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- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?33:46Could Singapore hold the whole Royal Navy fleet?Q&A
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?42:41When did Singapore gain a mainland rail connection?Q&A
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?1:04:47The cost-sharing lever that could move the base to SydneyChapter
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:01:24Why choose Sydney rather than Adelaide for the fleet base?Q&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:46:17Golden Hind belonged to a Pacific base before a hypothetical carrierQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series52:07A retained Hong Kong lease changes Royal Navy presenceQ&A
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...2:20:51Scapa Flow and the cost of deferred base defenceNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 92:03:19Damaged ships need ports able to repair themNotable Point
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics9:29Iceland's leverage in a three-way Cold WarQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics16:03Can land conquest defeat a superior navy?Q&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics1:49:46Could a larger Falklands garrison deter invasion?Q&A
- Invasion of Trimcomalee(1795)40:28Trincomalee harbour and control of the Indian OceanNotable Point
- Invasion of Trimcomalee(1795)43:29Did Britain acquire imperial infrastructure or build it?Notable Point
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:13:32Where did the treaty restrict fortifications?Q&A
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock1:27:39Infrastructure behind the battlecruiser raceNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 710:20Why Pacific repairs were harder for British carriersNotable Point
- What books did I bring for #NavHistAus23?39:46Using the Blackburn Roc as a naval-base night fighterQ&A
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?22:15Toulon and France's three naval theatresNotable Point
- How do Navies Learn from War10:21Port Arthur and the defensible fleet baseNotable Point
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...2:30:21Halifax, Bermuda, and the Great Lakes resist quick solutionsChapter
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett1:06:14War Plan Orange's amphibious and basing legacyNotable Point
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett1:10:57The Royal Road's stepwise Pacific advanceNotable Point
- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power2:22Why a sheltered fleet can deny decisive battleNotable Point
- Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 198022:18The unglamorous infrastructure behind GIUK defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus1:15:03Trading colonies and strategic naval stationsChapter
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus3:17:07The U.S. Navy's 1897 coastal-strategy problemNotable Point
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History30:38Bases, squadrons, and navalized aircrewChapter
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 7657:34The Sea Is One case for naval air basesChapter
- Rome Total War; To go Remastered or Not to Go Remastered that is the question1:23:51Syracuse as a protected amphibious baseNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 8(March 2023)26:32Denying an enemy its admiralty and shipbuilding baseNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:50:33How Britain would support a global anti-raider campaignQ&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword35:49Building resilient imperial basesQ&A
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition47:23Brest’s fortifications outpaced its transport linksNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron14:45Brest's weakness: dependence on coastal supplyNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)46:15Ceylon as a base on the spice routeNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)1:05:29Capturing an admiralty to cripple naval power in IndiaNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)1:30:43Specialising Boston and New York's port infrastructureNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)2:36:21Jamaica as a flexible Caribbean fleet baseNotable Point
- Battle of San Nicolas(1811): Revolutionary Battles Part 2/229:26Montevideo's infrastructure shapes the naval contestChapter
- Grand Strategy: A Short Video Essay11:54Bases, stocks, and sustaining modern forcesChapter
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 5(March 2023)40:10Turning a captured pirate position into a forward baseNotable Point
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword2:35:10Southern Song naval growth joined defence, mobility, and firearmsChapter
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response19:15South African capital ships, Simon's Town, and imperial sea routesQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response33:21How Dominion capital ships could fund shared naval infrastructureNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response58:12The industrial cost of Canadian Queen Elizabeth-class shipsQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response5:40Why France and neutrality patrols need basesQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response26:29German and Italian Far East limitsQ&A
- Blockade!!48:38A blockaded fleet drains its own naval baseNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?14:22A Wilhelmshaven raid proves the carrier-strike ideaChapter
- The Second Ottoman Venetian War: An Introduction15:33Lepanto exposes a Venetian logistics failureChapter
- The Second Ottoman Venetian War: An Introduction17:08Modon and Coron: Venice loses its forward eyesChapter
- Soviet Navy 1918-19912:49:06Did northern submarine bases require long surface transits?Q&A
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?1:31:13Bermuda floating dock and global supportNotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:28:17From Civil War expansion to a two-ocean U.S. NavyQ&A
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-657:44Baltic occupation, new bases, and the Soviet sea-access problemChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:03:51Treaty rules reached merchant conversions, foreign orders, and Pacific basesChapter
- Victoria Louise(1897) Class: Time to Make An Impression (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 6)27:32Vineta revives an America station without a secure baseChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War3:32:37Why paper fleet totals were not enough in the Far EastChapter
- Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…1:57Could NATO strike the Russian Black Sea Fleet?Q&A
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers1:09:30St. Louis surveys the Atlantic base networkNotable Point
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France13:29French bases remove Allied campaigns and commitmentsNotable Point
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France27:26French North Africa becomes a government and supply baseChapter
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?21:34French bases and fleet distribution in 1940Chapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:01:00What Ceylon needed to support British carrier strikesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 32:29:58The missing fireboat in the Bonhomme Richard responseQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:20:01The strategic value of Île LongueQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-4025:47Why Canada could support an old capital ship more readily than South AfricaQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-402:01:14Floating dry docks were a critical early-war vulnerabilityQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments57:26A global fortress program for British naval basesQ&A
