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- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one5:47A powerful ship still occupies only one placeNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one35:01Yamato secrecy and the limits of deterrenceNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one42:27More destroyers could buy time without changing the resultNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:28:26Stable strategic aims and the ship-procurement processQ&A
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...40:58Deleting fuel tanks changes the strategy a ship can supportNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:00Hidden movement, patrols and imperfect knowledge in naval wargamingNotable Point
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?18:29Tirpitz and Holtzendorff as competing strategic modelsChapter
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?21:34Plan Z and the political choice behind a diesel fleetChapter
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?41:29Sizing capital ships for raiding and likely opponentsNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:44Why frigate procurement announcements age quicklyNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)50:37Frigate procurement and the confidence behind deterrenceChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...19:24Strategic decision time and infrastructure depthNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:13:40Destroyer range and preparation for future conflictsNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:00:40Why carriers make more sense for France than GermanyQ&A
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:00:30Renown with Force X in the AdriaticNotable Point
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:03:12French ships and the allocation of British capital shipsChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:29:51Why German surface ships would still face pressure to raidNotable Point
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:37:59Where the counterfactual becomes too uncertainChapter
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?57:03Why a defeated landing could still restrict BritainNotable Point
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?58:53Improved invasion forces would change British decisionsNotable Point
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?1:04:28The French fleet and British fears of invasionNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?39:14Soviet deployments and the cost of diverting NATO forcesNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?40:59Surface raiders and diversion from a decisive theatreNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?43:17Combining Soviet surface raiders with submarinesNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?55:26Prewar submarine deployments and bastion barriersNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers39:41Mahan and Corbett spoke to different naval audiencesNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:13Capturing a carrier is much harder than sinking itQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live42:20Why thirty useful years still justify a warshipNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)45:37One deployed carrier requires several hullsNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)2:01:27Could German surface raiders replace U-boats?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:02:28A Pacific-first war creates a stronger coalitionChapter
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:05:17Why more T-class submarines remain in the Far EastNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:06:32A Pacific deployment still leaves fleets guarding EuropeNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:49:54Japan's entry changes which Allied fleets it would faceNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:18:42Japan's decisive-battle problemQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:28:01Why Britain would strike ships in harborQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:31:04Would the RAF join attacks on ships in harbour?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:59:00More preparation could make a Norwegian campaign costlierQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:29:12Why the ideal balanced navy depends on geographyQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live22:03Why drone forces still depend on communicationsQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:01:34A third carrier hull as a missile cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:53:31Britain's choice to emphasise maritime powerQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:18:00Expected naval attrition in a Cold War warQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:17:31The German surface fleet as a fleet in beingQ&A
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?0:18Why the French fleet changes the Allied balanceChapter
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?10:59Using older French battleships for second-line dutiesNotable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?42:30Extra hulls create maintenance time as well as firepowerNotable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?1:01:36Fast ships find the fight and heavy ships close inNotable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?1:08:28How the French fleet changes the war without deciding itNotable Point
- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:00:02French intervention could widen the Russo-Japanese WarNotable Point
- Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership19:13Commerce raiding and the limits of disrupting sea controlChapter
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:05:02When a naval port visit becomes coerciveQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:11:57Using a Franco-Spanish fleet to secure the western MediterraneanQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)1:16:00Britain planned for simultaneous wars in several theatresNotable Point
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:23:00Fleet readiness, reserves, and dependence on the seaQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:28:40Unbalanced fleets and uncertain information in the Black SeaQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:26:40Preparing the Royal Navy for a known Falklands warQ&A
- Building upon experience from a position of strength; Imperial Japan's Destroyers in WWI29:18Why Japan did not send more of its fleet to EuropeNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:52:22Modern submarines and covert insertion missionsQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:53:15A large Danish cruiser force on the eve of World War IIQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today1:03:53Nuclear assumptions distort Cold War force planningNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today1:18:38Asymmetric-war habits meet renewed peer threatsNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered0:00Mahan's case for naval preparednessChapter
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered20:04Balanced fleets turn Mahan's warning into force designChapter
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered24:02From Jeune Ecole shortcuts to flotilla defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...8:04Trafalgar, Channel invasion pressure, and French commerce raidingQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...45:02Why the Austrian Navy remained a lower eighteenth-century priorityQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:36How large could neutral Turkey's wartime navy become?Q&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:05:00A communist Italy in 1912 and the likely European reactionQ&A
- Yak-38 Forger: The Nasty Surprise of the Kiev Class37:57Why warship missions matter more than Top Trumps rankingsNotable Point
- Yak-38 Forger: The Nasty Surprise of the Kiev Class44:02A larger Kiev air group and a better Yak-38Notable Point
- Yak-38 Forger: The Nasty Surprise of the Kiev Class46:27Sea blindness, surface superiority and short-war assumptionsNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality4:33Trafalgar illustrates British fleet depthNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century5:10Japan's escort terminology explains its maritime screening strategyChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century21:31High-end destroyers turn industrial strength into visible deterrenceNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century24:33Japan moves from a paper presence toward continuous deterrenceNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century39:28Sea lines of communication are a national-survival issue for JapanNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century48:13Izumo adds fighters for identification and limited air defenceChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century54:07Organic airborne early warning may require a larger successor to IzumoNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century57:48Japan needs defensive depth on its Pacific side as well as its western approachesNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century1:07:25Defensive interception cost depends on the damage preventedNotable Point
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:03A Baltic bastion would defend convoys differentlyQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:07:07Uncrewed missile craft do not remove sea-control problemsQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:48A nuclear-cut canal would loosen carrier size limitsQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:37:54Britain could enforce blockade with contracts as well as cruisersNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?18:29Tiger's strategic speed could put heavy guns at Singapore in timeChapter
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?31:14Dispersed task groups need speed to support one anotherNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?58:57Two battle lines give Britain worldwide task-group depthNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?1:01:54A larger fast fleet undermines the German Panzerschiff conceptChapter
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?1:05:23A 24-knot fast force raises the carrier speed requirementNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...39:07Presence tasking explains the cruiser shortage problemNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...42:05Allied warships cannot fully substitute for national presenceNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...45:15Global trade made early naval presence cheaper than crisis responseNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...1:03:37Deterrence required both persistent patrols and a credible heavy forceNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...1:13:28Falklands success required ships to perform an unexpected missionChapter
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...14:46Harwich Force would turn the Channel Dash into a fleet actionQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:02Royal Navy infrastructure supported expansion in the 1840sQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:00New Zealand's frigate choice points toward MogamiQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:44:29Retaining Hong Kong would create a forward-base liabilityQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:09:11A 1914 Brittany earthquake could turn mobilization into disaster reliefQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:23:36Ten Australian T-class submarines would reshape Pacific confidenceQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:35:35Social-media speed clashes with procurement and diplomatic timeNotable Point
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?0:47Strike Fleet Atlantic turns the Soviet bastion into a defensive burdenNotable Point
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?1:45Winning at sea is the enabling condition for the land warNotable Point
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:26Destroying the Panama Canal in the Second World WarQ&A
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy0:16Katari and the long view behind Indian naval indigenizationChapter
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy49:05Why Katari wanted defence and finance inside naval planningNotable Point
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy58:45Katari, Zhukov, and the argument for Indian carriersNotable Point
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy1:07:31Denied U.S. visits and the demands of joint leadershipNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...0:00Ship design balances memory, strategy, and technologyChapter
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...4:04A broad fleet complicates an opponent's prioritiesNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...16:19Yorktown and Illustrious fit different geostrategiesChapter
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...23:50Black Sea lessons need geographic translationNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...39:07Fleet composition follows operating waters and national interestsChapter
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet0:00Trade and strategic depth drive Korea's destroyer fleetChapter
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet9:14Heavy industry becomes a constituency for maritime strategyNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet17:39Armistice and maritime dependence shape Korean naval prioritiesNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet27:14Submarines deny the sea while surface ships exercise controlChapter
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet52:28Korean task groups may answer Japan's carriers and cruisersNotable Point
- What if Hawaii became a British Protectorate in 1824?7:02A Hawaiian cruiser base could change Pacific war planningNotable Point
- What if Hawaii became a British Protectorate in 1824?9:53Hawaii matters because of where it sitsChapter
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI8:37Offensive design from strategic shortageNotable Point
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI16:36Balancing production numbers and destroyer qualityNotable Point
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI31:02Hit-and-run attacks versus longer screening fightsNotable Point
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI42:49V170 returns to 105 mm guns but still lacks weight of fireChapter
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI47:32Redesign the boats under real German constraintsNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:54:08Why territorial waters still need blue-water reachQ&A
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI11:02Claymore and Branlebas expose Jeune Ecole legacyChapter
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI16:11Flotilla defence still requires a balanced fleetNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI20:29Infrastructure limits procurement doctrineNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI53:24Larger destroyers compete with the need for more hullsNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:47Japan's 1941 war decision and deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:27How Iran might rebuild its fleetQ&A
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?1:22What role can OPVs play in wartime?Q&A
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?9:22Crewed policing hulls are poor disposable combatantsNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?54:40Singapore arms its OPVs for wartime control of the straitNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?59:43How should a navy balance the capability and cost of its patrol fleet?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...17:31Visible presence and the argument for a balanced fleetNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...51:44Hedge strategy and balanced fleet designNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...2:25:42Why the proposed battleship emphasizes magazines, power, and commandChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:17:18Is the US Navy already behind China's navy?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:40:24Why did the Jeune Ecole fail as guerrilla warfare at sea?Q&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...20:46Reserve frigates and Falklands force availabilityQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:42Space convoys as naval escort geometryQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...32:30Armed merchants and reaction forces in a space convoyNotable Point
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...34:30Cargo value and the choice between escorts and dispersed shippingNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:39:19Burkes become the visible presence of the US NavyChapter
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development0:00Destroyers remain both shield and spearChapter
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:14The Whitehead torpedo tests the balanced-fleet ideaNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:09:26Conventional deterrence needs visible escalation optionsNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:13:18Post-Cold War destroyers inherit cruiser diplomacyChapter
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:20:45Peacetime gray zones overload high-end destroyersNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:32:12Larger destroyer proposals raise questions about magazine depthNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...53:24Sea-lane defence shapes the Cold War JMSDFNotable Point
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...35:59Why chess-versus-Go national strategy analogies failQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...47:58Submarine deterrent command under communications collapseQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:33:46Earth's naval policy without the FederationQ&A
- Ironclads go Two Decker....8:38Large frigates made Warrior a natural British answerChapter
- Ironclads go Two Decker....12:13Warrior made new technology look like familiar powerNotable Point
- Ironclads go Two Decker....38:15Britain could build separate ironclad battle and frigate fleetsNotable Point
- Ironclads go Two Decker....48:05Faster frigates could delay the cruiser labelNotable Point
- Ironclads go Two Decker....53:59Later powers keep trying to reproduce the Warrior momentNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)10:54Distributed missile ships still need sensors and presenceNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)47:28Optionally crewed craft fit task forces better than global patrolsQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:39:02Maritime dependence sets the need for a professional navyQ&A
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII0:58Swedish destroyers make every amphibious approach uncertainChapter
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII7:13Småland illustrates route denial in confined watersNotable Point
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII19:30Judge destroyers against national needsNotable Point
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII50:53The 1972 fast-attack-craft turn closes a destroyer traditionNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima8:09Prestige could not close Russia's capability gapNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima9:18Stronger rival navies strained Britain's two-power standardNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima10:17Tsushima exposed Russia's screening shortfallChapter
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima20:09Outnumbered Russian fleets needed destroyer gunpowerNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima37:48Lieutenant Shestakov combined heavy armament with limited speedNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima45:32Four separated fleets required far more destroyersNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima52:35What if Russia had built balanced destroyers earlier?Notable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)12:29The Six-Six fleet relies on coalition deterrenceNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)18:02A battleship fleet needs enough escortsNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart7:03Jeune Ecole U.S. Navy recovery problemQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart8:41How a weak U.S. battle fleet changes the Pacific balanceNotable Point
- Bruships12:14Trade winds and Age of Sail routingQ&A
- Bruships21:25A French navy still at war and British forces in the Indian OceanNotable Point
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans49:09St. Vincent and Britain's layered fleet strategyQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:04:01A Nordic pact could lean toward Germany, Poland, or neutralityNotable Point
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:17:49Naval logistics in the Cornwall rebuilding scenarioNotable Point
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans2:21:24Goeben and Breslau in the Indian OceanQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:40:43The Indian Ocean remains a lower priority in 1940Notable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?38:21Axis reactions face strict industrial limitsChapter
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?15:34A hundred torpedo aircraft allow for failed dropsNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?53:09Scouting-group losses would make a German sortie harderNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?54:11Three carriers simplify a difficult strike packageNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?58:05The uncertain prospect of provoking a German sortieNotable Point
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI1:29Italy's Mediterranean and Adriatic destroyer problemChapter
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI31:45Why Italy developed destroyers faster than it funded themNotable Point
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI33:57Naval arms races and the German army's budget ceilingNotable Point
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:50:19German naval strategy if Britain will intervene in 1914Q&A
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...5:05Developing officers for tactical, strategic, and political commandNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...6:40Peacetime funding and constituency interestsNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...22:40The accelerated path to CNOChapter
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...33:18The US Navy inherits global sea-lane securityChapter
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...36:36Surface presence, submarine concealment, and crisis managementNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...44:04A warship silhouette becomes diplomatic brand recognitionNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...56:25A fleet for deterrence, conflict management, and warNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...57:17Counterfactual: Burke in the Cuban Missile CrisisNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?52:10Threats change, but national risks endureChapter
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...2:54Pacific threat logic and the cost objectionNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...11:28Two Dominion Lions would make a four-ship squadronNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...20:27How a commerce-protection label narrowed the ship choiceNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...32:17Why a flagship should not be second-classChapter
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...49:54How Dominion battlecruisers could reduce other overseas deploymentsNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...51:22The fleet cost of German prestige deploymentsNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...54:52A German prestige deployment could trigger a Dominion battlecruiser huntNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...1:25:04Capability exists only in fielded systemsNotable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:53German fast attack craft and Baltic presenceQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:19Iranian missile-range estimates and European defensesQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...43:40Transport and escort requirements for weapon bargesNotable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...45:54Naval disasters lost at the tactical levelQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:31Ports need fixed and mobile air defenseQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:18:10Air power, negotiations, and ending a warQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:03The panel's Hormuz reopening scenarioQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:22Consultation and objectives in coalition warfareQ&A
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?0:00Great-power logic behind declaring warChapter
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?18:29Italy was already overstretchedChapter
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?26:20Germany's industrial gamble in the AtlanticChapter
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?37:49Tripartite geography limits real cooperationNotable Point
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?45:21Alternate history as command analysisChapter
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?1:04:21Removing Mussolini before an American warChapter
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?1:13:10How an Italian change of sides would alter the Mediterranean warChapter
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII40:31Operation Catapult and government war preparednessNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII54:07What a mass French fleet escape might have changedNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII1:00:00Could a larger Free French fleet have supported itself?Notable Point
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:04Minimum size for a modern presence shipQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:11:52Steam power breaks the geography of sail blockadeQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:37Iranian drone carrier survivability lessonQ&A
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?0:12Why the advertised missile container ship would stand outNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?13:13Merchant auxiliaries become part of the kill chainChapter
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?15:05How F-35B carrier operations depend on suppressing reconnaissanceQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:25How retaining Singapore could shift the Pacific campaignQ&A
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?4:13Risk and threat in maritime planningChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?34:511998 commitments and shrinking capabilityChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?47:44The 1998 shift from open-ocean warfare to the littoralChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:08:23The 2003 case for sea-based logistics and land attackNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:06:39Quantifying Britain's maritime dependenciesChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:08:51The 2025 review rediscovered an enduring maritime riskChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:29:28Why wartime logistics cannot assume commercial participationNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:33:21Risk-first procurement and accountabilityChapter
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:51:38Would light carriers widen Japan's opening offensive?Q&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:11Mahan and Corbett emphasize different parts of sea powerNotable Point
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...15:06French naval strength makes the fleet a bargaining asset and a threatNotable Point
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...26:26Fleet agreements need contingencies for an ally's defeatNotable Point
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...46:48Greek fleet withdrawal preserves an exile navyChapter
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...1:20:50Force-extraction plans need bases and alliance fallbacksNotable Point
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:03Battlecruisers instead of a battle fleetQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:13Why coastal-defence ships deter only some opponentsQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:51Anti-ship ballistic missiles as a cost problemQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48:14Would Dutch battlecruisers invite a British attack?Q&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:10When does a battlecruiser concept make sense?Q&A
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be9:27Maritime trade makes land routes a limited insurance policyNotable Point
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be45:15Deterrence, strength, and the peace dividendNotable Point
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be1:08:15Sea control comes before expeditionary powerNotable Point
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be1:14:42A stronger task group also becomes a more valuable targetNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More33:35Preparedness beyond the frigate victoriesChapter
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More54:06Sims makes World War I sea power visibleChapter
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:16:30Interior lines and Britain's dependence on the fleetNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:18:34Armstrong restores Mahan's commerce balanceNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:24:05German fleet building reshapes international alignmentsChapter
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:28:13Arbitration treaties qualify an alliance commitmentNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:34:22Naval policy is national strategyChapter
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet12:20Continuous destroyer building links presence to securityNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet20:55Cuba exposes the Soviet surface-fleet gapChapter
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet25:30Balanced fleets deny an enemy an easy counterNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet44:00Bastion defense requires global diversionChapter
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet46:09Kiev task groups reveal the next destroyer gapChapter
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet1:06:54Destroyer mass supports Soviet cruiser prestigeChapter
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?1:19:13Why Renown's speed is less useful in the Eastern MediterraneanNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?37:34Permanent risks set the fleet baseline before threats are countedChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?40:47Regional protection and trade exposure produce different fleet needsChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?44:20Cut taskings before cutting shipsChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:29:32Fleet planning starts with risks, missions, and deliberate slackChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:11:26Geographic risks and changing threats in a 30-year fleet planNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start42:58Using Andrew Field as an entry point to Royal Navy Far East strategyQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...16:34Why a warship cannot simply shield the shadow fleetQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:43:39Battleships or battlecruisers for Imperial Germany?Q&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:18Did Germany drive every increase in British battlecruiser size?Q&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48:13What if Germany deployed battlecruisers to its colonies?Q&A
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:21:56Could stronger fleets prevent one overstretched world war?Notable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live48:13How earlier warships change every theater cumulativelyQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:39:56Even the larger fleet does not make Operation Catherine practicalQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:07Why Britain and France count as medium global naviesQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:07:48A regional navy needs influence within its regionQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:29Germany and the Nordic navies within the regional spectrumQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:54Choosing useful comparisons between naviesNotable Point
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?58:13Wegener challenged the High Seas Fleet's North Sea focusNotable Point
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?1:03:52Torpedoes were meant to finish Germany's fleet ambushChapter
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII15:09Why exercises against America differed from preparations to fight JapanChapter
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII1:14:03Could modern navies use general specialists?Notable Point
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20261:02:58How can leaders avoid the Jeune École's confirmation bias?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:32:09Would surviving cruisers have kept destroyers small?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order21:07Taiwan's political status does not remove the amphibious problemNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order32:30The target problem behind hypersonic missilesNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…0:24Why deployable force matters more than headline strengthChapter
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…3:39Taiwan's shipping routes turn a local war into a global shockChapter
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers0:55Institutional memory favors balanced naval forcesChapter
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers11:46Jeune Ecole torpedo strategy meets the distant blockadeChapter
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers16:04Single-weapon forces fail the combined-arms testNotable Point
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers41:40Did Jeune Ecole influence other navies' strategies?Q&A
- Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!0:40Two naval books connect the world warsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun6:49How carrier readiness reshapes Taiwan contingency planningNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun37:57Austro-Hungarian naval designs and prudent threat assessmentNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:08:21Cyclic's assessment of the consequences of losing Pacific primacyQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:56:29King's Atlantic carrier allocation and the disputed food-crisis premiseQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:36:15National commitments remain part of alliance fleet planningNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:45:56Germany must define its navy before sizing frigatesQ&A
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!1:27Why the Type 26 update is about strategyChapter
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:58:56A united Scandinavia enters capital-ship limitationQ&A
- What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?24:08Four strategic goals make naval policy legible to cabinetNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...1:48:14Could Britain turn the coastal raiding campaign around?Notable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...2:22:23Would the High Seas Fleet still come out?Q&A
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII55:07Wartime readiness served a lasting trade needChapter
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?1:14:14Japan's island perimeter and the limits of a short-war planNotable Point
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit8:40British coastal defence aimed to hold invaders for the Royal NavyNotable Point
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit10:44Scale and duration defeated short-war planningChapter
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:35:43Why carriers buy coalition leadershipNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...10:23The treaty ratio turns insecurity into planning pressureNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...16:14Kuroshima's small forces and raiding attritionNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...31:27Pearl Harbor and Japan's short-war strategyChapter
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...59:53From attrition raid to off-balance strategyNotable Point
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 319:38Operational attrition versus a methodical Pacific advanceNotable Point
- Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi1:18:14Cunningham's simple orders versus overcomplicated commandChapter
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)16:33Red Sea operations must be judged against their stated war aimsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle15:35Would China name an aircraft carrier Taiwan?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle2:51:48Why the 1890s United States needed a fleet as well as fortsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle6:30:24A simulated port explosion and the search for a cause of warNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:14:33Italy's strategic aims in the treaty settlementNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:42:00The Ottoman Empire's best option in July 1914Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…3:23:00Which navy without a carrier might benefit most from one?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon1:43:23What losing access to the sea would do to a modern economyQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War7:47:32Shipping lanes in a Morocco-Algeria conflict scenarioNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust4:57:16A 32-knot Dreadnought would erase the battlecruiser nicheQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:06:07The naval geography of a Germany unified by AustriaQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust3:58:22How the Deutschland-class raiders shaped Royal Navy deploymentsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust4:53:05Why an alternate fleet's allegiance matters as much as its sizeQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress1:25:07A fictional anti-piracy fleet built around patrols and reserveQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress3:54:01Beresford's boast about the Russian fleetQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:04:51If Europe divided into Protestant and Catholic great-power blocsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:46:42If Stalin received a French-scale fleet in 1938Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:02:49Flags of convenience and the burden of naval protectionQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida5:23:40How Cunningham combined simple operations to complicate enemy choicesNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida7:49:54Why Fuso and German battleships embodied different geographyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II5:05:53How the Indian Navy compares with other major fleetsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I2:22:40A German-Russian personal union remakes EuropeQ&A
- Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy25:40From Black Sea command to a blue-water navyChapter
- Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy39:33Sea power begins with economic powerChapter
- Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy46:45Missile defence changes how fleet combat power is measuredChapter
- Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy48:17When fleet operations become strategicNotable Point
- Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy52:30Gorshkov writes for deterrence and conflict managementNotable Point
- Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy54:24How missiles changed the scale of naval strikeChapter
- Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy1:12:27Why Gorshkov's force-planning language still sounds modernNotable Point
- Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy1:13:24Balance the fleet to national interestsNotable Point
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:04Royal Navy factions persist through patronage and strategyQ&A
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?1:00:15A qualitative race changes Anglo-German strategyNotable Point
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)4:46Setting the limits of a no-World-War-II fleet scenarioChapter
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)1:44:49Carrier submarines compete with patrol range and regional specializationNotable Point
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)1:56:06Would India become a Dominion in this timeline?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:30:00Alliances divide oceans because no navy has infinite shipsNotable Point
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:43:07Would intercontinental bombers still be funded?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:47:37Could Yugoslavia build a serious Adriatic navy?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:55:05How would disguised surface raiders develop?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:57:41Would anyone use a light carrier as a commerce raider?Q&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:38Why maritime forces often lead deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:42:35Why equal ship losses affect fleets differentlyNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:02:59Why navies resist a simple four-part rankingQ&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:13:20American pressure behind Japan's Six-Six FleetNotable Point
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:03Why an early U-boat buildup would not guarantee British starvationQ&A
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?17:11Even the largest navies depend on allied burden sharingNotable Point
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?29:23Minelaying gives cruiser submarines influence without lingeringNotable Point
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:34A modernized Italian fleet could push British capital ships from the MediterraneanQ&A
- Kaigun-chūjō Gunichi Mikawa: The IJN's Pearl Harbor back up plan49:52What if Japan limited or abandoned the Solomons defense?Notable Point
- Izumo Class; Building for the future or planned preperation?43:11Deterrence can make negotiation saferChapter
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War10:12Argentina planned for occupation, not a naval war with BritainChapter
- Battle of Lepanto 1571: Alliances of Command38:19Actium and Lepanto reveal the same strategic geographyNotable Point
- Battle of Lepanto 1571: Alliances of Command1:10:16A tactical victory without a durable allianceChapter
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...18:49Disposable drones and escalation at seaQ&A
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...36:49Why the Battles of the Atlantic fade from public memoryQ&A
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?27:52Qualitative versus quantitative naval racesNotable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?56:51Why larger French and Italian fleets matter globallyNotable Point
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?42:28Why valuable naval infrastructure also needs protectionNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...21:04How shipping routes carry global tradeNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...28:19Continental powers seek naval offset strategiesNotable Point
- The Value of Surprise as a Tactic: Going For Spanish Silver0:01Why surprise fails at seaChapter
- The Value of Surprise as a Tactic: Going For Spanish Silver39:07Surprise depends on local superiorityNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:21Why navies lay minefields before warQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:07:05Why Malta no longer hosts a major fleet baseQ&A
- Battle of Actium(31BC); Last Gasp of the Roman Republic45:00Balanced fleets adapt while specialized fleets smashNotable Point
- Vlieter Incident 1799: When the Dutch lost a Fleet to a Conundrum... or a Conspiracy...12:10Dutch penny packets invite local defeatNotable Point
- Vlieter Incident 1799: When the Dutch lost a Fleet to a Conundrum... or a Conspiracy...18:02Elite seamanship cannot repair weak strategic institutionsNotable Point
- Vlieter Incident 1799: When the Dutch lost a Fleet to a Conundrum... or a Conspiracy...51:43Batavian leaders reinforce failureNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?2:12:29Export dreadnoughts traded protection for deterrent firepowerNotable Point
- Admiral Hugo Von Pohl: Architect of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare or Short Term Improviser?28:08Why twenty submarines could not close British tradeNotable Point
- Admiral Hugo Von Pohl: Architect of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare or Short Term Improviser?36:16An enemy will not volunteer for unfavorable battleNotable Point
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory15:33Why did St Vincent stay at Toulon instead of pursuing Napoleon?Q&A
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:37:39Japan's Eight-Eight fleet sought quality over numbersChapter
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:38:39Would Japanese attrition work better against Britain than America?Q&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)41:29Navies as police and alliances as insuranceNotable Point
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft19:50Why war-fighting equations undercount presenceNotable Point
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:00:33World of Warships Devastation as Britain's 1939 battlefleetQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...34:14Why a developed Crete merits fortificationNotable Point
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:33:14Capital ships shift from battle lines to wars of maneuverNotable Point
- Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit31:41Richardson's functions of naval strategyChapter
- Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit35:47Shipbuilding remains a strategic function after war beginsNotable Point
- Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit36:47Why Richardson's tactful strategy still failed politicallyNotable Point
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy1:23:43Was Gorshkov's sea-power argument domestic or international?Q&A
- CSS Arkansas & Isaac N. Brown... A study in tactical excellence & strategic incompetence...44:09A one-month career ends in strategic wasteNotable Point
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?22:41Why the counterfactual stops short of a wartime timelineNotable Point
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?1:08:39A stronger Royal Navy alters the French-fleet riskNotable Point
- Suffren: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Voldermort6:34Six battles and a strategy-first campaignNotable Point
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:51Why a navy should not make every ship a first-rateNotable Point
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:30:32The sea as Britain's strategic depthNotable Point
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:56:37What the Panama Canal imposed on US warshipsQ&A
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?56:24Strategic restraint behind the finished classChapter
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?16:57The conventional anti-British concept of operationsChapter
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?24:23Separating Hitler's rhetoric from operational intentNotable Point
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?46:10An alternative Plan Z concept: Baltic control against the Soviet UnionChapter
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?49:01Raiding Britain, not defeating it for sea controlChapter
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII26:16Strategic distance became an excuse not to prepareNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:48:32The Strait of Hormuz became easier to close and easier to reopenQ&A
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...23:23Why sea control has to be continually enforcedNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...30:36The strategic case for letting Napoleon leave ToulonChapter
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...52:34How did Napoleon apply army methods to naval warfare?Q&A
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...1:38:17The battle plan serves a strategic annihilation missionNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...20:07Japanese intelligence geography and pressure to actChapter
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII2:49:14Why extra Allied submarines had uneven valueQ&A
- Rostislav: the Russian Victory from 1784?46:45Why Vyborg was not the Baltic TrafalgarNotable Point
- Rostislav: the Russian Victory from 1784?49:13Russia concentrates its first rates at VyborgNotable Point
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!1:46Sea control versus maritime transport in the Imjin WarChapter
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!18:48Northern raids shape Korea's force prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:05:00Comparing fictional space travel with sail and powered fleetsNotable Point
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction0:01Scheer's assumption that Britain would attackChapter
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction2:13Tirpitz's risk fleet lacked a wartime strategyNotable Point
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction9:30Scheer inherited two competing naval visionsNotable Point
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction26:43The opposing fleet strategies could not meetChapter
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction43:17The Royal Navy failed to explain its strategyChapter
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction46:35Corbett and Mahan explained sea power for the NavyNotable Point
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction1:18:48Trafalgar's reserve logic did not fit JutlandNotable Point
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction1:20:40Technology cannot replace strategy and tacticsNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned14:55Perry's Black Ships and Japan's strategic adaptationNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned20:03Grand Duke Alexei's strategy-free fleet buildingChapter
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned1:48:28The early mobilization Russia did not attemptNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned1:51:31Japan's decisive-battle lesson and its dangersChapter
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned2:00:06Russia punished officers instead of examining the systemChapter
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned2:04:34Russia's regional fleets lived in separate worldsChapter
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned2:10:30Rebuilding after Tsushima without strategic coherenceNotable Point
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:29:51Where to hide a naval base in the British IslesQ&A
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin1:47:13Why naval theory cannot be taught in isolationQ&A
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic1:11:59Strategic control versus tactical opportunityNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:06:54Covert submarine loiter and visible bomber deploymentsNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:07:29Second Sirte: tactical success, strategic failureChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?3:12:33What if Halsey's Third Fleet had stayed near Samar?Q&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:15:34How many dreadnoughts Imperial Russia would actually needQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:57:42Why visible military readiness can preserve peaceQ&A
- Simone Antonio Pacoret de Saint Bon: Father of the Regia Marina0:00Saint-Bon and the Italian naval traditionChapter
- Simone Antonio Pacoret de Saint Bon: Father of the Regia Marina27:56Why Saint-Bon rejected a small-ship strategyNotable Point
- Simone Antonio Pacoret de Saint Bon: Father of the Regia Marina36:47Saint-Bon’s legacy in the modern Italian NavyChapter
- Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,21:49Why this convoy mattered at the Battle of the SaintesNotable Point
- Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,23:48Storms and shadowing turn a raid into campaign disruptionNotable Point
- Italian Submarines of WWII: Shackled Potential or Victims of Geography?4:23Geography let Italy concentrate against a divided French fleetNotable Point
- Italian Submarines of WWII: Shackled Potential or Victims of Geography?51:14The First London Treaty constrained useful light forcesNotable Point
- 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?0:58Peer competition reopens the battleship questionChapter
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!3:24:09Why unsupported surface raiders had a glass jawNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!3:25:43Why Soviet cruisers operated far from NATO's main theaterNotable Point
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...1:11:34Italian nuclear warships and global reachQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...1:33:27A Baltic fleet for the Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthQ&A
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class38:27Threat analysis behind the six-battleship standardChapter
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class45:29Origins of Kantai Kessen and Taikan Kyohō ShugiChapter
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class1:23:02Deterrence worked because foreign powers knew the fleet's strengthChapter
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class1:27:30The Six-Six Fleet as coastal siege warfare at seaNotable Point
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live21:01Colonial strategy and Anson's global expeditionNotable Point
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live1:17:39Britain's four-port Caribbean objectiveNotable Point
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live2:19:23The Caribbean commitment weakens the Mediterranean squadronNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 9 - A long time coming...5:19Why navies could not replace battleships with cruiser swarmsQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 9 - A long time coming...21:13Why global trade strengthened a maritime blockade strategyNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...16:03Missions, sea control, and institutional continuityNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:25:02War plans against Japan drive carrier survivabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...12:44How NATO priorities reshaped British force structureNotable Point
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…6:00The Total War faction and the efficiency trapNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?1:35:27A surviving Force Z changes ABDA naval concentrationChapter
- Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?47:27Fleet ratios ignore the geography of imperial commitmentsNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Transition from Coal to Oil: HMS Spiteful to HMS Queen Elizabeth9:28Reginald Bacon linked naval mobility to a base networkChapter
- The Royal Navy's Transition from Coal to Oil: HMS Spiteful to HMS Queen Elizabeth9:28Brassey's Annual hosted professional naval debateNotable Point
- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command7:01Henry May builds a school for admirals and staff officersChapter
- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command45:19Richmond uses cruisers to frame presence and deterrenceNotable Point
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:55:45Could the U.S. Navy have prepared better for the War of 1812?Q&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:30A 1930s squadron to destroy the High Seas FleetQ&A
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked37:08How First and Third Sea Lords divided global and domestic workChapter
- How effective was the Russian Navy1:45Why Russian fleet geography imposed a permanent handicapNotable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:04:00Why the Mediterranean posed a different risk from home watersQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:07:13Why Britain concentrated its strongest forces against FranceNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him46:57Infrastructure limited America's deployable powerNotable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!9:29Why prewar threat planning sidelined seaplane tendersChapter
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!12:55Italian bases and raiders threatened trade beyond the MediterraneanNotable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!2:34:52Why Churchill sent Force Z to SingaporeNotable Point
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:13:46German destroyer range and the problem of reaching the AtlanticNotable Point
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II13:03If the United States joined Japan against RussiaQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II39:39A surprise German fleet on the eve of warQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...22:02Why sinking a warship is not treated like bombing a cityQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...43:02How peacetime dominance can unbalance a navyQ&A
- Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 104:30Why every navy wanted a different frigateNotable Point
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?2:21:39Germany faces an earlier choice between army and navyChapter
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?4:18France's strategic dilemma and the appeal of small shipsChapter
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?20:07A theory that assumes an obliging enemyChapter
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?1:20:39A viable Jeune École still needs a battle fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...19:29If Gallipoli had opened the DardanellesQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:18:47Why better sensors still leave uncertainty at seaQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...3:43:16Why the late twentieth century saw few fleet battlesQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...3:45:45Norway, Svalbard, and quiet Arctic preparationsQ&A
- Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 920:30Deployment speed can matter more than fleet sizeNotable Point
- Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 924:23Reserve ships freed first-line forces for the decisive theatreNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience3:16:45Why Mobile Bay needed a visible defeatNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience4:21:31Mahan's Civil War service and possible link to FarragutNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live3:40:14Was Wilhelm II as reluctant to risk major warships?Q&A
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live3:45:55Japan's decisive-battle expectations and an American long warNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live3:51:42Should Germany have kept its surface fleet active?Q&A
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live3:55:58When has a risk-fleet strategy worked?Q&A
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral50:25Vitgeft's alternatives at Port ArthurNotable Point
- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 615:45How would Mahan approach today's naval affairs?Q&A
- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 616:31Applied history should produce better questionsNotable Point
- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 627:09Mahan separated technological change from strategic purposeNotable Point
- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 629:48Presentism and new labels can conceal older strategic ideasNotable Point
- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 638:28Mahan and Corbett wrote for opposite naval problemsChapter
- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 642:37The continental United States that Mahan asked to look outwardNotable Point
- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 61:00:09Why navies struggle to explain their valueChapter
- Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…14:09Convoy plans must follow the ships already availableNotable Point
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?4:10:57Contested landings in the age of coastal A2/ADQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 202413:48Was Tirpitz an effective warship?Q&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 202415:17Why Scharnhorst's label mattered less than her operational fitNotable Point
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20243:22:07HMS Dreadnought was useful even without fighting at JutlandQ&A
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 412:27How a navy explains its place in national strategyChapter
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 452:07Convoy concentration, dispersion, and forgotten global riskNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 91:27:57Where might a modernized Tiger have served in World War II?Notable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...38:10The expected cruiser losses behind Japan's six-six fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:47:04Why the US Navy delayed battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...5:13:17Why two capital ships offered a limited deterrent against JapanNotable Point
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...55:20The Baltic naval problem in Operation UnthinkableQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:41:05How tactical nuclear use at sea could escalateQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...2:32:08Power projection exists below global policingQ&A
- Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo2:01:38U-52's four patrols and the strategic cost of Nottingham's lossChapter
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:15:11A practical Portuguese fleet for 1890-1920Q&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/46:24:27Dutch dreadnought plans and the end of coastal battleshipsQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/45:35:56Panama Canal access in a hypothetical global warQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/42:32:45Comparing Soviet and German fleet threats if war is delayedQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/45:29:31What Japan's Eight-Eight fleet plan actually soughtQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:05:51Why no major navy should build only battlecruisersQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:19:56Corbett, Mahan, and Laughton as naval-history interlocutorsQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1082:21:27Why Red Storm Rising works as a strategy exerciseQ&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast43:08Trafalgar was not Britain's only defensive barrierNotable Point
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax3:35:36A Japan outside the Pacific War redirects Allied and Soviet strategyQ&A
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 73:27Why the 1900s offer a closer strategic analogyNotable Point
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:35:18Using alternate fleets to teach naval strategyQ&A
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'1:56:46Why ending the war in 1916 transforms British financesNotable Point
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1082:34:52How delay changes Japan's attrition doctrineChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers1:48What never-built carriers reveal about naval requirementsChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers6:36Why defence capabilities need a public caseNotable Point
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers18:48How unbuilt carrier programs could reshape rival planningNotable Point
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers41:37Soviet carriers as protection against maritime interventionNotable Point
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!0:00Helgoland turns a theoretical rivalry into a practical problemChapter
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!1:06A position over the Elbe and Kiel Canal approachesChapter
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!56:48British manoeuvre and the Baltic optionChapter
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!58:48Capital ships become siege enginesChapter
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!1:03:14Tirpitz and the danger of copying the Royal NavyNotable Point
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!50:28Finding the good-enough warshipNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s5:12Carrier versus air base: more than a cost comparisonNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s21:30Imperial geography as a strategic driverChapter
- French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s35:39Why France planned carriers for the Far East and AtlanticChapter
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song1:12:18An 1870s Russian naval programme focused on the Baltic and Black SeaQ&A
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII39:02Sea control must enable action ashoreNotable Point
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 10611:06Heligoland as a North Sea chokepointChapter
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 10649:08A wartime threat, not a peacetime economic blockadeChapter
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.1:08:51European lessons from the Spanish-American WarQ&A
- Beatty of the Mediterranean: Finding the Right Peg for the Right Hole?16:09Why Lion changes the pursuit of GoebenNotable Point
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?16:23Panama's strategic value outweighs US coastal tradeNotable Point
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?28:06Separated fleets make naval limits harderNotable Point
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?30:42Longer routes reward larger, faster warshipsNotable Point
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?42:11Panama forces an earlier two-ocean US NavyChapter
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?50:43Why a divided American fleet complicates treaty politicsNotable Point
- V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 1052:17:25Would a successful Dardanelles forcing change treaty policy?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!33:59Why Japan saw the United States as a strategic threatNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!39:23Why Japan struggled once the United States seized the initiativeQ&A
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage58:50Carrier numbers threaten Soviet bastionsNotable Point
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?0:58The I-400 as a surprise strike submarineChapter
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?19:05Why timing mattered more than noveltyNotable Point
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?30:14The political burden of attacks on the American mainlandNotable Point
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?1:03:20Canal disruption versus attacking carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...1:34:04Judging the Mogador class by wartime opportunityQ&A
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 348:34Game territory rules versus maritime sea controlNotable Point
- HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure17:19Dominion self-government and the cost of empireNotable Point
- HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure19:00A Hermes-style carrier counterfactual for the DominionsNotable Point
- HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 223:32Resource imports shape Japan's strategic alignmentNotable Point
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier5:37A fleet's fighting edge needs a logistical bodyNotable Point
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier23:13Italy's capable fleet lacks logistical depthChapter
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier54:14Britain's Far East logistics plan meets a changing threatNotable Point
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier1:03:12National strategy sets each navy's logistical ceilingNotable Point
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier1:06:22Trade routes define strategic enduranceNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments15:46Battle cruiser and battlecruiser as different strategic rolesQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments18:00Why German battlecruisers strained risk-fleet strategyNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments44:42What a five-year delay to the First World War assumesNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments45:38Advising the Third Sea Lord on future fleets in 1937Chapter
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 11:30:55Naval dominance can suppress the battles a campaign seeksNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 12:07:42Strategic patience while ships and research matureNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!10:50The promise and danger of quality over massNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!13:53Naval aviation as an offset and surprise weaponChapter
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!16:09Forced opening, silver trade, and Japan's American threat memoryNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!40:26Strategic thinkers and the search for a limited warChapter
- Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign35:42Peacetime budgets versus a wartime-scale fleetNotable Point
- Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign56:47Political control can frustrate naval strategyNotable Point
- Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:47:37Treaty limits need credible enforcementNotable Point
- Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:15:04Deterrence that prevents the battle you wantedQ&A
- Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign24:37Panama as the campaign's strategic objectiveChapter
- Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign52:24Grand strategy and the value of restraintChapter
- Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:18:54Fleet deterrence versus campaign prestigeNotable Point
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!1:45:58Extra Spanish battleships and a naval civil warNotable Point
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:03:39A 500-nautical-mile uncrewed submarine for confined watersQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:41:19Britain's blue-water choices in a multipolar worldNotable Point
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!3:33:20Large overseas cruisers in a fast-battleship raceQ&A
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!31:20Interwar threat assumptions behind carrier planningNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 512:51Carrier air power as Japanese offset strategyNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 513:45Perry, threat geography, and Japan's alliance strategyNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 543:01Soryu, Hiryu, and Kido Butai doctrineChapter
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 555:27Soryu and Hiryu at Pearl HarborNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier13:31Monroe Doctrine and British enforcementNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier17:29Montgomery and the blockade force balanceChapter
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier38:13Roosevelt, Dewey, and escalation controlNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier43:30Fleet imbalance and global infrastructureChapter
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier52:33Blockade and American overseas territoriesChapter
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier58:50Conflicting war aims and island bargainingNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:03:17Coalition war and the Boxer alliance patternNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:13:23Peace settlement and dreadnought consequencesChapter
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:20:48Dewey's first-battle geographyNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:14:05Forward deploying battleships while diplomacy buys timeNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:35:15St. John's fleet positioning for an American warNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:47:33A Japanese alliance for Pacific defenseNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:55:59Submarine-heavy port defenseNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:51:14Asymmetric British and American fleet structuresNotable Point
- Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage2:17Sweden prepared to prepareChapter
- Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage10:34Baltic geography and torpedo strikeChapter
- Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage18:30Nils Soderberg and air-industry policyNotable Point
- Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage34:54Ca.313 and wartime strategic flexibilityChapter
- Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage39:21Saab 18B and a domestic strike industryChapter
