Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Riverine Warfare

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  1. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    49:38Riverine craft drawn into open-water lossesQ&A
  2. Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:06:34What low water can reveal about Danube warship wrecksQ&A
  3. Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    4:51:15Civilian vessels in riverine military rolesQ&A
  4. Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    4:55:37Why trawlers and dredgers can hide infiltratorsNotable Point
  5. Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:16:10River Plate warfare before Graf SpeeQ&A
  6. Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:54:41A Mississippi towboat in Napoleonic FranceQ&A
  7. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start
    1:04:50How far an archaic Greek rowing vessel could travel inlandQ&A
  8. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:56:34Why the monitor Parnaiba remains usefulQ&A
  9. An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers
    2:00American Civil War ironclad lessons had to be adapted for ocean warfareNotable Point
  10. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    6:22:19Vuelta de Obligado and the limits of superior firepowerChapter
  11. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    6:24:44The ships and river defenses at Vuelta de ObligadoNotable Point
  12. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    6:28:08Breaking the river chain at Vuelta de ObligadoNotable Point
  13. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    6:29:50Does scuttling before an enemy arrives count as an action?Notable Point
  14. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    6:57:39River access and the suggested supply route for Rosas's opponentsNotable Point
  15. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    9:12:29Why Victorian battleships carried torpedo boatsQ&A
  16. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I
    1:16:00What Yamato would need for a Rhine River operationQ&A
  17. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut
    1:30:00The limited riverine dimension of Sudan's warQ&A
  18. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut
    2:04:37River access and denial in Myanmar’s warQ&A
  19. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:45:14Could bombardment rockets threaten small warships?Notable Point
  20. Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence
    48:35Warrior versus Monitor obscures two different fleet systemsNotable Point
  21. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    45:15Wartime amphibious and riverine command built Gorshkov's reputationChapter
  22. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    53:51Army commanders requested Gorshkov for the Danube offensiveNotable Point
  23. CSS Arkansas & Isaac N. Brown... A study in tactical excellence & strategic incompetence...
    3:39Arkansas attacks the Yazoo reconnaissance squadronChapter
  24. CSS Arkansas & Isaac N. Brown... A study in tactical excellence & strategic incompetence...
    29:33Arkansas enters service with crippling machinery faultsChapter
  25. CSS Arkansas & Isaac N. Brown... A study in tactical excellence & strategic incompetence...
    32:17Three Confederate gunboats are burned before unarmed scoutsNotable Point
  26. CSS Arkansas & Isaac N. Brown... A study in tactical excellence & strategic incompetence...
    32:41Union operational demands create openings on the riversNotable Point
  27. CSS Arkansas & Isaac N. Brown... A study in tactical excellence & strategic incompetence...
    40:37Falling river levels force the Union fleets awayNotable Point
  28. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:03:55The Mississippi route in Britain's War of 1812 plansNotable Point
  29. Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:35:36Limits of Royal Navy aid in Ukraine and the CaucasusQ&A
  30. Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty
    2:41:04Why a 6-inch gunboat was not a cruiser substituteQ&A
  31. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:25:06Could the Royal Navy join the race to Berlin?Q&A
  32. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    17:20The modern Mongolian Navy as inland naval powerQ&A
  33. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II
    31:44What Second World War use would the US make of PBRs?Q&A
  34. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II
    37:40Why PBRs were poor torpedo platformsQ&A
  35. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    8:18The American Civil War was a river-and-rail warNotable Point
  36. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    8:58Danube chokepoints limited Ottoman advancesChapter
  37. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    17:20Roman fleets on the Danube frontierChapter
  38. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    19:47Roman rationalization weakened visible deterrenceNotable Point
  39. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    27:23Austria-Hungary's river-warship problemChapter
  40. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    30:38Danube trade, Balkan rivalry and the opening of the First World WarNotable Point
  41. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    34:24Why minesweepers displaced heavy river artilleryNotable Point
  42. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    35:31Purpose-built boats supporting river crossingsNotable Point
  43. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    36:38Romania's need for a Danube presenceChapter
  44. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    38:06River flotillas as political leverageNotable Point
  45. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    41:29British Danube patrols after the First World WarNotable Point
  46. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    41:54UN peacekeeping plans rediscover river forces lateNotable Point
  47. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    44:11Serbia's strategic riverChapter
  48. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    45:45Sergey Gorshkov learned war on the DanubeNotable Point
  49. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    47:57Shore artillery in Soviet river operationsNotable Point
