Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Normandy Landings

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  1. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:12:28A beachmaster's work under fire at NormandyNotable Point
  2. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:17:59Landing craft crews' repeated journeys under fireNotable Point
  3. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    16:08The Normandy gun line and its staying powerQ&A
  4. HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)
    1:30:34Normandy troop convoys and Walker's final wartime dutiesChapter
  5. France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII
    45:07Mistral from partial scuttling to NormandyChapter
  6. France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII
    55:21La Combattante's Hunt-class service at NormandyChapter
  7. France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII
    56:23La Combattante carries de Gaulle and French currency to NormandyChapter
  8. Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)
    1:31:15Why Type XXIII boats threatened Channel supplyNotable Point
  9. The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII
    1:11:26Piorun's later campaigns and return as HMS NobleChapter
  10. Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)
    1:56:40PPI and the multinational destroyer force at UshantNotable Point
  11. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    5:37:12Why a Marine division would not solve Normandy's landing problemQ&A
  12. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    1:30:18Why U.S. Marines were absent from NormandyQ&A
  13. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:32:44Why amphibious landings usually prove difficultQ&A
  14. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:25:00Why the D-Day landings succeededQ&A
  15. How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?
    13:09Amphibious warfare survives through force and geographyNotable Point
  16. Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...
    1:43:16Vian coordinated Overlord's Eastern Task Force from HMS ScyllaChapter
  17. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:19:53Why prefer the Pom-Pom for D-Day?Q&A
  18. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    2:25:47HMS Black Prince screened the D-Day fleetNotable Point
  19. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    11:58Force Z and the danger of demanding absolute protectionNotable Point
  20. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    33:57The Atlantic Wall bought time before and during invasionChapter
  21. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    52:04Overlord answered coastal defence with engineering and massed firepowerChapter
  22. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:51:34Could Greyhound plausibly serve off Normandy and in the Pacific?Q&A
  23. Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    50:37Coastal defences designed chiefly to stop landing troopsQ&A
  24. Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer
    2:01:26Belfast's Normandy bombardment and rapid returnChapter
  25. Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...
    3:49:45DD tanks and the problem of getting armour ashoreQ&A
  26. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    3:17:39Why opposed landings survive by avoiding the defender's strongest pointQ&A
  27. WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting
    59:07The Dover raid's lesson for destroyer tactics off NormandyNotable Point
  28. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    1:47:57Allied battleship gunfire punishes exposed Panzer divisionsQ&A
  29. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    2:10:33Bigger coastal guns cannot cover every landing siteQ&A
  30. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    1:04:22Did USS Texas invent the deliberate-list bombardment trick?Q&A
  31. HMS Enterprise: Tell Me Where You Need Your Royals or Gold Delivered - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 5
    45:22Signal jamming and heavy gunfire off NormandyChapter
  32. Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 3
    12:57Bachaquero from Madagascar to Sword BeachNotable Point
  33. Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 3
    18:08Misoa at Juno Beach and as a coastal-forces mother shipNotable Point
  34. Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 3
    19:14Tasajera survives an aerial torpedoNotable Point
  35. Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 3
    26:11Thruster shifts from landing ship to fighter directionNotable Point
  36. Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres
    32:47Harbour defence launches as adaptable coastal craftNotable Point
  37. How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre
    1:17:17Fairmile A and B: the subchaser lineageChapter
  38. HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 3
    1:05:12Warspite's D-Day bombardment missionChapter
  39. Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat
    2:01:40Hovercraft in amphibious operationsQ&A
  40. Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships
    45:15Nelson and Rodney as wartime heavy hittersNotable Point
  41. Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment
    52:53Coast Guard wartime service from U-boats to NormandyChapter
  42. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    3:39:43How the 10th Destroyer Flotilla screened the invasion fleetQ&A
  43. M29 Class (M33 special, Ep1/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 9
    29:08Erebus class: naval gunfire support across two warsChapter
  44. Erebus Class: Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front Long Patrol Part 8
    10:03From commerce-raider guard ship to Allied fire supportChapter
  45. Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p3/3 - Italy
    13:36Opening a third drain on German logisticsNotable Point
  46. Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail
    1:29:17Philip Vian moved from Normandy fire support to Pacific carrier commandNotable Point
  47. Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War
    1:37:04What naval gunfire does to tanks ashoreQ&A
  48. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    2:42:22Why US Marines island-hopped while the Army prepared for NormandyQ&A
  49. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    41:51Normandy's first-wave tanks were there to break the beach defencesNotable Point
  50. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    1:01:20Dieppe, Ramsay, and who learned the lessons for NormandyNotable Point
  51. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    2:48:41Hobart's Funnies solve the beach-obstacle problemChapter
  52. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    2:54:38DD tanks, Omaha, and how failure shapes memoryQ&A
  53. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:02:17DD Shermans lose time on the approach to Sword BeachChapter
  54. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:03:01Artillery observers keep the Sword Beach bombardment connectedNotable Point
  55. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:06:04Sword Beach engineers open exits while tanks block the gapsNotable Point
  56. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:08:54The rising tide submerges Sword Beach's mined obstaclesNotable Point
  57. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:35:10Tank crews wait for combat while worrying about families at homeNotable Point
  58. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:40:00Normandy's specialist armour achieves tactical surpriseChapter
  59. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:41:29Swimming tanks and mine flails demand exposed work from their crewsNotable Point
  60. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 2 Fiji to Kenya
    27:46HMS Mauritius recovers from corrosion for wartime serviceChapter
  61. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    1:24:17HMS Mauritius from degaussing trouble to Normandy patrolsChapter
  62. Four Random Books 21: Raiding
    9:38Forces converging on Pegasus BridgeNotable Point
  63. Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    53:13Why Rodney's guns were poor candidates for VanguardQ&A
  64. Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style
    25:03Nelson moves from emergency bow repair to American overhaulNotable Point
  65. Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A
    38:40From Gallipoli to Normandy's amphibious systemQ&A
  66. Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A
    51:19The Fighting Tenth and the Tribal destroyersNotable Point
  67. A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(ii)
    9:12Train ferries help rebuild Allied rail logistics after D-DayNotable Point