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 57:43Why Russia and Venice needed 74-gun shipsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff1:31Warfighting power, presence, and historical judgmentNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff11:47British Far East fleet plans and imperial scaleQ&A
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff14:03Singapore, imperial mobilization, and the shock of France's fallNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff17:48Reciprocal Anglo-American assumptions in war plans for JapanNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:39Submarine-heavy fleet balanceNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:10:34Old warships as imperial presence and invasion tonnageQ&A
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:26:30Mine and blockade research choicesNotable Point
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 47:21Second rates as line-breaking heavy shipsNotable Point
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 416:39Strategic insurance after a lost fleet battleNotable Point
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 422:12Three-decker firepower against stronger opponentsNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers20:22A Renown-sized carrier designed for a dash attackNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers35:39Carrier strike against WilhelmshavenChapter
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers42:46Carrier aviation makes the Baltic plan less impossibleNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers47:49Minesweeping, Denmark, and the route into the BalticChapter
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers53:47Fisher's Baltic idea needed a real staff systemNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers1:13:38Baltic blockade could end the war before American entryNotable Point
- Check Campaign 22: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign20:29Mine risk, convoy losses, and deterrenceNotable Point
- Check Campaign 22: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign23:16Mediterranean invasion positioningNotable Point
- Check Campaign 22: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:22:35Thin convoy escort and Mediterranean controlNotable Point
- Check Campaign 22: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:08:39Submarine-heavy port defenseNotable Point
- Bruships Gothenborg style...19:33A cruiser-heavy German navy as a diplomatic compromiseQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:34:52Doctrine change and carrier-era speedQ&A
- Ilyushin DB-3 & Il-4: Great Patriotic War Soviet Torpedo Bombers - Key Aircraft Series 2,3:01Soviet geography made torpedo bombers attractiveChapter
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 30:40Japan either stays home or sends everythingChapter
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 310:00Why November 1915 changes Japan's calculationNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 315:18The fleet package becomes a diplomatic statementChapter
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 330:45Where the Japanese ships fit into British commandsNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 354:24Destroyers and armored cruisers complete the Japanese fleet packageNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:17:40A full fleet battle could destroy the High Seas FleetNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:23:30The likeliest German response is to break off earlyNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:37:58A decisive victory could open the coast while delaying a Baltic offensiveNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:49:05An earlier peace also leaves dangerous lessons unlearnedNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:49:41An early peace could change the Pacific settlementNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 32:00:52Japan could draw a different lesson from a costly victoryNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191210:18World War I success and winner's diseaseNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 19121:12:14The elite system depended on controlled escalationNotable Point
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign25:09Speed, range, and balanced capabilityNotable Point
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign57:51Mediterranean invasion geometryNotable Point
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:40:08Assessing a seventeen-inch battlecruiserNotable Point
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:01:03Submarine minelaying as strategic disruptionNotable Point
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:05:35The Philippines and South China Sea controlNotable Point
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:36:44Somalia and Indian Ocean positionNotable Point
- Brushipdock(156) with ShipShape in Narvik13:54Ford-class carrier in Narvik fjordQ&A
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 35:52The Royal Navy's dream carrier balanceNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 312:38Why distant stations demanded survivable carriersNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:32:28The postwar economy behind fleet contractionNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 23:42Why the German Army blocks the naval gambleChapter
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 211:30Prince Henry becomes the narrow naval workaroundNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 232:01Capital ships cannot replace a balanced fleetNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 21:00:40Britain cannot be outspent at seaChapter
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 21:20:04A larger German fleet faces greater pressure to fightChapter
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:01:32Battle-line speed and range controlNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:56:46Oil revenue supports naval expansionNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:09:15Submarine strength and fleet balanceNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:12:10Screen disposition before a destroyer-heavy actionNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:31:59A possible second Italian battleship and divided strengthNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:47:14Fleet destruction opens a naval invasion of Central ItalyNotable Point
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:51:08A delayed war and the Normandie classQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?4:11:01Navies, climate change, and procurement uncertaintyQ&A
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 14:43Why Anglo-American war plans did not make war likelyNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 17:12The Sable Island feint in Anglo-American war planningNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:34:03Arms-race knock-on effects before World War IIChapter
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more1:39:39German naval pessimism in a Town-class counterfactualNotable Point
- Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:40:57Battlecruiser as heavy-cruiser substituteNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:16:47Why Sweden chose a layered Baltic defence fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:35:28Smaller Japanese battleships: doctrine, fuel, and speedQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:40:22Why capital ships become exposed to submarines near operational objectivesNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:57:53Cruiser missions in modern frigates and destroyersQ&A
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!0:54Mediterranean convoys as Britain's strategic linkChapter
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!20:06Malta combined Enigma intelligence with air reconnaissanceNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!27:10Operation Tiger's layered convoy deceptionChapter
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!32:05Why Mediterranean convoy battles were two-sided fightsNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!41:36Sea power through simultaneous operationsNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!56:30Operation Rocket repeated the carrier ferry runNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!59:53Spare forces kept repeated supply operations movingNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!1:03:00How interwar sloop production could have created wartime slackNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!1:07:35Carrier shortages and the Singapore advance forceNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!1:08:57Quantity creates operational opportunityNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!1:11:59The modern contested-resupply problemNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 216:08Victory, peacetime economy, and wartime activationNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 225:03Nelson, Rodney, and the battle-line bulwark analogyNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 228:26The rarity and prestige of first ratesNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 240:02First rates as command platforms and intimidating state powerNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 245:05Fleet numbers versus individual ship strengthNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 247:33First-rate logic in a modern allied task forceNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 249:27HMS Victoria at the end of the ship-of-the-line eraChapter
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 253:31Are aircraft carriers modern first rates?Notable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)23:14Richmond returns at the Battle of the SaintesNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)26:38The Saintes and the French objective of JamaicaNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)46:17The Gunboat War thins the Royal Navy's American stationNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)57:13Terrible at the First Battle of UshantNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:04:19Terrible and Rodney's victory at Cape St VincentNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:28:19Hood steals the anchorage at St KittsChapter
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:28:38French Caribbean ambitions after ChesapeakeNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:39:32The Glorious First of June: tactical victory, strategic argumentChapter
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:47:17Invincible in the invasion of TrinidadNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:58:41Grenada and the danger of unverified fleet intelligenceNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:03:52Cape Henry: an indecisive battle with a decisive positionNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:09:21Mahan, French caution, and the purpose of a naval battleNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:10:34Royal Oak at the Battle of ChesapeakeChapter
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:33:01How wind and tide concentrated sailing-fleet battlesQ&A
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class6:13Beyond a one-note decisive-battle doctrineNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class25:05Quality strategy and the Pearl Harbor forceNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class38:06Mitsumasa Yonai and Japan's strategic dilemmaNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class44:28Risk-fleet deterrence and the Pearl Harbor attrition gambleNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission0:00Rodney and speed as survivalChapter
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission31:19Promotion without broad sea commandNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission1:57:20Operation Berlin and disciplined raider commandChapter
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission2:09:37Why Lutjens expected to sacrifice BismarckChapter
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission2:55:53Why a multidimensional naval threat matteredNotable Point
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests29:49Postwar Air Service politics and naval aviationChapter
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests39:40The range problem in Mitchell's continental air defenseNotable Point
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests44:59Project B rules and competing aimsChapter
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests48:47The Chesapeake range tested air defense claims as well as bombsNotable Point
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests54:43The cheap-aircraft argument ignored force structure and modern ship designNotable Point
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests1:06:28Lost damage data and Army-Navy distrustNotable Point
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests1:15:30Mitchell predicted Pearl Harbor but dismissed the carrier mechanismNotable Point
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice1:40Malta convoys beyond the famous threeChapter
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice30:03Malta's 1940 supply build-upNotable Point
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice56:58Tiger and Splice as overlooked convoy successesNotable Point
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice1:48:00Rocket and Malta's strike reachNotable Point
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice2:05:16Malta fixes Axis attention on the central MediterraneanNotable Point
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice2:21:50Malta invasion Q&A: the island garrisonQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:52:44Why the German U-boat ambush failed at JutlandQ&A
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign23:02Heavy cruisers withdraw from a battleshipNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign35:24Designing ships for battles or warsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:02:31Engineering perfection as a procurement trapNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:04:04Low-fuel destroyers and battle-line focusNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:48:12A thousand-submarine fleet goalNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:21:28A mixed heavy squadron for war with AmericaNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:32:03War Plan Red and the industrial-fleet balanceNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!36:30Henderson's large-destroyer opportunityNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:00:48September 1939 availability and early-war jobsNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:12:41Tattletale cruisers against Scharnhorst and GneisenauNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:20:35Why four extra early-war hulls create cumulative advantageNotable Point
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?12:23Carrier counterfactuals depend on aircraft, crews, and rival responsesNotable Point
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?26:26Air power as an evolution in combined armsNotable Point
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?1:22:15Aircraft range limits Mitchell's predicted threat by 1929Notable Point
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?1:28:13Coastal aircraft leave trade beyond their reachNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement18:17Matching ships to threats and rolesNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement21:01Geography turns procurement into strategyChapter
- Musings on Procurement25:29Including political resilience in threat assessmentNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement33:03Buying forces to manage conflict before warNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement38:01Procurement risk after the Cold WarNotable Point
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:43:13Punitive war signals resolve to other alliesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:02:00America as the next fleet-strength problemQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:05:09Blockade in a Britain-Germany-Italy alliance warQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:35:35America joins the Franco-Russian sideQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:12:00Why British war plans followed the base networkQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:17:29Singapore failed through leadership and underinvestmentNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:26:13Oilers as the limit on American Pacific mobilityQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:29:05Britain fights Spain in 1898Q&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:30:46The British route toward Japan from the westQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:56:12Hood survives Denmark StraitQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:59:19An Anglo-American war during the 1860sQ&A
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion24:38Carriers make strike reach mobile and hard to pin downNotable Point
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion1:16:14Carrier presence signals conventional power and intentNotable Point
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion1:18:34Carrier battle groups combine aviation and escort capabilitiesNotable Point
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion1:19:27Sortie endurance and rearming preserve the carrier's valueNotable Point
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19383:21:42G3 or N3: the greater threat to the US NavyQ&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19383:51:36Could a stronger Spanish fleet deter war?Q&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19383:51:49Could a compact six-inch cruiser suit Spain?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!9:38Kantai Kessen and expected American behaviorQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!11:39Huge battleships as a blockade problemNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!13:39Mahan and Corbett beyond the usual labelsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!39:00Baltic-plan risk in narrow watersNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!52:34Capital ships as static Far East deterrenceNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!53:33HMS Liverpool and economic deterrence off JapanNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off15:20Warspite inside Narvik fjordQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off28:23What the Royal Navy meant by 70 cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off56:41No-treaty battle fleet deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:10:53Why shipyard capacity is weak deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:33:51The Anaconda Plan as a continental siegeQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:00:23Where naval analogies help with future space infrastructureQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:54:08The three-fleet unit and imperial force structureQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:55:37The US Navy's Vietnam experience without a winning strategyQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:18:58Diplomatic consequences of a Dogger Bank battleQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:29:30If Moltke and Seydlitz were lost at JutlandQ&A
- Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast7:27Operation Sandblast as invisible naval presenceChapter
- Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast29:46What a modern radar-picket submarine might becomeNotable Point
- Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast1:10:36Sandblast proves the nuclear submarine has come of ageChapter
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...24:28Conflict management joins deterrence, presence, and communicationChapter
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...41:53Carrier groups as visible deterrent forceNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...1:42:27Carrier mobility multiplies aircraft strike rangeNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...3:02:12Mobility and long-range aircraft turn carrier location into a dilemmaNotable Point
- Musings on Deterrence3:04Prepared forces make deterrence cheaper than warNotable Point
- Musings on Deterrence6:22Conviction has to look realChapter
- Musings on Deterrence8:12Force structure exposes a military mirageNotable Point
- Musings on Deterrence10:06An OPV can signal controlled escalationNotable Point
- Musings on Deterrence12:49World-war leaders misread deterrent signalsChapter
- Musings on Deterrence14:55Fisher made the naval stick visibleNotable Point
- Musings on Deterrence17:02Alliance strength depends on convictionNotable Point
- Musings on Deterrence22:34Uncrewed systems complicate deterrenceNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems16:03Fleet Problems simulate carriers before carriers arriveNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems45:01US carriers become the center of fast task forcesNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems48:18Lexington and Saratoga prove battle and raiding doctrineChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:27:20Reconnaissance counters Japan's interception-attrition planChapter
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:38Confined seas and blue-water assetsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign5:32Operations matter more than sink countsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign8:54Ukraine's maritime campaign beyond ship lossesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:21:17French global commitments versus Italian concentrationQ&A
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:35:50Concentrating fleets before moving into the MediterraneanNotable Point
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends19:45Empire railways and wartime sea logisticsQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:34:07A defensive Germany and the planned Wilhelmshaven raidQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:55:03Why treaties chose a naval holidayQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends2:06:12Italy joins the Allies in September 1939Q&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends2:11:22Six H-39 battleships appear in September 1939Q&A
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History0:17Japan joins Britain after France fallsChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History12:26Rebuilt Kongos complicate German Atlantic breakoutsNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History16:47Yonai gives Japan an old-alliance optionChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History50:55Suez becomes the Axis pressure pointChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:05:11Soviet neutrality under pressure from Britain and JapanNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:28:35Slow battleships block Atlantic routes while fast forces hunt raidersNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:43:18Naval defeat could remove Mussolini without an invasionNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History2:02:07How commitments against Japan limit the route to Romanian oilNotable Point
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World23:22The submerged journey becomes the public achievementNotable Point
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World36:25Triton's shakedown becomes Operation SandblastChapter
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World1:43:00Secret orders, Polaris research, and submerged presenceChapter
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World3:08:04Sandblast advertises endurance and audits naval securityChapter
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World3:18:01Beach dedicates Triton's voyage to the American peopleNotable Point
- The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans1:47Two surviving prizes launch the Red Fleet timelineChapter
- The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans31:35Training geography keeps Graf Zepplinski out of the Black SeaNotable Point
- The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans39:58Soviet carriers complicate the Cuban and Suez crisesNotable Point
- The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans1:06:10Waterways and basing keep the carrier away from the Black SeaNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!0:54Postwar navies diverge from a shared carrier starting pointChapter
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!25:28Langley exercises make torpedo air attack a fleet problemNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!46:13Japan sees carriers as an industrial offsetNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!49:49Mahan and Corbett frame different carrier argumentsNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:02:50Trade maps explain why Britain wants different carriersNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:05:26Japan's Pacific threat narrative limits Indian Ocean strategyNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:08:34Naval races contribute to war scares but do not cause wars aloneNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:14:27Treaty tonnage limits close off a Hermes-style fleetChapter
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:18:21Hōshō, Langley, and Hermes embody three national strategiesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign8:09How more carriers change Britain's 1939 choicesQ&A
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign12:10How a Tillman treaty fleet tightens blockade pressureQ&A
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:01:13Submarines as an invasion-denial forceQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins8:52Royal Navy view of wartime US naval growthQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:54:52Eastern Fleet funding and Pacific war pressureQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:43:01Why war plans do not prove an Anglo-American war was likelyQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:49:39When alliance politics overrides naval preferenceNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...51:50Factional pressure at the AdmiraltyChapter
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...54:20Competing deterrence policies and Churchill's divided adviceNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:06:14Fisher's funeral and Battenberg's deterrent diplomacyNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:09:18Why Fisher's Baltic plan begins with the High Seas FleetNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:47:01A joint approach to GallipoliNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!5:16The Gunboat War and Britain's divided naval commitmentsNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!18:38Inflexible and the 64-gun fleets at CuddaloreChapter
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!20:14Interpreting Cuddalore as a struggle for IndiaNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!35:28Sceptre and the broken French battle line at TrincomaleeChapter
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...25:01Yonai's political route to an Allied warNotable Point
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...2:41:21Waiting for Bismarck could close Germany's raiding opportunityNotable Point
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...2:50:44An Italian collapse could leave Germany's fleet in portNotable Point
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...2:53:12Joint combat could improve Japanese radar and night fightingNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 35:08Test the strategic case before buying a carrierChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 36:10Map maritime trade and cable chokepointsNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 38:21Protect maritime energy routes before open warNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 39:23Measure alliance strength by willingness to commitNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:12:16Distinguish qualitative from quantitative naval racesNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:25:12Fund the full force behind a carrier capabilityChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:32:13Test Britain's STOVL force against the strategic checklistChapter
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons32:19Why a carrier must fit its navy's own strategyNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons48:58French requirements, procurement politics, and carrier depthChapter
- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign29:36Why sea control consumes cruisersNotable Point
- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:12:48Jutland scouting needs reliable signalsNotable Point
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed16:43The Royal Navy without an Anglo-German arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed48:57An Anglo-German technology race without a fleet raceQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed52:57The race for the first nuclear supercarrierQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed3:12:18Battlecruiser, fast battleship, or battleship?Q&A
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier7:26What if Akron and Macon had survived into the Second World War?Notable Point
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier33:20From scouting platform to airborne command postChapter
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier1:40:44Why weather intelligence failed AkronChapter
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier1:54:59What airborne carriers might have added in wartimeNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?25:42Could Battenberg outlast the Admiralty factions?Notable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?47:01Fleet concentration and a possible deterrent cruiseNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?51:45A stronger cruiser force before CoronelNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?58:31Covering both of Goeben's Mediterranean escape routesNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?59:45Did every imperial station need a battlecruiser?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:48:05Gallipoli as a combined naval and land operationNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?3:15:09Would Battenberg prepare plans for unlikely wars?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?3:19:53What if the United States allied with Germany in 1914?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?3:32:39Veracruz as an early naval test of a German-American allianceNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist4:08Which Star Trek fleets resemble historical navies?Q&A
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist43:19How carrier missions build an air group of sixty or more aircraftChapter
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist45:25How visible carrier capability can give an opponent a reason to back downNotable Point
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions8:34Why rapid aviation conversions signal a preparedness gapChapter
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions49:09The Falklands War broke Britain's alliance-planning assumptionChapter
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign15:51Gallipoli, operational tempo, and the Dardanelles minefieldsQ&A
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign24:15A submarine-heavy fleet for global sea controlNotable Point
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign59:39When honor gives way to crew survivalNotable Point
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built3:28:34Why earlier U-boat warfare might have produced earlier convoysQ&A
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!12:32American heavy frigates met a fleet-scale blockadeChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!35:52A Constitution-led squadron would have drawn heavier British shipsNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!48:32Porter's slogans collided with naval power and Valparaiso's tradeNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!1:38:53Hillyar refused Porter's duel while reinforcements closed inNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!2:13:38Porter's commerce-raiding claims exceeded the strategic cost imposedNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!2:22:10What would Britain have sent against a Constitution-type frigate?Q&A
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier5:45Why the US Navy wanted a flying aircraft carrierChapter
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier1:06:12From airship scout to airborne reconnaissance baseChapter
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier3:44:24Why Britain favored carriers over naval airshipsQ&A
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers21:21Harwich Force offered a practical Baltic alternativeNotable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers45:33What if Fisher built three wartime carriers?Notable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers53:52Hermes carries aviation infrastructure overseasNotable Point
- Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:42:30Using the Panama Canal to shift a fleet between theatresNotable Point
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?1:56:10A tactical line is different from a concentrated battle fleetQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:35:33Why task forces displaced the single fleet battleQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?3:53:58Could von Spee have brought his squadron home before the war?Q&A
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193823:41US Navy balance, range, and speed for the PacificNotable Point
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193833:26Japanese deterrent firepower against industrial inferiorityChapter
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193840:27Italian warship design as visible power projectionNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism10:56Glory hunting meets professional sea power at ValparaísoNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism24:19Why American frigate victories could not decide the War of 1812Chapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism48:18Port gossip and silver protection create an intelligence networkChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism1:39:29Valparaíso becomes a blockade trapChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism1:58:26Hillyar refuses permission to attack inside ValparaísoNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism2:05:03Hillyar refuses Porter's duel and controls the escape gameChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism3:02:33Porter's heroic memory exceeds the cruise's material resultsChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism3:23:05Was Fisher's Baltic project inevitably doomed?Q&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:48:25The Channel Fleet's sacrificial delay missionQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:17:33Why British and American carriers optimized for different warsNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!38:46A Soviet fleet changes British and American requirementsNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!1:29:27Could Germany keep Britain out of a continental war?Notable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:00:05US Pacific planning and Atlantic-facing isolationismNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:21:30Why secrecy limits a super-battleship's deterrent valueNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:58:01Japanese qualitative overmatch and insufficient fleet numbersNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:12:29Could a fast Agincourt have displaced the battlecruiser?Q&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered23:48German commerce needs favored cruisers over a British-style battle fleetQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered43:53A unified European navy would need global carrier coverageQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:04:27A bilateral treaty cannot isolate Britain's global naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:46:33Italian planning preferred a limited war with FranceQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:49:03Italian planners recognized the risk of war with BritainQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:52:35British capital-ship growth pressured US Panama Canal limitsQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:14:42Italian ocean-going cruisers would draw British scrutinyQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:16:33Mussolini's fleet mattered because of Mediterranean geographyQ&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle10:20Britain's 1939 threat picture put Japan firstNotable Point
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:22A submarine-heavy fleet turns oil into a strategic objectiveChapter
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign20:53Gibraltar and oil denial shape the plan for war with FranceNotable Point