  50. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    50:32Reading modern river-force structuresChapter
  51. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    2:33:50Vicksburg's bluffs expose a naval limitationNotable Point
  52. Flotillas of the Danube (Continued)
    4:11Why the Danube still needs armed river forcesChapter
  53. Flotillas of the Danube (Continued)
    32:40The Serbian flotilla's unusually mixed fleetChapter
  54. Flotillas of the Danube (Continued)
    41:28The modern riverine warfare investment gapNotable Point
  55. Flotillas of the Danube (Continued)
    54:18Danube command as a Soviet admiral's proving groundNotable Point
  56. Flotillas of the Danube (Continued)
    1:22:27Why riverine warfare reverses familiar naval assumptionsChapter
  57. Flotillas of the Danube (Continued)
    1:26:26The temptation and limit of an armoured river-gunboat bowNotable Point
  58. Flotillas of the Danube (Continued)
    1:27:11Why navigable rivers demand crossing craft and gunfireNotable Point
  59. Flotillas of the Danube (Continued)
    1:29:47Shore-to-shore movement and the boundary of amphibious warfareNotable Point
  60. Flotillas of the Danube
    2:09The Danube as frontier, highway, and logistics systemChapter
  61. Flotillas of the Danube
    24:27Did France maintain a Danube flotilla?Q&A
  62. Flotillas of the Danube
    30:49Why paid Roman oarsmen mattered when troops went ashoreNotable Point
  63. Flotillas of the Danube
    36:47Why riverine warfare is usually about logistics before battlesNotable Point
  64. Flotillas of the Danube
    46:44Why Royal Navy sloops belong in river-gunboat historyNotable Point
  65. Flotillas of the Danube
    1:03:12The Danube flotilla and the disputed first shots of the First World WarNotable Point
  66. Flotillas of the Danube
    1:10:04Czechoslovakia puts its river forces under engineersChapter
  67. Flotillas of the Danube
    1:10:22The Czechoslovak Legion's improvised fleets in RussiaNotable Point
  68. Flotillas of the Danube
    1:29:14Why surplus special-operations boats cannot replace Danube minesweepersNotable Point
  69. Flotillas of the Danube
    1:35:05Why a crewed river minesweeper may cost less than full autonomyNotable Point
  70. Flotillas of the Danube
    1:36:28Romania builds an enduring Danube force from 1860Chapter
  71. Flotillas of the Danube
    1:40:06Why river bends favoured Romania's spar-torpedo boatsNotable Point
  72. Flotillas of the Danube
    1:53:20Romania's river force from the interwar period to 2025Chapter
  73. The Roman Navy with Simon Elliot... #2Historians
    9:11Augustus replaces battle fleets with regional forcesChapter
  74. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    8:21:12Why propellers would still leave a role for river paddle wheelsNotable Point
  75. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    6:08:37Why Insect-class river gunboats carried 6-inch gunsQ&A
  76. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    19:19Why Chattanooga was a strategic prizeNotable Point
  77. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    52:54Brown's Ferry opens the Cracker LineChapter
  78. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    2:30:42Why did Chattanooga become a federal logistics hub?Q&A
  79. Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat
    43:42How log rafts could serve in riverine warfareQ&A
  80. Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London
    1:29:28Would a Soviet carrier enable later-style amphibious warfare?Q&A
  81. Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.
    1:33:23Novgorod's circular hull fits a narrow missionChapter
  82. Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies
    55:01Anti-tank missiles give small naval craft useful firepowerNotable Point
  83. How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre
    2:59:26Why riverine gunboats need a separate comparisonQ&A
  84. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:07:36How HMS Amethyst could turn in the YangtzeQ&A
  85. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:03:40Why river warfare disappears from many Second World War accountsQ&A
  86. Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built
    54:54Using a St Lawrence seaway for amphibious operationsQ&A
  87. Battle of San Nicolas(1811): Revolutionary Battles Part 2/2
    35:20The Royalists intercept the convoyChapter
  88. Battle of San Nicolas(1811): Revolutionary Battles Part 2/2
    37:44A shore battery checks the first attackNotable Point
  89. Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 2
    1:00:31HMS Hinchinbrook grounds under militia fireNotable Point
  90. Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 2
    1:04:34The Battle of the Rice Boats at SavannahChapter
  91. Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)
    4:16Could lake naval warfare make a useful subject?Q&A
  92. Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)
    24:52Two river battles shaped by logisticsChapter
  93. Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)
    1:10:43A provisioning squadron meets Savannah’s militiaNotable Point
  94. Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)
    1:19:09The gunfight and the improvised fire shipChapter
  95. Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)
    1:27:04Could the warships answer Yamacraw Bluff’s battery?Q&A
  96. Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)
    2:13:25An improvised fleet with a communication problemNotable Point
  97. Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)
    2:19:23San Nicolás: dividing an outnumbered flotillaChapter
  98. Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)
    2:38:44Brown’s battered squadron captured Martín GarcíaChapter
  99. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    13:17Gunboat diplomacy and shallow-draft forceChapter
  100. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    17:31Insect and Fly class river support modelNotable Point
  101. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    19:19Yangtze Patrol and Panay crisis warningNotable Point
  102. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    27:40Anglo-American cooperation on the Yangtze PatrolNotable Point
  103. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    1:42:12Soviet armored river gunboatsChapter
