Critical mass, skilled settlers, and the missing engineersNotable Point
  65. Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...
    1:08:08Britain's commando engineers as a Seabee counterpartQ&A
  66. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1941
    6:34Use training deployments to fortify CreteNotable Point
  67. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    2:01:08Bomb disposal treats an unexploded weapon as liveNotable Point
  68. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    2:05:39The commandos attacked the dock's pumping machinery tooQ&A
  69. The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less
    22:47Technical expertise is not a complete theory of warNotable Point
  70. Bruships 80: Books From Travels
    3:20:16Why Mount Pleasant is difficult to seizeNotable Point
  71. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    2:52:51The M60 guide turns technical specification into modelling evidenceNotable Point
  72. Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...
    1:12:54Fourteen years of preparation before 1565Chapter
  73. Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)
    5:32Exams, engineering, and professional selectionNotable Point
  74. Bruships 55: New Books
    48:47Coins, crop marks, and Severus's Forth crossingNotable Point
  75. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    3:10Vicksburg rewarded repeated riverine experimentationNotable Point
  76. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    38:42Defense in depth beyond the Maginot Line's strong sectorQ&A
  77. Maginot Line: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p2/7
    6:25Forests and engineering assumptionsNotable Point
  78. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/14
    7:24Edward I's rebuilding before and after 1282Chapter
  79. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/14
    12:20Gate towers and attack geometryNotable Point
  80. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/14
    4:39Flint's builders and protected harbourChapter
  81. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Master James St George - Long Patrol P3/14
    0:05Master James's Savoyard building worldChapter
  82. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Master James St George - Long Patrol P3/14
    3:09Vitruvius and master-mason expertiseNotable Point
  83. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Master James St George - Long Patrol P3/14
    9:06Master of construction in WalesNotable Point
  84. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Master James St George - Long Patrol P3/14
    10:36Castle builder as royal military officerNotable Point
  85. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Master James St George - Long Patrol P3/14
    14:01Reading castle construction at BeaumarisNotable Point
  86. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Master James St George - Long Patrol P3/14
    14:33Which Ring of Iron castles James controlledChapter
  87. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Master James St George - Long Patrol P3/14
    16:21Flint, Rhuddlan, and Hawarden built for speedNotable Point
  88. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/14
    4:01Three waves of castle buildingChapter
  89. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/14
    10:22What makes a castle different from a fortressNotable Point
  90. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    34:01The inundation and interlocking batteries close Gibraltar's approachesChapter
  91. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    42:34Soldier artificers make engineering a combat capabilityNotable Point
  92. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    43:36Green standardises Gibraltar's fortress artillery before the siegeNotable Point
  93. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    53:22Why do other forts resemble Gibraltar's works?Q&A
  94. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    55:15Cornwallis, Green and Elliott make Gibraltar an engineered defenceNotable Point
  95. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    57:21William Green brings a career of field engineering to GibraltarNotable Point
  96. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    1:06:19Why is William Green less famous than Vauban?Q&A
  97. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    1:07:16Elliott and Sotomayor reveal the siege's command imbalanceChapter
  98. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    1:18:38Spain begins with too few troops for a rapid assaultNotable Point
  99. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    1:44:10The besieged garrison destroys the Spanish attack works firstChapter
  100. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    1:53:36How did a depressed gun keep its cannonball in place?Q&A
  101. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    2:00:12Hot shot burns the advanced siege batteriesChapter
  102. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    2:27:45Why engineering decided the Great SiegeNotable Point
  103. Four Random Books, Memberships & the Seapower of Castles
    4:35Sea power and the Welsh castle ringNotable Point
  104. Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?
    1:45:54Engineered riverbanks constrain a Warsaw Pact advanceNotable Point
  105. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    1:43:53Why small castles could be hard to takeNotable Point
  106. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    1:50:15Okehampton Castle grew down a naturally defended ridgeChapter
  107. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    2:01:22Pembroke's river cliffs, cylindrical keep, and defended baileysChapter
  108. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    2:10:16Beaumaris as an unfinished castle-design exerciseNotable Point
  109. Four Random Books 30 - Courage
    5:16Helmand deception plan meets blocked routesNotable Point
  110. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    24:27Landing engineering vehicles to clear Northern Ireland blockadesNotable Point
  111. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    1:17:37Mapping a defended beach with aerial photographs and tidal readingsNotable Point
  112. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    1:28:32Assault pontoons were separate landing unitsQ&A
  113. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    1:32:00Bacon's beach surveys anticipate Mulberry Harbour planningQ&A
  114. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    2:12:19Sicily's rearguards force repeated combined-arms attacksNotable Point
  115. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    2:48:41Hobart's Funnies solve the beach-obstacle problemChapter
  116. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:06:04Sword Beach engineers open exits while tanks block the gapsNotable Point
  117. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:08:54The rising tide submerges Sword Beach's mined obstaclesNotable Point
  118. Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment
    2:14:30How allies adapted the M47 PattonChapter
  119. Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword
    2:00:29Why US Navy Seabees mattered to the Pacific advanceQ&A
  120. Four Random Books 13: It's Armoured Warfare Time...
    3:09Defence in depth and mine clearing at KurskNotable Point
  121. Bruships 16 Announcement
    1:07How castle engineering multiplies defensive powerNotable Point
  122. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    39:45Balkan river crossings test German logisticsNotable Point
  123. Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:29:03Why artificial islands still depend on vulnerable engineeringQ&A
  124. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan
    10:13Conceal the plan behind cover schemes and road workNotable Point
  125. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan
    14:35Build a prepared line across MalayaChapter