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign59:59Submarine concentration changes the balance in the English ChannelChapter
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:42:19Deployed warships can signal political commitmentNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 524:03Giulio Cesare and Italy's Adriatic fleet-in-being strategyChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait2:03:08American advances invert Japan's attrition planNotable Point
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War22:01How German naval imitation turned an ally into a rivalNotable Point
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books45:37How Sweden and Finland deepen NATO's Baltic defenseQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:49:18A carrier group as an escalation signalNotable Point
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books4:07:49Why better coal would not solve Germany's naval geographyQ&A
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!8:22Short service lives and battleship deterrenceChapter
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:01:13How Austria-Hungary could cool the Anglo-German naval raceQ&A
- HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution45:11The best carrier for a mission is the one availableChapter
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign7:22Oil supply shapes the next campaignChapter
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:13:06Political incentives reward being attacked firstNotable Point
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty29:19A stronger US Navy without replacing BritainChapter
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 325:22Why Japan framed British prewar amphibious planningNotable Point
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI1:52:24How would a resurgent Russian navy change Japanese politics?Q&A
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:07:17How naval reach shapes useful peace objectivesNotable Point
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese4:17Why battleships remained strategic insuranceNotable Point
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese25:39Avoiding Japan's decisive-battle trapChapter
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese1:22:50Three navies built different carrier task-force modelsChapter
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese1:47:04The raids as operational and psychological warfareNotable Point
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:01:11Cruisers serve trade, scouting, and steady employmentQ&A
- Check Campaign 6: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign13:48Using every warship as a sea-control assetNotable Point
- Check Campaign 6: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:07:35Delaying a future war until the fleet is readyNotable Point
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 254:07Deterrence depends on visible strength as well as realityNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development2:14:44Doctrine assumes the Royal Navy will be locally outnumberedChapter
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:03Relearning UAD after a major systems updateChapter
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign22:36Concentrating submarines and battle fleets across a global empireChapter
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign40:10Using fleet tonnage to dominate Caribbean invasionsChapter
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign55:00Building a submarine cordon around Russian routesChapter
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:45:53Why capturing an enemy fleet may be a liabilityQ&A
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:57:18Choosing Chinese invasion targets by port and economic valueChapter
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:20:14What replaces battlecruisers sent to the DardanellesQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:13:53Swapping Austro-Hungarian and German naval positionsQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered3:21:59Why interplanetary warships resemble submarinesQ&A
- Check Campaign 2: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign50:57The merchant marine as a naval and economic foundationNotable Point
- Check Campaign 2: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:01:00Fleet readiness before diplomatic escalationNotable Point
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time2:25:25A 1927 fleet swap gives America ships closer to British needsQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time2:58:01Japan misread an attritional enemy through a decisive-battle traditionQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time3:27:00Kaigun connects Japanese strategy, tactics, and technologyChapter
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:27:06Why US and Japanese fleets differed from the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:47:30Why France could not answer Plan Z aloneQ&A
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI57:22Austro-Hungarian readiness came from planning for its likely warNotable Point
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers45:53Carrier deployment needs an operational purposeQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:12:47Japan against Spain in 1894Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:19:24An Anglo-French naval war in 1912Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:53:17A US Navy built to enforce the Monroe DoctrineQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:03:04Naval strategy without Suez or PanamaQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:19:21The limits of defense against missile and drone attacksQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:21:33What British gun choices reveal about postwar ambitionQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:26:49A natural strait through PanamaQ&A
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1024:47Commercial growth does not automatically create naval credibilityNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 101:12:17Independence's larger lesson: reserves, hard power, and credibilityNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 101:15:06A battle fleet could have made America a useful ally against FranceNotable Point
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:27:44American heavy frigates won local matchups but could not challenge larger British shipsQ&A
- HMS Diamond(1950) D35: Presence without Conviction is no Detterence - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 847:26Deterrence fails when government cannot define its purposeNotable Point
- Sopwith Cuckoo: The Exodus Chapter for Naval Aviation - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 28:00Acceptable losses in an early mass torpedo strikeNotable Point
- Sopwith Cuckoo: The Exodus Chapter for Naval Aviation - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 240:30Even an imperfect raid could displace the High Seas FleetNotable Point
- USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response20:04Enterprise at Eastern Solomons and the Pearl Harbor counterfactualQ&A
- HMS Warspite: The Survivor - KSS3 S3 Comment Response9:30How Britain planned a 22- or 23-ship capital fleetNotable Point
- If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike20:13Ambush, attrition, and the political trapChapter
- If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike26:11American persistence undermines the decisive-battle premiseNotable Point
- If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike1:11:38The final verdict: San Francisco, Australia, or no strikeChapter
- HMS Cossack: A Dangerous Destroyer to Behold - KSS3 S1 Comment Response3:18Studying destroyer tactics alongside strategy and technologyQ&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 223:37The decisive battle versus a sustained carrier warNotable Point
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri13:00Why Britain had to remain the benchmark navyNotable Point
- If not Pearl Harbour?6:19The planning paradox behind Pearl HarborChapter
- If not Pearl Harbour?25:25Didn't Pearl Harbor undermine Japan's attrition plan?Q&A
- If not Pearl Harbour?27:08Nagumo's two waves sat between incompatible strategiesNotable Point
- If not Pearl Harbour?29:59A timely declaration would trade surprise for a stronger lureNotable Point
- If not Pearl Harbour?32:02Criteria for an alternative opening strikeChapter
- If not Pearl Harbour?38:28San Francisco as a political targetChapter
- If not Pearl Harbour?55:29The Philippines as the operational lureChapter
- If not Pearl Harbour?1:09:56Why attrition needs an emotional opponentNotable Point
- If not Pearl Harbour?1:11:32Why a commando raid would not lure out the fleetQ&A
- If not Pearl Harbour?1:37:17Declare war, then waitChapter
- If not Pearl Harbour?1:59:24Pearl Harbor's tactical success and strategic failureChapter
- Stalingrad Class: Stalin's Ship Dreams - KSS2 S7 Comment Response12:45The escalation problem with nuclear anti-ship weaponsQ&A
- Stalingrad Class: Stalin's Ship Dreams - KSS2 S7 Comment Response14:39Why wartime weapons do not erase peacetime naval presenceNotable Point
- Stalingrad Class: Stalin's Ship Dreams - KSS2 S7 Comment Response18:21How a balanced Soviet fleet changes NATO prioritiesChapter
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 41:39What Germany needed capital ships to doChapter
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 442:21Why speed bought a surface raider timeNotable Point
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out1:32:45A single Great Lake would make warfare more maritimeQ&A
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response4:55Graf Zeppelin would draw even more attention than TirpitzNotable Point
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response15:05One German carrier changes deployment more than British designQ&A
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?0:01Operation Berlin was a battle over perceptionChapter
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?8:31A large navy can pursue several doctrines at onceNotable Point
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?1:29:22King George V chased reports rather than the raidersNotable Point
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?1:36:48Why Operation Berlin was both force and farceChapter
- Who killed the Battleship? / Why no more battleships?1:23Five culprits behind the battleship's disappearanceChapter
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:28:45Why submarine totals cannot be judged without contextQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:53:33Why a nuclear chokepoint weapon signals a failed strategyQ&A
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response3:35A successor force for New IronsidesQ&A
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response4:37How American scale distorted naval expectationsNotable Point
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?19:39Operation Berlin's success concealed a strategic costChapter
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?1:02:18The real German prize was confidence in the convoy systemChapter
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:52:24Why Operation Berlin was both a tour de force and a farceChapter
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:56:36Can both sides lose the same naval campaign?Q&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?3:30:20Could four German battleships exploit December 1941?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy3:00:27Could gun cruisers or battlecruisers return?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy3:03:07Previous victories shaped Japan's expectation of negotiated peaceNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War15:52Port Arthur made warm-water access a strategic prizeNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War55:21Geography demanded several balanced Russian fleetsNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War1:07:59The six-six fleet made armored cruisers force multipliersNotable Point
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?1:04:51Britain accelerates its fast battle fleetChapter
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?1:06:18Britain planned to hold two theatres and win the thirdNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought: Key Ship Series 1 Ship 1 Comment Response2:51Fisher's battlecruiser preference meets North Sea limitsQ&A
- HMS Dreadnought: Key Ship Series 1 Ship 1 Comment Response17:47Why Hood and G3 remained battlecruisersQ&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers3:07:17More efficient ships still cannot win Germany's naval warChapter
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat1:06:28Why Japan still needed carriers after MidwayQ&A
- Town Class(1936): Building for Presence - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 213:09The cruiser gap was a problem of global coverageChapter
- Asahi(1899): Cornerstone of the Six/Six Pland - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 817:29Range, Germany, and the Anglo-Japanese AllianceNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update0:34An Austro-Hungarian campaign starts from scratchChapter
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare30:46Superpowers, major powers, and regional naviesQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare47:05What makes a navy globally expeditionaryQ&A
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?2:18:35A tactical victory inside Cartwheel's attrition campaignChapter
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?2:22:33Kantai Kessen began with an attrition problemNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion10:39Post-Cold War certainty shaped LCS assumptionsNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion34:49Ship replacement requires a multi-decade horizonChapter
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion39:23Modularity must match a navy's expected roleNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion51:56Political change reshapes a class's assumptionsNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion59:40A changing threat can reverse a sensible force-design choiceChapter
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion1:06:07Replacement timing is an uncertainty problemNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 111:55Building a fleet for an invasion of FranceChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 111:33:02Concentrating warships and troops for the Thailand campaignChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 111:37:25Defeat in detail against a fuel-limited French forceNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 111:46:39Turning blockade and power projection into strategic dominanceChapter
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:18:15A ninety-cruiser Royal Navy changes London Treaty bargainingQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases3:43:11Treaties need security as well as limitsNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty13:26Why Anglo-American war plans did not make war likelyNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty52:27Japan's Kongo force and new battleship choicesChapter
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty1:20:46Why a Yamato-like answer becomes less attractiveChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...7:08Why unbuilt capital ships are revealingChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...11:19Mackensen, Ersatz Yorck, and Germany's battlecruiser problemChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...22:45Austro-Hungarian design for the AdriaticChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...26:00Russian capital ships for a Black Sea risk fleetChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...34:50Why 28 knots mattered in the MediterraneanNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:36:24Montana, Iowa, and an enduring American doctrineChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:39:34British global commitments and the Lion classChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...2:00:39Unbuilt warships as a record of national ambitionChapter
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty2:43:35Why this treaty world is harshest for GermanyNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:08:35A less insecure Japan may stay in the treaty systemNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:10:28How overwhelming deterrence can create insecurityNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:31:55Japan may still pursue torpedo destroyers as an offsetQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 1041:43How a 9.2-inch cruiser could constrain Deutschland-class raidersNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 102:45:14Concentrating ships for blockade and invasionNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 103:49:12The Washington Naval Treaty as a narrow diplomatic successNotable Point
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:53:51Why Britain was unlikely to stay out of 1914Q&A
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)50:01Trafalgar's order of battle is a strategic snapshotChapter
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)1:15:25Fleet construction reveals national strategyChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 91:42:17How to make a blockade workQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 93:08:56Using colonial seizures to secure the Bay of BengalNotable Point
- Jutland with Competent Leadership of the British Battlecruiser Fleet - Sturdee replaces Beatty24:38Jutland's losses and fleet recovery tell different storiesNotable Point
- Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty27:54Why the divergence must follow Dogger BankNotable Point
- Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty2:35:52Would Scandinavia oppose a British Baltic entry?Q&A
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner0:01Cold War theory and the memory of world warChapter
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner18:35Alliances and technology as strategic shortcutsNotable Point
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner45:27Technology needs strategy and an economy that can endureChapter
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner49:16Who can spare a carrier for a distant war?Notable Point
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner1:05:33War is not a mathematical certaintyNotable Point
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner1:07:00Sea power protects cables, cargo, and peopleChapter
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner1:08:46When a target list stood in for strategyNotable Point
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner1:11:16The merchant marine and NATO's unanswered long-war problemChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 80:11Using a campaign as alternate naval historyChapter
- HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 543:24Technology transition and fleet resilienceChapter
- HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 548:30What Lord Nelson suggests for modern ship designNotable Point
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 433:46Fleet names, invasion fears, and home defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics9:12What a Bruships session coversChapter
- 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 & Tactics31:31Why fleets fight when the odds look poorQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics38:06Jutland as a tactical and strategic drawQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics1:09:10Can a country without a navy win a naval war?Q&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics2:42:43Book watch point: Strategy, Context and AdaptationChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 710:35Blockading France as economic warfareNotable Point
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:12:02Napoleon versus Hitler on invading BritainQ&A
- Fleets of the Battle of Actium(31BC)26:03Agrippa's naval advantage against Antony's armyNotable Point
- Fleets of the Battle of Actium(31BC)35:02Heavy ships against a balanced, manoeuvring fleetChapter
- Fleets of the Battle of Actium(31BC)1:13:06Fleet balance and the choice of battleChapter
- USS North Dakota(BB-29): The USN's First True Dreadnought - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 830:45Malta and the constraints on a global US NavyNotable Point
- Scharnhorst Class: The Quality of the Kaiserliche Marine - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 632:34Could Spee's cruisers have served better elsewhere?Notable Point
- Ersatz Yorck Class: Trying to Be All Things - Key Ships Series 4, Episode 334:02The fast-battleship alternativeChapter
- Ersatz Yorck Class: Trying to Be All Things - Key Ships Series 4, Episode 340:00Separate scouts from the fast battle lineNotable Point
- From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos1:23:57How Britain might answer completed Francesco CaracciolosQ&A
- Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits31:35Losing the benchmark and choosing what to leadNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 547:53Using battlecruisers to pressure American portsNotable Point
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI29:35Japan read Jutland as a route to a decisive battleNotable Point
- Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 100:01Italy's two-sided dreadnought raceChapter
- Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 105:41Why capital ships need a balanced fleetNotable Point
- Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 1012:10What an Austro-Hungarian battle fleet protectedChapter
- Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 1032:51How a modest design could reshape later treaty politicsChapter
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?29:35Why a global war rewarded strategic mobilityNotable Point
- Battleships of the Treaty Era1:35Why a naval treaty needs shared incentivesChapter
- Battleships of the Treaty Era18:38A treaty as budget control and security policyNotable Point
- Battleships of the Treaty Era46:52The battle line and fast-raider dilemmaNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 41:03:50Oil and industrial capacity as campaign objectivesChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 41:08:37Capital-ship cover makes a blockade force credibleNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 41:14:18Using naval concentration to pressure an economyNotable Point
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:06:08The naval equivalent of trench warfareQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!3:13:48Eight fast R-class ships would reset the battleship raceQ&A
- HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 849:16Holtzendorff and Tirpitz on unrestricted submarine warfareNotable Point
- A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 70:29A revived Eight-Eight fleet behind A-150 and B-64Chapter
- Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 50:43Why the Dutch East Indies drove naval planningChapter
- Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 523:39A concentrated fleet plan faced a dispersed imperial realityNotable Point
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties35:18Why French parity with Italy was strategically awkwardChapter
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties1:17:30F3 gun modernization and deterrent effectsNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 449:19The Royal Navy's three-theatre nightmareNotable Point
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory30:11From Japanese deterrence to German coercionNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 32:15Oil, territory, and global naval reachChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 31:21:19Choosing battlecruisers for a global warNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 31:45:05Comparing national strength before a naval warNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 31:57:14Choosing Indian Ocean objectives against JapanNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 32:00:21Concentrating forces before a northern Japan campaignChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 32:12:18Using an alliance to cover another theatreNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer25:22Dispersing German surface ships as a fleet in beingQ&A
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...36:54Australian sea security and competitive shipbuildingNotable Point
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...1:24:45How naval limits could deepen later fearChapter
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 319:56Why the Soviet Union still wanted a battle fleetChapter
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 335:33How one completed battleship might have changed Baltic calculationsNotable Point
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 351:33Battleships, aircraft, and the missile ageChapter
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?50:14Who pays to police the global commons?Notable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:28:10Cabinet turnover and responsibility for long programmesNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:45:02Why an isolated Franco-Italian war would not stay isolatedQ&A
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:47:42Cruiser numbers beneath capital-ship parityNotable Point
- Navigation Acts: Wars, Greed & Infrastructure19:44The First Anglo-Dutch War exposed two kinds of sea powerNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 212:49Why a second naval invasion would divide the fleetNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 224:36Why fleet games struggle with naval presenceNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture4:17The distinct missions of battleships and battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture12:09Why numerical concentration does not settle battlecruiser employmentQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture14:54Why air-defence planning must allow for a capable opponentNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:06:31A carrier fleet needs a mission before a deployment planQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:18:07How 1688 changed English expectations of invasionChapter
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:19:23Why South Korea might seek an aircraft carrierQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:34:13Why flexible warships can hide the fleet size needed in warQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy...57:41Diplomacy avoids simultaneous naval theatresNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:36:12Why tactical nuclear weapons do not stay tacticalNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:48:59French strategic thought on mines, submarines, and fleet actionChapter
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:53:45British fleet dispersal briefly offered Germany an openingNotable Point
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail35:00Chesapeake: the strategic failure behind the battleChapter
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 152:35Why British and American battleships solved different problemsNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail5:02What counts as losing command of the sea?Chapter
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail22:43An empire caught under-mobilizedChapter
- Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology23:07Geography made naval power central to Italian securityNotable Point
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas29:50Attrition war favors replacement capacityChapter
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas1:20:11Why stronger fleets seek superior numbersChapter
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years3:03Why one-dimensional forces become predictableNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years11:27Why naval design needs geostrategic contextChapter
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years54:18Why Britain ranked Japan and Italy ahead of GermanyNotable Point
- Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?46:49Plan against the threat, not the preferred counterNotable Point
- Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?1:02:04Which navies might retain big-gun ships?Notable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?3:34:46Germany was not Britain's strongest historical naval opponentNotable Point
- The Imperium of Man: at SOME POINT I will figure this game out...27:32Objectives versus annihilation in a fictional space battleNotable Point
- The Imperium of Man: at SOME POINT I will figure this game out...1:00:53Target priorities and attacks on enemy mobilityNotable Point
- The Imperium of Man: at SOME POINT I will figure this game out...1:18:50Avoiding fixed defenses and timing the escort attackNotable Point
- The Imperium of Man: at SOME POINT I will figure this game out...1:33:46Strategic geography guides the next campaign objectiveNotable Point
- The Imperium of Man: at SOME POINT I will figure this game out...1:45:40Concentrating ships by coordinating arrival timesNotable Point
- The Imperium of Man: at SOME POINT I will figure this game out...1:53:39Fast frigates and stealthy cruisers divide the missionNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:41:36Milne argues that steam squadrons require a steam-powered defenceNotable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)25:07Grenada as part of a global warChapter
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)31:31Institutional memory set the Royal Navy's prioritiesNotable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)45:36Saint Lucia, St Vincent, and Grenada reshape the campaignChapter
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)58:37The Caribbean squadron received what wider strategy could spareNotable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)1:54:42Linois's squadron was the advance guard of a larger expeditionNotable Point
- How to Build A Navy0:22Navies evolve rather than appear fully formedNotable Point
- How to Build A Navy2:18Start with the questions a navy must answerChapter
- HMS Renown, the RN's most Underated Capital Ship of WWII?; Key Ship Series 3, Ship 88:23Battlecruisers for global trade pressureChapter
- HMS Renown, the RN's most Underated Capital Ship of WWII?; Key Ship Series 3, Ship 813:42How battlecruisers could turn trade defence into a conundrumNotable Point
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda1:03:42Why Austria-Hungary did not simply copy German naval strategyNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)39:25Big guns, numbers, and deterrenceChapter
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)46:28America's oceans favoured a slower defensive battle lineNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)48:05German battlecruisers as battle-line reinforcementsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)53:18Deterrence through usable capabilityNotable Point
- Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!36:17Fleet specialisation can create the wrong force for a new opponentNotable Point
- USS Monitor: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 620:18A Virginia victory would not decide the Civil WarQ&A
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Comment Response19:39Reactor-accident politics in carrier operationsQ&A
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway4:43American war planning refused Japan's expected Pacific chargeNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway37:51Fragmented operations weakened Japan's usable forceNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway40:52Command pressure made strategic restraint difficultNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway1:18:50Midway's fleet-building lesson: make the force viableChapter
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Sydney41:17Coaling networks behind the Monroe DoctrineQ&A
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 436:17Santa Cruz and the last functional carrierChapter
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 456:18How US and British dream carriers would still differNotable Point
- Ottoman Venetian War: Comment Response21:22Venice, Byzantium, and strategic short-termismQ&A
- Jeune Ecole: A Cheaper Way of War? The Jeune Ecole22:39A cheap weapon still demands research and purposeNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole: A Cheaper Way of War? The Jeune Ecole41:21A technical method is not a complete strategyChapter
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 324:31Corbett turns the Russo-Japanese War into British naval lessonsNotable Point
- Kara Class: Comment Response3:41Why a warship needs strategic contextNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): Comment Response17:57British wealth and the politics of defence spendingNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response1:54Why American and British cruisers emphasized different missionsQ&A
- US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response7:55The generalist-versus-specialist cruiser tradeoffNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?0:25A tactical victory with a strategic argumentChapter
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?13:38Why the result resists a single verdictNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)3:31A tactical victory with an unsettled strategic resultChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)47:46The grain crisis behind the Atlantic campaignChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:28:02Howe's pursuit also protected Montagu's detached squadronNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)2:53:20Montagu's squadron diverts the grain convoyChapter
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon1:15:06Jutland's result changes across four measuresNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon1:22:45The Admirals were designed for the next oceanic warNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon1:24:56Night-fighting reform survives a shorter JutlandNotable Point
- An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...34:19A reserve fleet covers the likely approach to CadiaNotable Point
- An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...41:29An escort mission tests fleet concentration against attacks from several directionsNotable Point
- An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...1:03:18Fleet destruction and objective control are different routes to victoryNotable Point
- An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...1:56:17A divided enemy fleet creates an opportunity for defeat in detailNotable Point
- An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...2:32:43Destroying the enemy fleet still loses the battle on objective pointsNotable Point
- An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...2:41:33A powerful station cannot compensate for a dispersed defending fleetNotable Point
- An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...2:47:13Fleet expansion fails without early investment in the economic baseNotable Point
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:38:49British control of the Panama Canal would reshape naval designQ&A
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?1:59:18Capital-ship scarcity made German tactical victories costlyNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?2:22:54Could British destroyers raid the French ports supporting Sea Lion?Q&A
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?3:03:57A concentrated German battle force could stretch British convoy protectionNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 240:00Swiftsure and Triumph in a global fleetNotable Point
- An Imperial Navy start... this can not end well...57:40Cutting reinforcement routes while building the fleet economyChapter
- An Imperial Navy start... this can not end well...1:47:41Balancing an advance against repair and counterattackChapter
- An Imperial Navy start... this can not end well...2:59:20Separating a mobile fleet from fixed defensesNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for Jutland35:30Why a tactical win could not create parityNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for Jutland1:25:09Germany built the battle line but lacked enough cruisersChapter
- Building the Fleets for Jutland1:51:22The striking force both sides left outside JutlandChapter
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...8:43Why a fleet needs ships for different rolesNotable Point
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...25:02Propaganda maps versus the logistics of invading AmericaChapter
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 238:41The Illustrious class was not built only for the MediterraneanNotable Point
- The Romans are counter attack, the Numidians are coming for me, can we stabilise it?1:57:09Taking Rome creates a larger consolidation problemChapter
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett14:25Corbett and the political case for naval powerChapter
