Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Norway

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  1. Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...
    6:51Narvik and the infrastructure needed for a northern fleetNotable Point
  2. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    51:58A hypothetical German seizure of IcelandNotable Point
  3. The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)
    26:02Why Naval Strike Missile keeps appearing in new frigatesNotable Point
  4. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    4:25:33Would smaller European states be better prepared?Q&A
  5. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    4:59:00More preparation could make a Norwegian campaign costlierQ&A
  6. Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:01:46An Allied Scandinavia and Finland's alternative supply routeQ&A
  7. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:35:25Cold-weather operation is already a Royal Navy requirementQ&A
  8. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    3:13:43Minehunting support-vessel funding precedes actual ordersNotable Point
  9. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    3:16:20Amphibious partnerships accompany a High North commando focusChapter
  10. Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:23:34Intercepting the Norway invasion force could change the warQ&A
  11. Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:30:49An unconquered Norway could redirect strategic materialsNotable Point
  12. Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...
    54:11Collective security did not erase Britain's own naval tasksChapter
  13. Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    32:59Naval-history stops during a visit to NarvikQ&A
  14. US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...
    5:13:12What was the Royal Navy's large amphibious force for?Q&A
  15. US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...
    5:22:01How did Dutch Marines strengthen Britain's NATO amphibious force?Q&A
  16. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    2:51:35Littoral response groups versus amphibious massNotable Point
  17. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    3:15:16Allied Type 26 frigates are reinforcement, not a substituteNotable Point
  18. Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)
    10:51How Allied escorts intercepted retreating U-boatsNotable Point
  19. Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)
    32:05Why surviving U-boat crews headed for NorwayNotable Point
  20. Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)
    40:49Surrender ports map the surviving U-boat fleetNotable Point
  21. Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)
    48:28Why Norway attracted surrendering U-boatsQ&A
  22. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:07:44An 1895 Russian-backed alliance and the Scandinavian reactionQ&A
  23. Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?
    0:00Why Norway's 1940 defeat was a systemic failureChapter
  24. Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?
    7:30Popular domestic priorities displaced defence investmentChapter
  25. Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?
    44:24Norway misread its strategic value and its paper strengthChapter
  26. Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?
    1:20:55Using Geirr Haarr's work with Norwegian-language sourcesNotable Point
  27. Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?
    1:23:06Norway's postwar defence policy and the lessons of 1940Chapter
  28. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:52:51If Orkney returned to Norway before World War IQ&A
  29. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    7:55:56The Altmark boarding crossed into Norwegian internal watersNotable Point
  30. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    2:59:18Smuggling, enforcement costs and the limits of taxationNotable Point
  31. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    54:34A proposed alternative to the Beeching cuts and a hypothetical Norway rail linkQ&A
  32. The Real Life Captain Jack Sparrow: Peter Tordenskjold
    18:43Charles XII's Norwegian campaign needed artilleryChapter
  33. Three Minor Empires: Why the Portguese, Dutch & Swedish Empires achieved what they did?
    30:11Sweden falls short of strategic critical massChapter
  34. Three Minor Empires: Why the Portguese, Dutch & Swedish Empires achieved what they did?
    34:36Baltic control offered Sweden an unrealized economic baseNotable Point
  35. Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...
    1:16:52Mountain troops follow borders - or alliance commitmentsNotable Point
  36. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:14:28A Royal Navy for Atlantic lanes and Soviet bastionsQ&A
  37. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:22:35A surviving Swedish Empire reshapes the Baltic balanceQ&A
  38. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    35:32Plan Z could not assume Norwegian and French basesNotable Point
  39. Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:18:30If Britain secured Norway's ports before GermanyQ&A
  40. Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century(1700-1790)
    3:56:20How Norway's transport geography can add to goods pricesNotable Point
  41. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    17:02Norway had a defensive threshold but failed to mobilize itChapter
  42. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    17:20Quisling's limited support shifts attention to mobilization failureNotable Point
  43. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    36:29The Atlantic Wall exposed a problem of priorities as well as fortificationNotable Point
  44. Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...
