Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Surprise Attack

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  1. The Value of Surprise as a Tactic: Going For Spanish Silver
    0:01Why surprise fails at seaChapter
  2. The Value of Surprise as a Tactic: Going For Spanish Silver
    39:07Surprise depends on local superiorityNotable Point
  3. Battle of Dornach(1499)
    36:49Two Swiss columns approach through the forestChapter
  4. Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century: Bringing your Politics to the Battlefield
    1:29:44Sixty Swedes raid Baltischport at six-to-one oddsNotable Point
  5. Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century: Bringing your Politics to the Battlefield
    1:38:21Gustav III uses surprise at FrederickshamnNotable Point
  6. Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?
    19:05Why timing mattered more than noveltyNotable Point
  7. Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!
    13:53Naval aviation as an offset and surprise weaponChapter
  8. WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...
    1:18:32Taranto's warning may still be discounted at Pearl HarborNotable Point
  9. Thoughts on Problems for Future of Strategy from a Naval Historian
    37:18The recurring folly of a decisive surprise attackNotable Point
  10. New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers
    33:53Pearl Harbor surprise compared with wartime readiness at TarantoNotable Point
  11. Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?
    31:05Surprise and reading an opponent's historyNotable Point
  12. Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?
    38:05Imperial defence policy and annual war planningChapter
  13. Bruships 44: Strategy
    3:53:29Readiness reduces surprise without eliminating itQ&A
  14. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    3:00Pearl Harbor as a high-risk Japanese gambleChapter
  15. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    1:25:37Japan's plan had no comfortable answer to an active defenseQ&A
  16. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    2:08:01The long chain of Japanese luckNotable Point
  17. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond
    56:09Taranto was one operation in a global warNotable Point
  18. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    33:14Stealth battlestars and the submarine trade-offNotable Point