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett48:00Overseas territorial losses after a hypothetical American defeatQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett1:09:46Planning for Japan's island defence lineNotable Point
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett1:26:32Corbett's influence on naval educationChapter
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett2:05:27Start Corbett with Some Principles of Maritime StrategyQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett2:06:06Long range cannot cure a surface raider's weaknessQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett2:21:12Russian planning before the Russo-Japanese WarNotable Point
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett2:36:24Reading Mahan and Corbett togetherQ&A
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine1:43:50Deutschland's guns invited the wrong opponentsChapter
- Amagi Class Battlecruiser: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 521:21The Eight-Eight Fleet as qualitative deterrenceChapter
- Amagi Class Battlecruiser: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 526:28Number 13 as a bridge toward YamatoNotable Point
- Rome is Won, What Carthage does now the Romans are Really Annoyed! Rome Total War 2, April 20231:31:25Naval rivals, ports, and control of a trade routeNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History2:11:18Where N3 and G3 capital ships would deployQ&A
- HMS Renown(1895); Key Ship Series 1, Ship 1014:48What a Renown-type ship might have meant in the PhilippinesNotable Point
- Iron Clad Battles of the War of the Pacific & Chilean Civil War21:06Why Chile treated sea power as internal manoeuvreChapter
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada26:40Why Chile needed sea control at homeChapter
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada1:23:05The naval balance behind the War of the PacificChapter
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada1:32:37Iquique changes the ironclad balanceNotable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada2:29:16Why Congress had to win before Capitán Prat arrivedNotable Point
- Steam Battleships (1876-1891)32:43Italian sea power and Britain’s Mediterranean commitmentNotable Point
- Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 198014:11Setting a conventional 1980 GIUK Gap warChapter
- Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 198058:57Fortress analogies can mislead naval strategyNotable Point
- Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 19801:23:04Global Soviet raiders could delay Atlantic concentrationChapter
- Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 19802:01:47The GIUK Gap as a two-way strategic funnelNotable Point
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)36:14Why the GIUK Gap is a strategic transit routeChapter
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)1:06:34How do GIUK defences constrain NATO as well as Russia?Q&A
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)1:49:02Soviet bastions, raiders, and the Allied allocation dilemmaNotable Point
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)3:37:20A conventional NATO edge and the danger of escalationChapter
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus1:01:24The strategic range inside a Mahan collectionNotable Point
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus1:47:27Why Mahan treated Trafalgar as decisiveChapter
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus1:51:20British victory and Mahan's appeal to CongressQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus1:52:07Nelson's pursuit and Napoleon's invasion planChapter
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:15:29Castex's least bad compromise between policy and strategyChapter
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:59:38Why Royal Navy strategy still needs national directionQ&A
- Huáscar: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 728:20Why lost warships led to renewed procurementNotable Point
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent7:20Mahan and Corbett addressed different political problemsChapter
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent34:06Mahan's later works and strategic dialogue with CorbettNotable Point
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent48:22Mahan cultivated an American sea-power cultureChapter
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent51:37Wargaming a Mahanian alliance crisis in 1906Notable Point
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat2:36:52If Britain were larger and 34 miles farther westQ&A
- Osmaniye: Key Ship Series 1, Ship 58:49Why the Ottoman Empire needed both sea and land powerNotable Point
- HMVS Cerberus: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 45:00Why a harbour defender did not need ocean speedNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)57:39Roboute Guilliman through Nimitz, Cunningham and St VincentNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)1:03:52Serving under MacArthur or commanding the German Navy?Q&A
- HDMS Danmark: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 218:43What a blockade breaker had to doNotable Point
- A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?18:21Diesel destroyers: speed versus enduranceChapter
- A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?57:27Why an opening victory would not secure the raiders' returnNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion50:25Scharnhorst as a potentially global-range raiderChapter
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:28:27Britain needs faster capital ships for the raider huntChapter
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:43:52Diesel range does not erase Germany's numerical weaknessChapter
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:56:16Germany's land-power priorities keep the navy thirdNotable Point
- Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck56:11Why a British-German battleship duel signals a wider failureNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)29:12Merchant income and the warships needed to protect itNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)2:16:50Damaging ports while Spain expands in EuropeNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)2:32:49When commerce raiding fixes a battle fleet in placeNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)3:08:53Reinforcing a fleet before a threat arrivesNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword42:02Driving off a battleship can still be a strategic lossQ&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:08:19Reading Churchill and Sea Power criticallyChapter
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:11:43Three starting points for World War II naval strategyChapter
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:16:43Lord Sandwich and Admiralty strategy in the Age of SailNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition24:13Why Brest threatened BritainChapter
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition4:00:33Brest and the Western Squadron’s strategic legacyChapter
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron11:50Wind and weather could break a close blockadeChapter
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron17:53Grand strategy without the infrastructure behind itNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron1:54:47Why the Western Squadron remained a strategic barrierNotable Point
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover40:50The operating-range test for nuclear submarinesNotable Point
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...1:19:37Minefields can trap both sidesNotable Point
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...1:31:15Commerce warfare needs a realistic target setNotable Point
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...1:52:32The Denmark Strait mission aimed at an Atlantic breakoutNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)7:41How American battlecruisers might exploit two oceansNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)44:40Using sea control to open a South American flankNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)57:17Building a Channel Fleet before launching an overseas campaignNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)1:32:34Targeting Mexico for trade access and another shipyardNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)1:49:18Taking Georgia to deny the United States another portNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)2:40:19Opening war by intercepting Spanish commerceChapter
- Battle of Yamen (1279)... 844yrs ago today...1:20:10Why Yamen resembles a trapped convoy battleNotable Point
- Battle of San Nicolas(1811): Revolutionary Battles Part 2/210:27Imperial trade restrictions and merchant shippingNotable Point
- Patreon 75: The Attack on Copenhagen in 1801 and following operations in the Danish waters1:41:41Parker's outer-inward Baltic strategyNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'2:29:57Why Japan's next carriers could become much largerNotable Point
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword2:30:25Song sea power grew from commerce and convoy protectionChapter
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?1:02:48Damaged German capital ships create a retreat problemChapter
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?1:06:23Better shells remove Germany's numerical case at JutlandChapter
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?1:13:57The Admiral class was designed for the next commerce warChapter
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?1:18:23Reginald Hall explains Jutland's strategic resultNotable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.1:02:38Could Austria-Hungary rescue Goeben from Greece?Q&A
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.3:04:44Reginald Hall explains Jutland as a strategic victoryNotable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century2:09:29Seawolf and the post-Cold-War price of peer-war specializationNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 4(February 2023)2:11:01A navy's cost in a trade-based empireNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 4(February 2023)2:11:56When speed justified a costly assaultQ&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 4(February 2023)2:56:37Suppressing piracy by taking its basesNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books18:51Why better navigation would not free sailing fleets from geographyQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:48:17How an ice-free Arctic changes Age of Sail strategyQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books2:23:00Why French silver convoys needed large escort squadronsNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books2:24:48Command of the Ocean as a broad guide to naval historyChapter
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas24:33Why British and German capital ships divergedNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 3(February 2023)9:50Saving an isolated warship from the Spanish fleetNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 3(February 2023)25:29Why survival matters more than a nominal defeatNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 3(February 2023)39:34Balancing fleet quantity against ship qualityNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 3(February 2023)2:08:37Choosing the blockade squadron the fleet can defeatNotable Point
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources26:49The Monroe Doctrine depended on naval enforcementQ&A
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources3:51:38Why Britain moved from V-bombers to submarine deterrenceQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response22:01Why an older dreadnought could send the wrong deterrent signalQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response36:28How slower battleships could obstruct GoebenNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response49:44German fleet strategy and British threat perceptionQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response51:46Could Germany replace its battle fleet with railway guns and eastern strategy?Q&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:05:32Why Britain's older dreadnoughts still had global dutiesQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:29:07Would eight American 18-inch guns outweigh Agincourt's speed?Q&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood42:28Pacific force allocation and invasion realityNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:20:43Kinkaid's methodical Aleutian advanceNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:02:20Was the Aleutian campaign only a Midway diversion?Q&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)47:55Maritime trade and naval economicsQ&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)1:27:49Blockade coverage and trade resilienceQ&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...43:00Warning time and the German fleet problemNotable Point
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...3:24:46A Falklands response competes for scarce submarinesNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?26:03Global commitments and the strategy of the naval raceNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?45:20Why a larger gun could lose the strategic raceNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:04:15When technical supremacy changes the contestNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response19:00Aircraft growth, deck parking, and British carrier doctrineNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response21:15Carrier endurance depends on operating geographyNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response22:23Matching carrier design to doctrineNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response26:29German and Italian Far East limitsQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response31:31Blockade changes the 1939 fleet problemQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response36:41A period guide to British imperial defense geographyNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response38:56Coalition navies and limited war politicsQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response50:38Why a battle fleet still needs island basesQ&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?24:27The global dreadnought race around 1912Notable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?47:20Pennsylvania, Bayern, and the Revenge-class answerNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:08:45Could America or Germany match a 28-knot Queen Elizabeth?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:09:48Using quality to break the German raceNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:38:10The arms-race cost of Queen Elizabeth MaximusNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:45:04Could Queen Elizabeth Maximus eventually stabilize the race?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?2:41:29Would an 18-inch Agincourt restart the naval race?Q&A
- Blockade!!4:35Close blockades require different forces for different portsChapter
- Blockade!!7:43Distant blockade against global supply chainsNotable Point
- Blockade!!10:45Blockade depends on practical sea controlNotable Point
- Blockade!!45:13A small action tightens the blockade psychologicallyNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)2:38Fleet concentration and port defenseNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)16:02Trade goods and fifth-rate expansionNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)1:00:09Trade-route raiding and fleet distributionNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)1:46:52Fleet upkeep, trade income, and IndiamenNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)2:36:53Dutch merchant-warship design tradeoffsQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak16:11Invasion, blockade, and the human cost of defeating JapanNotable Point
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak18:09An 18-inch HMS Renown and Germany's surface fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:16:09CVA-01 carriers and Britain's NATO roleQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:34:18Scheer, Holtzendorff, and German naval strategyNotable Point
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak2:17:04Tsingtao-war escorts and Japanese geographyQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?0:27How would Royal Navy carriers fare against the IJN in January 1939?Q&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?8:28France, the Netherlands, and Singapore reshape the coalitionNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?11:41Japan starts from January 1939 readinessNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?13:50Japan's naval command in January 1939Notable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?16:29British ships and commanders available in 1939Chapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?49:18Coalition strength determines the peace termsNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?54:01Kantai kessen must adapt to the Royal NavyChapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:06:47Trade intelligence makes distant blockade practicalChapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:07:39How could Britain avoid defeat by superior Japanese torpedo bombers?Q&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:19:36U.S. entry creates a two-theater Pacific commandChapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:46:10A long blockade war reshapes carriers and capital shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?11:27January 1939 fleet readiness checkNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:13:34War aims and strategic enduranceChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:23:17Japanese attrition doctrine meets operating limitsChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:37:52Blockade, oil, and Anglo-American pressureNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:03:25British night doctrine shapes the fleet battleChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:22:22The race to Singapore is a carrier gambleNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:31:00Retaking Hong Kong under Allied air coverChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?3:04:28Would the Allies need to capture Taiwan?Q&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?3:04:53Counterfactuals require timelines, not top trumpsNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response41:28Treaty heavy-cruiser size gapQ&A
- USS Wichita: Comment Response47:26Exeter work-up and crew readinessNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?8:58British finance and procurement shape the treaty bluffNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?13:45Jellicoe's three-fleet plan supplies the deployment modelNotable Point
- First Fleet: Founding of Australia0:54The First Fleet as a naval-strategy moveChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites1:19:28Banishment and the danger of scattered fleetsChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites1:31:42The limits of American isolationism after World War IQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:19:38Cast Adrift and strategy after imperial collapseChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:38:14Unlimited British warship production against Italy and JapanQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites3:47:34The wars that might replace World War IIQ&A
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts7:10German risk fleet and Schlieffen constraintsNotable Point
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts12:44Empire logistics and American isolation costsQ&A
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts32:10Soviet blue-water fleet and Britain's NATO roleQ&A
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)21:29The First Fleet as a naval enterpriseChapter
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)49:37HMS Sirius from Baltic trader to colonial lifelineChapter
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response1:04Why seizing the French fleet would not be simpleQ&A
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response5:07The Channel landing plan depends on British perceptionNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response16:44Submarine ambushes create an operational-security trapQ&A
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response23:10A different German plan would avoid the High Seas FleetNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response24:52Amphibious operations were possible but punishingNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response40:50Anglo-American interests, empire, and economic strainNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century8:31Forests as strategic naval resourcesNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?33:17Changing threats and repeated strategic relearningChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?42:31The Maginot Line's budget gravityChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?48:24Treaty tonnage and missed fast carriersNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:06:39Fast carriers, global commitments, and task groupsNotable Point
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History3:18Commonwealth trade and American interestsQ&A
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History33:30Norway 1940 and German naval containmentQ&A
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History49:12A Britain-Germany-Japan grand alliance before 1914Q&A
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History1:05:00Military revolution, navies, and statesChapter
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History1:45:01Tirpitz's fleet program as politics and industryChapter
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History2:50:38Anglo-American naval treaties as non-zero-sum politicsChapter
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History3:23:51Soviet battleships and NATO's capital-ship reactionQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-6518:10A smaller navy needs a coherent raiding strategyQ&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:41:27French fast ships as a Royal Navy complementNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?2:35:36Should Lyon and Normandie be judged against HMS Hood?Q&A
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?10:51Why Belgium mattered to British sea securityNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?28:02The liner fleet as a Channel landing optionNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?34:01Britain's Channel dilemma before the Grand Fleet arrivesChapter
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine0:44German heavy cruisers tied down larger forcesQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine28:07A France-only war did not rescue German cruiser policyQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine35:07Scharnhorst offered a better model than prestige copyingQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine36:37More powerful Deutschlands still offered no winning strategyQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine37:42German capital ships confused raiding and battle-fleet rolesQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine52:00German ships did not fit Dutch strategic requirementsQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine1:00:22Deutschland class belongs in the cruiser roleQ&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?5:29Why British entry in 1914 was not inevitableQ&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?6:01Would Germany annex French Channel ports?Q&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?8:45Entente limits and Britain's war choiceQ&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?16:35Schlieffen planning and the Belgian triggerChapter
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?29:55What the Entente documents actually coveredNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?41:34Why Germany wants Britain outside the warNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?55:36Why Germany still has to fight FranceQ&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?57:33Cabinet hesitation and the Channel Fleet problemChapter
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:03:11Did Britain have to protect the Netherlands?Q&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:12:28If Britain stays neutral: Entente collapse and an invasion scareChapter
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?2:04:33A short naval war produces a different peaceNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?2:06:54Spee and Goeben become Germany's naval remnantNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?2:12:38Tirpitz may fall while militarism survivesNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?2:18:13The High Seas Fleet's loss changes Britain's next alignmentNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?3:02:53Would Britain build a Channel motor-torpedo force?Q&A
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course0:24Sea control as control of movementChapter
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course6:13Letters of marque turn private ships into naval toolsChapter
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course10:29Treasure fleets make sea trade a strategic targetNotable Point
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course39:20Commerce-war rules favor the stronger maritime powerNotable Point
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course46:00Merchant losses make trade protection a test of naval valueNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect6:25Command confusion behind CoronelChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect14:44The Royal Navy's blockade-and-seizure strategyChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect17:15Did Mahan shape the thinking behind Coronel?Q&A
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect19:32Why naval readiness resists a fixed timetableNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect28:54An overseas squadron weakened Germany at homeNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect39:56Why the German Risk Fleet strategy failedQ&A
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect55:08Von Spee's seaborne escape problemChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect1:02:23Could von Spee have transferred his ships to the Ottomans?Q&A
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect1:20:38Patey's concentrated Pacific forceChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect1:26:12Patey's colonial operations delayed the pursuitNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect1:34:22Japanese cover could have freed Australia to pursueNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers10:09Cruising role and Jeune Ecole offset strategyNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers15:10Protected cruisers and the U.S. Navy's distant warNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers21:07Comparing major- and minor-power cruiser programmesNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers22:50Cruiser procurement as naval strategyNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed21:48The Panama Canal was a strategic-mobility vulnerabilityNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed56:00A carrier must be judged as part of its battle groupNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers10:10Gun cruisers as a year-end course reviewChapter
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers12:37Why naval presence and deterrence resist measurementChapter
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers46:01When a naval-presence bluff is calledNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers55:40Unprotected cruisers and the survivability problemQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:09:48Gun cruiser cost-effectiveness depends on missionQ&A
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...1:02:04One nuclear escort complicates enemy timingNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...1:04:01A nuclear task group trades logistics for global mobilityChapter
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)17:46Radar reach made Chicago a strategic warning platformNotable Point
- HMCS Haida & The Tribal Class: Always Service2:04:12Why Canada wanted Tribal-class destroyersNotable Point
- The Second Ottoman Venetian War: An Introduction1:52Why Venice's trade empire matteredChapter
- The Second Ottoman Venetian War: An Introduction5:31Ottoman expansion as pre-emptive securityNotable Point
- The Second Ottoman Venetian War: An Introduction6:17Venice's maneuver strategy meets a fixed defense problemNotable Point
- The Second Ottoman Venetian War: An Introduction8:38Kemal Reis, Grimani, and uneven fleet commandChapter
- The Second Ottoman Venetian War: An Introduction24:05The adaptation lesson from Venice's defeatNotable Point
- Kara Class: Cruisers of Deterrence?41:20Nuclear armament did not erase the conventional escalation ladderNotable Point
- Kara Class: Cruisers of Deterrence?49:34Geography and logistics limit naval deterrenceNotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat4:02:49How Spee might slip home along NorwayNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?6:05Why the late Soviet Navy was builtChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?11:40Resources and the cost of competing with Western financeNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?14:29Surface raiders and submarine dilemmasNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?17:51Why bombers do not provide a cheap answer to a raiderNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?1:17:26Judge warships by their geostrategic compromisesNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?1:19:14Naval strategy as procurement strategyChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?1:19:36Delaying NATO and the question of a seaborne deterrentNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?1:21:10How raiders could remove shipping without sinking itNotable Point
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.1:38:19Why lunar industry matters more than the first Mars landingQ&A
- Calypso (1883) Class2:11Presence ships, fighting readiness, and visible powerChapter
- Calypso (1883) Class11:36Naval strategy begins with procurement, training, and infrastructureNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class47:34A cyclone escape becomes worldwide naval prestigeNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class55:04Cooperation in one theater, competition in anotherNotable Point
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...17:14Gunnery range, withheld intelligence, and the first shotChapter
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...55:04Strategy can mean avoiding a catastrophic defeatNotable Point
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...1:02:45Deception can make victory unaffordableChapter
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...1:12:09Strategic intelligence means deciding with an incomplete pictureNotable Point
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...2:58:51Choosing wargames to support historical researchQ&A
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-653:25Why the Soviet Navy fought in restricted seasChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-657:44Baltic occupation, new bases, and the Soviet sea-access problemChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-6527:37Risk aversion neutralized Black Sea Fleet superiorityNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-651:06:33Kuznetsov's fall opened a thirty-year Gorshkov eraChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-651:25:08Whiskey SSGNs turned harbour defence into a resource trapNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-651:29:36The Cuban Missile Crisis exposed a Soviet surface-fleet gapChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-651:41:56Four fleet phases connect the wartime navy to global presenceChapter
- Kresta Class Cruisers Iterative Development of the Soviet Style2:19Khrushchev's status fleet meets affordability limitsNotable Point
- Kresta Class Cruisers Iterative Development of the Soviet Style5:38Cuba exposes the need for organic blue-water capabilitiesChapter
- Kresta Class Cruisers Iterative Development of the Soviet Style11:36Political limits shape Gorshkov's naval caseNotable Point
- Kresta Class Cruisers Iterative Development of the Soviet Style1:05:18Visible armament turns presence into a political signalNotable Point
- Groznyy/Kynda (1961) Class: Gorshkov's Template for a Blue Water Navy10:58Missile reach and maritime pressureNotable Point
- Groznyy/Kynda (1961) Class: Gorshkov's Template for a Blue Water Navy49:05Kynda's blue-water raider rationaleChapter
- Groznyy/Kynda (1961) Class: Gorshkov's Template for a Blue Water Navy52:53Avoiding false assumptions about an opponentNotable Point
- Groznyy/Kynda (1961) Class: Gorshkov's Template for a Blue Water Navy54:37Atlantic reinforcement after the opening daysNotable Point
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat13:25Majorca as a Mediterranean strategic prizeQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat3:10:20Fisher designed battlecruisers for deterrence, not the battle lineNotable Point
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat3:35:54One bomb at Jutland and TarantoQ&A
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine5:04The Deutschland-class cruiser dilemmaChapter
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine10:19The command fantasy of victory without lossNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine14:21Jutland, Scapa Flow, and the missing fleet purposeChapter
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine39:22A coastal fleet for war with Poland and FranceNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine55:48Cruiser policy as a chain of reactions rather than a strategyNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine1:15:32High-status ships and strategic loss aversionNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine1:30:43Why German cruiser policy failed to cohereNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-193926:15Outside the Washington treaty systemNotable Point
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII17:43Plan Z could not freeze the Royal Navy in placeNotable Point
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII1:32:23Presence effects matter even when ships sink littleNotable Point
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII1:51:27The Bismarck sortie exposed the task-force shortfallNotable Point
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII2:55:38Why German cruiser procurement never matched its strategyNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response12:39Why a Union war with Britain would become a blockade trapQ&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response1:05:11How faster Nelsons would reshape the Royal Navy battle lineNotable Point
- Admiral Hipper Class7:52Plan Z needed industry Germany had not builtNotable Point
- Admiral Hipper Class11:02German cruiser policy kept changing its answerChapter
- Admiral Hipper Class32:40Surface raiders could not deter trade while avoiding battleNotable Point
- Admiral Hipper Class46:23Why Deutschland became LützowNotable Point
- Admiral Hipper Class1:07:59The Admiral Hipper class as a policy failureNotable Point
- Admiral Hipper Class1:12:21Could armed Norwegian neutrality have deterred invasion?Notable Point
- Admiral Hipper Class1:15:07Better German cruisers would not have saved BismarckNotable Point
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response7:40Why removing one Allied power rewrites the whole warNotable Point
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response32:39Treaty diplomacy, public opinion, and what navies chose to protectNotable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books41:15Why naval command requires trust at seaChapter
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books50:25Reading Gorshkov's sea power as strategic signalingNotable Point
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships1:51Why Jutland did not end the battlecruiserChapter
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships8:20Hood, G3, and N3 as a global deterrent systemNotable Point
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships13:57Watership Down explains the G3 deterrentNotable Point
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships28:53Why 16-inch prestige defeated the faster F3Chapter
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships45:15Nelson and Rodney as wartime heavy hittersNotable Point
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships53:40Nelson as the home-fleet apex behind Hood's prestigeNotable Point
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships55:13Why two treaty battleships could not fill Britain's global stationsNotable Point
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships58:42The closing F3 counterfactualNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response7:10Tirpitz and the strategic value of a raider threatQ&A
