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- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:19:58Why weapons procurement has to precede a crisisNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?1:26:57Built fleets make strength visible without guaranteeing peaceNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?1:28:17Wealth and industrial potential take time to become capabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:07:19Fast sealift and ships held readyQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:14Why defensive preparation should precede a visible threatNotable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:59British defence commitments and false economiesQ&A
- ShinMaywa US-2: Seaplane for the Future28:26Why standby aircraft still earn their keepNotable Point
- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:22Extra obsolete fighters expose a fictional procurement fraudNotable Point
- Cost Efficiency vs Capacity Efficiency0:48Why military capabilities cannot be hired at short noticeNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:52What fast-jet readiness labels leave unexplainedNotable Point
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?22:35Anticipating war with Japan required earlier readinessNotable Point
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?40:32Peacetime forces supplied the core for wartime expansionNotable Point
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?25:01Oscarsborg's old guns concealed decades of neglected modernizationChapter
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?36:28Swedish readiness made invasion look less attractiveNotable Point
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?39:48Crated fighters and the value of service initiativeNotable Point
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?1:08:14Regional commanders would have tested Norway's paper readinessNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…22:58Chinese marine brigades and army amphibious forcesChapter
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…24:58Why exercises cannot settle China's amphibious readinessNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…28:34Why new ships point beyond a simple 2027 deadlineNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…39:51Two invasion paths: exercise cover or political crisisChapter
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…41:48Capability gaps erase generations of naval expertiseNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…42:42Wartime expansion depended on trained peacetime cadresNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…1:00:51Detailed intelligence can make an attacker overconfidentNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…1:09:53Ports and prepared defenders test an invasion's staying powerNotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:13:40The Tomorrow War and the value of advance warningQ&A
- Why Historians sometimes seem to 'rewrite' History?2:16Imperial cost cutting and military reliabilityChapter
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...59:05Nine years of warning without correctionNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:05:24Why peacetime culture survived repeated warningsChapter
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:15:07Pearl Harbor's Sunday routine was public knowledgeNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:18:52Bias, war weariness, and American complacencyNotable Point
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off1:00:17From wars of choice to uncertain force projectionChapter
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off1:15:06Sir Galahad and the danger of simple blameChapter
- Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy28:20The inspector general who refused to retireNotable Point
- Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy30:42Good enough, fleet numbers, and readinessNotable Point
- J-15 Flying Shark; The Foundation of a New Era41:00How the wars-of-choice assumption weakened readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut1:39:02How probing missions reveal Russian air readinessNotable Point
- Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville & the Battle of Hudson Bay(1697)14:13Geography substitutes for investment in Hudson Bay defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:01Judging PLAN readiness as a developing warfighting fleetQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:11What makes an enemy a peer threat at seaNotable Point
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:30:51A peer opponent's ability to take the fight backQ&A
- Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility15:25Simplicity, automated checks, and preventive maintenanceChapter
- Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility42:33Why warfare demands adaptable aircraft typesNotable Point
- Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility45:09Fixed-wing consolidation as a test of war preparationNotable Point
- Battle of Gravelines 1588: Point of No Return for the Spanish Armada44:54The fall of Sluis exposed England's weak land effortNotable Point
- Battle of Gravelines 1588: Point of No Return for the Spanish Armada50:06An unpaid garrison gave Parma GeertruidenbergNotable Point
- Lessons of Falklands War(1982) and Ukraine War(2022-)1:39Did Ukraine change the lessons of the Falklands War?Q&A
- Lessons of Falklands War(1982) and Ukraine War(2022-)1:23:37Paper strength did not give Russia trained force depthNotable Point
- Lessons of Falklands War(1982) and Ukraine War(2022-)1:31:24Military capability cannot be improvised after the crisisChapter
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…1:30:01Sunday routines survived the exercise warningNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…2:28:59Alliances as insurance, armed forces as emergency servicesNotable Point
- George of Antioch: The Scilian Admiral of Admirals who out foxed the Byzantines...59:13Internal security can hollow out readiness for external warNotable Point