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19400:33Crete as Greece's defensible naval hubChapter
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193914:34Build Crete into Greece's submarine strongholdChapter
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193916:12Crete as a surviving Greek national redoubtNotable Point
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.4:56The Royal Navy's global dockyard networkChapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.47:48Malta and Simon's Town show misaligned interwar prioritiesChapter
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.1:36:03Singapore connected Indian and Australian maritime industryNotable Point
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.1:40:26Did local refining affect bunker-fuel depots?Q&A
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.2:04:53Why Milford Haven is not a ready-made nuclear submarine baseQ&A
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.2:16:05The Royal Navy's global base map still had major gapsChapter
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.2:36:08How oil firing changed imperial base geographyQ&A
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)33:02Western Mediterranean geography favored speed and air defenseChapter
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)36:00France's Far East fleet as an allied force enablerChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 29:25Why the Blitz damaged fewer active warships than expectedQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:03:18Why the Pacific fortification clause disadvantaged JapanChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)1:11:18A disclosed compromise for Pacific fortificationsChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)22:19Washington Treaty fortification status quoChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)27:04A disclosed modernization rule for Pacific basesChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)46:17Pacific fortification limits and Japanese insecurityChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)23:57Article 19 froze Pacific bases and defensesChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)35:39Geography made the Pacific freeze unequalNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)38:36A more equitable fortification compromiseChapter
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)46:09Endurance and the strategic value of presenceChapter
- Finnish War 1808-9 (Sweden vs Russia): A War of Autocracies (Long Patrol)32:03Sveaborg's surrender handed Russia Sweden's critical fleet baseChapter
- The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC): Long Patrol30:33Carthage's naval infrastructure and readinessNotable Point
- Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...30:12How Britain treated Malta as a naval baseQ&A
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)31:14York reveals the limits of overseas dockyardsNotable Point
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet2:00:14How reluctant acquisitions became useful naval basesQ&A
- The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)34:49Bathurst corvettes and hydrography as naval logisticsNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)35:04Soviet destroyers without the planned fleetChapter
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)25:51Could Britain keep the United States out of the war?Q&A
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)28:22Why would Vladivostok not solve the basing problem?Q&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:00:37Why distant naval enclaves matter to a fleetQ&A
- Battle of the Aegates, 241BC: Deciding the First Punic War (Long Patrol)22:22What Carthage's Admiralty Harbour can revealNotable Point
- Battle of the Aegates (241BC)1:23:00What Carthage's ship sheds reveal about fleet careNotable Point
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:11:33Why Freetown anchored South Atlantic operationsQ&A
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): Long Patrol10:39Corfu as an Ionian naval baseChapter
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): Long Patrol1:06:08Corfu's long strategic legacyChapter
- The Forgotten Trafalgar: The 1509 Battle of Diu (Long Patrol)1:21:30Victory without immediate occupationNotable Point
- The Forgotten Trafalgar: The 1509 Battle of Diu (Long Patrol)1:24:32Diu's legacy: trade power needs investmentChapter
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"26:16Why Gare Loch was not industrialised more heavilyQ&A
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"1:00:31Haulbowline: enlarging an island for a naval dockyardChapter
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"1:24:58Mare Island and the danger of inherited infrastructureQ&A
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"1:31:16Gibraltar joined protected water with accessible repair docksNotable Point
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"2:08:49Cockatoo Island and Simon's Town anchored southern imperial routesChapter
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol17:34Port Arthur and the cost of an unsupported baseNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)31:02When did the US Navy inherit the global policing role?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)58:41Royal Marines doctrine without the wartime commando turnQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII15:29Why San Diego was the supportable alternative to Pearl HarborQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII35:22Harwich needed both an operational commander and a dockyard commanderNotable Point
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)2:34:34Britain needed depth beyond SingaporeQ&A
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?1:14:34Operational damage and the missed repair facilitiesNotable Point
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...40:04Standardization and the rise of shore supportChapter
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...49:19Forward foundries and the spare-parts problemNotable Point
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...1:31:11A depot ship for dispersed SSBN supportQ&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:03:55When did purpose-built repair ships become common?Q&A
- The Results: Taranto Long Patrol5:50A fleet concentrated in an exposed anchorageChapter
- The Results: Taranto Long Patrol6:43Success inside Italy's principal eastern baseNotable Point
- The Results: Taranto Long Patrol8:16Why the Regia Marina moved to NaplesChapter
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P35:54Why Taranto mattered to Italian fleet mobilityChapter
- The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol7:16Heligoland and the approach to WilhelmshavenChapter
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)17:03Bases and uncertain neutrality shaped the Mediterranean routesNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore12:31Why coal made overseas logistics essentialNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore30:25A base is not automatically a supply baseNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore57:41Basra's oil access outweighed Hormuz's geographyQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore2:25:09Article 19 limited Pacific basesChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore2:31:44Without Article 19, bases join the arms raceQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore3:27:08European forces drew fuel through portsQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence2:10:59Pitcairn could support a light maritime outpost, not a major baseQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:10:11Where Trident could move after Scottish independenceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:17:17Arctic access, Russian pressure, and icebreaker capacityQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 19419:30Commonwealth burden-sharing and the Singapore bastionNotable Point
- Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/712:31Long-range submarines, distant bases and the cost of surfacingChapter
- The Battle of Athos 1807: A Long Patrol33:34Dmitry Senyavin's long career and contested reputationNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books4:07:46When an Orkney naval base would be worthwhileQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books4:09:19The cost of making the Clyde a larger naval baseQ&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI31:21Two coasts forced France to duplicate fleet supportNotable Point
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17830:22The Great Siege begins as a contest over a naval baseChapter
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:57:00Was Guantanamo Bay part of the destroyers-for-bases agreement?Q&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4537:12How Scottish independence could reshape Royal Navy basingQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-451:20:54Britain's dormant supercarrier-sized dry dockQ&A
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War3:31:25Operation Tabarin and Britain's Antarctic security logicQ&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy1:41:11Singapore's naval base needed a fleet and sustained fundingNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy1:45:31Irish bases and the protection of the Western ApproachesNotable Point
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi3:49:12Operation Dragon trades dreadnought readiness for base defenceNotable Point
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA13:13Destroyers for bases expands Atlantic securityChapter
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease14:39Infrastructure is the hidden lead time behind rearmamentChapter
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...47:18How the Royal Navy entered war with global fuel reservesQ&A
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers3:45:48Why naval offense depends on defended bases and supply linesNotable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations54:11The reach and supply problem of a German base in IcelandQ&A
- Bruships 36: International Relations3:41:33What Britain might have demanded after victory in 1815Q&A
- Bruships 36: International Relations3:45:45How British treaty ports could reshape the American Civil WarNotable Point
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East48:50The Washington treaty, forward bases, and naval visitsChapter
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 4: Result6:14The Act's budget and imperial dockyard legacyChapter
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?16:03Defending the Pacific Fleet's center of gravityNotable Point
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?38:05Britain's Far East problem was moving oil, not finding itQ&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:11:58Italian submarine quality, basing, and export pressureNotable Point
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"51:20Fleet Air Arm growth required a global shore networkQ&A
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection3:03:37Fleet size sets the case for naval basesQ&A
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American4:47War Plan Orange and the Pacific logistics problemNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American6:09War Plan Orange and the exposed fleet trainNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark1:05:16From Wilhelmshaven's channels to Taranto's shallowsNotable Point
- Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/257:25Civilian infrastructure is part of naval readinessChapter
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:29:38Mahan and Corbett begin from different strategic positionsQ&A
- Four Random Books 8: Churchill6:51The Morocco crisis, Atlantic bases, and British sea lanesChapter
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol40:36Why naval bases are commissioned like shipsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:21:22Scottish independence, naval basing, and fiscal capacityQ&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car1:46:41Could a British Menorca base have aided Malta?Q&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car2:03:31Why more ships at Malta could make Force K weakerNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 424:58Global war and the Royal Navy's competing schoolsNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 44:28Mediterranean leverage against a late Italian entryNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 459:41Submarines and bases for a Mediterranean counteroffensiveNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A14:32Why naval basing should avoid a single point of failureQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 420:29Worked-up destroyer flotillas and forward reservesNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 426:07HMS Terror and the defence of SingaporeNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 428:19Defending Singapore from the landward approachNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 429:43Matching fleet command to theatre logisticsNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 434:37Singapore as the theatre command and logistics hubChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:21:39How to trace a former Royal Navy launchQ&A
- Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean49:18Mediterranean geography creates submarine opportunitiesChapter
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-4326:38Presence, distance, and deterrence in the Indian OceanChapter
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-4330:38East Indies command was built to receive a fleet in crisisChapter
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:48:28Madagascar's ports and the logic behind Operation IroncladChapter
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-433:07:13Seychelles and Mauritius as anti-submarine and air basesQ&A
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?42:20Ammunition dumps must be safe, concealed, and reachableNotable Point
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?1:59:40Why Greenwich and historic dockyards still matterQ&A
- 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
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:20:31The strategic trade-off of overseas naval basesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:19:08What reopening Simon's Town would requireQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:25:20Chagos claims and Diego Garcia's strategic valueQ&A
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 1 Corvettes...12:10Flower-class endurance and refuellingChapter
- Anglo-Japanese Relations Part 1: 1902-192112:26Port Arthur demonstrated Japan's value as an allyChapter
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!55:10Why Wei-hai-wei was not heavily fortifiedQ&A
- Altmark Last Meeting with the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video5:01German logistics in the South Atlantic campaignChapter