Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Seven Years War

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  1. Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:56:10A Kalmar Union colony in Newfoundland during the Seven Years WarQ&A
  2. The Press Gang, myth and reality...
    32:51Reading wartime manpower figures carefullyNotable Point
  3. Press Gang: The Myth & Reality
    2:28Wartime expansion drove emergency recruitmentNotable Point
  4. Press Gang: The Myth & Reality
    32:45The merchant marine was the Navy's peacetime reserveChapter
  5. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    7:40:06Using officer biographies alongside naval fictionQ&A
  6. Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation
    28:23A captured ship made Suckling a posted captainChapter
  7. Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation
    31:37HMS Dreadnought marked Suckling as a safe commanderChapter
  8. Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation
    34:36Suckling fought the outnumbered battle of Cap-FrançaisChapter
  9. Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation
    37:20Cap-Français shows how battle damage accumulatedNotable Point
  10. Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation
    39:24Dreadnought forced Palmier to break awayNotable Point
  11. Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation
    40:08Nassau and Raisonnable sustained Suckling's standingNotable Point
  12. Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:56:56Seven Years War officers reveal naval family networksQ&A
  13. Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century: Bringing your Politics to the Battlefield
    56:00Empress Elizabeth stabilizes Russia at a priceChapter
  14. Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power
    21:53How delay defeated the Rochefort expeditionChapter
  15. Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power
    25:49Saint-Malo as the decisive amphibious contrastNotable Point
  16. Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power
    26:58Keppel's capture of Goree in West AfricaNotable Point
  17. An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley
    14:23Cartagena: blockade strategy and Rowley's ship handlingChapter
  18. An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley
    27:38Saint-Cast and the command problem in an amphibious withdrawalChapter
  19. An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley
    34:57Quiberon Bay: Hawke's decisive seamanshipChapter
  20. An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley
    45:41Dominica and an improvised late-war expeditionChapter
  21. Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!
    39:49Rowley and HMS Montagu at CartagenaChapter
  22. Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!
    53:29The beach team at St CastChapter
  23. Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!
    1:07:02HMS Montagu among Hawke's captains at Quiberon BayChapter
  24. Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!
    1:24:14Rowley's rapid landing at DominicaChapter
  25. Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,
    1:41Kempenfelt's long apprenticeship in fleet operationsChapter
  26. John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…
    9:48Patronage, fourth rates, and Jervis's early trainingChapter
  27. John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…
    19:20Quebec, James Cook, and Jervis's rapid promotionChapter
  28. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    43:44Why the Rochefort raid failed to exploit sea controlChapter
  29. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    51:37Louisbourg shows combined operations workingNotable Point
  30. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    1:00:21Bombarding Le Havre to distract French forcesNotable Point
  31. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    1:01:39Rodney's amphibious conquest of MartiniqueChapter
  32. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    1:05:26Caribbean conquests as bargaining chips for CanadaNotable Point
  33. Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!
    1:07:51Command friction stalls the Rochefort raidChapter
  34. Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!
    1:12:17Surveying and cutting-out open Louisbourg harbourChapter
  35. Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!
    1:21:33John Byng and the demand that admirals engageNotable Point
  36. Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!
    1:24:01Why peace meant rearmament in the Second Hundred Years WarNotable Point
  37. Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!
    1:26:37Bombarding Le Havre and suppressing an invasion threatChapter
  38. Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!
    1:35:24Rodney and Monckton capture MartiniqueChapter
  39. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...
    26:08What makes a war a world war?Q&A
  40. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    5:26:43A British crown would magnify Frederick the Great's warQ&A
  41. Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.
    1:33:30Naval war in the American theatre of the Seven Years' WarQ&A
  42. Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.
    2:31:21Where the Second Hundred Years' War beginsQ&A
  43. HMS Enterprise: Tell Me Where You Need Your Royals or Gold Delivered - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 5
    31:12The Enterprise name linked Havana to World War IINotable Point
  44. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    1:33:47World War II demanded a broader analogy than World War INotable Point
  45. Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!
    56:22How diagonal bracing could strengthen sailing warshipsQ&A
  46. Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough
    10:00HMS Newcastle and the evolving fourth rateChapter
  47. The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)
    2:09:21Did Britain try to take the Caribbean islands later?Q&A
  48. Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail
    15:15From Byng at Minorca to durable naval superiorityNotable Point
  49. Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail
    16:19Why the Seven Years' War is the starting pointNotable Point
  50. Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail
    19:55Byng's execution changes the risks of commandNotable Point
  51. Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?