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response10:03Was Tirpitz a fleet in being or a surface-raider threat?Q&A
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response11:34How a Soviet fleet in being could help NATO concentrateQ&A
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response21:19Separating Soviet strategic thought from logistical capacityNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response43:28Did British naval planners dismiss Soviet naval capabilities?Notable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response1:01:47How short-war assumptions narrowed Britain's maritime commitmentsNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response1:04:32How Sverdlovs complicated NATO's anti-submarine effortNotable Point
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?23:58Why Jutland did not end the Royal Navy's battlecruiser strategyChapter
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?2:30:22What does a few knots of battleship speed change strategically?Q&A
- Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....4:45Tactical reconnaissance changes the range calculationNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 1228:39Overwhelming force in Victorian naval coercionNotable Point
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...9:44Two complementary studies of JutlandNotable Point
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...1:00:45A Midway reader as an introduction to U.S. naval strategyQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...1:52:25How removing Tirpitz could change the Anglo-German naval raceQ&A
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)1:26Yamamoto's East Asian two-power calculationChapter
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)7:53Russian expansion and new armor enlarge the battle lineChapter
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)33:56Japan chooses commerce control over independent raidingChapter
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)0:35The first-class protected cruiser as a reaction forceChapter
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers3:21Why the Royal Navy treated Sverdlov as an ocean-raider threatChapter
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers53:21Dmitri Pozharsky combined carrier surveillance with disaster reliefNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers55:23Ordzhonikidze and the unresolved Lionel Crabb espionage caseChapter
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers1:26:40A raider could damage the global economy without sinking every merchant shipChapter
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books20:38Why an Italian-Austro-Hungarian naval alliance would not easily defeat FranceQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:31:54Why a capital ship's deterrent value mattersNotable Point
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty21:58Treaty design must accommodate practical naval requirementsNotable Point
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty1:03:27Status, economy, and deterrence pulled American policy apartChapter
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response11:44British maritime leadership in an American-German crisisNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response29:06Gallipoli as a failure of executionQ&A
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response57:08The armored cruisers that could have changed CoronelQ&A
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response58:37Did the First World War end Britain's imperial power?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"3:18:57Does the Atlantic surface war resemble a Western?Q&A
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?10:37Why speed could not solve Italy's two-front Mediterranean problemNotable Point
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road3:59:28German raiding theory, Plan Z, and actual construction never alignedNotable Point
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road4:10:59Germany never settled what foreign-policy purpose its navy should serveNotable Point
- Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 514:33One cruiser design for fleet work and trade protectionChapter
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 329:22The Jeune École neglected the fleet enablers its strategy requiredNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control5:00Great powers and the illusion of a controlled warNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control30:20Why Von Spee crossed the PacificNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control1:25:22Von Spee's victory makes retaliation inevitableNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:09:47Early North Sea oil would reshape British coastal defense and alliancesQ&A
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 651:18:45Did Germany need fleet carriers in the Second World War?Q&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War17:27Why more British carriers may not change German naval planningQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War46:10Britain and America designed carriers for different Pacific routesNotable Point
- Bruships 88: Way of War19:04Could Yamato have changed Midway?Q&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War22:25Strategic culture and a British way of warChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War1:05:23Byng's execution and Royal Navy aggressionChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War3:15:00The risks of a naval push toward the YaluQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 6416:54Why challenge British sea power when it already helps Germany?Q&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 6418:44Chios squanders Macedonia's strategic sea powerNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 6430:39Why the Spanish Armada does not meet the epic-blunder testQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 641:13:35Tsushima shaped a slower British Far East strategyNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:33:07Bombers could free the fleet for the Far EastNotable Point
- Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina33:01Operation Vigorous judged by the convoy objectiveChapter
- Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina44:38A reflective strengths-and-weaknesses audit for any navyNotable Point
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video59:18Using counterfactuals to teach strategic choiceQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)18:58Why Italy and Norway need different cruiser fleetsQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)38:10Pacocha and the difference between survival and victoryQ&A
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?1:56:41Would spare battleships be used for shore bombardment?Q&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4222:44Why nuclear shells would not end naval competitionQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-422:04:15Plan Z and the High Seas Fleet problemQ&A
- Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p938:16Sfax versus Leander and the flaw in Jeune École commerce warChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 216:52A practical Japanese alternative to YamatoQ&A
- General-Admiral(1873): 19th Century Cruisers p36:39A Russian cruiser alarms British plannersNotable Point
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:22:44Why Hood was repeatedly sent to the MediterraneanQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments28:45Decisive battle was only one part of Japanese planningQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments29:23Axis carriers could cause panic without being good shipsQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments1:04:31The two-book naval hindsight exerciseNotable Point
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19420:05Why minor navies had almost no options by 1942Chapter
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194221:03Wartime options are built years before fighting beginsChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 19420:00Why Axis naval options had narrowed by 1942Chapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194217:51Germany could delay defeat at sea, not winNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19420:13The Allied naval crisis in January 1942Chapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194214:00Delayed American readiness and the security value of naval treatiesNotable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 19411:38Japan's countdown to an expected losing warChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194115:44Britain's strategic map has collapsedChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194133:38Wars are fought with forces already in placeChapter
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War1:50The Spanish-American War as overlapping conflictsChapter
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments25:34How surface raiders reshape the convoy war without fightingChapter
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War1:53:49Cervera's weak squadron still becomes a fleet in beingNotable Point
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times28:34Brown, green, blue, and true-blue water naviesQ&A
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19400:03Minor navies after the European war beginsChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19400:27The French Navy's worldwide commitments in January 1940Chapter
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19390:30What minor navies could still change in January 1939Chapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 19390:20How to judge a navy without mythmakingChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 193943:45A no-hindsight Axis navy design exerciseNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19392:21How to judge Allied naval choices in January 1939Chapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19399:39France's carrier opportunity and unclear fleet purposeNotable Point
- Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)0:00Why the Soviet Navy built the Kirov classChapter
- Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)12:33Why available ships matter more than headline fleet sizeNotable Point
- Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)22:20Why the Baltic was a dangerous operating area for KirovNotable Point
- Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)40:44Assessing whether the Kirov concept succeededChapter
- Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare17:16What makes a naval ruse legitimateChapter
- Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare25:18Do not assume the enemy shares your end goalQ&A
- Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina0:13Italy's cruiser problem in the western MediterraneanChapter
- The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less17:24Why Jeune Ecole was doctrine rather than strategyNotable Point
- The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less20:04Three failures of wonder-weapon thinkingChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine37:33Mediterranean geography narrows the cruiser missionChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:57:55French air cover narrows Italy's western raid opportunitiesNotable Point
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)25:27The post-Cold-War assumptions behind Germany's F125Q&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)2:21:05Were French interwar warships merely reactions to foreign designs?Q&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions1:03:06Historical analogies for a multipolar worldQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions2:43:35Raeder's commerce-raiding strategy and its compromisesChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)14:50Endurance and commerce warfare define the cruiserNotable Point
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)22:16Independence, endurance, and the task-group testNotable Point
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?1:29:26Reading Gorshkov, Mahan, and Corbett to assess ChinaQ&A
- Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)12:04From a worldwide fleet to a North Sea fleetNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:06:06Why post-Jutland Britain still wanted fast battlecruisersQ&A
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))0:57War plans did not make conflict inevitableNotable Point
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels17:43Nelson and Rodney against a depleted German surface fleetQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels1:40:25Stalin's planned oceanic battle fleetChapter
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels2:32:53Why Anglo-American war plans did not make war likelyQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels3:43:19Malta and the strategic cost of alienating an island populationNotable Point
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)2:02Using an equitable treaty as an analytical baselineChapter
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:09:01How the treaty left powers weaker and less secureChapter
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)2:13:08Why Britain prioritized Admiral-class battlecruisers after 1918Q&A
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)5:35Avoid anachronistic, zero-sum fleet rankingsNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)20:28One-, two-, and three-ocean navies under one limitNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)47:12The treaty underfunded wartime fleet screeningChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)51:23Old escorts preserve the modern striking forceNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)15:52Japan's security case for a 7:10 fleet ratioChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)54:46Balanced deterrence as the equitable treaty's goalChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)18:28Submarine bans and cruiser ratios that failedChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)26:15Why allowing Japanese fortification could aid containmentNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)27:34How tactical bargaining success can undermine strategyNotable Point
- SMS Admiral Spaun & the Novara class: Scout Cruisers of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (Long Patrol)0:47Austria-Hungary's Adriatic strategic trapChapter
- SMS Admiral Spaun & the Novara class: Scout Cruisers of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (Long Patrol)28:54Otranto nullified the cruisers' speed advantageNotable Point
- SMS Admiral Spaun & the Novara class: Scout Cruisers of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (Long Patrol)36:03Blockaders must spread while raiders concentrateNotable Point
- SMS Admiral Spaun & the Novara class: Scout Cruisers of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (Long Patrol)45:21Nation-building shaped Austro-Hungarian sea powerNotable Point
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)15:03Jeune École: torpedo boats as a substitute for a fleetChapter
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine1:00:21Fisher wanted fear of war to prevent warQ&A
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)4:06:49Which interwar base best explains Deep Space Nine?Q&A
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN27:35Defence spending should be judged against exposure and usable capabilityNotable Point
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)23:47Why US-Royal Navy planning papers should not be read as imminent war plansNotable Point
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...14:07How to judge Hood and Yamato in contextQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...52:16Why the Admiral class carried such heavy armamentQ&A
- Largest Naval Battle Ever Fought? The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC)1:34:59Hanno's priorities expose Carthage's divided war strategyNotable Point
- Largest Naval Battle Ever Fought? The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC)2:32:37Destroying Carthage removed Rome's nearby naval benchmarkNotable Point
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)9:18Why Scapa Flow matters in a North Sea warChapter
- Sieges of Malta: Patreon 51 (Long Patrol)12:43Why Sicily struggled to protect a maritime outpostNotable Point
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions35:29What makes a ship a capital ship?Q&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions48:53Taiwan's highest-value naval targetsQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions1:04:21Why a modern Washington naval treaty needs many partiesQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions2:15:20Changing the Battle of the ChesapeakeQ&A
- All Forward vs Aft Balance Main Armament: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)6:47Why exchange ratios depend on the whole fleetNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)12:50Carrier ratios and Japan’s strategic positionNotable Point
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)33:24How desperation and confidence shaped risk at Cape PalosNotable Point
- The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)1:12Kriegsmarine secret projects and the limits of Plan ZNotable Point
- The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)5:15Bismarck's reputation and force concentration at Denmark StraitNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:36:02Why the Royal Navy treated the American wars as secondary theatresNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?3:24:23Judge destroyers by mission fit, not a universal rankingChapter
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion13:47Prestige ships and industrial opportunity costNotable Point
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion20:29Why surface raiding needs numbersNotable Point
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion26:22Treaties, deterrence, and visible industrial strengthChapter
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion31:16Battlecruisers as sea-control toolsNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:02:09The Eight-Eight Plan and fast-battleship logicNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:25:49Why one extra battleship changes American basingNotable Point
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)19:57Japanese admirals understood the odds against themNotable Point
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)30:54Could Japan fight only to force a negotiated peace?Q&A
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships1:26:09What does a fleet designed to preserve peace look like?Q&A
- Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)34:01Why Singapore is not Japan's easy opening targetNotable Point
- Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)1:02:01The Philippines force Japan's strategic choiceChapter
- The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)36:28Both fleets wanted battle on favourable numerical termsQ&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:25:27China and the Soviet Union widen Japan's strategic crisisNotable Point
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:26:50Why the Philippines becomes Japan's immediate dilemmaNotable Point
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)44:39When powerful assets are used below their potentialChapter
- The Most Pointless Mission: Operation Tan No 2 (Long Patrol) - Working Sound48:36Carrier resilience and the forlorn-hope testNotable Point
- Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)9:17Kantai Kessen and the danger of assuming enemy cooperationNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue44:58Why attacking a nuclear force can accelerate escalationNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:16:10The decisive-battle problem in Japan's Pacific strategyNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:15:03The interwar German navy looked beyond Baltic defenceQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue3:18:18Gorshkov's writings as Cold War naval readingChapter
- Battle of the Aegates (241BC)29:25Why did the Messana crisis become a war?Q&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:30:47Jacky Fisher's two-part model of deterrenceNotable Point
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:08:28How an Arctic naval force changes deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:15:26Using treaty leverage to build a larger carrier fleetQ&A
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): Long Patrol10:39Corfu as an Ionian naval baseChapter
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)15:18Why a small speed margin can cost operational radiusNotable Point
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)34:43A fast battle line would reshape rival designsChapter
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)45:53Deployment options for a faster British battle lineChapter
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)14:05Why County cruisers were not built for one enemyChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)6:43Why fleet effectiveness matters more than a single shipChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)44:56Why the Horizon frigate partners divergedNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)52:28Force generation is the real comparisonChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion39:46Ask why a navy built that shipNotable Point
- Forward (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)30:41Sea control matters when it enables actionNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books29:32Why British and American warships solve different problemsNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books1:26:56The Admiral class as a global commerce-war weaponQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books3:13:06A fair method for comparing British and American shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books3:17:17Why Hood's proper target was trade, not YamatoNotable Point
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney4:04:59Q&A: do Korean carrier plans copy Queen Elizabeth?Q&A
- Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)45:01Troubridge's economic route to fleet battleChapter
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...52:50A hostile Eurasian alliance and the US two-ocean dilemmaQ&A
- Some Sunday Naval Books6:46The British way of war as strategyChapter
- Some Sunday Naval Books36:37How treaty limits changed British strategyChapter
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)1:53:01Beresford in a Dogger Bank warQ&A
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)2:54:19The Washington Treaty as a mixed British bargainQ&A
- Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)11:27A cheap threat that demands an expensive responseNotable Point
- Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)42:50Why Risk Fleet Theory could not solve Germany's problemNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)3:50Infrastructure sets a navy's maritime reachChapter
- Bruships 69: The Decider28:42If the early U.S. Navy built first-rates instead of frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider1:41:19What fifty 16-inch battleships would do to the naval warQ&A
- The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu2:23:38Revenge sat beside a doctrine of sea powerNotable Point
- The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu2:31:01Diu cleared the way for a Portuguese trade networkChapter
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions3:01:55How propulsion rules shape fictional space warfareQ&A
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"46:23Why German naval expansion looked different from American strengthNotable Point
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"2:44:10Why dry docks become strategic targetsQ&A
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)3:20Why a return to the 1890s would be more than renewed rivalryNotable Point
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)41:18Why ship labels can hide operational rolesNotable Point
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)50:31Presence ships for a navy that cannot risk everythingNotable Point
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"2:41:59Nelson-class design and the Royal Navy's distributed fleet doctrineQ&A
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol13:07The Baltic Fleet voyage: logistical feat, strategic failureChapter
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol29:51Three fleets, three strategic problemsNotable Point
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol1:07:17Imperatritsa Mariya: quality within Russian meansChapter
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol1:13:44Why infrastructure mattered more than another paper fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."1:23:11Why the Baltic fleet mattered to Russian tradeNotable Point
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."1:25:07Gangut-class battleships in a mine-and-destroyer defenseChapter
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."2:17:50Q&A: What role suited the Borodino battlecruisers?Q&A
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."2:33:18Russia needed a state strategy, not a choice between army and navyChapter
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."2:46:30Three separated fleets, three different design problemsChapter
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."2:52:53Q&A: Were the Imperatritsa Mariyas pocket battleships?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)27:16Blockade turns cruising into economic warfareNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)12:20Which cruisers broke the fundamental design rules?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)25:40Human geography creates cruiser demandChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)58:09Can cruiser combat capability be compared fairly?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:33:45What were the Admiral Hipper cruisers meant to do?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:27:20Did Axis cruisers fit their intended roles?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:52:02Is the China-US naval buildup another Anglo-German race?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)3:20:28Which cruiser concept was wrong for its role?Q&A
- Nautilus class (Kaiserliche Marine): Long Patrol0:29A minelayer as an answer to naval inferiorityChapter
- Nautilus class (Kaiserliche Marine): Long Patrol24:42Why the Russian Baltic Fleet could not be ignoredNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)2:07:28What Jellicoe might gain by turning toward the torpedoesQ&A
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)7:11Fleet geography changed the Anglo-American balanceNotable Point
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)10:38Why Britain viewed American and German fleets differentlyNotable Point
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)18:46Counterfactuals reveal why naval choices matteredNotable Point
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)1:03:35What Surcouf says about interwar FranceNotable Point
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:00:00What fleet might an independent India have needed?Q&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered6:46Midget submarines in a Great Lakes naval contestQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered4:09:22Comparing Europe's leading navies in early 2022Q&A
- The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises (Long Patrol)8:57The Anglo-Japanese Alliance as strategic priority-settingNotable Point
- Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises14:35Why Britain still feared RussiaNotable Point
- Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises24:42What the Anglo-Japanese Alliance solvedQ&A
- Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises58:09An Anglo-German-Japanese alignment without WilhelmQ&A
- Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)2:55Mine warfare for an outmatched Far East forceNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)14:35Hood and Bismarck mattered differently to their fleetsNotable Point
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 938:10Gallipoli and the cost of mistimed integrationChapter
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 950:38Monitors inside Britain's naval-versus-continental debateChapter
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 953:16Monitors only work inside a joined-up strategyChapter
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars24:51The limits of submarines as visible deterrenceQ&A
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars1:15:40Modern convoy protection still depends on escort numbersQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...2:04:57Why attacking the US fleet at sea might have served Japan betterQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...2:09:23War Plan Red and the problem of fighting Britain at seaQ&A
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)1:20:53Why global war favoured dispersed task forcesChapter
- Roberts Class - Naval Fire Support of the WWI (WWII) Western Front: Long Patrol Part 830:42Why old monitor plans cannot be lifted into a new warNotable Point
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)17:46Kantai Kessen begins with attritionChapter
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)1:07:37Midway reversed the doctrine’s advantageQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)2:29:14Japanese planning could buy time, not victoryQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)3:04:48Naval power can decide a limited warChapter
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)3:14:50Geography determines whether war can stay limitedNotable Point
- Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)3:44How the name Deutschland changed surface-raider prioritiesNotable Point
- Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)8:06How the Barents Sea action nearly transformed Allied fleet allocationNotable Point
- Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)17:50North Cape released Fraser and heavy ships for the PacificNotable Point
- Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)29:10Corbett's British strategy was not a universal formulaChapter
- Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)33:23Testing commerce-raiding doctrine through the Russo-Japanese WarNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?3:21:35Would larger Hood-based carriers be risked the same way?Q&A
- The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol23:23From European rivalry to control of the worldChapter
- The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol38:48Royal Navy commanders and world-war planningNotable Point
- The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol41:04Jeune École as a theory for fighting a world warNotable Point
- The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol1:01:10Intent and the changing scale of warChapter
- The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol1:09:06Quiberon Bay and strategic decisivenessChapter
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?17:33How Kantai Kessen was meant to workChapter
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov8:09Clausewitz: theory should educate judgmentChapter
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov2:17:04Speed can gain an advantage without a battleNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov2:41:31Why publish Modern Naval Strategy during a world war?Notable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov3:29:25Gorshkov: strategy must fit the stateChapter
- Bruships 63: Trailer0:00Corbett’s Drake books as lessons in national strategyChapter
- Bruships 63: Trailer1:54Archival research and the higher direction of warChapter
- The Seven Years War Trailer0:18Land and maritime arguments from the Seven Years' WarNotable Point
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)2:28:58Q&A: why Germany misread Britain in 1914Q&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)2:38:21Frisches Haff: a naval victory with limitsNotable Point
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)3:08:41Q&A: Mahan already had the War of 1812 warningQ&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)3:35:18Strategy must fit national circumstancesChapter
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat3:28:22Britain between continental and global strategyQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat4:18:43War Behind Enemy Lines on special forces and strategyChapter
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?22:40Commonwealth fleets, bases and the 1930s comparisonChapter
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?27:55How historic operating areas still shape Commonwealth escortsNotable Point
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?37:19How flexible escorts buy a place in allied task groupsNotable Point
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books1:52:27How carrier availability shifts French naval powerQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary0:07Taranto and the changing balance of sea powerChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary25:02Why concentrating at Taranto was riskyChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary32:23A raid both too successful and not successful enoughNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary3:19:50Italian withdrawal and the Otranto trapChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary3:39:46How a fuller victory could have changed force allocationNotable Point
- WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol7:05The Mediterranean’s "phony war" concealed a fleet imbalanceNotable Point
- WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol10:01Royal Navy leaders applied First World War lessonsNotable Point
- WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol10:50The 1914 Army commitment became a warning about strategyNotable Point
- WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol13:17Why the Regia Marina became the immediate targetChapter
- WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol16:46Taranto damaged Italy without ending the fleet threatNotable Point
- WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol21:20A more decisive Taranto could have shifted forces eastNotable Point
- The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol2:13Aircraft as a challenge to fleets in harbourNotable Point
- The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol3:08Fisher's Baltic scheme and forcing a fleet outChapter
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)43:13The Otranto raid extended MB8's psychological pressureChapter
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)46:00The best operational plan may use the second-best tactical toolNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat1:20:01SSKs, SSNs, and Australia's defensive reachNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore2:49Logistics as a hub-and-spoke systemChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore36:32Global commitments shaped British planningChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore3:19:43A Pacific war would advance by hubsChapter
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol15:26Logistics strategy must fit the theatreNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol40:55Japanese ship design shaped British contingenciesNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol54:00Adaptation rather than predictionNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol6:32Orders and weather made Trafalgar possibleNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol8:33Napoleon's naval blind spotNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol21:35Napoleon's invasion plan and its sea-control problemChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol24:01The return crossing, Ireland diversion, and Channel raceChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol26:55Napoleon and the misuse of sea powerNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol56:13Nelson's pursuit and Villeneuve's choicesChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:17:05A possible third British columnNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:33:16What made Trafalgar decisiveChapter
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol0:00From "what if" to plausible "what might have been"Chapter
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol7:34Tarkin's different methods under army primacyNotable Point
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol25:30Fast German cruisers for breaking the British blockadeChapter
