Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Military Planning

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  1. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    58:02Churchill and plans that assume perfect executionNotable Point
  2. Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?
    0:55Sea Lion's planning effort and the September postponementChapter
  3. Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?
    2:17What the German discussions of 1903 can establishNotable Point
  4. Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?
    15:47Could detailed planning persuade Hitler to postpone?Notable Point
  5. Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?
    45:36Sea Lion as a planning exerciseNotable Point
  6. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    29:31Why professional authority does not settle procurement questionsNotable Point
  7. Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live
    1:27:06When a plan demands cooperation commanders will not giveQ&A
  8. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:17:38Why recent short wars can distort planningNotable Point
  9. Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:03:14Why Russia's quick-collapse assumption failed in UkraineNotable Point
  10. Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:23:56Soviet artillery planning on the Chinese borderNotable Point
  11. Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order
    54:46A proposed reason for six Ps instead of sevenQ&A
  12. What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?
    9:25How Army briefings shaped ministers' defence prioritiesNotable Point
  13. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    7:03:31Fictional commanders and plans that fail in executionNotable Point
  14. Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception
    40:15Team leadership and many simple plansChapter
  15. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    6:33Why Britain did not seize the fleet firstNotable Point
  16. Sikorsky S-55/H-19 Chickasaw/Westland Whirlwind: Ploughing the Waves for the Modern Naval Helicopter
    33:05Falklands contingency plans expose model assumptionsNotable Point
  17. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:37:43Operation Medusa and the staff method of presenting three choicesQ&A
  18. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:10:50Why Canadian officers kept checking invasion routes in the United StatesNotable Point
  19. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    46:27Cancelled commando raids reveal the Atlantic Wall's deterrent effectNotable Point
  20. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    50:38Canceled invasions make coastal defenses look less effectiveNotable Point
  21. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    1:17:05Planning for a return to Europe began before DieppeNotable Point
  22. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    1:18:29Dieppe lacked the swept water needed for heavy naval fire supportNotable Point
  23. 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
  24. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    1:43:06Political urgency distorted combined-operations planningNotable Point
  25. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    1:47:44Churchill and Mountbatten reinforced each other's ambitionsQ&A
  26. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    1:56:02Dieppe's support shortfall was visible before the raidQ&A
  27. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    2:01:39Dieppe's artificial timetable converted shortages into mass casualtiesNotable Point
  28. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    2:52:00Defensive cost is measured against the asset at riskNotable Point
  29. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    2:59:19Strong coastal defenses forced costly changes to Allied invasion plansChapter
  30. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    3:08:43Inchon paired amphibious risk with extensive mitigationQ&A
  31. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    1:07:53What military operation names were meant to doQ&A
  32. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:03:48The later joint-command model answers CartagenaNotable Point
  33. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:05:08Vernon abandons the intended Havana-first sequenceNotable Point
  34. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    2:09:25Why better leadership alone was insufficientChapter
  35. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    2:38:14What should a plan provide beyond first contact?Q&A
  36. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    2:38:30Does Cartagena parallel the Battle of New Orleans?Q&A
  37. Scuttlebutt 9 - A long time coming...
    24:01How planners should treat a state's declared intentionsNotable Point
  38. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:08:38Why Malaya had airfields without aircraftNotable Point
  39. Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!
    56:57How imperial defence policy became a recurring planning instrumentNotable Point
  40. Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!
    59:27When deterrent capability became strategic surpriseNotable Point
  41. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    1:08:26German commanders share responsibility for strategic planningNotable Point
  42. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    1:26:55Napoleon understood the invasion problem better than HitlerQ&A
  43. If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike
    9:42Distance was a fuel and replenishment problemNotable Point
  44. If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike
    1:15:32How to test alternative surprise attacksNotable Point
  45. Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    1:26:07Why Operation Sea Lion remained a paper invasionNotable Point
  46. Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner
    1:08:46When a target list stood in for strategyNotable Point
  47. Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)
    2:09:44How map projections change the apparent strategic problemNotable Point
  48. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    1:27:07Crete command planning and interservice breakdownNotable Point
  49. What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response
    12:50Moltke kept adjusting a plan whose assumptions had expiredNotable Point
  50. What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response
    28:22The Belgian route rested on a short-war assumptionQ&A
  51. What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response
    1:06:37Wargaming only helps when leaders accept unwelcome resultsNotable Point
  52. Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions
    3:25:34Plans fail when they assume the enemy has not changedNotable Point
  53. Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?
    16:35Schlieffen planning and the Belgian triggerChapter
  54. Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?
    1:04:26Luck and the limits of war planningNotable Point
  55. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    2:00How nuclear short-war assumptions weakened logistical planningNotable Point
  56. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    21:19Separating Soviet strategic thought from logistical capacityNotable Point
  57. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    1:20:24Plan as though the opponent is capableNotable Point
  58. Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    1:03:13Why militaries cannot bet the state on unproven technologyNotable Point
  59. Finnish War 1808-9 (Sweden vs Russia): A War of Autocracies (Long Patrol)
    17:53Sveaborg exposed the limits of a fleet frozen into harbourChapter
  60. Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today
    2:42:29Kirk, O'Neill, and Sheppard: planning behind improvisationNotable Point
  61. Sherman's March to the Sea
    30:00Grant and Sherman: deciding battles before battleChapter
  62. Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion
    40:20Paper plans fail without ships and crewsNotable Point
  63. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    3:50:53Plan against a capable enemyNotable Point
  64. Four Random Books 30 - Courage
    13:052 Para waits without medium-term objectivesNotable Point
  65. Four Random Books 28: Mavericks
    17:27Ellis earns a strategist's reputation without field commandNotable Point
  66. Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...
    3:57:35Why leave an open interval in a fortified frontier?Notable Point
  67. Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...
    3:59:49The Maginot Line debate moves from terrain to coalition politicsNotable Point
  68. Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...
    4:09:02Why a vulnerable frontline division needed nearby reservesNotable Point
  69. Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions
    5:50Churchill contrasts American planning with British improvisationNotable Point
  70. What if the 1956 Suez Crisis had gotten even hotter? (Long Patrol)
    25:46Operation Musketeer's reduced force and political objectiveChapter
  71. What if the 1956 Suez Crisis had gotten even hotter? (Long Patrol)
    29:04Seizing an intact canal without locksNotable Point
  72. What if the 1956 Suez Crisis had gotten even hotter? (Long Patrol)
    51:48Military success without Nasser's overthrowNotable Point
  73. Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War
    3:11:26Why Overlord would have been harder in 1943Q&A
  74. Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War
    4:06:58Market Garden and the option of amphibious supportNotable Point
  75. Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty
    1:41:29Allied Preparation and the Mediterranean WinterNotable Point
  76. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    28:50Jingo on plans and adaptive leadershipNotable Point
  77. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    39:02A Bridge Too Far and clear objectivesChapter
  78. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    46:22Market Garden: execution and diversionary optionsQ&A
  79. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    36:23German planning and the drive into RomaniaNotable Point
  80. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?
    1:43A counterfactual must let Japan reactNotable Point
  81. Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war
    2:02:10Why Japan did not carry out a Panama Canal air attackQ&A