Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Mobilisation

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  1. Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?
    25:58Why delay strengthened Britain's defensesNotable Point
  2. Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?
    43:13The wider value of Britain's invasion preparationsNotable Point
  3. Press Gang: The Myth & Reality
    2:28Wartime expansion drove emergency recruitmentNotable Point
  4. Press Gang: The Myth & Reality
    4:33Trafalgar illustrates British fleet depthNotable Point
  5. Press Gang: The Myth & Reality
    24:14Press officers could become volunteer recruitersChapter
  6. Press Gang: The Myth & Reality
    29:07Guard ships could insist on merchant wages before enlistmentChapter
  7. Press Gang: The Myth & Reality
    30:03Emergency manning left pursers responsible for sailors' unpaid wagesNotable Point
  8. What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)
    39:15Rebuilding a navy requires time and industrial capacityNotable Point
  9. Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    57:28A Yuuzhan Vong invasion during the Clone WarsQ&A
  10. Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:12:15The Yuuzhan Vong invasion without the Orinda campaignQ&A
  11. Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:16:00Why special forces cannot replace mass formationsNotable Point
  12. Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?
    16:28Specialization shrinks the pool of wartime auxiliariesNotable Point
  13. Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?
    50:00Government ownership does not guarantee naval accessNotable Point
  14. Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?
    1:04:44The most useful conversion may be the hardest ship to requisitionNotable Point
  15. Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?
    1:22:36Just-in-time shipping leaves no mobilization cushionChapter
  16. Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?
    52:08Ministerial turnover and fear of mobilization in 1940Chapter
  17. Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?
    54:04Public mobilization could clarify Norway's orders to resistNotable Point
  18. Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?
    1:03:29Fleischer's northern command offered a readiness templateChapter
  19. Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?
    1:04:35How partial mobilization could put formations at the landing pointsNotable Point
  20. Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?
    1:16:29Norway still had a final chance to mobilize in April 1940Chapter
  21. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…
    39:51Two invasion paths: exercise cover or political crisisChapter
  22. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…
    42:42Wartime expansion depended on trained peacetime cadresNotable Point
  23. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…
    1:07:32The campaign turns on a narrow mobilization and seizure windowChapter
  24. Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)
    3:13:44The twelve-hour-war theory helped erase reservesQ&A
  25. What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?
    15:29Naval Intelligence became a secretive shadow staffChapter
  26. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    7:07:01How total war changes personnel standardsChapter
  27. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    5:38:29Britain requisitioned foreign warships in its yards in 1939Notable Point
  28. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    2:09:47Why nominal reservists may be unavailable in a national emergencyQ&A
  29. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    2:12:45Why reserve recruiting facilities have to exist before a crisisNotable Point
  30. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    5:46:16How the PLA fielded mass forces in the Korean WarQ&A
  31. Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...
    53:27The Board of Ordnance made rapid mobilization possibleChapter
  32. HMS Gorgon(HNoMS Nidaros) takes part in the First Battle of Narvik
    21:52The blocked withdrawal toward BjørnfjellNotable Point
  33. HMS Gorgon(HNoMS Nidaros) takes part in the First Battle of Narvik
    34:44Norge fights alone inside NarvikChapter
  34. Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    28:30Why Russia's headline population is not its recruit poolNotable Point
  35. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:31:48Disarmed warships wait in the Great LakesQ&A
  36. What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?
    31:53The Naval Intelligence Department as the Royal Navy's hidden staffChapter
  37. Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned
    1:48:28The early mobilization Russia did not attemptNotable Point
  38. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    17:02Norway had a defensive threshold but failed to mobilize itChapter
  39. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    17:20Quisling's limited support shifts attention to mobilization failureNotable Point
  40. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    20:44Mobilized reservists gave Norway depth beyond any single commanderNotable Point
  41. Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?
    24:19Retention preserves the cadre needed for rapid expansionNotable Point
  42. Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?
    28:40A defence estate needs redundancy before crisis arrivesChapter
  43. Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?
    1:22:06Reserves should be designed for a long warNotable Point
  44. Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 9
    26:13Why modern navies still need reserves for long warsNotable Point
  45. Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…
    14:09Convoy plans must follow the ships already availableNotable Point
  46. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    4:50:14Why reserve crews matter after the regular force absorbs the opening shockQ&A
  47. Battle of Elli
    35:36Bulgaria and Serbia mobilize societies for warNotable Point
  48. Battle of Elli
    39:06Greek reform produces two offensive field armiesNotable Point
  49. Battle of Elli
    47:52Russian assistance and Montenegro's readiness for warNotable Point
  50. Battle of Elli
    49:09Ottoman plans without the forces to execute themNotable Point
  51. Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 3
    40:29Reserve activation turns readiness into combat powerNotable Point
  52. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    46:57Why Britain needs deeper naval and military reservesQ&A
  53. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    56:49How British reserves differ from the US National GuardQ&A
  54. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    3:41:04What determines naval readiness for a sudden major warQ&A
  55. Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...
    4:02:32German conventional ICBMs would harden American resolveQ&A
  56. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    2:58:22Converting cruise liners into NATO hospital shipsQ&A
  57. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    3:52:10Infrastructure limits on naval expansionQ&A
  58. The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)
    1:53:16Cawdor and Loft mobilize Pembrokeshire's scattered defendersChapter
  59. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    1:40:47Reserve squadrons preserve wartime fleet depthNotable Point
  60. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    26:33Why the Home Guard was not an ordinary militiaQ&A
  61. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    17:40How nucleus crews make a reserve flotilla mobilizableChapter
  62. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    27:35Could wartime call-ups include civilian specialists?Q&A
  63. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    1:14:24A reserve fleet depends on training and support infrastructureNotable Point
  64. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update
    1:59:02Mobilization could have changed Norway's 1940 defenseNotable Point
  65. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    49:44Norway's slow mobilization magnified a risky invasionNotable Point
  66. Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?