    38:10Swedish assembly and the Fiat G.50 comparisonChapter
  45. Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:38:16Amphibious ships, NATO commitments, and defence prioritiesNotable Point
  46. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    2:40:41Why heavy naval guns appealed for defending northern NorwayQ&A
  47. A Hearts of Iron Christmas... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit
    1:18:48Quisling's failed demand to a police chiefNotable Point
  48. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    5:08:40A 1970s war around the GIUK GapQ&A
  49. The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 7
    1:05:15Land-based air power would not automatically exclude Soviet carriersQ&A
  50. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    1:34:02A defensive carrier for reinforcing northern NorwayNotable Point
  51. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    4:54The Treaty of Kiel and a northern GibraltarChapter
  52. Soviet Naval Aviation Doctrine: Always Wrestling the Same Demons
    1:09:29British landings in Norway and Soviet threat perceptionsNotable Point
  53. Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall
    3:10:36Modern shore batteries still in serviceQ&A
  54. Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier
    26:36Invincible's Royal Navy missions around the GIUK gapChapter
  55. Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier
    27:19Norwegian fjords turned geography into missile defenceChapter
  56. Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier
    1:38:21HMS Ocean was economized around a severe wartime life expectancyNotable Point
  57. Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat
    47:23Why delaying Norway would change more than French reinforcementsQ&A
  58. Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier
    1:38:17HMS Venturer's underwater attack on U-864Chapter
  59. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    43:15A Norwegian museum guide to arms and captured flagsChapter
  60. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:16:12Who would claim an intact Tirpitz after the war?Q&A
  61. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    29:57Norwegian reactions to British port garrisonsQ&A
  62. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    4:00:42Norwegian warning systems and invasion readinessNotable Point
  63. 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
  64. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    11:31Westfalen from airmail tender to wartime prison shipChapter
  65. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    1:47:22Cold War amphibious ships were designed around acceptable riskNotable Point
  66. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    1:05:23What navalized merchant construction actually meantNotable Point
  67. Naval Historian Reacts to SS Africa Shell & Switch Back
    7:28Neutral-harbor rules connect Graf Spee to the Altmark incidentChapter
  68. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update
    1:59:02Mobilization could have changed Norway's 1940 defenseNotable Point
  69. WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...
    1:27Why Norway matters more than its military sizeChapter
  70. WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...
    41:05Norwegian bases put German resources closer to British bombersNotable Point
  71. WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...
    1:01:49Arctic convoys gain a Norwegian defensive wallNotable Point
  72. Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...
    16:39Two ways Norway can repel the invasionChapter
  73. Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...
    38:55Norwegian aluminium and wider Scandinavian importsNotable Point
  74. Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...
    1:09:17Scandinavia becomes an Allied forward theatreChapter
  75. Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...
    1:10:35Would Scandinavian resources be sold to Japan?Q&A
  76. Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...
    1:34:30Could commandos raid northern Germany from Norway?Q&A
  77. Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...
    1:50:18Could Norway become the springboard for Denmark?Q&A
  78. Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...
    2:58:54Would an earlier peace delay atomic weapons?Q&A
  79. Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner
    1:03:05Norway plans that assumed the ships would not returnNotable Point
  80. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    49:44Norway's slow mobilization magnified a risky invasionNotable Point
  81. Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?
    1:26:10Why neutrality did not protect Norway in WWIIChapter
  82. HMS Cossack: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 1...special edition...
    19:05The Altmark Incident and the limits of Norwegian neutralityChapter
  83. Kara Class: Comment Response
    17:58NATO reinforcement needs behind the Sea HarrierNotable Point
  84. Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat
    1:11:31Norway's missed warning after the invasion of DenmarkQ&A
  85. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    28:35Why Denmark and Norway anchor British northern securityChapter
  86. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    33:20Why heavy reinforcement still has to cross by seaChapter
  87. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    45:43The northern flank before the Cold WarChapter
  88. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    50:11NATO's northern command and reinforcement problemChapter
  89. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    1:08:41A resource-seizure motive for war in NorwayChapter
  90. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    1:19:43Submarine posture creates dilemmas before warChapter
  91. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    1:30:20Norway's terrain turns warning into combat powerChapter
  92. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    1:34:34Smaller Soviet task groups push toward NorwayChapter
  93. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    1:36:39Could NATO hold together over a war confined to Norway?Notable Point
  94. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    1:43:10Royal Navy amphibious options for NorwayChapter
  95. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    1:51:58Why a Norway-only war could test West GermanyNotable Point
  96. Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)
    1:10:13What if Britain had long-range maritime patrol aircraft in 1939?Q&A
  97. Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)
    1:24:29NATO's northern flank and the Atlantic reinforcement problemChapter
  98. Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)
    2:59:11Norway, Svalbard, and an unexpected northern offensiveChapter
  99. Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)
    3:09:48Would Soviet logistics in Norway fail as they did in Ukraine?Q&A
  100. Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)
    3:15:07Could a northern offensive split NATO's response?Chapter
  101. Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)
    3:30:45Would defensive mining stop Soviet amphibious forces?Q&A
  102. Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)
    3:46:13Northern Norway makes Soviet logistics a coastal operationNotable Point
  103. The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century
    1:06:20The Royal Navy S class as a balanced northern-water submarineNotable Point
  104. The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century
    1:17:47HMS Venturer's submerged attack on U-864Notable Point
  105. Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-65
    26:44War with the Soviets could align Scandinavia with BritainQ&A
  106. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    1:30:42Murmansk's Norwegian wreck became an engineering and pollution problemChapter
  107. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 4
    1:09:47Early North Sea oil would reshape British coastal defense and alliancesQ&A
  108. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    33:28Reasonable assumptions hide the escort-carrier requirementChapter
  109. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    54:13Aircraft ferrying and trade protection share one hullChapter
  110. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    1:24:36Essential wartime ships are hardest to justify in peaceChapter
  111. Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?
