Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Military Geography

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  1. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:06:18Why Germany was a likely Cold War battlefieldNotable Point
  2. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:27:58Obstacles to invading Canada during the Civil WarNotable Point
  3. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    4:38:13Global strike and the continuing role of geographyQ&A
  4. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    4:39:48Michael Clapp, San Carlos and terrain against missilesNotable Point
  5. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    2:28:21Italy's terrain and the limits of the 'soft underbelly'Chapter
  6. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    44:32How delay turned Gallipoli's terrain into a defender's dreamChapter
  7. Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    10:24Why armies keep returning to the same groundNotable Point
  8. Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    31:38Japanese tank doctrine and northern China's bridgesNotable Point
  9. Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...
    1:22:16Geography persists when allies and threats changeNotable Point
  10. Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:03:34Cold War strike planning without polar routesQ&A
  11. Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:01:10Choosing Stockholm for a Scandinavian unionQ&A
  12. What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?
    12:22A General Staff still faced imperial distance and political obstaclesNotable Point
  13. Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off
    34:09How Argentine timing exposed the invasion to British recoveryNotable Point
  14. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    4:03:28A fictional fleet plan depends on which northern sector it must controlNotable Point
  15. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    52:43Can military strength also encourage bullying?Q&A
  16. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    7:00:08Why the fictional Hapes expedition cannot open a third routeQ&A
  17. #Japan2025 #ShipShape naval history trip... update 17 Fushimi-mo-moyama-jo castle
    0:00Approaching Fushimi-Momoyama CastleChapter
  18. #Japan2025 #ShipShape naval history trip... update 17 Fushimi-mo-moyama-jo castle
    1:29Verticality as the castle's first defenseNotable Point
  19. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut
    2:04:37River access and denial in Myanmar’s warQ&A
  20. Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...
    1:12:04Borders determine fortifications and response forcesNotable Point
  21. Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...
    1:16:52Mountain troops follow borders - or alliance commitmentsNotable Point
  22. If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?
    2:54:21Malaya's mountain route favors the retreating defenderNotable Point
  23. Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...
    6:07Why Belgian geography mattered to British securityNotable Point
  24. Lessons of Falklands War(1982) and Ukraine War(2022-)
    1:19:50Geography separated a short expedition from a long attritional warChapter
  25. Lessons of Falklands War(1982) and Ukraine War(2022-)
    1:28:25Identity and political survival shape war terminationNotable Point
  26. How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?
    1:59:09How Ukraine's geography sustains a long warChapter
  27. Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!
    18:48Northern raids shape Korea's force prioritiesNotable Point
  28. Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!
    48:23Japan's demand for passage exposes the invasion's logisticsNotable Point
  29. Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?
    1:49:14Coastal missiles complicate amphibious warfare without ending itNotable Point
  30. Battle of Chattanooga(1863)
    1:08:15Missionary Ridge was strong ground left badly preparedNotable Point
  31. The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)
    1:27:48Why 1,500 troops were unlikely to take NewcastleNotable Point
  32. The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)
    1:31:56Where would an invader find Britain's best landing ground?Q&A
  33. The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)
    1:34:24Why the Fishguard-to-Bristol route was operationally implausibleChapter
  34. The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)
    1:39:58How reliable were French maps for the invasion plan?Q&A
  35. The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)
    1:44:18How was the Fishguard force supposed to cross the Severn?Q&A
  36. Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books
    1:34:03If the Channel Islands sat in the middle of the English ChannelQ&A
  37. HMS Warspite: The Survivor - KSS3 S3 Comment Response
    24:33Could holding Narvik have divided wartime Norway?Q&A
  38. Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 10
    12:10What an Austro-Hungarian battle fleet protectedChapter
  39. Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 10
    18:20Why 21 knots could suit the AdriaticNotable Point
  40. Bombardment of Ellwood
    2:28:58Could the Aleutians become an invasion route to Japan?Q&A
  41. If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response
    36:41A period guide to British imperial defense geographyNotable Point
  42. Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?
    40:30German options if Belgium is avoidedChapter
  43. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    2:48:51Japanese geography favored lighter tanks over TigersNotable Point
  44. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    3:00:07Why an up-gunned Matilda might suit JapanNotable Point
  45. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    3:12:52Why Japan and Italy make similar force-structure choicesNotable Point
  46. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    2:36:07Argentina's neighboring states in an alternative-war scenarioQ&A
  47. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1942
    15:27The impossible geography of an ideal warChapter
  48. Bruships 80: Books From Travels
    1:50:23How a British-Italian alliance would reshape the European warQ&A
  49. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    17:20Gibraltar and the uncertainty of Napoleon's expeditionChapter
  50. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    22:00Why Egypt was a poor route to IndiaChapter
  51. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    28:26Why Hitler could not attack Gibraltar through SpainNotable Point
  52. Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...
    1:50:18Did Malta's climate seriously restrict campaigning?Q&A
  53. Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...
    2:36:21Strategic location, and the population invaders forgotNotable Point
  54. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    2:41:45Why strong Indian shipyards did not create local battle fleetsQ&A
  55. Sherman's March to the Sea
    17:44Why armies sometimes fight on poor groundNotable Point
  56. Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.
    3:59:43Mountain terrain repeatedly becomes a last-stand refugeQ&A
  57. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    11:48Culp's Hill exposes the limits of clean battlefield mapsNotable Point
  58. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    53:29Road engineering made the Ardennes advance possible but fragileNotable Point
  59. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    13:42Caernarfon's Byzantine comparison and defencesNotable Point
  60. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    48:53Measuring Gwynedd's resistance in proportionNotable Point
  61. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/14
    1:37Rhuddlan's river position and routes to FlintNotable Point
  62. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Hawarden Castle - Long Patrol P5/14
    0:36Hawarden Castle and River Dee resupplyChapter
  63. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Hawarden Castle - Long Patrol P5/14
    6:47How Hawarden and Flint controlled Dee crossingsChapter
  64. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Hawarden Castle - Long Patrol P5/14
    8:26Night tides and relief of a siege at HawardenNotable Point
  65. Four Random Books 31: The Conduct of War
    2:36The Imjin River as enduring defensive groundNotable Point
  66. Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies
    18:47Why some countries become other powers' battlefieldsQ&A
  67. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    37:03Roman infantry, Italian terrain, and Hannibal's opponentsNotable Point
  68. Paddle Ships at War
    1:01:23Why invading Canada would strain logisticsQ&A
  69. Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions
    12:14Crete as an eastern Mediterranean unsinkable aircraft carrierNotable Point
  70. Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy
    1:07:35How Britain's home defenders could delay invasionNotable Point
  71. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    16:06A Far Eastern war creates an Axis opportunityChapter
  72. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    30:48Yugoslavia and Romania in the Axis war planNotable Point