    9:12Why Richard Howe could drive the campaignNotable Point
  52. Glorious First of June (1794)
    45:47Logistical growth and the scale of Revolutionary armiesChapter
  53. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    1:40:00Corbett's reassessment of Admiral ByngNotable Point
  54. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    1:52:49Hawke, sea control, and the decision to attack Belle ÎleChapter
  55. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    2:00:30Belle Île: adapting an amphibious assaultChapter
  56. Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power
    11:02The books that frame Corbett's strategic careerChapter
  57. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    32:26Why the Western Squadron still failed in 1758Notable Point
  58. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    33:15A powerful harbour with a supply problemNotable Point
  59. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    3:01:05Choiseul’s 1759 invasion problemChapter
  60. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    3:09:02Britain prepares for invasion while continuing overseas campaignsNotable Point
  61. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    3:14:26French manpower and logistics in 1759Notable Point
  62. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    0:08Failed cruises made a close blockade urgentChapter
  63. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    1:20:00The 1759 French invasion projectChapter
  64. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    1:21:09Crossing the Channel would leave the invasion's supply problem unresolvedNotable Point
  65. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    1:23:29Fast embarkation left little room for invasion suppliesNotable Point
  66. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    1:24:46The Le Havre raid and autumn weather changed the invasion planNotable Point
  67. Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron
    1:31:48Quiberon Bay and the collapse of the invasion threatChapter
  68. Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 2
    4:48Why America mattered beyond its immediate economic valueNotable Point
  69. Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 2
    16:13George Germain's earlier command failureNotable Point
  70. Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 2
    31:54Britain misreads Europe after the Seven Years' WarNotable Point
  71. Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)
    35:41Why the Seven Years’ War death toll is so uncertainNotable Point
  72. Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)
    44:26Was the Seven Years’ War really the first world war?Notable Point
  73. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    2:19:31Arthur Phillip's preparation for colonial commandChapter
  74. The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century
    20:43Timber stockpiles and generational planningChapter
  75. The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century
    1:35:59Third-rate balance and administrative depthNotable Point
  76. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    3:43:29Britain reached total war in the Seven Years' WarQ&A
  77. The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol
    0:38Why the Seven Years' War qualifies as a world warChapter
  78. The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol
    13:03World war, global war, and total warNotable Point
  79. The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol
    23:23From European rivalry to control of the worldChapter
  80. The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol
    28:37Pitt, Newcastle, and Britain's worldwide strategyNotable Point
  81. The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol
    36:33Political fractures created openings for imperial companiesNotable Point
  82. The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol
    38:05Frederick the Great, inclusion, and Prussian survivalNotable Point
  83. The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol
    38:48Royal Navy commanders and world-war planningNotable Point
  84. The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol
    44:46Battlefield scale from Europe to CalcuttaNotable Point
  85. The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol
    46:51Diplomatic revolution and perceived securityChapter
  86. The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol
    54:20The Seven Years' War in the Second Hundred Years' WarChapter
  87. The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol
    1:01:10Intent and the changing scale of warChapter
  88. The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol
    1:05:20Propaganda as a weapon of the Seven Years' WarNotable Point
  89. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    1:28:18Hawke's convoy protection and freedom of commandNotable Point
  90. The Seven Years War Trailer
    0:00Why theorists begin with the Seven Years' WarChapter
  91. The Seven Years War Trailer
    0:18Land and maritime arguments from the Seven Years' WarNotable Point
  92. The Seven Years War Trailer
    0:40Why the Seven Years' War suits selective historical argumentsChapter
  93. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    3:19Why the Seven Years' War was globalChapter
  94. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    2:18:06Q&A: who emerged stronger from the war?Q&A
  95. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    2:25:22Q&A: Sweden fought with Russia against PrussiaQ&A
  96. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    3:35:18Strategy must fit national circumstancesChapter
  97. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    3:39:45Q&A: the war cemented Royal Navy esprit de corpsQ&A
  98. Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books
    1:53:37Quebec, Halifax, and amphibious sea power in North AmericaNotable Point
  99. A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759
    0:20Why Quiberon Bay mattered in 1759Chapter
  100. A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759
    4:08How the book builds from context to battle and empireNotable Point
  101. A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759
    5:03Why an unsound invasion plan continuedNotable Point
  102. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    1:23:38The Royal Navy's role at the Plains of AbrahamQ&A
  103. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    3:09:38The fleet manoeuvre behind Wolfe's Quebec attackQ&A
  104. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)
    24:28Corbett on naval warfare in the Seven Years' WarQ&A
  105. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    2:39:45A Second Hundred Years' War links the supposedly separate conflictsNotable Point
  106. The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!
    36:51Rodney, Hood, and Drake formed an unusually experienced command teamChapter
  107. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    52:35Quebec in 1759: naval mobility, luck, and command mistakesChapter
  108. The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-1916
    1:06:29Hyde Parker's career across three warsNotable Point
  109. Battle of Quiberon Bay
    8:16Quiberon Bay in the global Seven Years' WarChapter
  110. Battle of Quiberon Bay
    16:02Was the Seven Years' War the first global war?Q&A
  111. Battle of Quiberon Bay
    18:42France's 1759 invasion planChapter
  112. Battle of Quiberon Bay
    28:04The Carrickfergus raid after Quiberon BayNotable Point
  113. Battle of Quiberon Bay
    43:47French commanders and divided authorityNotable Point
  114. Battle of Quiberon Bay
    47:30Did defeat help set up the French Revolution?Q&A
  115. Battle of Quiberon Bay
    1:15:47Why the victory mattered beyond the bayChapter
  116. Battle of Quiberon Bay
    1:27:03Did Seven Years' War success mislead Britain?Q&A
  117. Battle of Quiberon Bay
    2:11:56Why weaker navies fall into short-term operationsNotable Point
  118. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    37:27Presence makes naval diplomacy credibleNotable Point
  119. A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history
    1:35:44World wars and the Second Hundred Years' WarNotable Point