Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Military History

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  1. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:26:02An uncertain account of a Gurkha defenderNotable Point
  2. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:27:41Comparing wartime equipment without blanket rankingsNotable Point
  3. Five Doomsday Weapons of the Sci-fi universes, and the theories of Deterrence... why do they fail?
    1:09:44Why strategic theory needs practical checksQ&A
  4. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    29:57How to weigh conflicting firsthand military accountsQ&A
  5. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    32:17Falklands recollections and shipboard decompressionNotable Point
  6. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:10:24Military innovations that moved into civilian lifeQ&A
  7. Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age
    25:08How to discuss still-current weapon systems responsiblyNotable Point
  8. Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age
    26:31Follow Wikipedia's references to trace a historical claimNotable Point
  9. Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    19:13Resources versus armies in postwar border makingQ&A
  10. Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    20:10British tanks for Hokkaido terrainNotable Point
  11. Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?
    42:26Counterfactuals before they become fictionNotable Point
  12. Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?
    57:43The Italian campaign in American war historiesNotable Point
  13. Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:06:20Why assuming an opponent will not fight is dangerousNotable Point
  14. Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:53:01Reading on medieval defences and company commandQ&A
  15. Historian What's the difference between Academic & non-Academic Historians?
    0:00What makes someone a historian?Q&A
  16. Why Historians sometimes seem to 'rewrite' History?
    0:00Why historical understanding changesQ&A
  17. Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off
    1:03:34Why officers need naval history and public communicationChapter
  18. Why Historians are useful for Military & Naval Training?
    0:00History as institutional memory for officersChapter
  19. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    3:22:50Beehives and corpses as siege projectilesNotable Point
  20. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    3:31:44Writing believable officer and NCO relationshipsQ&A
  21. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    8:41:16Cataphracts as an analogy for deterrence by soundNotable Point
  22. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    3:54:30Can sound tactics still end in defeat?Q&A
  23. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    6:45:29How one platoon becomes a brigade in historical memoryQ&A
  24. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    2:20:52One starting book for the whole Second World WarQ&A
  25. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    5:46:16How the PLA fielded mass forces in the Korean WarQ&A
  26. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    5:56:47Haig in the Rif War counterfactualQ&A
  27. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    6:23:08Outlaw fighting as policing rather than a military campaignQ&A
  28. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    32:46Reading The Sea Power of the State criticallyChapter
  29. Nelson: A Very British God of War...
    0:00Learning from Nelson without hero worshipChapter
  30. Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:45:43Why naval brigade emotions are hard to recoverQ&A
  31. Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:15:42How far does the fascist label explain wartime Japan?Notable Point
  32. Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...
    16:01The names of wars shape national memoryNotable Point
  33. Battle of Actium(31BC); Last Gasp of the Roman Republic
    26:13History as input to Type 83 destroyer designNotable Point
  34. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:04:57German tank variants and the cost of avoiding standardisationNotable Point
  35. Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)
    1:22:01Why Japan's war-crimes trials seem less visibleQ&A
  36. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    6:34:33Historical evidence without personal participationNotable Point
  37. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:07:55How to make a fictional military force internally consistentQ&A
  38. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:11:26Why a Byzantine army in Bulgaria should differ from one in the eastNotable Point
  39. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    10:03NavWeaps shows why specialist reference sites need active useNotable Point
  40. Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned
    2:27:45Look for the logistical battle before the battleNotable Point
  41. Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:56:53Why wartime reporting and memoirs require source criticismNotable Point
  42. Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias
    18:15Reading military comedy without forgetting its human costNotable Point
  43. Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias
    1:04:43Use overlooked wars to keep studying military historyNotable Point
  44. Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 3
    1:20:33Broad frameworks and real history give fictional fleets depthQ&A
  45. Battle of Chattanooga(1863)
    0:00The Civil War is a source-rich laboratory for modern warNotable Point
  46. Battle of Chattanooga(1863)
    3:17Bruce Catton's trilogy teaches the war through narrativeNotable Point
  47. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    1:51:18Future history books as a warning to HirohitoQ&A
  48. Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!
    30:32Researching naval counterfactuals without hindsightNotable Point
  49. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    3:49:12How old military-unit lineages are comparedNotable Point
  50. The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)
    40:51Professional soldiers and social mobility in BritainNotable Point
  51. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:32:33Equipment debates need battlefield context and force ratiosNotable Point
  52. Naval Historian Reacts to Four Random Books 30 - Courage
    44:14Dramatic chapter titles can frame solid Falklands testimonyNotable Point
  53. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    3:08:15Public-source discipline when studying modern weaponsNotable Point
  54. Thoughts on Problems for Future of Strategy from a Naval Historian
    31:02Why linear forecasts become false certaintyChapter
  55. Thoughts on Problems for Future of Strategy from a Naval Historian
    37:18The recurring folly of a decisive surprise attackNotable Point
  56. Thoughts on Problems for Future of Strategy from a Naval Historian
    1:01:49Future strategy must absorb change without assuming war is tamedChapter
  57. Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner
    1:05:33War is not a mathematical certaintyNotable Point
  58. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    1:32How to connect a Second World War mistake to the FirstChapter
  59. Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?
