Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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North African Campaign

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  1. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:59:27An army equipped for mountains fighting in North AfricaNotable Point
  2. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:39:07Italian hospital ships after Mediterranean lossesQ&A
  3. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    1:07:13The ground-force tradeoff after an early Libyan victoryChapter
  4. Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?
    58:53Improved invasion forces would change British decisionsNotable Point
  5. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    2:55:44An intact France makes an Italian war more difficultNotable Point
  6. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    4:49:37Mussolini may still starve North Africa of resourcesQ&A
  7. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    4:54:25Naval commandos are likelier to emerge than the SASQ&A
  8. The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...
    19:46Walter Cowan's return to combat in his seventiesNotable Point
  9. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    45:03A heavier Taranto strike could keep Crete and cut Axis suppliesNotable Point
  10. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    51:05North African airfields reopen a fast convoy route to SuezNotable Point
  11. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    1:07:53Exhausting Axis supplies before a North African offensiveNotable Point
  12. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    1:28:33More cruisers turn Mediterranean sea control into logistics pressureChapter
  13. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    1:35:07Victory in North Africa could expand Free French recruitmentNotable Point
  14. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:05:10An early Mediterranean collapse could delay the Afrika KorpsQ&A
  15. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:07:07Taranto and the loss of North Africa could bring Mussolini down earlierQ&A
  16. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:13:12An early Italian exit depends on defeat before German interventionQ&A
  17. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:19:40An earlier Axis defeat in North Africa does not cancel BarbarossaQ&A
  18. Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?
    33:01Operation Crusader and the Axis search for momentumNotable Point
  19. Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?
    1:52:47America fights Italy while Germany holds backChapter
  20. Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?
    1:58:36How a German-American shooting war starts in North AfricaNotable Point
  21. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    2:56:44If the Axis evacuated North Africa in late 1942Q&A
  22. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    4:39:17Richard O'Connor's capture and the danger of a moving frontNotable Point
  23. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    8:58:24Reconsidering Rommel through logistics and contrasting campaign accountsNotable Point
  24. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    4:57:39Operation Compass, Greece, and the opening for the Afrika KorpsNotable Point
  25. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    5:03:56What the Duisburg convoy carried to LibyaNotable Point
  26. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    5:05:05Imagining Haig in Montgomery's campaignsQ&A
  27. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    1:27:40Convoys, the Afrika Korps, and CreteChapter
  28. Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:42:07Rommel secretly aids the Allies in 1942Q&A
  29. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    37:14Tunis offers greater port capacity while Libya remains exposedQ&A
  30. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:52:13If Britain's 1939 battle fleet became Vanguard classQ&A
  31. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    2:05:16Why Italian wartime forces gained a poor reputationNotable Point
  32. Italian Submarines of WWII: Shackled Potential or Victims of Geography?
    25:31War emptied the Mediterranean of easy targetsChapter
  33. Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:25:12Rommel's plans and the supplies that actually arrivedNotable Point
  34. Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...
    3:00:13Ceylon factories could shorten North African supply routesChapter
  35. Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?
    4:03:43A modern armoured brigade would shatter the Afrika KorpsQ&A
  36. Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines
    36:03Why the Air Ministry began supporting carriersNotable Point
  37. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    2:12:27What Lend-Lease P-40s changed in the MediterraneanQ&A
  38. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    26:35Warships arrive before Japan's land and air reinforcementsChapter
  39. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    38:02Pacific security releases Dominion forcesNotable Point
  40. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    1:26:33Sea control isolates North Africa and protects CreteChapter
  41. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    1:43:18Naval defeat could remove Mussolini without an invasionNotable Point
  42. Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books
    1:31:15British armoured doctrine before the North African campaignNotable Point
  43. How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre
    2:10:33British armour and the value of a mechanized armyNotable Point
  44. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:20:35Where Afrika Korps troops might go without a North African campaignQ&A
  45. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    57:55Reputation protected some commanders and doomed othersNotable Point
  46. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    51:52A Panzer III guide connects modeling with North African organizationChapter
  47. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    0:54How a loyal French fleet reshapes Allied strategyQ&A
  48. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    13:44Tunisia turns Malta into an easier supply problemQ&A
  49. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    56:23How an early Italian collapse transforms the MediterraneanQ&A
  50. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    33:28Reasonable assumptions hide the escort-carrier requirementChapter
  51. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    36:17Tunisia and Malta close the convoy funnel to LibyaChapter
  52. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    38:44Malta shifts from convoy chokepoint to forward baseNotable Point
  53. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    43:46Victory removes commitments but also hard-won experienceNotable Point
  54. Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?
    1:21:02French North Africa surrounds LibyaChapter
  55. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-40
    1:51:30Royal Navy heavy gunfire shaped fighting along the North African coastNotable Point
  56. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    3:38:39El Alamein, tank transporters, and track lifeNotable Point
  57. Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars
    1:15:07Why submarine numbers mattered only if they arrived in timeQ&A
  58. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    2:41:21Saving two carriers compounds across theatersQ&A
  59. Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)
    25:35Crete and North Africa with Italy's battle fleet sidelinedNotable Point
  60. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    1:31:13Why Italy's war mattered even when its forces struggledNotable Point
  61. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz
    38:52Operation Torch and the cost of a narrow focusChapter
  62. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: Long Patrol - P5/14: Arturo Riccardi
    15:35Sea control as a North African supply solutionChapter
  63. A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea
    16:39Why interwar choices look clearer in hindsightNotable Point
  64. Bruships 55: New Books
    3:35:34Competing demands for experienced British formationsNotable Point
  65. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    2:51:24Plans fail when they assume the enemy will repeat your choicesNotable Point
  66. Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p3/3 - Italy
    5:46Turning the Mediterranean into a movement zoneNotable Point
  67. William Agnew: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 3
    9:28Force K and the geography of Axis supplyChapter
  68. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    39:30Why Singapore is an imperfect parallel for Pearl HarborQ&A
  69. Four Random Books 13: It's Armoured Warfare Time...
    10:30Tank crews learn professionalism through survivalNotable Point
  70. Four Random Books 13: It's Armoured Warfare Time...
    11:38Tank careers expose design and doctrineNotable Point
  71. 2 minutes: Battle of Duisburg Convoy
    0:00The Duisburg or Beta Convoy carried supplies for Axis armies in North AfricaChapter
  72. The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?
    45:00HMS Neptune, Force K, and the danger of Malta operationsChapter
  73. 2 Minutes: Force K's an Overview Part 2/2
    0:15Force K's change from sea control to sea denialNotable Point
  74. 2 Minutes: Force K's an Overview Part 2/2
    0:46Why Force K supplemented Malta's submarines and aircraftChapter
  75. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    1:33:52A different Fourteenth Army if the Pacific war came firstQ&A
  76. Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean
    52:08Submarine warfare as North African logistics pressureChapter
  77. Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean
    1:12:31Submarine pressure in the North African campaignChapter
  78. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    33:58Operation Ironclad and the Madagascar problemNotable Point
  79. Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:03:19How Italy's entry into the war weakened Britain's Far East optionsNotable Point
  80. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    1:39:49Make do and mend as an operational doctrineChapter