Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Prisoners Of War

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  1. The Press Gang, myth and reality...
    1:21:52What actually drove emergency naval recruiting?Q&A
  2. Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...
    58:21Draug loses its prize but brings prisoners to the ShetlandsNotable Point
  3. Piet Pieterszoon Hein: Dutchman who took a Spanish Silver Fleet
    37:25Sixteen ships captured without Dutch battle lossesNotable Point
  4. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    2:39:49How an Age of Sail boarding party seized a shipNotable Point
  5. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    2:50:57Enemy combat and honourable surrender in Terran PrivateerNotable Point
  6. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    5:35:08Otto Kretschmer's depth-charged surrenderQ&A
  7. Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:31:14Surrender changes a combatant's legal statusNotable Point
  8. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)... defeating the first Armada?
    40:54Ransom value determined who survived captureNotable Point
  9. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    12:22British surveillance and response at Scapa FlowNotable Point
  10. Battle of Cadiz(1656): Going Godly for Gold
    40:48The human cost aboard the Spanish convoyNotable Point
  11. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)
    2:07:22How plague-era demography changed the value of prisonersNotable Point
  12. Ships of the 1588 Spanish Armada: the Girona & the Nuestra Señora del Rosario
    37:09Don Pedro de Valdés as prisoner, diplomat, and lexicographerChapter
  13. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:23:13Why prisoners on sunk Japanese ships were difficult to rescueQ&A
  14. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:13:31Where captured sailors were held aboard enemy warshipsQ&A
  15. The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose
    38:22What cartel ships meant in surrender negotiationsNotable Point
  16. The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose
    42:41Samuel Story and the Batavian command problemChapter
  17. Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...
    29:47The Altmark incident joined audacity to a limited political objectiveChapter
  18. Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...
    1:52:22Aircrew rescue offset the Pacific war's harsh security limitsNotable Point
  19. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    1:24:27The disputed recapture of two Spanish prizesNotable Point
  20. Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...
    46:08Naniwa, the Kowshing incident, and Tōgō's hard edgeChapter
  21. Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings
    1:01:01Nova Scotia, U-177, and the human cost of the Laconia OrderChapter
  22. Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings
    1:16:19Suez Maru, USS Bonefish, and the killing of POW survivorsChapter
  23. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    2:52:24Nova Scotia's independent route beyond FreetownNotable Point
  24. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    2:54:01Nova Scotia, U-177, and the Laconia OrderChapter
  25. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    2:54:25Nova Scotia's evacuation, rescue, and Italian war gravesNotable Point
  26. Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier
    1:05:10Splendid's loss to Hermes and her commander's escapeChapter
  27. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    1:21:22Implacable's Pacific sorties and Operation OlympicChapter
  28. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    1:23:00Indefatigable and Britain's final air combat of World War IINotable Point
  29. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    3:10:50Would Allied service change Japanese treatment of prisoners?Q&A
  30. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!
    21:43Cartel ships depended on agreements the belligerents never madeNotable Point
  31. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!
    2:02:40Wind, casualties, and too many flags complicated Essex's surrenderNotable Point
  32. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!
    2:12:24Porter turned release aboard a cartel ship into an escape storyNotable Point
  33. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism
    40:15How cartel ships returned prisoners between enemiesNotable Point
  34. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism
    46:12Local officers kept cartel exchanges workingNotable Point
  35. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism
    2:59:38A cartel inspection becomes Porter's heroic escape storyChapter
  36. Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes
    1:17:53The Commando Order was a written war crimeChapter
  37. Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes
    1:21:34What is known - and uncertain - about the raiders' deathsChapter
  38. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    2:08:26The Commando Order condemns captured MarinesChapter
  39. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    2:19:17Why prisoner protections constrain escalationNotable Point
  40. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    2:22:27Ways officers could have evaded the Commando OrderNotable Point
  41. 'T' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's Ambush Predators - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 6
    51:51HMS Turbulent's intensive fifteen-month warChapter
  42. Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs
    1:34:49G-5 speed depended on relentless corrosion controlChapter
  43. Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued
    2:09:08Montevideo Maru, Rabaul, and the cost of official silenceNotable Point
  44. Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    2:31:19Hannibal's surrender produced a dangerous signal errorNotable Point
  45. Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?
