Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Military Historiography

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  1. Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live
    1:21:00Was Guadalcanal the Pacific War's turning point?Q&A
  2. Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live
    1:36:47Tenaru, Milne Bay, and claims to the first land victoryQ&A
  3. Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live
    1:46:43How dangerous were Danish gunboats to a third rate?Q&A
  4. What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)
    1:04:11Researching Nazism within Germany's armed servicesQ&A
  5. An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?
    31:10Assigning responsibility for German wartime decisionsNotable Point
  6. Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?
    17:57Two misleading extremes in First World War leadership historyNotable Point
  7. Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    34:50How Lloyd George reshaped First World War memoryNotable Point
  8. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:03:25Moving beyond the 'lions led by donkeys' view of World War IQ&A
  9. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:02:19Failed attacks vanish from air-defense historiesNotable Point
  10. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    2:05:16Why Italian wartime forces gained a poor reputationNotable Point
  11. Genesis of the Stomach Churners: Motor Landing Craft & Landing Craft Mechanised...
    4:10Naval architects' papers preserve X-lighter specifications and testimonyNotable Point
  12. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    50:38Canceled invasions make coastal defenses look less effectiveNotable Point
  13. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    2:27:45Combat memoirs preserve an individual perspectiveNotable Point
  14. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    1:48:03How to read Liddell Hart's Sherman profileNotable Point
  15. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    1:49:29Is Liddell Hart's Sherman worth reading?Q&A
  16. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    2:13:18Two versions survive of Granger's remarkNotable Point
  17. Ilyushin DB-3 & Il-4: Great Patriotic War Soviet Torpedo Bombers - Key Aircraft Series 2,
    34:37Operational scale is clearer than individual mission historyChapter
  18. Ilyushin DB-3 & Il-4: Great Patriotic War Soviet Torpedo Bombers - Key Aircraft Series 2,
    36:22Perfect attack narratives invite source criticismNotable Point
  19. Regia Aeronautica's Mainstay: Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 4
    44:53The 70 percent solution and Italian memoryChapter
  20. Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?
    2:18:16Reading Seven Pillars of Wisdom as a historical sourceQ&A
  21. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    7:29Apply the same standard to British and American air-defence learningNotable Point
  22. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    9:26Why the Sea Gladiator became the celebrated stopgapNotable Point
  23. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    10:38Why 1939 equipment should be judged against 1939 conditionsNotable Point
  24. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    1:17:25How the absence of a hero mission shaped the Fulmar's reputationNotable Point
  25. Battle of Blackett Strait
    1:26:28An argument that MacArthur stayed in command beyond his best yearsNotable Point
  26. Battle of Blackett Strait
    1:54:25Which naval commanders deserve more attention?Q&A
  27. Battle of Blackett Strait
    4:01:49The claim that Americans formed most of the New Model Army fails a scale checkNotable Point
  28. Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service
    5:31Why combat claims gravitate toward the famous aircraftNotable Point
  29. Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service
    50:00Why campaign histories hide older aircraft typesNotable Point
  30. Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI
    49:59Would war debts moderate France and Russia at Versailles?Q&A
  31. Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI
    2:05:22When an alternate-history projection loses its reference pointsNotable Point
  32. Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI
    2:31:34How to assess claims about the Romanov daughtersNotable Point
  33. Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 4
    37:46Hitler was not the German command's only problemNotable Point
  34. Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Sydney
    1:06:28Reading generals' postwar blame claims criticallyNotable Point
  35. Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 2
    1:27:33Why small battles reveal more than headline campaignsNotable Point
  36. Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)
    44:26Was the Seven Years’ War really the first world war?Notable Point
  37. Battle of Arausio (105BC): Rome's Second Great Loss & the Reforms it Led to
    43:06Reassessing how the Cimbri and Teutones foughtChapter
  38. Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…
    2:16:05Why secondary armies disappear from public memoryNotable Point
  39. Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)
    57:24The Colvin family carried naval experience into diplomacy and historyNotable Point
  40. Largest Naval Battle Ever Fought? The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC)
    25:53Q&A: When does a theater count as one battle?Q&A
  41. Sieges of Malta: Patreon 51 (Long Patrol)
    9:58How the Great Siege entered heroic literary memoryNotable Point
  42. Sieges of Malta: Patreon 51 (Long Patrol)
    36:47What Mdina's crowded walls reveal about defender totalsNotable Point
  43. Sieges of Malta: Patreon 51 (Long Patrol)
    37:55The limits of the Thermopylae analogyNotable Point
  44. Sieges of Malta: Patreon 51 (Long Patrol)
    43:13Why chroniclers omit routine civilian siege workNotable Point
  45. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    3:15:04Q&A: naval warfare in the Hundred Years' WarQ&A
  46. British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper
    34:43Service historical research and the carrier argumentNotable Point
  47. Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword
    3:18:00Why home-front military service still belongs in war historyNotable Point
  48. Four Random Books 35: Romans!
    10:00Reading Liddell Hart's Scipio argument criticallyNotable Point
  49. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    2:54:38DD tanks, Omaha, and how failure shapes memoryQ&A
  50. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:48:07The Sherman beyond the death-trap mythNotable Point
  51. Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 1920
    2:36:49Opponent quality and Robert E. Lee's reputationNotable Point
  52. Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 1920
    2:40:50Why George Thomas and Rosecrans are overshadowedNotable Point
  53. Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions
    12:47Mud, Blood and Poppycock challenges First World War mythsNotable Point
  54. Four Random Books 13: It's Armoured Warfare Time...
    0:41Kursk beyond the tank-battle labelChapter
  55. Four Random Books 13: It's Armoured Warfare Time...
    4:39A balanced history of KurskNotable Point
  56. Four Random Books 13: It's Armoured Warfare Time...
    8:31British armour and rules of engagementNotable Point
  57. Battle of Quiberon Bay
    6:11Mahan's "Trafalgar before Trafalgar" labelNotable Point
  58. Battle of Quiberon Bay
    16:02Was the Seven Years' War the first global war?Q&A
  59. How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 3 of 3
    34:17Popular memory and Axis capabilityNotable Point