  104. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    15:52Gunboats from Crimea to riverine warfareChapter
  105. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    20:25Gunboats, sloops, and Yangtze presenceChapter
  106. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    28:48Panay and Anglo-American river cooperationNotable Point
  107. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    35:06Did monitors replace river gunboats?Q&A
  108. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    35:36Could an Iowa-class battleship serve as an Amazon gunboat?Q&A
  109. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    40:47Yangtze Patrol size and seasonal reachNotable Point
  110. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    42:04Dragonfly class design profileChapter
  111. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    2:13:44Soviet armored river gunboatsChapter
  112. Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind
    9:00Why Insect-class gunboats served in China and MesopotamiaChapter
  113. Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind
    17:12Gunboats carry mobile fire support toward Kut and BaghdadChapter
  114. Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind
    21:43HMS Cockchafer confronts the Wanhsien seizuresNotable Point
  115. Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind
    27:14Wanhsien rescue attempt becomes a firefightNotable Point
  116. Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind
    32:17The Panay incident as a Yangtze flashpointNotable Point
  117. Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-1939
    25:52River flotillas made inland warfare a major Soviet strengthNotable Point
  118. Bruships 90: Books From the Road
    4:14:18Terriers controlled rats aboard small craft, while larger shipboard dogs also went to warQ&A
  119. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    30:20Released French sailors become an improvised support poolNotable Point
  120. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    7:57River monitors for Ukraine's shallow watersQ&A
  121. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    14:42Where Ukrainian river monitors could be usefulQ&A
  122. Battle of Shiloh (Long Patrol)
    5:47Rivers and railways as the western theatre's highwaysChapter
  123. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    6:50Why study Shiloh as naval history?Q&A
  124. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    36:39The Anaconda Plan's river and sea routesNotable Point
  125. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    58:03Cutting the Confederacy into disconnected regionsChapter
  126. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    1:27:47Johnston's plan to cut Grant off from the TennesseeChapter
  127. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    1:55:31Gunboats anchor the Pittsburg Landing defenceChapter
  128. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    1:59:47River and lake battles belong to maritime historyNotable Point
  129. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    2:00:35Were Civil War gunboats sidewheelers?Q&A
  130. Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events
    2:25:19Shiloh and the maritime strategy of the western warNotable Point
  131. Sherman's March to the Sea
    0:00Why Sherman's March belongs in naval historyChapter
  132. Sherman's March to the Sea
    15:13Vicksburg: manoeuvre enabled by the MississippiChapter
  133. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    3:15:02Riverine warfare lacks a single general historyQ&A
  134. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    3:10Vicksburg rewarded repeated riverine experimentationNotable Point
  135. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    25:33Union river ironclads and industrial logisticsNotable Point
  136. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    3:55:56How destroyers escorted seagoing monitorsQ&A
  137. Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment
    1:39:47Amphibious operations on both sides of the Civil WarNotable Point
  138. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 1, Humber Class
    7:43A Brazilian river gunboat becomes a coastal monitorChapter
  139. Paddle Ships at War
    1:02:38Why screw propellers won at sea but not everywhereQ&A
  140. Paddle Ships at War
    1:04:52Sultana, USS Cairo, and Civil War river powerChapter
  141. Paddle Ships at War
    1:16:17The American Civil War as a river warChapter
  142. Paddle Ships at War
    1:34:49Paddle gunboats in the Gordon relief expeditionChapter
  143. Paddle Ships at War
    1:43:29Why modern rivers would not bring paddle wheels backQ&A
  144. Paddle Ships at War
    1:44:48Why paddle gunboats suited the Yangtze PatrolChapter
  145. Paddle Ships at War
    1:45:23Gordon leaves Khartoum's river flank unsecuredNotable Point
  146. Paddle Ships at War
    1:50:07Kitchener uses the Nile as a protected supply flankChapter
  147. Paddle Ships at War
    2:50:49Demologos shields its paddle between twin hullsNotable Point
  148. Paddle Ships at War
    2:59:13Modern alternatives for shallow-draft combatQ&A
  149. Battle of Quiberon Bay
    1:44:07How far upriver could large warships travel in China?Q&A
  150. How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 2 of 3
    34:56Coastal craft in the St Nazaire raidChapter
  151. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    41:31Sea, road, and river supply routes into ChinaNotable Point
  152. Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:03:09The Mark VI patrol boat's role problemQ&A
  153. An Introduction to Not the Big Ships: NGFS As Provided by Destroyers & Below Part 1 of 2
    8:42Nile gunboats combine firepower, logistics, and commandChapter
  154. An Introduction to Not the Big Ships: NGFS As Provided by Destroyers & Below Part 1 of 2
    9:43The American Civil War was a steamboat war as well as a railroad warNotable Point
  155. An Introduction to Not the Big Ships: NGFS As Provided by Destroyers & Below Part 1 of 2
    11:18When dependence on the Nile became an operational advantageNotable Point
  156. A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 1
    1:08:03When LCA mass production crowded out a successorNotable Point
  157. A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 1
    1:46:22Did the Allies consider landing craft on the Rhine?Q&A