Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Military Memoirs

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  1. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    4:34:16Why suppressing a senior commander's memoir could backfireQ&A
  2. Why Historians are careful with Personal Accounts of events... it's Perspective! #history
    0:58A memoir can preserve evidence of an internal debateNotable Point
  3. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    2:27:45Combat memoirs preserve an individual perspectiveNotable Point
  4. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    19:54Alan Brooke, Churchill, and self-serving memoirsNotable Point
  5. Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes
    45:21Sparks's later service and memoir as evidenceNotable Point
  6. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    1:05:11Reading Bill Sparks's memoir with care over datesNotable Point
  7. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    9:20Why one mistake does not settle a leader's reputationNotable Point
  8. A Book or Two to Review (27): The Tiger from Poznan
    1:49Why Poznań and tank-book traditions repay attentionNotable Point
  9. A Book or Two to Review (27): The Tiger from Poznan
    11:40An unexpectedly valuable first-hand accountNotable Point
  10. A Book or Two to Review (27): The Tiger from Poznan
    14:34Combat testimony and the regimes behind the warNotable Point
  11. Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations
    13:58Why personal accounts change Falklands historyNotable Point
  12. Four Random Books 9: Command in Their Own Words
    10:25Why commanders' memoirs complement historyNotable Point
  13. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    39:01Eight Lives Down and the limits of a personal accountChapter
  14. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:23:16Beyond Band of Brothers in Dick Winters's own wordsChapter
  15. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:46:18With the Old Breed and the conditions on PeleliuChapter
  16. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    21:02Robert Leckie's Pacific War memoirNotable Point
  17. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    35:11Why later wars leave more officer memoirsNotable Point
  18. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:43:21How post-war German memoirs rebuilt a military mythNotable Point