    22:01Is the argument limited to naval battles?Q&A
  60. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    1:44:57Waiting to counterattack as a questionable lesson from World War IQ&A
  61. Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology
    50:23Why historians study mistakes made in bloodNotable Point
  62. Lessons of the Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & First Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    24:27Roman discipline explains the value of a formed battle lineNotable Point
  63. What books did I bring for #NavHistAus23?
    7:00Choosing a World War II reference workNotable Point
  64. How do Navies Learn from War
    4:25How participants and observers collect wartime evidenceChapter
  65. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    2:19:10Is there a book collecting the Home Guard's improvised defence ideas?Q&A
  66. Can Cathage Take Rome with a Naval Historian in charge? Rome Total War 1, April 2023
    51:39When an attacking army calls itself the defenderNotable Point
  67. Can Cathage Take Rome with a Naval Historian in charge? Rome Total War 1, April 2023
    55:02Why warmongering states claim to be peacefulQ&A
  68. Can Cathage Take Rome with a Naval Historian in charge? Rome Total War 1, April 2023
    1:11:44Outnumbered defenders still need comparable weaponsNotable Point
  69. Grand Strategy: A Short Video Essay
    1:54Naval history as part of a connected systemNotable Point
  70. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 3(February 2023)
    34:35Wellesley as general and prime ministerNotable Point
  71. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 3(February 2023)
    52:27Where the game's Native American tactics depart from historyNotable Point
  72. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response
    34:42How casualty statistics handle physical and psychological woundsQ&A
  73. Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History
    1:05:00Military revolution, navies, and statesChapter
  74. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    3:39:22How Coronel's command and intelligence failures convergedChapter
  75. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    3:17:23Happy Odyssey and Adrian Carton de WiartQ&A
  76. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    58:46A reading recommendation for the US military after VietnamQ&A
  77. Battle of Coronel: Comment Response
    29:50How a military historian discusses war's human costQ&A
  78. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 4
    55:55A broad history degree helps before specialisationQ&A
  79. Bruships 88: Way of War
    22:25Strategic culture and a British way of warChapter
  80. Epic Blunders of Naval History
    0:14When defeat becomes an epic naval blunderChapter
  81. Epic Blunders of Naval History
    1:21:03A closing test for victory, agency, and blameNotable Point
  82. Battle of Arausio (105BC): Rome's Second Great Loss & the Reforms it Led to
    0:08Why Arausio matters beyond its casualty countChapter
  83. Battle of Arausio (105BC): Rome's Second Great Loss & the Reforms it Led to
    1:25:49Arausio's lesson for professional military educationNotable Point
  84. Raimondo Montecuccoli Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina
    11:26The soldiers behind the Montecuccoli-class namesNotable Point
  85. Bruships 80: Books From Travels
    1:06:37Why modern sparring cannot reproduce historical combatChapter
  86. The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC): Long Patrol
    25:53Polybius and the politics of victory narrativesNotable Point
  87. Sieges of Malta: Patreon 51 (Long Patrol)
    39:55The Great Siege and the limits of chivalryNotable Point
  88. Sieges of Malta: Patreon 51 (Long Patrol)
    54:57Why local support decides an occupationNotable Point
  89. County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)
    23:06Civilian bombardment long predates the world warsNotable Point
  90. Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)
    50:06A forlorn hope still needs a purposeNotable Point
  91. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    3:04:20Pig Wars, Cow Wars, and the Emu WarNotable Point
  92. So You Want To Write A History Book?
    25:18Professional associations connect academic and public historiansNotable Point
  93. The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol
    13:03World war, global war, and total warNotable Point
  94. Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?