    1:26:10Why neutrality did not protect Norway in WWIIChapter
  67. Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History
    1:41:20Carrier aviation changes the Mediterranean campaign systemChapter
  68. Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword
    22:33The long prelude to war in 1939Q&A
  69. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    1:21:16Warning, mobilisation, and the invasion of NorwayNotable Point
  70. What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response
    12:50Moltke kept adjusting a plan whose assumptions had expiredNotable Point
  71. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    2:15:31Designing seaplane tenders for rapid carrier conversionQ&A
  72. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    3:55:05How continued war could complete and crew the Malta classQ&A
  73. Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 4
    20:35Reserve cruisers as a mobilization and training assetChapter
  74. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    6:37Remnant Faction: mobilizing an intact reserve fleetChapter
  75. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    1:21:23Keeping modern escorts in ordinary reserveQ&A
  76. Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches
    1:03:12How did the Navy prepare to replace lost engineering officers?Q&A
  77. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1941
    22:11Can staff colleges preserve mobilization experience?Notable Point
  78. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    36:10From Maine's loss to war in ten weeksChapter
  79. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1940
    13:40January 1940 closes the infrastructure windowChapter
  80. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1940
    20:30Norway's failure to mobilize after Denmark fallsNotable Point
  81. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    7:43Norway needs a practiced armed neutralityChapter
  82. Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)
    40:34Mobilizing hulls without enough commanding officersNotable Point
  83. Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)
    53:37A reserve fleet needs crews as well as stored hullsNotable Point
  84. Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)
    1:50:46Why Starfleet needs a reserve systemNotable Point
  85. Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)
    2:26:38From courier craft to a Starfleet fighter forceNotable Point
  86. Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century
    1:09:11Peacetime labels conceal a cruiser-based mobilization planNotable Point
  87. Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue
    3:30:54Mobilization separated Sweden's deterrence from Norway's collapseNotable Point
  88. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    1:47:56The recurring wartime need for mass and reservesQ&A
  89. An Introduction to US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment (Long Patrol)
    13:20Cutters reserve space for wartime weaponsNotable Point
  90. Forward (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    11:11How reserve ships gave the Royal Navy personnel depthNotable Point
  91. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)
    31:01War Plan Red exposes the gap between paper strength and readinessNotable Point
  92. Bruships 69: The Decider
    2:40:08How a fleet uses one month of warningQ&A
  93. Bruships 69: The Decider
    2:40:51What Poland could do with two weeks of warningQ&A
  94. Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"
    1:03:23If Britain had uncovered Quisling's German contactsQ&A
  95. The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol
    1:05:53Railways as the foundation of Russian mobilizationNotable Point
  96. Nautilus class (Kaiserliche Marine): Long Patrol
    5:00Why one minelayer could remain in reserveNotable Point
  97. Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars
    2:05:35Preparing civilian trawlers in peacetime carried a naval budget costQ&A
  98. Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.
    1:32:50Merchant hulls can become a wartime transport reserveQ&A
  99. Maginot Line: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p2/7
    3:31The risk in a forward Belgium strategyNotable Point
  100. Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI
    54:11Piver sent French light forces to secure the ChannelNotable Point
  101. Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?
    1:43:22Would an Atlantic convoy campaign make the war a long one?Q&A
  102. Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies
    1:53:40The Dungan Revolt diverts Qing strengthNotable Point
  103. Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies
    1:55:10The Donghak Rebellion and Japanese preparationChapter
  104. Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies
    2:37:19Why China could not mobilize its massChapter
  105. Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...
    4:04:45Norway's delayed reserve alert illustrates the cost of hesitant follow-throughNotable Point
  106. Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...
    4:09:36Calling up reserves for training as a way to avoid declaring mobilizationNotable Point
  107. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s
    12:07Why reserve ships did not equal ready reinforcementsNotable Point
  108. Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan
    47:19Could Britain rapidly mass-produce escorts?Q&A
  109. Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan
    57:41How usable was Britain's reserve fleet?Q&A
  110. Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan
    58:29Where emergency naval crews would come fromQ&A
  111. Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan
    1:27:33Why a navy fights first with the fleet it hasNotable Point
  112. Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan
    2:30:42Royal Naval Reserve roles from minesweeping to frontline aircrewChapter
  113. Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 1: Context
    6:12Reserve fleets made wartime expansion possibleNotable Point
  114. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"
    2:43:23Using reserves to retain armoured depthQ&A
  115. 1940 Norway Campaign Part 5 of 5: What ifs, Ships & Patreon Votes
    3:43Denmark as a warning for Norwegian mobilizationChapter
  116. 1940 Norway Campaign Part 5 of 5: What ifs, Ships & Patreon Votes
    6:38Command resolve and Norway's half-hearted mobilizationNotable Point
  117. Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty
    1:50:50Civilian Haulage Behind the Suez MobilisationQ&A
  118. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...
    7:04Why an American move against Canada would be difficultNotable Point
  119. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...
    28:12Canadian local resistance in the counterfactual invasionNotable Point
  120. Patreon Video 1: Intro - What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?
    8:11Imperial naval bases as dispersed reserve depotsNotable Point
  121. Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:41:18Crash-built escorts still need trained crewsQ&A