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!4:15When competence threatens the chain of commandNotable Point
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!10:26Joseon factionalism blunts warning of invasionChapter
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!18:48Northern raids shape Korea's force prioritiesNotable Point
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!44:46Why the 1592 turtle ships must predate the invasionNotable Point
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!49:46Panic destroys Korean fleets before battleChapter
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!1:08:46The institutional lesson of Yi Sun-sin's preparationNotable Point
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin19:32Factional politics left Joseon unready for invasionChapter
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership11:55America's First World War mobilization offers a warningNotable Point
- Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche MeridionalI; Where Italy turned when they wanted special...32:36Italian readiness, logistics, and the timing of warNotable Point
- Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche MeridionalI; Where Italy turned when they wanted special...33:57How brinkmanship produced a war no one was ready to fightNotable Point
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:04:09Fort Victoria and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary support gapQ&A
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?5:55War plans had to rest on current capabilityNotable Point
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?43:27Tender patrols could release fleet carriers for primary dutiesNotable Point
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?4:25:37The Nazi-Soviet pact was a race to strike firstNotable Point
- Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 33:14Fleet stories test the fit between mission, ships, and peopleNotable Point
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 18:25Transitioning technology required testing, time, and public moneyNotable Point
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 147:09A mature aircraft caught Britain during a strategic transitionChapter
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 10850:10Why this warning would be difficult to dismissNotable Point
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 10856:15Aircraft totals do not equal ready defendersQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1081:16:33MacArthur might still repeat his historical inactionQ&A
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers1:08:19Build carrier forces from missions, alliances, and slackChapter
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin5:49Why rearmament depends on national capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat47:23Why delaying Norway would change more than French reinforcementsQ&A
- HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 21:30:55Force dispersion dooms the first attemptNotable Point
- HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 21:44:20Second attempt: concentrate forces in JapanNotable Point
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier23:13Italy's capable fleet lacks logistical depthChapter
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!3:01:08Spanish Civil War escalation in Hearts of Iron IVQ&A
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?40:48Melbourne and the limits of peacetime readinessNotable Point
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?49:47Peacetime quality must leave a path to wartime massChapter
- Ilyushin DB-3 & Il-4: Great Patriotic War Soviet Torpedo Bombers - Key Aircraft Series 2,40:01The DB-3 record has a 1939 Japanese gapChapter
- Ilyushin DB-3 & Il-4: Great Patriotic War Soviet Torpedo Bombers - Key Aircraft Series 2,41:40Range existed, but trained crews may not haveNotable Point
- Ilyushin DB-3 & Il-4: Great Patriotic War Soviet Torpedo Bombers - Key Aircraft Series 2,43:20Authoritarian readiness claims create a source dilemmaNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem2:00How 848 Squadron covers 845's aircraft transitionsNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem16:55Why a worked-up helicopter unit gets the hard jobsNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem20:31Borneo logistics reward carrier-style self-sufficiencyNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem22:32Northern Ireland rotations turn availability into heavy taskingChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem25:33The Falklands amphibious force needs ships, craft, and helicoptersChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem29:07Recall, Ascension resupply, and the South Georgia insertionChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem31:44Atlantic Conveyor exposes the wartime helicopter marginNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem37:07Merlin transition and the risk of minimum airframe planningNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem41:45Operational history makes the can-do standard self-reinforcingNotable Point
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered4:00:42Norwegian warning systems and invasion readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote18:42A European war delayed to 1942Q&A
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion43:08Treaty limits raise a deterrence problemNotable Point
- Musings on Deterrence3:04Prepared forces make deterrence cheaper than warNotable Point
- Musings on Deterrence8:12Force structure exposes a military mirageNotable Point
- Musings on Deterrence19:03Visible drills can prevent battlesNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History47:37Pearl Harbor preparation and commanders' access to intelligenceNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:46:31Southern France opens while Germany turns eastChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:47:50Norwegian readiness and the risks of an Allied returnNotable Point