    2:59:33How long would Tirpitz survive?Q&A
  112. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1940
    7:39Norway's readiness gap before the invasionChapter
  113. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1940
    18:36A Scandinavian armed-neutrality alternativeChapter
  114. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1940
    20:30Norway's failure to mobilize after Denmark fallsNotable Point
  115. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    7:43Norway needs a practiced armed neutralityChapter
  116. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    10:10Coastal firepower for Norway's fjordsChapter
  117. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    12:10Minefields and controlled access to Norwegian fjordsNotable Point
  118. Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.
    2:45:42A Canadian carrier could reinforce NATO while Britain sailed southQ&A
  119. Ruse de guerre
    30:07Ghost armies and chaff spread the D-Day threatChapter
  120. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    2:42:22Fortitude gives false invasions their own armiesNotable Point
  121. Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)
    52:53Norway and Denmark drew different lessons from 1940Notable Point
  122. Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)
    33:00Two monarchs turn strategy into personal policyChapter
  123. Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat
    2:57:56Why the German Norwegian campaign depended on luckNotable Point
  124. Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail
    3:29:00A 1944 Norway invasion would hinge on Trondheim and NarvikQ&A
  125. Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?
    1:04:22Where would Royal Navy amphibious forces be used?Q&A
  126. Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?
    2:20:34How might Iowa-class battleships be used?Q&A
  127. Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...
    1:02:38Norway's invasion crisis was a failure of mobilisationNotable Point
  128. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World
    2:27Why northern-flank reinforcement needed amphibious liftChapter
  129. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)
    6:24Royal Marines recruitment and Arctic readinessChapter
  130. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)
    12:14Pre-positioning in Norway and peace monitoring in RhodesiaChapter
  131. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)
    12:5242 Commando's 10,000-mile contingency deploymentChapter
  132. Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan
    2:33:07Royal Marines from Norway to the New HebridesChapter
  133. Four Random Books 23: 1930s Thinking...
    12:02Interwar Royal Navy preparation and threat assumptionsChapter
  134. Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword
    1:48:53Implacable's Norwegian raid and a recovered FireflyNotable Point
  135. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"
    2:42:29Why Britain would use Ajax rather than heavy tanks in NorwayQ&A
  136. Four Random Books 6: War At Sea
    0:31Westerwald tests Norwegian neutralityChapter
  137. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:30:50Who needs to fund polar operations?Q&A
  138. Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:05:25A Cold War role for Vanguard in NorwayNotable Point
  139. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:49:04Where multinational forces exercise togetherQ&A
  140. 50th Live Special: What, Why & How of Armed Forces…
    39:30Atlantic convoys and Norway in Cold War planningNotable Point
  141. An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (Q)
    21:43Blohm & Voss BV 222: Norway airlift and long-range transportChapter
  142. Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    49:18Where a modernised Iowa might fight in the Cold WarQ&A
  143. Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:03:06Marines, Norway, and landing-craft logisticsQ&A
  144. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 2 Sloops
    3:00France and Norway reshape the Atlantic battleChapter
  145. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 2 Sloops
    15:36A damaged sloop shows the value of full naval constructionNotable Point
  146. An Introduction to Falklands Command
    14:20Cold War amphibious command built for casualtiesNotable Point
  147. An Introduction to Falklands Command
    26:04Norway exercises fell far below wartime scaleChapter
  148. An Introduction to Falklands Command
    27:53Why landing ships survived cuts for NorwayNotable Point
  149. T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full
    30:40Norwegian neutrality as a strategic dilemmaChapter
  150. T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full
    34:26Why Norway's merchant fleet mattered to Allied logisticsNotable Point
  151. T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full
    1:10:45The incident's legacy for raiding and neutralityChapter
  152. T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full
    1:12:15How "Jøssing" became a badge of Norwegian resistanceNotable Point