    29:44Villaret-Joyeuse: courage without Howe's command depthNotable Point
  46. Glorious First of June (1794)
    1:21:31Thomas Troubridge watched the campaign as a prisonerNotable Point
  47. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    23:13Would Lütjens have allowed himself to be captured?Q&A
  48. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    2:47:50Operation Berlin depended on tankers, ammunition economy, and U-boat cooperationNotable Point
  49. Battle of San Nicolas(1811): Revolutionary Battles Part 2/2
    48:58Brown's captivity, escape, and return to EnglandNotable Point
  50. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    43:52Scorpion, Dragonfly, and Grasshopper lost in the Far EastNotable Point
  51. Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 12
    43:43HMS Cressy from China Station to Heligoland BightChapter
  52. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    2:27:10Why involuntary crews undermine a warshipNotable Point
  53. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    54:02Command authority and POW duties survive communications collapseChapter
  54. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    1:05:56Cervera objects to a mission his squadron cannot sustainChapter
  55. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    2:08:30Cervera protects the Merrimac demolition crewNotable Point
  56. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    30:20Released French sailors become an improvised support poolNotable Point
  57. Action of the 18th of June 1799: How to Lose Frigates & Influence (Long Patrol)
    9:35Napoleon's expedition after the Battle of the NileChapter
  58. Action of the 18th of June 1799: How to Lose Frigates & Influence (Long Patrol)
    56:50Prisoner exchanges and the war for naval experienceNotable Point
  59. Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#
    5:40Manning Kimmel's aggressive submarine patrolNotable Point
  60. Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)
    30:11Marius Kimmel and the killing of prisonersNotable Point
  61. The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu
    1:21:36Ayaz protected prisoners while financing HusaynNotable Point
  62. The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu
    1:46:07Tribute and letters carried the threat northChapter
  63. The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu
    1:50:54Husayn and Ayaz had no safe political exitNotable Point
  64. The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu
    2:23:38Revenge sat beside a doctrine of sea powerNotable Point
  65. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    3:33:35Parole was a logistics and manpower toolNotable Point
  66. Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat
    2:56:26Prisoners, Tokyo Bay, and the Japanese surrenderNotable Point
  67. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    2:55:21Did the US Navy know POWs were aboard ships it sank?Q&A
  68. The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol
    41:40Rawalpindi's first patrol and humane prisoner handlingNotable Point
  69. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    1:26:02Leadership, risk, and the humanitarian aftermathNotable Point
  70. Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion
    20:15French prisoners try to retake Phoenix and DidonNotable Point
  71. Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign
    32:33Diamond Rock's surrender and court-martialNotable Point
  72. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    3:26:57If von Spee surrendered at the Falkland IslandsQ&A
  73. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    3:54:25What happened to captured sailors in the First World WarQ&A
  74. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 2/4
    16:58How uniform and capture circumstances would have shaped Canaris's statusQ&A
  75. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P8/14: Raffaele de Courten
    2:15De Courten's early naval careerChapter
  76. Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident
    5:50Churchill's Altmark objective and the Norway linkChapter
  77. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland
    39:47HMS Newfoundland from Sicily to Japan's surrenderChapter
  78. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    2:42:43Bermuda's prisoner recovery still required combat readinessNotable Point
  79. Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol Part 1/6 - 1696
    15:12Jean Bart takes the convoy prizes and escapes BenbowChapter
  80. Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"
    58:57When did the Battle of Sluys become a slaughter?Q&A
  81. Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"
    1:03:00How many French prisoners survived Sluys?Q&A
  82. Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"
    1:09:43Could a medieval prisoner pay ransom on the spot?Q&A
  83. Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol
    47:18Perth's last fight in Sunda StraitChapter
  84. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour
    36:24The first torpedo hits Cavour and leaves two prisonersNotable Point
  85. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    1:08:20Singapore's captured radar specialists became a Japanese intelligence targetQ&A
  86. Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:22:33How ransom economics encouraged captors to protect prisonersQ&A
  87. T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full
    2:08Altmark's hidden role behind Admiral Graf SpeeChapter
  88. T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full
    1:03:38Captivity aboard Altmark and the propaganda battleNotable Point
  89. T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full
    1:14:58Why both sides violated neutrality lawNotable Point
  90. When Good Guys Go Bad - A Conference History Video
    32:12Britain returns the Germans it least valuesNotable Point
  91. When Good Guys Go Bad - A Conference History Video
    36:28A reinforced patrol hunts Altmark in neutral NorwayChapter
  92. Asama Maru Incident, 21st of January 1940 - #AsamaMaru80 video
    57:40The disputed law behind removing German sailorsChapter
  93. Asama Maru Incident, 21st of January 1940 - #AsamaMaru80 video
    1:16:33The bluff that worked and backfiredChapter
  94. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:08:54Altmark sustains Graf Spee's final campaign phaseChapter
  95. Altmark Last Meeting with the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video
    0:01Altmark as Graf Spee's logistics and prisoner hubChapter
  96. Rendezvous with the Altmark - A River Plate 80 Video
    2:23Altmark takes prisoners and perhaps more weaponsNotable Point