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Roger Keyes

Also searchable as Lord Keys.

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  1. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    1:02:01Admiralty leadership losses and Churchill's influenceChapter
  2. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    1:06:18Choosing a First Sea Lord in a crisisNotable Point
  3. Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...
    1:06:00Acheron-class competition and Yarrow specialsChapter
  4. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    35:18Gallipoli's command problem and the price of forcing straitsChapter
  5. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    39:02Were Gallipoli's naval commanders capable officers?Q&A
  6. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    6:33Why Britain did not seize the fleet firstNotable Point
  7. Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:27:19Admiral Keyes commanding ABDAQ&A
  8. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:50:11A 1940 proto-ABDA command under Roger KeyesQ&A
  9. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:51:54Dowding, Park, and jungle preparation in MalayaNotable Point
  10. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:54:51A small carrier and regional repairs for Force ZNotable Point
  11. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    44:43Commandos exploited the gaps between heavy coastal batteriesChapter
  12. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    1:43:06Political urgency distorted combined-operations planningNotable Point
  13. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    0:41Rodney and the Royal Navy's officer factionsChapter
  14. WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting
    23:00Commanders, local initiative, and rapid reactionChapter
  15. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    10:05The 1914 battle that shows what was at stakeChapter
  16. Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes
    20:24Keyes built Combined Operations around strategic raidsChapter
  17. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    19:48Combined Operations assembles the raidChapter
  18. If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?
    16:29British ships and commanders available in 1939Chapter
  19. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    2:35:13Roger Keyes and an early joint Pacific defenceQ&A
  20. How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)
    27:51The officers who carried night doctrine forwardNotable Point
  21. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    29:12The Harwich Force as the foundation of British night fightingChapter
  22. Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII
    49:24Roger Keyes sold night fighting as proof of naval proficiencyNotable Point
  23. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    3:07:50A Far East command built around Keyes and SomervilleQ&A
  24. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    3:23:05Keyes and MacArthur in a postwar political branchQ&A
  25. A Book or Two to Review (25): Churchill's Admiral
    0:26Lord Keyes as a Far East command alternativeNotable Point
  26. A Book or Two to Review (25): Churchill's Admiral
    3:23Charles Keyes and the Indian Army on the Punjab frontierChapter
  27. A Book or Two to Review (25): Churchill's Admiral
    5:06A military family and an unexplained naval ambitionChapter
  28. A Book or Two to Review (25): Churchill's Admiral
    7:01Schooling, bereavement, and dyslexiaNotable Point
  29. A Book or Two to Review (25): Churchill's Admiral
    9:03Lough Swilly, HMS Agincourt, and an unshaken naval ambitionChapter
  30. A Book or Two to Review (25): Churchill's Admiral
    12:49Reaching Britannia despite the hurdlesNotable Point
  31. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class
    39:48Bacon's technical strengths and the Dover Barrage blind spotNotable Point
  32. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 4, Lord Clive Class M10-13
    13:00Why the first Ostend blockship attack failedChapter
  33. Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books
    3:11:22Goodall's working relationships with Pound, Somerville, and KeyesQ&A
  34. Patreon 13: Martin Doherty: What if Gallipoli had succeeded?
    1:45:19Gallipoli's combined-operations lessonQ&A
  35. HMS Arethusa (1934) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 1/4
    6:14Dudley Pound tests cruiser seamanship at close quartersNotable Point
  36. Four Random Books 5: Destroyers
    7:38Senior-command friction over the Narvik expeditionNotable Point
  37. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    1:21:10American entry and a coalition Pacific commandChapter
  38. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    1:28:56An American deputy and a Manila coalition headquartersQ&A
  39. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:54:25Why Roger Keyes could hold a coalition togetherQ&A
  40. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    13:50Roger Keyes as a coalition commanderNotable Point
  41. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    22:51Balancing American prestige in coalition commandNotable Point
  42. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    34:37Singapore as the theatre command and logistics hubChapter
  43. An Introduction to Patreon Video 3: The Little Boat Wars...
    26:40Operation Album and the SBS-SAS divideNotable Point
  44. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:40:22A Roger Keyes command in the Far EastNotable Point
  45. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    1:25:29Force Z and command fit in the Malaya disasterNotable Point
  46. Patreon Video 1: Intro - What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?
    3:38Why Reginald Tyrwhitt fits the schemeNotable Point
  47. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan
    3:37Why Roger Keyes is chosen to commandNotable Point
  48. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan
    11:33Give subordinates political cover to defend what they canNotable Point
  49. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan
    33:40Political authority separates Keyes from PhillipsNotable Point
  50. Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 3
    12:15Roger Keyes: fertile ideas and uneven executionChapter
  51. A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 1
    12:38The myth of neglected interwar amphibious warfareChapter