Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Task Forces

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  1. Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?
    3:48Squadron assignment does not dictate a ship's wartime employmentNotable Point
  2. Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?
    13:37Task forces assemble the units required for a particular missionChapter
  3. Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?
    15:28The Falklands command chop separates ship-to-shore delivery from the land campaignNotable Point
  4. Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?
    17:34A proposed Bristol headquarters for the Falklands task forceNotable Point
  5. Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?
    18:40Task groups are built around functions, while battle group is often brandingChapter
  6. Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?
    22:02Task units reduce the hierarchy to individual shipsChapter
  7. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:43:52Why a Scharnhorst group loses to a balanced task forceQ&A
  8. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:51:12Translating a naval task force into Star WarsQ&A
  9. Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far
    42:02Task-force usefulness without an unsinkable shipNotable Point
  10. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    4:48:31The Royal Navy's shift toward task groupsNotable Point
  11. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    2:57:49Why use a carrier if fighters share its propulsion?Q&A
  12. Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    13:59Why seniority constrained an independent battlecruiser commandQ&A
  13. Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    27:35Why remote task-force command caused friction in the FalklandsQ&A
  14. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 7
    23:09Why fleet speed has to match the forceNotable Point
  15. HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 8
    11:22From a single battle line to mutually supporting task forcesChapter
  16. HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 8
    30:54N3 mobile citadel and G3 task-force shipChapter
  17. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    46:22Fleet effect matters more than one wonder shipNotable Point
  18. Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?
    3:47:29How would the U.S. Navy answer four German capital ships?Q&A
  19. Bruships 113: Jutland
    2:03:00A four-capital-ship Bismarck sortie forces an Atlantic fleet actionQ&A
  20. Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)
    5:12Graf Zeppelin’s intended task-group roleChapter
  21. Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)
    17:42The escort force a German carrier would needChapter
  22. Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)
    22:42Force H as a model for hunting Graf ZeppelinChapter
  23. A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?
    25:28The projected 1942 diesel destroyer and its implicationsNotable Point
  24. A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?
    50:45Surface raiding becomes a task-force challengeChapter
  25. A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?
    57:27Why an opening victory would not secure the raiders' returnNotable Point
  26. Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion
    1:13:05Long-range destroyers enable German task forcesChapter
  27. Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion
    1:16:51Convoys would face a mixed surface and submarine threatChapter
  28. Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion
    1:21:50Denmark Strait becomes a task-force battleNotable Point
  29. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 64
    1:49:03How Britain would hunt two German capital shipsQ&A
  30. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-40
    1:30:40How capable destroyers could strengthen German surface raidingQ&A
  31. Town Class (1911): Chathams
    52:09The Chathams demonstrate the value of a balanced fleetNotable Point
  32. French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)
    1:10:37Light cruisers led the Mediterranean formationChapter
  33. Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)
    39:14When modern cruisers still operate independentlyQ&A
  34. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    1:32:40Markham holds together a 28-hour pursuitChapter
  35. British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion
    5:00Why the Royal Navy retained six-inch cruisersNotable Point
  36. How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)
    1:20:53Why global war favoured dispersed task forcesChapter
  37. A Book or Two to Review (25): Churchill's Admiral
    18:37Testing future fleet and staff leaders before wartimeNotable Point
  38. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1915
    23:07All-forward guns versus task-force warfareChapter
  39. Some More Battle Cruisers
    1:04:35Postwar task-force doctrine reinforces G3's battlecruiser characterNotable Point
  40. Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car
    1:26:58Balanced fleets versus fragmented task groupsNotable Point
  41. Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era
    1:42:56Why distant naval commanders still need delegated authorityQ&A
  42. An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"
    14:20Carrier and amphibious groups as a naval divisionChapter
  43. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:50:52Why several surface raiders posed a different threat from more U-boatsQ&A
  44. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:56:01What Germany needed for a credible surface-raiding threatQ&A
  45. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:44:14Indian coalition command could preserve national autonomyQ&A
  46. An Introduction to Falklands Command
    35:31A support-trawler dispute exposed the command gapNotable Point
  47. An Introduction to Falklands Command
    38:20Parallel task groups conflicted with amphibious doctrineChapter