Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Operational Security

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  1. What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?
    20:16Public pronouncements versus design intentChapter
  2. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    31:09Keeping ministers informed without exposing operational detailNotable Point
  3. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    1:52:30Why give the Special Operations Executive its own organisation?Q&A
  4. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    22:24Reaching the Danish Straits before Germany could reactNotable Point
  5. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    1:41:31Night passage, surprise, and German radio trafficChapter
  6. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    1:47:16Buying Danish silence with Schleswig-HolsteinNotable Point
  7. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    2:00:25Would the French Navy join the Baltic operation?Q&A
  8. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    2:02:37How could Jellicoe keep the plan secret from Russia?Q&A
  9. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    2:34:39Could Jellicoe prepare Russian cooperation without revealing the plan?Q&A
  10. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    2:37:09ANZAC surprise or II Corps experience?Q&A
  11. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    2:37:37Could readiness hints warn Russia without disclosing the operation?Q&A
  12. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    32:31Destroyer priorities met industrial limits and poor radio disciplineNotable Point
  13. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:07:09Using medical pods to cover hospital theatre outagesNotable Point
  14. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:22:25Fire footage alone cannot establish a warship's damageQ&A
  15. Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:58:45Why counterintelligence encourages constant checkingQ&A
  16. Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:28:09Mail, fitness apps, and warship location leaksQ&A
  17. Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:29:31The information supplied by a tracking droneNotable Point
  18. Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...
    4:13:08Why Britain rarely confirms submarine detectionsNotable Point
  19. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    24:12Secrecy, range, and protection define the strikeChapter
  20. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    1:15:07Pearl Harbor's Sunday routine was public knowledgeNotable Point
  21. Piet Pieterszoon Hein: Dutchman who took a Spanish Silver Fleet
    30:34Leaked Dutch plans and failed Spanish warningsChapter
  22. Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:14:15The cost of recalling forward commanders for a speechNotable Point
  23. Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:51:41Why dockyard photographs may be held before publicationNotable Point
  24. Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:06:31How wartime navies used lighthouses without guiding the enemyQ&A
  25. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    23:48How routine staff work could conceal Pearl Harbor preparationsChapter
  26. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    51:49Stealth was essential because Kido Butai could not risk a surface battleChapter
  27. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    58:07What if Kido Butai was discovered before reaching Pearl Harbor?Q&A
  28. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    1:06:38Tone-class reconnaissance protected the carrier force's secrecyNotable Point
  29. How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?
    30:39When wartime reporting revealed a bomb-fuzing weaknessNotable Point
  30. Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?
    37:49Japanese signals intelligence and the exceptional failure at MidwayQ&A
  31. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    1:36:33Japanese reconnaissance failed before the carriers metChapter
  32. Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...
    1:52:22Aircrew rescue offset the Pacific war's harsh security limitsNotable Point
  33. Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:12:54How Falklands reporting exposed a bomb-fuzing problemNotable Point
  34. The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 1941
    1:12:27Why the demonstration fleet avoids the great-circle routeQ&A
  35. The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 1941
    2:20:33Were Japanese floatplanes searching widely before the attack?Q&A
  36. The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 1941
    2:29:16Could fishing vessels relay warnings to Kido Butai?Q&A
  37. The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 1941
    2:31:50Why the Doolittle Raid force attacked Japanese picket trawlersQ&A
  38. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    2:36:25Why losing a nuclear weapon creates many crises at onceQ&A
  39. Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias
    16:31Vernon's 1740 raids give Cartagena a year to prepareNotable Point
  40. Flotillas of the Danube (Continued)
    48:49Why modern equipment claims stay with public sourcesNotable Point
  41. Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral
    38:29Why an admiral aboard Bismarck created command riskNotable Point
  42. Santa's Sleigh... A Quick History - Key Aircraft Series 3, Aircraft 3
    15:31Route secrecy and worldwide protection of Santa's flightNotable Point
  43. Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings
    1:35:15Japan's secrecy obscures Shinano's lossNotable Point
  44. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    5:31Why the Kido Butai was so difficult to discoverChapter
  45. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    33:07A storm-covered sighting and the shadowing problemChapter
  46. Middle of the Road doesn't always provide Best Bang for your Buck... Fourth Rates
    25:19Benchmark navies could shape rivals through selective performance figuresNotable Point
  47. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    7:18:41Would Argentina sortie if the British had modernized Yamatos?Q&A
  48. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    2:52:31The most embarrassing way to expose Kido ButaiQ&A
  49. Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!
    31:02Why published warship specifications need cautionNotable Point
  50. Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!
    31:28The 'Wikipedia rule' is a disclosure boundaryNotable Point
  51. Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!
    3:05:00Why the Lightweight Sea Wolf range stays broadQ&A
  52. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    41:12Why public carrier specifications are the responsible baselineNotable Point
  53. USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World
    2:23:01Guam through the periscope tests American securityChapter
  54. USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World
    3:08:04Sandblast advertises endurance and audits naval securityChapter
  55. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    12:48Use maritime geography to test the value of mobile air powerChapter
  56. Battle of Blackett Strait
    46:38Fleet auxiliaries reveal operational intentionsQ&A
  57. Battle of Blackett Strait
    2:33:45Merrill treats uncertain contact as a threat without abandoning the missionNotable Point
  58. Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered
    54:34Why navies use opaque names such as Force H and Force ZQ&A
  59. Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes
    9:20A harmless name concealed a flexible raiding unitNotable Point
  60. Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes
    1:30:40Why simply enlarging the raid might have failedNotable Point
  61. If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike
    41:20Mobilisation cover for the Philippines and Singapore optionsNotable Point
  62. Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built
    2:36:26What the Queen Elizabeth class's official speed leaves unsaidNotable Point
  63. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    4:18:29Why navies can publish doctrine without revealing executionQ&A
  64. Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response
    31:57Why current anti-submarine operations require careful sourcingQ&A
  65. Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response
    25:47Published warship speeds are not always maximum speedsNotable Point
  66. Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)
    55:30Why submarines avoided Great White Fleet-style cruisesQ&A
  67. Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"
    1:55:25How force grouping could have protected HMS GloriousQ&A
  68. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    49:32Intelligence reveals the run, but victory means different thingsNotable Point
  69. Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore
    1:23:42Secret-base plans were compartmentalizedNotable Point
  70. Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol
    17:31Secret refuelling bases and the speed of advanceNotable Point
  71. Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol
    22:49Alternative Indian Ocean routes to SingaporeNotable Point
  72. Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p4/4 - Gallipoli
    1:53Preparing old battleships to survive minesNotable Point
  73. Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p4/4 - Gallipoli
    6:45Four conditions for a better GallipoliNotable Point
  74. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    46:04How did eighteenth-century states advertise military capability?Q&A
  75. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    2:43:27Raven hides while the enemy misjudges the time for reinforcementsNotable Point
  76. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    46:05The Kido Butai's extraordinarily lucky approachChapter
  77. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond
    33:38Torpedo debris reveals only part of the shallow-water methodNotable Point
  78. How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 2 of 3
    29:56How the St Nazaire air diversion warned the defendersNotable Point
  79. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:53:59Why stealth platforms may look less stealthy in peacetimeNotable Point