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed3:33:48Preparing the Philippines with one day's warningQ&A
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 543:33Albania exposes the limits of Italian war readinessChapter
- The Graf Zepplin's Proposed Teeth: The Fi 167 & JU-87C, Key Aircaft Series 1 - Aircraft 828:49German naval air power lacked industrial depthNotable Point
- Carry on Invading Britain: The Battle of Fishguard (1797)29:05Thomas Knox's militia readiness failuresChapter
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction1:39:28Post-Cold War readiness was shaped by wars-of-choice assumptionsNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction3:43:34Stargate waits for the crisis before building readinessNotable Point
- Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service0:47Headline aircraft cannot explain a whole wartime forceNotable Point
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese1:58:50Industrial capacity limits Axis-victory counterfactualsNotable Point
- What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?7:21Post-Cold War confidence thins defence depthNotable Point
- HMS Princess Beatrix & HMS Queen Emma Landing Ship Infantry(Medium) - When Dutch Ferries go to War54:55Amphibious readiness could have changed Britain's Norway choiceNotable Point
- If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike51:37Pearl Harbor may have overachieved its purposeNotable Point
- If not Pearl Harbour?29:59A timely declaration would trade surprise for a stronger lureNotable Point
- Check Campaign: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign18:23Balancing transport capacity, research, training, and fleet readinessNotable Point
- Check Campaign: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign39:21Procurement delay leaves navies fighting with yesterday's forceNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update1:59:02Mobilization could have changed Norway's 1940 defenseNotable Point
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:49:23Defence budgets must account for threats capability preventsNotable Point
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...1:05:21American unreadiness would shape Britain’s opening strategyQ&A
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)3:09:48Would Soviet logistics in Norway fail as they did in Ukraine?Q&A
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)3:33:43Why Soviet reserve stockpiles were more useful in 1980Notable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)1:50:31Fort readiness and the timing of Japan's attackQ&A
- Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)2:38:37Building force strength for a return to the offensiveNotable Point
- Grand Strategy: A Short Video Essay11:54Bases, stocks, and sustaining modern forcesChapter
- Grand Strategy: A Short Video Essay16:23Training as peacetime combat powerNotable Point
- Grand Strategy: A Short Video Essay19:30Naval training and the peacetime cost of readinessNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:13:28Ryujo, Junyo, and the limits of carrier readinessNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:39:39Would 6,300 improved Zeros change the Pacific War?Q&A
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:21:16Warning, mobilisation, and the invasion of NorwayNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:27:07Crete command planning and interservice breakdownNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII3:15:45Why aircraft support is less forgiving than tank supportNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII3:17:35Did maintenance discipline change Chieftain tank readiness?Q&A
- Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-19391:09:49The Winter War exposed purges and overambitionChapter
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments17:33Norwegian readiness and the fragility of the German invasionNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19407:18Peace assumptions and French readinessNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194031:14Accelerate the US Navy's transition to wartime strengthChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)52:53Norway and Denmark drew different lessons from 1940Notable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:45:01The recurring British contest between economy and readinessChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:51:15Why even an aggressor may start an unready warQ&A
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN3:21:18Why a 90-percent CV90 solution might have beaten AjaxQ&A
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)49:50The invasion begins before Sweden is readyNotable Point
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)52:49Svartholm: a fortress without usable gunsChapter
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)1:06:13Why Sveaborg's reputation exceeded its readinessNotable Point
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)1:17:50Lemo's limited landing force and the troops held backNotable Point
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)2:35:26Neglected defences weaken Finnish loyalty to SwedenNotable Point
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)2:52:06War is fought with serviceable forces, not paper strengthNotable Point
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)3:03:25Five months to prepare Finland's fortressesNotable Point
- Largest Naval Battle Ever Fought? The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC)2:32:37Destroying Carthage removed Rome's nearby naval benchmarkNotable Point
- Battle of Shiloh (Long Patrol)19:15State guards gave the Confederacy early military readinessNotable Point
- Battle of Shiloh (Long Patrol)24:26Secession preparations reached federal armoriesNotable Point
- Battle of Shiloh (Long Patrol)48:18The armies and Johnston's attack planChapter
- Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events26:43State guards, secession, and southern war readinessNotable Point