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol27:00Counterfactual history as a way to test decisionsNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:14:19Did Calder already stop the invasion at Finisterre?Q&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)2:43:18The allied fleet's orders to reinforce NaplesChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign3:34Napoleon's unworkable fleet timetablesNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign7:13Concentration could trap the allied fleetNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign21:21Martinique orders and a missed Caribbean opportunityNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign42:01Why Calder did not renew the battleNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 17594:08How the book builds from context to battle and empireNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 17595:03Why an unsound invasion plan continuedNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 17597:01Conflans rejects dividing an inadequate invasion fleetNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p3: Royal Navy Fleet Commanders24:14Alexander Cochrane and the West Indies stationNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p1: Strategy & Some Priniciple Personalities15:25Applying land operational thinking at seaNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p1: Strategy & Some Priniciple Personalities17:23Napoleon's sea-power blind spotNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p1: Strategy & Some Priniciple Personalities20:43The Quiberon Bay precedent behind the invasion planNotable Point
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol55:32Germany's naval challenge creates a strategic trapChapter
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol58:57From Copenhagen to Taranto and Pearl HarborNotable Point
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol1:10:37Tirpitz's 1896 memorandum makes Britain the naval enemyChapter
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol1:13:43Why Tirpitz's risk-fleet assumptions did not add upChapter
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol1:17:33Lord Torrington and the older fleet-in-being strategyNotable Point
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol1:40:34Fisher's deterrence through overwhelming naval powerChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)1:21:33Deterrence through balanced strength rather than panicQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)4:24:26Why demographic decline can make a rising naval power more dangerousQ&A
- Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)3:21Commercial rivalry and a clash of strategic assumptionsChapter
- Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)5:13Groupthink turned Dutch fleet expansion into a threatNotable Point
- Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)1:12:15Decisive battle versus the convoy missionNotable Point
- Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)2:46:12The battle's aftermath: Dutch reform and Commonwealth overconfidenceChapter
- Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)3:15:11Scheveningen breaks the blockade at ruinous costChapter
- Battle of Kentish Knock: Long Patrol2:57Why the First Anglo-Dutch War beganChapter
- Battle of Kentish Knock: Long Patrol25:33De With forces a decisive battleNotable Point
- Battle of Kentish Knock: Long Patrol42:13How victory at Kentish Knock bred strategic overconfidenceChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:15:04A Swedish Baltic force built around large destroyersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)3:22:47How Germany's U-boat turn reinforced British planningQ&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…43:52A modernised Commonwealth battlecruiser at Java SeaQ&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…1:23:38Secret capabilities and deterrence signallingNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…1:49:13Japanese planning for a Royal Navy tied down in EuropeNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...17:26Strategic versus tactical battleship designQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...27:54Why Germany needed fast battleshipsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...46:11Specializing battleships for a fleet's likely warQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:17:52Royal Navy planning had to cover Japan, Italy, Germany, and the Soviet UnionQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:48:25Mercantilism, industrial capacity, and Japan's convoy weaknessNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 4/41:28Can a risk fleet idea deter with modern forces?Q&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 2/428:18Why the Regia Marina was Britain's strategically awkward opponentNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/41:38Why India seeks nuclear-powered submarinesQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/428:53Empire, capital, and Japan’s strategic assumptionsQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.39:36Amphibious surprise is often strategic, not tacticalNotable Point
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.3:08:35Useful counterfactuals illuminate real capability choicesQ&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?26:42Kessen doctrine as an answer to industrial limitsQ&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?38:42Kantai Kessen was not simply Mahan plus the Jeune ÉcoleQ&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?43:55Why commerce raiding was a poor cruiser alternativeQ&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?3:01:15So, were Japanese heavy cruisers worth it?Chapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli20:29The Regia Marina as a Mediterranean strategic fulcrumChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli28:37Comparing Italian, Japanese, and German fleet balanceChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff0:55Tirpitz’s Risk Fleet had German naval opponentsNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff10:04Submarines as the alternative to a fleet raceChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff19:38The memorandum sought leverage for a negotiated peaceNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff24:31An enemy response is not a fixed inputNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff25:52Accepting the risk of American entryChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff29:02A strategic plan built on incomplete informationNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff54:52Seeking a sustainable settlement, not total victoryNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff58:23Holtzendorff’s warning for later German strategyChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P11/14 Soemu Toyoda17:07A-Go, Shō-Gō, and Ten-Gō under worsening oddsChapter
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence42:31Risk-fleet theory and the danger of naval dogmaChapter
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence2:20:37Why Plan Z needed Britain to stand stillQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence4:47:44Carrier pressure could open room for submarines near the first island chainQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence4:57:26Submarines and missiles reinforce the same sea-denial problemQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence5:03:48Why nuclear use risks uncontrollable escalationNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P10/12: Koshirō Oikawa8:47Conserving the fleet and trying to improve convoysChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P10/12: Koshirō Oikawa8:59The case for appointing Oikawa earlierNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P9/14: Shigetarō Shimada4:59Fisher's admiralissimo and the demands of supreme commandNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P9/14: Shigetarō Shimada8:16Intrigue, command, and Japan's naval reversesChapter
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:22:49Synthetic fuel could have reduced Japan's strategic panicQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:28:38Axis admirals entered the war with different expectationsQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:07:10Nagano's war plan without long-war sustainmentChapter
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:20:38Pearl Harbor fell short of Japan's decisive-battle doctrineNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:39:52Germany planned for war with Britain in 1948, not 1939Q&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:02:36Norway transformed the Atlantic and Arctic mapNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:06:58Why concentrating U-boats on Arctic convoys could backfireQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:11:52Yonai's case against war with Britain and AmericaChapter
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:24:53The final verdict: flotilla leader, not admiralQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:30:41Did Dönitz devise a sound strategy but fail to execute it?Q&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz38:52Operation Torch and the cost of a narrow focusChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz40:29Torpedo-fuze repair versus strategic commandNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: Long Patrol - P6/14: Osami Nagano11:19The Pearl Harbor force-allocation dilemmaChapter
- A Book or Two to Review(30): Fight for the Fjords, The Battle for Norway 19409:33Why Germany's invasion of Norway was a gambleNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review(30): Fight for the Fjords, The Battle for Norway 194012:12Why Norway mattered more than Denmark to GermanyChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)3:04Strategy as a naval command responsibilityQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)32:42Combatant commands competing for carriersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)54:06Why Denmark's navy makes strategic senseQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)1:48:01Using Star Trek to compare Second World War fleet culturesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)2:47:27Cyber warfare will not erase physical warQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)2:50:22Why Mahan was American rather than BritishQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)3:00:09Do not assume China would fight on Western termsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)3:53:52Viewing China's economy through mercantilismQ&A
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 10/11 Why the Battleship Fizzled Out11:26Carrier missions outlasted the battleship missionChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 10/11 Why the Battleship Fizzled Out16:10The carrier replaced the battleship as the capital shipChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P3/14: Domenico Cavagnari10:43Short preparation time and a favourable starting positionNotable Point
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s1:19:02Was giving up Heligoland good strategy for Britain?Q&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s1:32:20Empire without adequate defensive preparationNotable Point
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s2:22:24Why Ark Royal and Yorktown differedChapter
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s2:43:50Maintenance ships reveal strategic reachChapter
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s2:51:57Ballistic-missile ambiguity in a Pacific warNotable Point
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s3:10:36Why conventional submarines still matterChapter
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s3:17:17Why conventional submarines suit regional defenceQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P1/14: Erich Raeder10:01Plan Z and the revival of risk-fleet strategyChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P1/14: Erich Raeder15:25A navy planned for later war forced into the Norway gambleNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea7:27Britain's global commitments and multiple naval threatsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea16:39Why interwar choices look clearer in hindsightNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 5/11 Building a Navy11:23French imperial security relied on British sea powerNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)8:24Britain's three prospective naval enemiesChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)16:45How Germany, Italy, and Japan posed different maritime risksNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)48:29Why a later Japanese victory at Guadalcanal had limited strategic payoffQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:15:46US Navy ships of the line and force-planning limitsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:22:07Close escort and distant cover in convoy defenceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:30:04Why Britain retained war plans against the United StatesQ&A
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 3/11 Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers11:07Cruisers as a missing link in the Second World WarChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 2/11 1890s Battleships7:14Jeune École ideas with battleship hedgingNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 2/11 1890s Battleships9:45Coastal defence as force multiplicationNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 2/11 1890s Battleships10:50A risk fleet must remain defensiveChapter
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper28:14British strategy when the United States looks inwardQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)39:14Italy joins the Central PowersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)49:48Germany without capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)4:50:02If Britain sank Argentina's carrier in 1982Q&A
- An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean2:13Jeune École repackages an old promiseChapter
- An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean6:34Why technology is not a strategyNotable Point
- An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean8:42Why Mediterranean geography limits raidingNotable Point
- An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean28:38French victory over China did not prove the doctrineNotable Point
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI6:59Why the Mediterranean constrained armoured cruisersChapter
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI12:47Jeune École and the commerce-raider promiseChapter
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI30:01The Adriatic trap for Austro-Hungarian cruisersChapter
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI39:01The Mediterranean needed faster scouts or heavier shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI43:54Would a battlecruiser work better?Q&A
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI1:39:33Why France prioritised its army over naval qualityNotable Point
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI1:45:08Attrition is not a complete fleet strategyNotable Point
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI2:08:17Were armoured cruisers useful in the Mediterranean?Q&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response2:06Escort procurement across three possible warsChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response26:40If Norway and France held: war length and Soviet powerQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response54:20Why Anglo-Japanese tension competed with Atlantic planningNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response26:16Submarine investment still forces Allied choicesQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response36:14A balanced fleet for several threatsNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books53:24Choosing the scope of a history of Tribal, Battle, and Daring destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books3:50:07Why defeating Britain required a workable invasionQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:01:25Sea Lion and the Royal Navy's maritime barrierQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:21:04Why combining German surface raiders could make them easier to catchQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:27:09Singapore's defence and the case for a stronger supreme commanderQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:32:01Why the Royal Navy needed to prepare for three different opponentsNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:32:35What an Anglo-Japanese war in 1939 might have changedNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:51:12The Anglo-French division behind German naval planningNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:52:18How a different German fleet might have changed British battleship prioritiesNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response2:30German shipbuilding and Royal Navy prioritiesQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response5:20The Atlantic blockade as Germany's best bad optionQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response5:51Graf Spee and the speed requirement for surface raidersQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response20:34Strategic costs of a submarine-only German fleetQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response23:05Submarine strategy and diminishing returnsQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response29:32Fast cruisers as surface-raider pressureQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response34:22Fast raiders and British force-planning pressureQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response35:41Commerce raiding and its strategic limitsQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response46:24Battlecruiser numbers and force availabilityNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response47:19A Baltic fleet and German resource prioritiesQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response47:53Surface-raider prospects after 1940Q&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW25:47Why Japanese preparations complicate a simple superiority narrativeNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW22:49:21Historical analysis works through choices inside their constraintsNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW22:51:24Plans fail when they assume the enemy will repeat your choicesNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW23:02:51A warship must arrive, fight, and return homeNotable Point
- Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live0:21Japanese hybrid ships and the industrial mismatchChapter
- Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live16:19Prewar seaplane tenders as carrier-reserve preparationChapter
- Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live20:31Strategic blind spots about Western industrial powerNotable Point
- Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live22:25Hybrid carriers at Cape Engano as sacrificial decoysNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol4:01Germany, Japan, and two different escort problemsNotable Point
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol0:32Why Makin Island matteredChapter
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol7:23Marine Raiders as specialistsChapter
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol35:28What the raid proved and wastedNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:14:13Napoleon underestimated Gibraltar and sea powerQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)4:22:42Why ballistic-missile submarines are capital shipsNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/70:51Atlantic blockade as a logistics problemChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/711:56Wolfpacks, intelligence, and veteran lossesNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/716:38Surface raider carrier counterfactualNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/724:43Atlantic geography and tradeoffsChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz14:16X-craft as a substitute for weapons Britain did not yet haveNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...4:04Channel patrols and the limits of tidy war planningQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...23:25Carrier battle groups as mobile maritime barriersNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...46:13Modern weapons need timing, targeting, and maturityQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...1:09:17Why Napoleon's Continental System struggled to choke BritainQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions20:06Danish airfields and collective Scandinavian defenseQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWI) – The Comment Questions48:42Fisher's Baltic plan and his support for GallipoliQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/73:37U-boat peak and tonnage curveNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/712:02Convoy geometry favors escortsNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/715:59Modern commerce war changes the torpedo mathNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/724:20German balanced-force alternativeNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/728:15The best bad option and the Deutschland-class problemNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/729:54Defensive submarines and fast raidersChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/732:27A disguised forty-knot commerce raiderNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/733:33Axis naval infrastructure sets different limitsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 194117:25Singapore as a lifeline for Pacific strategyNotable Point
- Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/70:19Why gun-armed cruiser submarines appealed in the 1920sChapter
- Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/78:04A long-range raider with six or more forward torpedo tubesChapter
- Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/711:46Torpedoes and mines could confuse a raider's pursuersNotable Point
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/71:00Napoleon's sea-control problemChapter
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/73:21Britain's prepared southern coastNotable Point
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/74:56Maneuver and supply after landingChapter
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/78:42The fleet-breakout gambleNotable Point
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/710:35A second blockade forms off BoulogneNotable Point
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/716:38The verdict: warning time defeats the schemeNotable Point
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/718:19Island warning time before air powerNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p3/3 - Italy5:46Turning the Mediterranean into a movement zoneNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War7:58Zeppelins, scouting, and German risk theoryChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War13:46Airships as cheap, fast scout-cruiser substitutesNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War17:00Cuxhaven as fleet bait and an operational templateNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z4:34Pound's Ceylon plan for the Far EastChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z24:04Ceylon and a stronger ABDA alternativeNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...18:15British and American carrier doctrine by geographyNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...19:43Mediterranean choke points and the case for protectionNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident0:05Altmark as a Churchill initiative caseChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident5:50Churchill's Altmark objective and the Norway linkChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident7:56The missed mining timetable off NorwayNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident9:20The scale of the Norway fleetNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident15:10Norway in Britain's distant-blockade strategyNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p4/4 - Gallipoli0:28Supplying Russia through the DardanellesChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p4/4 - Gallipoli4:48Sound idea, rushed executionNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p4/4 - Gallipoli6:45Four conditions for a better GallipoliNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p4/4 - Gallipoli13:03A Gallipoli victory and Ottoman withdrawalNotable Point
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol23:08Admiral rank and reliable officersNotable Point
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol32:19Invasion scare and the weight of sea battlesChapter
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol33:08Diamond Rock as economy of forceNotable Point
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol39:26Cape Finisterre's success and missed renewalChapter
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol43:42Villeneuve declines his own renewed attackNotable Point
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships2:31:41Why did South American navies move beyond coastal-defence ships?Q&A
- Battle of Lissa 1866: Long Patrol6:24Naval superiority becomes Italy's route to TriesteChapter
- Battle of Lissa 1866: Long Patrol22:36Why Lissa controls movement in the AdriaticNotable Point
- Battle of Lissa 1866: Long Patrol47:06Austria wins at sea but Italy gains VenetiaChapter
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions31:58Speed as battle-line controlQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions39:52Ship speed still aids deployment more than missile evasionQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:59:49Survivability does not require invulnerabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions3:18:42Why submarines are not a complete fleet answerNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail4:16Capital ships as political statementsNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail6:29Frigate origins as speed and economic warfareChapter
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail36:07Global trade made frigates into cruisersNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:20:39Spanish treasure frigates and prize-money politicsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)24:28Corbett on naval warfare in the Seven Years' WarQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)1:35:46Where the combined fleet could flee after TrafalgarQ&A
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/140:14Castles as combined powerChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/144:43Why castle context mattersNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/147:46Royal castles matched royal threatsNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/1440:42A maritime tradition of British fortificationChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Beaumaris Castle - Long Patrol P13/1411:39Dock, town wall, and the Menai StraitChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Beaumaris Castle - Long Patrol P13/1433:46Castle, palace, and deterrent symbolNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/1414:49Otto de Grandson's professional advance guardNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/1420:29Fortification spending and strategic valueNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/1423:21Harlech's 1294 siege and Irish sea supplyNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/1424:48Welsh troops and Irish supply networksNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/1426:38Succession, warrior princes and royal reputationChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/1431:25A coastal chain supplied by seaNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/1433:55Architecture as psychological warfareNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/145:15Welsh site, Edwardian rebuildChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/1410:54Sea supply breaks the 1294-95 siegeChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/1417:43River crossing, mountain route, and sea supplyChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/1420:19Town, castle, and sea supplyNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/1422:38Menai geography and the 1282-83 warChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Denbigh Castle - Long Patrol P9/141:05Denbigh in Edward I's second castle waveChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Denbigh Castle - Long Patrol P9/144:38Castle and town as one lordshipChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Denbigh Castle - Long Patrol P9/146:56Deterrence gives way to direct controlNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Denbigh Castle - Long Patrol P9/1422:52Rhuddlan makes Denbigh maritimeNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/140:16Aberystwyth as town and castleChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/147:24Edward I's rebuilding before and after 1282Chapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/149:08Disrepair, Glyndŵr, and the royal mintChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/149:40Glyndŵr's French treaty and the 1408 recaptureNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/1413:11Castle and garrison as strategic controlNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/1414:31Natural harbour and defensive geographyNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Builth Castle - Long Patrol P7/1410:10A defensive castle at the edge of controlNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/140:15Rhuddlan and conquest by civil engineeringChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/141:37Rhuddlan's river position and routes to FlintNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/148:05Flint, Rhuddlan, and Cinque Ports supplyChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/1410:43Amadeus of Savoy relieves Rhuddlan in 1282Chapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/1417:29A fortified hub supplied from the seaNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Hawarden Castle - Long Patrol P5/140:36Hawarden Castle and River Dee resupplyChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Hawarden Castle - Long Patrol P5/146:47How Hawarden and Flint controlled Dee crossingsChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Hawarden Castle - Long Patrol P5/148:26Night tides and relief of a siege at HawardenNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/141:07Flint Castle on the River DeeChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/146:25Shotwick and cross-Dee reliefNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/1414:39Why Edward I entered North Wales at FlintNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/146:07Castles as tools of sea powerChapter
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/149:13Sea power needs a secure base ashoreNotable Point
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/1418:47Coastal castles as control and deterrenceChapter
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live27:19Kantai Kessen timing windowNotable Point
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live35:39Could Japan seek peace after the Philippine Sea?Q&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live46:37Ching Lee in carrier commandQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live55:53An Anaconda strategy against JapanNotable Point
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:09:53When Japanese commanders saw the war was lostQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:19:41Tankers as the constraint on a larger Pearl Harbor operationQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:22:44Carrier command structure comparisonChapter
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:28:52Philippines relief-force alternativeQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:42:12A command structure assembled for the plan, not the teamQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live3:08:57Why Tsushima was the wrong scale modelNotable Point
- The Battle of Athos 1807: A Long Patrol59:58Sea control makes the Dardanelles a fleet problemNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books5:14The Anaconda Plan as a model of economic attritionNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:17:31Pearl Harbor as a failed decisive-battle setupQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:27:55Why Kantai Kessen could not solve Japan's industrial mismatchNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books2:37:08Why level bombers struggled against shipsQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-19562:48Italian capital-ship parity under disarmament uncertaintyNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-195616:22Rebuilt Cavours support a watchful-waiting strategyNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:52:47Should France's empire have required a stronger navy?Q&A
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)47:14The 1889 maneuvers and competing theories of naval warNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)8:37Kantai Kessen meets American strategyNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)57:29Saipan triggers the fleet battleChapter
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:41:34The final doctrine lessonNotable Point
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:42:15How should historians judge claims in national archives?Q&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron40:24The two-power standard as insurance against France and RussiaQ&A
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.1:53:49Why fourth rates appeared on distant stationsQ&A
- Blockade3:54Blockade as economic warfareChapter
- Blockade5:44Why a blockade is not the same as a siegeNotable Point
- Blockade10:27The Anaconda Plan and compounding trade pressureNotable Point
- Blockade15:00How a close blockade protects the battle fleetChapter
- Blockade17:40Choosing blockade posture for warning or intimidationNotable Point
- Blockade19:50The Continental System without sea controlNotable Point
- Blockade21:51How the Continental System widened the warChapter
- Blockade25:06Loose blockade and the submarine-warfare distinctionNotable Point
- Blockade39:53When blockade is worth attempting in modern warChapter
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 6, Gorgon Class36:00Could a retained Gorgon have strengthened Narvik?Notable Point
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:56:51Why wartime canal transits are dangerous for carriersQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)21:56Why German fleet building alarmed BritainQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)39:12How a Tillman battleship could reshape the arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)57:36Why small enemy fleets consumed many British shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)1:04:10A German fleet designed for its actual strategyQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)1:09:37The case for a short-range German battle fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)1:21:39Austro-Hungarian triple turrets as a force-design answerQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)1:25:01Armour, firepower, and Germany's outnumbered fleet problemQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:40:11Why dreadnought fleets were worth the costQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:52:35Why destroyer mass did not replace a balanced fleetQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)3:03:24Battlecruisers judged by mission, not labelsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191410:03Why 1914 was a global naval raceChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191414:51Dreadnought did not erase Britain's numerical leadNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191416:02British sea power beyond a German duelChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191417:39Cruiser presence backed by scalable forceNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19137:18Bayern, Revenge, and fleet numbersChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191312:29Why the 1913 naval race was globalChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191315:44American deterrence without escalationNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191318:37Capital ships and the uncertainty of deterrenceChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19126:09Derfflinger's uncertain return on investmentNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19129:47Borodino's fast battleship roleChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191213:23Queen Elizabeth raises the calibre stakesChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191217:20Andrea Doria and a navy built for its watersNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191219:20The 1912 balance of dreadnought fleetsChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191221:12A two-level global naval raceChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191222:23German gun calibre follows rather than drivesNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191224:10Reading past the two-sided naval-race storyNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191127:17The risk fleet's strategic signalling paradoxChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19108:39Conte di Cavour stakes an Italian claim in the MediterraneanChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191013:26Tegetthoff tailors triple turrets to the AdriaticChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191018:22Distributed armament preserves options in a running fightNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191023:38The 1910 dreadnought balance hides another response cycleChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December16:42Why American battlecruiser logic changed after World War INotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 January-June9:58Battlecruisers support Britain's global commerce warNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 January-June19:38Mediterranean strategy favors fast battleshipsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19086:09Helgoland repeats Nassau's costly turret geometryChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 190817:38British and German battlecruisers were designed for different warsChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-714:04American deterrence and Germany's risk fleet sent different signalsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-716:58Why sustained turbine speed mattered beyond battleNotable Point
- Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)3:39Why the Tarkin Doctrine produces brittle fleetsChapter
- Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)14:07Capital defense exposes command and logistics failuresNotable Point
- Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)1:02:32Did the Empire have external threats to design against?Q&A
- Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)1:42:10Interdictors make sense inside a coherent task groupNotable Point
- Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)2:01:37Supremacy concentrates risk that Nebula distributesChapter
- Some More Battle Cruisers4:02Battlecruiser design begins with strategic purposeChapter
- Some More Battle Cruisers27:12Mackensen exposes Germany's battlecruiser middle groundChapter
- Some More Battle Cruisers33:13Ersatz Yorck points to Germany's fast-battleship answerChapter
- Some More Battle Cruisers36:15Scharnhorst and Gneisenau suggest a German fast-battleship alternativeNotable Point
- Some More Battle Cruisers48:59Lexington's machinery and range suit a Pacific battlecruiserChapter
- Some More Battle Cruisers56:30G3's forward battery limits its tactical freedomChapter
- Bruships 48: Reading History57:45The American Revolution as a global naval warChapter
- Bruships 48: Reading History1:03:38D'Estaing's missed opportunities and coalition strainChapter
- Bruships 48: Reading History2:28:36Winter limits, Atlantic trade, and the road to the Glorious First of JuneChapter
- Bruships 48: Reading History2:44:46Convoy intelligence and the difficulty of finding a fleet at seaChapter
- Four Random Books Episode 36: No Good Choices4:02Weserubung as a high-risk planning gambleNotable Point
- William Agnew: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 325:23Vanguard, postwar global presence, and Agnew's influenceChapter
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail4:54How winds and sailing seasons shaped strategyChapter
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail1:58:25Why Britain limited its War of 1812 commitmentQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?6:40Why navies seek sea control in the first placeQ&A
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 19076:27Declared purpose shapes naval threat perceptionNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 190715:07Proximity and fleet range sharpen the British-German rivalryNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 190613:03Why British battlecruisers threatened rival commerceChapter
- Four Random Books 34: A Special Place7:49Command unity and surprise in amphibious operationsChapter
- Four Random Books 34: A Special Place9:31Testing amphibious plans against forces, geography, and isolationNotable Point
- Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?10:53Setting the rules for a conventional 1986 Atlantic warChapter
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces2:00:31Why Glowworm's sacrifice still had tactical valueNotable Point
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!17:09Jamaica was the campaign's economic prizeChapter
- Bruships 44: Strategy43:04From tactical action to geostrategic supplyChapter
- Bruships 44: Strategy2:10:41Royal Navy planning extended beyond one decisive battleNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy3:52:45Concurrent crises do not require a formal allianceQ&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy3:53:29Readiness reduces surprise without eliminating itQ&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy3:59:02Professional naval debate scans beyond the leading threatQ&A
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi4:05:23Science fiction separates strategy from inherited loyaltiesNotable Point
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans2:10:38Why Brazil did not match every regional hullQ&A
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans3:16:23Choosing the best design for each navy's needsQ&A
- Four Random Books 29: Weapons of War6:39Fighting the Great War at Sea links strategy and technologyChapter
- Four Random Books 29: Weapons of War10:52Broad fleet history gives readers a starting frameworkNotable Point
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease28:33Norwegian bases could trap German surface raidersNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from1:44The Crown Colony class in the crisis year of 1936Chapter
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...55:39Why British sea power in 1914-15 looked inactive to the publicChapter
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"38:26Kleinkrieg as attrition before decisive battleNotable Point
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"1:47:40Why Italy worried the Royal Navy more than GermanyNotable Point
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"2:26:39Tactical confidence without a strategic exitChapter
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"2:32:32Could an amphibious threat have unhinged Italy?Q&A
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments0:13How the Russo-Japanese War shaped Sweden's 1905 fleet postureNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments17:20Sturdee's tactical strength and strategic limitsQ&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World0:38The Royal Navy's 1980s mission setChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World44:17Atlantic distance and NATO's maritime strategic problemChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World47:47Domestic politics in strategic decision-makingNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P2/7 Keith Speed23:22Strategy first, because wars consume the fleet already builtNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P2/7 Keith Speed41:12Uncertain wars and escalation below the shooting thresholdChapter
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment2:43:43What Chinese LHA construction signals beyond TaiwanNotable Point
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment2:58:56Perceived conflict aversion in China's strategic calculusQ&A
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment3:07:32What Britain could add to an expanded QuadQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan35:40Why a better frigate cannot be in five placesQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:05:14Escorts, Central Europe, and the Polaris tradeoffQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:36:50Gorshkov, Afghanistan, and NATO's global threat pictureChapter
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:43:25How Southwest Asia strained NATO naval plansChapter
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:46:12A balanced fleet for alliances that can changeNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol Part 1/6 - 16963:26How nuclear deterrence reshaped escalation choicesNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol Part 1/6 - 16965:48Why Dogger Bank repeatedly became a naval battlegroundChapter
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects2:15:28How coastal battleships deter a close blockadeQ&A
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects2:22:54What makes a coastal-defence battleship?Q&A
- Four Random Books 23: 1930s Thinking...5:03Admiral Bacon on strategy beyond military commandChapter
- Four Random Books 23: 1930s Thinking...6:44Bacon on armaments firms, wartime costs, and peacetime influenceNotable Point
- Four Random Books 23: 1930s Thinking...12:02Interwar Royal Navy preparation and threat assumptionsChapter
- Four Random Books 23: 1930s Thinking...13:11Tactical means and the danger of assuming equal competenceNotable Point
- Four Random Books 23: 1930s Thinking...14:26Strategy, operations, and tactics at seaNotable Point
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 31:17The China Station's crowded strategic agenda in 1931Chapter
- Greenwich Naval College: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Part 221:38The Royal Navy underwrote London’s global tradeNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History33:39Modern Naval Strategy charts the battleship cost spiralChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History37:49Why Modern Naval Strategy ties battleships to an enemy battle fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History41:28Reading Modern Naval Strategy as evidence of interwar thinkingNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History1:43:03Britain's Naval Future defines limited sea controlChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History1:47:44A battle fleet built for a blockade that never cameNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History1:49:18Cable's criticism of Britain's prewar allocation of resourcesNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History1:51:03Why preventing invasion matters more than every hostile passageNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History2:01:10James Cable beyond Corbett and MahanNotable Point
- The Great White Fleet1:55:53The voyage that announced America as a world powerChapter
- Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response6:34Treaty tonnage rules and Britain's need for hull numbersNotable Point
- Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 3/3 Scapa to Type 32224:28Why Germany did not initially panic the Royal NavyNotable Point
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 3 of 3 - Some Questions Answered17:10Robust debate improves naval choicesNotable Point
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 2 of 3 - A New Reality...14:40The Panama Canal and an undivided battle fleetNotable Point
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 1 of 3 Theodore Roosevelt's Dream7:34Pre-dreadnought strength during the dreadnought transitionNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered11:42The Kriegsmarine as a new risk fleetQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered12:57Italy's carrier gap under Mare NostrumNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered35:58Japan's war timing and the inevitability of US interventionQ&A
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)1:50:03A battered French fleet still completes its convoy missionQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 2: Papers & Treaties2:33Why aircraft carriers became capital shipsChapter
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 4: Result0:36A measured buildup makes the two-power standard explicitChapter
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 4: Result19:07Deterrence requires interpreting a country's strategic psychologyNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 3: Ships37:30The pre-dreadnought era was also an age of cruisersNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 2: Debate6:19Four tests for judging the 1889 naval programChapter
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 2: Debate10:20Salisbury and Granville debate naval expansionChapter
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 2: Debate34:40Strategy gives procurement decisions their purposeNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 1: Context3:28Battleships could support operations without being presentNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 1: Context21:20Fleet totals hid difficult coalition assumptionsNotable Point
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books58:48British naval construction and the danger of false war lessonsChapter
- Town Class Part 4 of 7: Overview of War4:33Why wartime demands overwhelmed deterrent deploymentsChapter
- Town Class Part 4 of 7: Overview of War16:40Maritime trade creates naval vulnerabilityNotable Point
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint37:31Why British and American cruisers emphasized different strengthsQ&A
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint3:04:05Why an all-U-boat German fleet could simplify Britain's warQ&A
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"1:21:08Camperdown and Quiberon Bay test the meaning of decisivenessChapter
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"1:34:05Sluys was decisive because of the capability France lostChapter
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books11:39What science fiction gets right about cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books4:02:33Why write another history of Q-ships?Q&A
- Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"11:17The jet age accelerated existing naval changeChapter
- Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"13:26Carrier power preserved influence within an allianceNotable Point
- Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"32:18Carrier airpower and coercion below perceived full-scale warNotable Point
- Four Random Books 13: It's Armoured Warfare Time...1:21Why carrier range still mattersNotable Point
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"45:25Why Britain still wanted a Pacific fleet after 1945Notable Point
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"2:24:50Surface raiders could tie down carrier groupsChapter
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"2:27:23Soviet raiders mattered even without many sinkingsQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol1:27Why Britain needed many cruisersChapter
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection2:07:11Naval priorities in the Second Punic War's Sicilian theatreChapter
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection2:21:06Elizabeth I's orders versus her commanders' choicesNotable Point
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection3:48:03Battlecruisers as global trade-defence cruisersQ&A
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond7:34One operation forces several Italian responsesNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond16:02Could gunfire or submarines have deepened the Taranto blow?Notable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond52:10A small carrier force produces a strategic resultChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond56:09Taranto was one operation in a global warNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:27:03Did Seven Years' War success mislead Britain?Q&A
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:53:36Why the invasion plan failed in practiceNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay2:11:56Why weaker navies fall into short-term operationsNotable Point
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"56:38The Union's two-navy shipbuilding problemQ&A
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"2:08:16An underappreciated navy: VietnamQ&A
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 4 of 5: After 1940 - Quislings & Commandos17:24The strategic cost of losing NorwayChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 3 of 5: Namsos, De Wiart & Fleischer18:38The case for concentrating at Namsos and TrondheimNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 3 of 5: Namsos, De Wiart & Fleischer43:37A three-port strategy for defending NorwayChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,1:07Why Germany planned to occupy NorwayChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,47:10Narvik's strategic value beyond the harbour battleNotable Point
- What if the 1956 Suez Crisis had gotten even hotter? (Long Patrol)9:40Britain's regional balancing strategyNotable Point
- What if the 1956 Suez Crisis had gotten even hotter? (Long Patrol)49:55The Royal Navy's global security role before SuezNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American5:18War Plan Orange and decisive-battle assumptionsNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American6:09War Plan Orange and the exposed fleet trainNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American7:07Philippine battle scenarios and Japanese attrition attacksNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark57:51A tactical raid with a strategic basing effectNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark59:30When a tactical naval victory becomes strategicQ&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:11:04Why did the Royal Navy not immediately return?Q&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation4:05:38Why fleets need both P-8s and carriersQ&A
- Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/253:39EMP hardening as a strategic burdenChapter
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard44:34Why a global navy needs ships already abroadNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard51:34Was Russia still a naval threat after 1905?Q&A
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard2:14:46Fisher's cuts as a strategic trade-offChapter
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard2:24:22Why navies should distrust single-weapon predictionsQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers49:57Why ABDA kept fighting after Singapore fellQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers1:30:05Why South Africa's navy remained limitedQ&A
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-2229:40Why weapons resist offensive and defensive labelsNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-75:40Why Britain preferred cruiser numbersChapter
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review32:06Carrier protection followed repair geographyNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:00:23Warships after London and the logic behind designsChapter
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:06:28Comparing navies reveals the assumptions behind their shipsQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:17:35Why swarming concepts can disappoint in warQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:31:54A mass attack still has to coordinate its arrivalNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:33:09Strait disruption could serve Iran's rivalry with Saudi ArabiaQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:24:15British and American navies needed different cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:29:38Mahan and Corbett begin from different strategic positionsQ&A
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 2/2 - Lord Nelson5:40The Nile as a fleet-destruction missionChapter
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 2/2 - Lord Nelson9:49Why initiative worked at the NileNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy51:24Trafalgar's strategic aim: stop an invasionChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:15:39What Trafalgar Night can teach a modern navyChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:41:14Was Trafalgar Britain's closest invasion scare?Q&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy2:03:07Why Nelson accepted the risk of a West Indies pursuitQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy2:05:25Why Villeneuve sailed to the CaribbeanQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy2:16:12Tradition after Jutland: use history criticallyChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy2:37:11Why the interwar years matter to modern naval strategyQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy2:42:58The South China Sea as a focus for naval strategyQ&A
- Four Random Books 8: Churchill6:51The Morocco crisis, Atlantic bases, and British sea lanesChapter
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty48:34The Canal as a Strategic LifelineChapter
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty2:32:04Why Land Dominates the CanalQ&A
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty2:34:53Why Panama’s Locks Create a Different VulnerabilityNotable Point
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty2:37:13The Trent Affair and a War Britain Would Fight by ProxyNotable Point
- The World According to the Royal Navy of the 1930s - 4 minutes2:55How trade geography shapes fleet constructionNotable Point
- The World According to the Royal Navy of the 1930s - 4 minutes3:13Economic warfare beyond the fleet battleChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:17:30Correlli Barnett's Swordbearers and sea powerQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:21:42Why a fleet may avoid an enemy coastQ&A
- Four Random Books 6: War At Sea7:42A global, three-dimensional naval view of the First World WarChapter
- Four Random Books 6: War At Sea9:30Fleet superiority must allow for ships in refitNotable Point
- WWI in the Far East; Penang, Tsingtao, Emden & Cormoran the Long Patrol2:22How the Anglo-Japanese Alliance workedChapter
- WWI in the Far East; Penang, Tsingtao, Emden & Cormoran the Long Patrol5:46An alliance cheaper than a Far East fleetNotable Point
- WWI in the Far East; Penang, Tsingtao, Emden & Cormoran the Long Patrol38:39Why getting the crews home matteredNotable Point
- WWI in the Far East; Penang, Tsingtao, Emden & Cormoran the Long Patrol1:19:43A peacetime squadron without a wartime exitChapter
- Cretan War 1645-1669; An Introduction & Overview0:08The Cretan War as a test of sea powerChapter
- Cretan War 1645-1669; An Introduction & Overview3:22Venice's maritime economy against Ottoman land powerChapter
- Cretan War 1645-1669; An Introduction & Overview32:00Naxos and the limits of cautious commandChapter
- An Introduction to Operation Menace part 1 of 22:44Why a warship’s presence carries political weightNotable Point
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul1:34:10Why a capital ship would have tightened St Nazaire's guardQ&A
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 3 of 30:06The E-boat threat as an operational problemChapter
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 2 of 324:19The Channel Dash and Britain's strategic geographyChapter
- The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style1:13Force K as sea control in practiceChapter
- The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style8:40Force K's central Mediterranean operating areaNotable Point
- The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?1:10:03The Leanders as a middle tier between Arethusas and TownsChapter
- Four Random Books 2: Age of Sail & Nelson13:21Nelson's burden and Britain's remaining fleetsNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers34:32Churchill's proposal to beach Barham at TripoliNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: Force K's an Overview Part 2/20:15Force K's change from sea control to sea denialNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: Force K's an Overview Part 2/20:46Why Force K supplemented Malta's submarines and aircraftChapter
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car55:48Why surface raiders could disrupt whole convoysNotable Point
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car1:38:46Renown exploited an unequal risk calculus off NorwayNotable Point
- 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
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:14:27Why Trafalgar's aftermath mattered as much as the battleNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:30:50Who needs to fund polar operations?Q&A
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p2 of 25:02Peymann's city-or-fleet dilemmaNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p2 of 26:34The harbour options Peymann left unusedNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p2 of 213:46The legal case for striking DenmarkChapter
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p2 of 214:51Denmark's strategic paradox after losing the fleetNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p2 of 216:19Removing a fleet threat and keeping sea lanes openNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p2 of 217:06Copenhagening as a repeated naval precedentNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p2 of 217:42Why Denmark left its rebuilt fleet exposedNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p1 of 24:20An unready Danish fleet concentrated at CopenhagenNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p1 of 25:16The Dardanelles comparison: adapt after an attackNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p1 of 26:14Denmark's strategic bind and its naval consequencesNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p1 of 27:26What it meant to "Copenhagen" an enemyNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era19:39What gunboat diplomacy meansChapter
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era44:34Why Constantinople suited naval coercionNotable Point
- The Ships: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P2/320:40Why small escorts could not solve the surface-raider threatChapter
- Introduction to Crete 19415:29Why Crete matters in the eastern MediterraneanChapter
- 2 minute: Battle of Texel1:35Why Texel counts as a Dutch victoryNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:37:50Could a 1939 Pacific war delay war in Europe?Q&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:41:22A Pacific war as a warning to Europe's dictatorshipsNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:44:04A blockade, not an invasion, as the likely war aimNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:52:30Why trade would not prevent an Anglo-Japanese warNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:13:10A limited Pacific war and British economic capacityNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:42:25Submarine-borne raiders against Japanese railwaysNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...3:03:05Using counterfactual history to study strategyNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 419:30Why a January war changes British strategyChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 421:10Operation Royal Marine and the cost of delayNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...21:56Singapore as a concentrated defensive positionChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...33:13Using Deutschland-class ships as a screening forceNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...41:20The Dutch War Scare and Britain's European commitmentsQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...56:14The January 1939 paradox changes British strategic perceptionNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6a Introduction to Patreon Video 428:10Why escalation may resist mediationNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 45:37A Black Sea role for the Deutschland classNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 416:28Ernest King faces a British-led naval warNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 427:59Japan seeks an early decisive battleNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 452:03Germany's unready fleet and British pre-emptionNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A22:16Taranto, diversion, and the centrality of logisticsNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 443:22Blockade before invasionChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P1 Introduction to Patreon Video 451:03The escort plan and Japan's army-navy divideChapter
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 2 of 20:20The Armada as a campaign, not one battleChapter
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 2 of 228:47Spain's global commitments limited Armada strengthNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 2 of 229:26Define victory before judging the ArmadaChapter
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 2 of 237:24Strategy, weather, and a mission killChapter
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 1 of 211:42Spain's empire brings strategic burdens as well as resourcesNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 1 of 240:36England's strategy: prevent the link-up, not necessarily destroy the fleetChapter
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN4:07Designing for an unlikely Anglo-American warNotable Point
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest Part 2 of 25:12Crete, Malta and the Mediterranean supply mapChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A44:26Communications in global maritime partnershipsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:31:21A 1940 snapshot of naval strategic thoughtNotable Point
- An Introduction to From the Sea... How Navies Influence Land Campaigns.27:50How maritime advantages were squandered in SpainNotable Point
- An Introduction to From the Sea... How Navies Influence Land Campaigns.39:19Arleigh Burke’s four models for coalition sea powerNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)26:10Why Tribal-class destroyers guarded the Red SeaNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A47:57Italy's plan to fight the Royal Navy by local concentrationQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:19:57China, Iran, and the cost of dispersing naval powerQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:27:31Chinese naval influence in the Indian OceanQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:34:16Naval expansion in the approach to another world warQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:39:17How ballistic-missile ambiguity raises escalation riskNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:23:34Who practices naval diplomacy most effectivelyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:24:31A case for delaying sea-mine productionQ&A
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"3:58Naval diplomacy as a navy's normal workChapter
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy8:34Naval diplomacy as maritime interactionChapter
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy55:06Why naval diplomacy resists simple metricsNotable Point
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians20:20Gorshkov's Battle of the Atlantic argumentChapter
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians21:31Testing Gorshkov's merchant-loss arithmeticNotable Point
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians40:09Vladimir Vysotskiy and a pragmatic Russian NavyChapter
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:55:36Comparing German commerce raiding across two warsQ&A
- 50th Live Special: What, Why & How of Armed Forces…2:52New technology adds layers to warfareNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A15:36Stalin's ocean-going fleet and Project 24Chapter
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A22:00Why global power needs a fleetQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A57:58India's naval problem setQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:08:29The Cold War's overlooked Pacific maritime theatreChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:18:41A larger Soviet fleet creates more battles, not one simple answerQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:19:12Why Britain's trade depends on maritime orderNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:00:20Why seizing Macau would be strategically disastrousQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:10:18Five Eyes as a possible command frameworkQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:28:38Why an EU navy remains difficultQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:01:31The PLAN's land-based missile and submarine threatsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:25:14Countering mobile shore-based anti-ship missilesQ&A
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan20:49Use cruisers as South China Sea surface raidersNotable Point
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan30:00Bring the fleet into a torpedo-bomber threat zoneNotable Point
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?26:40Forward deployment made a response unavoidableNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:33:59Planning ships for threats that will changeQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:42:29PLA Navy strength in mass and adequacyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:44:31Stealth as one contributor to naval surpriseQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A29:04India's navy as leverage in a China crisisQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:20:59How much operational experience did the PLAN have in 2020?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:33:49Uncrewed weapons can lower the political threshold for forceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:09:48A Taiwan war would mix containment with nuclear riskQ&A
- 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
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 3 of 327:41A Hawaii counterfactual asks how Japan could shape the US advanceNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war1:14:59Japanese mothership doctrine and the midget-submarine problemQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:13:56Why aggressive Yamato deployment needed a larger strategyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:36:00Brazil might have gained more from railways than dreadnoughtsQ&A
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 316:18Reading Mahan beyond command of the seaChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 329:03How memoirs and theory carry naval knowledgeNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 333:56Naval diplomacy requires calibrated forceNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 225:20James Cable and the practical theory of gunboat diplomacyChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A17:56War Plan Orange as a guide to American Pacific strategyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:22:31How a navy might disable the Panama Canal covertlyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:39:59Why Britain and America kept contingency plans against each otherNotable Point
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:08:32Corbett, Mahan, and what sea control is forQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:39:04Japan's expectation of battle followed by negotiationNotable Point
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:41:18Where to trace the British water-protection storyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A24:24Why blockade did not remove the case for invading JapanQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A35:12Battleships fought battles; cruisers exercised sea controlQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:02:50Spanish Armada, French intervention, or Imperial Germany?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:06:31Why the early US Navy favored coastal defenseQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:36:13A submarine-centered naval strategy for TaiwanQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:52:39The danger if Germany had captured the French fleetQ&A
- Anglo-Japanese Relations Part 1: 1902-192121:16Why Britain welcomed a strong Japanese Army but watched its navyNotable Point
- Anglo-Japanese Relations Part 1: 1902-192132:18Why the Anglo-Japanese Alliance unraveled in 1921Chapter
- T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full52:08Altmark as a lesson in fleet surge capacityNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream37:12From Tribal to Daring: cruiser-like destroyers for peace and warChapter
- When Good Guys Go Bad - A Conference History Video55:26Maritime law cannot enforce itselfChapter
- Asama Maru Incident, 21st of January 1940 - #AsamaMaru80 video13:08Percy Noble manages an overstretched China StationChapter
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video48:26Japan and the United States watch Graf Spee's campaignNotable Point
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video1:15:24Langsdorff turns away from an early River Plate strikeNotable Point
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video1:47:11Graf Spee reveals Germany's missing raider support systemChapter
- The End of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video5:57Hitler as the audience for naval successNotable Point
- SS Doric Star - A River Plate 80 Video4:04Langsdorff's route raises questions about raider strategyChapter
- SS Doric Star - A River Plate 80 Video8:38Delay gives Harwood time to concentrate at the River PlateChapter
- Harwood & Captains - a River Plate 80 video5:22Why the South Atlantic mattered beyond Graf SpeeNotable Point