    31:05Surprise and reading an opponent's historyNotable Point
  95. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    1:58:11Where military history sits in British universitiesQ&A
  96. Bruships 63: Trailer
    1:16Corbett’s early strengths and limitationsNotable Point
  97. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    3:09:54Q&A: indecisive battles sustain historical debateQ&A
  98. The Art of Longsword Fighting with a Special Guest: A Book or Two to Review (35)
    39:27Practical history and respect for weaponsNotable Point
  99. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    1:51:38Osprey Campaign books as concise starting pointsQ&A
  100. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    1:11:45Operation Gothic Serpent and the cost of forgetting recent historyNotable Point
  101. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    4:04:41British and Union armies across the American Civil WarQ&A
  102. A Book or Two to Review (27): The Tiger from Poznan
    1:49Why Poznań and tank-book traditions repay attentionNotable Point
  103. A Book or Two to Review (24): The Wars of Justinian I
    3:43Why the sixth-century Roman army resists simple labelsNotable Point
  104. A Book or Two to Review (24): The Wars of Justinian I
    16:45Why the book's complexity is part of its valueNotable Point
  105. A Book or Two to Review (23): Rome's Great Eastern War
    15:36Understand the enemy and yourselfNotable Point
  106. A Book or Two to Review (22): Roman Conquests - Britain
    7:56Was the British expedition about crisis or loyalty?Chapter
  107. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    14:54Hannibal's Alpine invasion and the misreading of RomeQ&A
  108. The Battle of Athos 1807: A Long Patrol
    58:11From Napoleonic maneuver to World War I trench linesNotable Point
  109. Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI
    28:21Why can military history be publicly popular but academically marginal?Q&A
  110. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    1:06:19Why is William Green less famous than Vauban?Q&A
  111. Bruships 48: Reading History
    2:20:52Why the First World War was not simply a gentlemanly conflictQ&A
  112. Four Random Books Episode 36: No Good Choices
    2:36How expertise changes what a campaign history providesNotable Point
  113. Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History
    4:15Why infrastructure and merchant shipping belong in war historyNotable Point
  114. Four Random Books 32: Medieval
    0:20Four books for approaching medieval warfareChapter
  115. Bruships 44: Strategy
    3:55:03Military staffs need historical judgment alongside enthusiasmQ&A
  116. Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment
    1:35:11Reading Civil War photographs as operational evidenceChapter
  117. Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment
    2:08:35Old vehicle handbooks as snapshots of long service livesNotable Point
  118. Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P4/6 1915
    55:26Studying battle to understand failure and deterrenceNotable Point
  119. Four Random Books 25: On a Precipe
    0:44Military Blunders and recurring command failureChapter
  120. Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects
    3:42:54Can numerous adequate weapons overwhelm superior designs?Q&A
  121. Guadeloupe 1810 (Part 2 of Live)
    16:47Where were the Royal York Rangers raised?Q&A
  122. Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations
    9:07Names frame Falklands and Second World War historyNotable Point
  123. Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations
    1:39:10Leadership quotations need context and attributionChapter
  124. Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations
    1:41:41War quotations on experience, audacity, and rankChapter
  125. Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations
    2:38:09Machiavelli, Cromwell, and Washington in their settingsChapter
  126. Bruships 29: Best Seller History
    5:31Popular history as a starting pointNotable Point
  127. Bruships 29: Best Seller History
    12:36Great Military Leaders as an accessible visual historyChapter
  128. Bruships 29: Best Seller History
    3:15:53An aviation equivalent of Band of BrothersQ&A
  129. Bruships 29: Best Seller History
    3:19:10Moral judgment without turning history into caricatureQ&A
  130. Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"
    1:10:37Does Sluys qualify as a decisive battle?Chapter
  131. Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"
    1:44:40Which books introduce the Hundred Years War?Q&A
  132. Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books
    2:35:58Military history without gatekeepingNotable Point
  133. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    52:20Testing casualty claims for Operation DownfallQ&A
  134. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    3:30:30Defence spending follows political prioritiesQ&A
  135. Four Random Books 9: Command in Their Own Words
    10:25Why commanders' memoirs complement historyNotable Point
  136. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    53:16Cromwell, the Protectorate, and political leadershipChapter
  137. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:19:14Operation Epsom and the leadership stories history createsChapter
  138. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:47:42Black Hawk Down and combat leadershipNotable Point
  139. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:15:33Dominion troops, risk, and wartime memoryQ&A
  140. Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car
    2:23:45Recommended journals for naval history researchQ&A
  141. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    12:08The War That Never Was: a detailed World War III studyNotable Point
  142. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:51:01Judging military-history videos by their contentQ&A
  143. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:54:56Reading the American Civil War through photographsChapter
  144. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:01:20Civilian targeting predates modern warfareNotable Point
  145. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:02:41A modern starting book on Rome's warsQ&A
  146. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    7:02Reading military history beyond a neat storyChapter
  147. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    11:51War Stories and the correspondent's viewNotable Point
  148. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    3:03:05Using counterfactual history to study strategyNotable Point
  149. Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:15:29Continuing historical education for serving officersQ&A
  150. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    50:04Using an SAS combat guide as a primerNotable Point
  151. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:54:28A readable introduction to samurai historyNotable Point
  152. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:11:01Why broad special-forces books still matterNotable Point
  153. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:12:52The English-language gap in Russian special-forces historyQ&A
  154. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:32:36Using Fight to Win as a companion research guideNotable Point
  155. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:40:38Preparing for Falklands interviews through memoirsQ&A
  156. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:10:33Reading Fuller and Liddell Hart criticallyQ&A
  157. 50th Live Special: What, Why & How of Armed Forces…
    11:16Realism and the cost of learning too lateChapter
  158. Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    32:33Soviet officers and the German-staff mythQ&A
  159. Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:16:27Why Operation Downfall is difficult to studyQ&A
  160. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?
    37:04Why Malaya and Force Z failedNotable Point
  161. Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    14:17A broad reference work on amphibious assaultNotable Point
  162. Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 2
    0:51Researching naval lives when the archives are out of reachNotable Point
  163. An Introduction to Falklands Command
    1:22Why the conference used Falklands/MalvinasNotable Point
  164. An Introduction to Falklands Command
    5:15Veteran and academic perspectives on the Falklands WarNotable Point