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- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:32:24What being prepared for war actually meansQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:01:58A wartime fleet must be designed to lose shipsNotable Point
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)1:14:29Capability cannot replace force structure and resolveNotable Point
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:58:11Germany's defense fund as accumulated catch-up spendingQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment3:04:18Why crisis-driven defense spending may not persistQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment3:29:14Ukrainian reserve armor under contested airspaceQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment3:35:38Polish border deterrence and the risk of escalationQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment3:36:59Why Russia's submarine force retained operational priorityQ&A
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- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered4:05:37Why readiness mattered more than army inventories in 2022Q&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?3:14:05The missed air alert in the PhilippinesNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: Long Patrol - P6/14: Osami Nagano17:19Early-war mistakes and Axis unpreparednessNotable Point
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s1:32:20Empire without adequate defensive preparationNotable Point
- British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper32:52Carrier capacity without a full British air wingNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books3:10:14Was Britain's Home Guard unique in having veteran members?Q&A
- Bruships 55: New Books3:22:09Britain's equipment position after the evacuation from FranceQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books3:25:32Why no Home Guard unit has a decisive battle recordQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books3:35:34Competing demands for experienced British formationsNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books3:36:38How many British divisions were ready after the fall of France?Q&A
- Bruships 55: New Books3:57:30American unpreparedness and the U-boats' second happy timeNotable Point
- Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/73:39The armies Bull Run actually usedNotable Point
- Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/75:57Unready armies meet at Bull RunChapter
- Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/77:51Militia cohesion and defensive advantageNotable Point
- Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/710:28Patterson's idle army still checks pursuitNotable Point
- Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/712:22Union resources compound with timeNotable Point
- Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/713:04Veteran NCOs build the Union ArmyNotable Point
- Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/719:08A few weeks could have changed the Union attackNotable Point
- Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/724:08A defensible Union aim, terribly executedNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident12:11The missing diplomatic follow-up to AltmarkChapter
- Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)9:23Jedi Sentinel decline shows how readiness atrophiesNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy3:38:50Taiwan capability depends on practiced doctrine as well as equipmentQ&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy3:53:29Readiness reduces surprise without eliminating itQ&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World29:40The cost of delaying naval rearmamentNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World34:09Why peacetime efficiency can weaken a fleet screenNotable Point
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment34:46Why the USS Valiant's cadet command is implausibleNotable Point
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment3:10:13The Malaysian airliner and regional radar coverageQ&A
- Guadeloupe 1810 (Part 2 of Live)10:24Why Guadeloupe's defenders faced a hopeless balanceNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History3:45:07Stalin's purges and Red Army readiness in 1941Notable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,10:24Warnings that did not become readinessNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,33:23Fog, communications, and Narvik's collapseNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,36:30Narvik's unready garrison and Fleischer's responseChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 1 of 5: Introduction40:39General Laake and the cost of peacetime defence cutsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:10:29Charles II and armed-forces readinessQ&A
- Cretan War 1645-1669; An Introduction & Overview14:23An exposed colony faces a disguised Ottoman expeditionChapter
- Cretan War 1645-1669; An Introduction & Overview49:43Underfunded defences turn Crete into a strategic lossNotable Point
- Introduction to Crete 19410:34Why the order of battle does not explain CreteChapter
- Introduction to Crete 19413:19Crete inherits the disorder of the Greek campaignChapter
- Introduction to Crete 194141:42A piecemeal garrison lacks its intended firepowerNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 417:17Britain's 1941 weakness depends on the war it foughtNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 438:32Italian units, command failures, and fuelNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 455:42Ammunition consumption and the friction of warNotable Point
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:06:57Finland's reputation for cold-weather preparednessQ&A
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?6:27An outnumbered defence loses its experienced coreNotable Point
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?14:45Japanese formations entered with greater cohesionNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 3 of 31:52Deterrence works by denying an easy victoryChapter