Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Special Operations

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  1. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    1:06:37Italian torpedo specialists would remain a threatNotable Point
  2. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:52:22Modern submarines and covert insertion missionsQ&A
  3. Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?
    33:05MV Ocean Trader as a littoral support shipChapter
  4. Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?
    38:21AIS silence can reveal a special-operations shipNotable Point
  5. Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:18:01A Red October caterpillar drive in US serviceQ&A
  6. Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:30:10Italian naval special forces after the armisticeQ&A
  7. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)
    1:15:07Special forces can disrupt routes but cannot hold them for longQ&A
  8. Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off
    7:19How Clapp's career prepared him for amphibious commandQ&A
  9. Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off
    1:25:33Special-forces demands versus amphibious logisticsNotable Point
  10. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    42:08Seawolf as a Cold War SSBN hunterQ&A
  11. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    51:36How shapeshifting soldiers would change intelligence workQ&A
  12. Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...
    2:21:11Ian Fleming's real naval-intelligence workQ&A
  13. WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys
    17:56Greek submarines carry the fight after Greece fallsChapter
  14. WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys
    1:13:11Modern British boats restore Norwegian submarine powerChapter
  15. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    3:34:36A wartime fleet of British X1 cruiser submarinesQ&A
  16. The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!
    1:51British sea power behind the 1823 declarationChapter
  17. Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall
    49:05Submarines and clandestine special operationsQ&A
  18. For History: Which Three ships should never have been scrapped?
    1:10:36HMS Tartar as a platform for amphibious experimentationNotable Point
  19. Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice
    2:38:16Italian special-attack craft against MaltaQ&A
  20. Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s
    1:58:44How quickly could Marines create helicopter air cavalry?Q&A
  21. Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes
    20:24Keyes built Combined Operations around strategic raidsChapter
  22. Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes
    23:10Hasler, the RMBPD, and the Special Boat legacyChapter
  23. Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes
    58:34Junior Marines needed independent judgmentNotable Point
  24. Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes
    1:30:40Why simply enlarging the raid might have failedNotable Point
  25. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:43:32An Italian special attack on New York HarborQ&A
  26. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    32:20The innocuous Boom Patrol hides a special-operations unitChapter
  27. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    53:36Hasler's Norway decorations and the limits of his service recordNotable Point
  28. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    2:28:24The raiders knew capture meant deathNotable Point
  29. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    2:39:44How little SBS operational history may surviveQ&A
  30. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    2:40:42Early helicopters would extend commando reachQ&A
  31. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    2:47:19British counterintelligence limited German clandestine operationsQ&A
  32. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    2:50:39Black operations are only one clandestine categoryNotable Point
  33. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    2:58:33Possible prewar roots of British commando capabilityQ&A
  34. 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 7
    1:02:17Seraph carries Allied negotiators in Operation FlagpoleChapter
  35. 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 7
    1:05:32Seraph masquerades as an American submarine for Operation KingpinChapter
  36. 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 7
    1:08:22Seraph's first Mediterranean patrol and unresolved ramming claimNotable Point
  37. 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 7
    1:12:07Seraph delivers Operation Mincemeat's deception packageChapter
  38. If not Pearl Harbour?
    9:19Why Panama suggested sabotage rather than a carrier strikeQ&A
  39. If not Pearl Harbour?
    1:11:32Why a commando raid would not lure out the fleetQ&A
  40. Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases
    2:17:35Italian assault craft and harbour-raiding technologyChapter
  41. Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases
    2:27:46What The Italian Assault Craft says about the New York raidQ&A
  42. Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...
    1:34:30Could commandos raid northern Germany from Norway?Q&A
  43. Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years
    49:38Submarines supporting covert operationsNotable Point
  44. Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?
    1:14:07T-class torpedo spreads and prewar ASW planningNotable Point
  45. Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!
    43:09Fremantle's American submarine force in 1943Chapter
  46. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    50:17Hitler's Secret Commandos on German midget submarinesChapter
  47. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    1:09:55Why boarding a modern warship is room-to-room combatQ&A
  48. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    3:07:24A German manned torpedo carried its weapon underneathQ&A
  49. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments
    52:28Destroyer crews improvising attacks on bridgesQ&A
  50. Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.
    2:06:10More Far East yards could help and hinder commando raidsQ&A
  51. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    37:25Sidney Smith as an improvised special-operations commanderQ&A
  52. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    2:18:47Why Italian frogman raids were different from ordinary sabotageQ&A
  53. Bruships 55: New Books
    5:04:41Britain's investment in wartime special operationsQ&A
  54. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    12:17Why Raiders failed conventional battalion testsNotable Point
  55. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    15:11Why the Royal Marines complicate the comparisonNotable Point
  56. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    16:29Carlson's modern Raider organizationNotable Point
  57. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    26:58Peatross's detached squad changes the fightNotable Point
  58. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    40:43The reconnaissance force the Pacific war did not developNotable Point
  59. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)
    3:19:03Benedetto Brin and the logic of harbour attackQ&A
  60. Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War
    3:28:50Why some Second World War commando operations remain obscureQ&A
  61. Four Random Books 21: Raiding
    4:38LRDG range depended on supply and forward basingNotable Point
  62. Four Random Books 21: Raiding
    6:25How the Long Range Desert Group raidedChapter
  63. Four Random Books 21: Raiding
    13:25Operation Chariot's dockyard assault teamsChapter
  64. Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...
    1:51:31Decoy attacks and the shortage of trusted soldiersNotable Point
  65. Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...
    1:54:45When a peacekeeping mission can interveneNotable Point
  66. Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys
    17:10Coastal Forces, MTB 718, and clandestine operationsChapter
  67. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    41:10Why the Swordfish kept returning to depleted air groupsNotable Point
  68. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:42:25Submarine-borne raiders against Japanese railwaysNotable Point
  69. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    24:59A broad guide to Second World War special operationsNotable Point
  70. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    50:04Using an SAS combat guide as a primerNotable Point
  71. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:16:43An illustrated history of the Special Boat ServiceNotable Point
  72. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:13:41Paddy's Men and the Special Raiding SquadronNotable Point
  73. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:18:57Task Force Black as a contested Iraq-war starting pointNotable Point
  74. Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean
    1:01:58HMS Urge and an SBS railway raidNotable Point
  75. Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean
    1:04:32Submarines as intelligence and force-diversion toolsNotable Point
  76. Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:22:31How a navy might disable the Panama Canal covertlyQ&A
  77. An Introduction to Falklands Command
    35:31A support-trawler dispute exposed the command gapNotable Point
  78. An Introduction to Falklands Command
    46:32The Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre's reconnaissance roleNotable Point