Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Troop Transport

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    1:56:47Shipping and firearms in the imagined expeditionNotable Point
  2. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:37:03The military use that suits a large ocean linerNotable Point
  3. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:46:03Converting battlecruisers into fast troop transportsQ&A
  4. What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)
    2:08:01Would Canada add the CL-84 Dynavert to the carrier program?Q&A
  5. Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:03:19How ocean-liner races affected naviesQ&A
  6. Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:38:10Why large troop transports may retain onboard pilotsNotable Point
  7. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    5:52:11Olympic's role if retained for the Second World WarQ&A
  8. Sikorsky S-55/H-19 Chickasaw/Westland Whirlwind: Ploughing the Waves for the Modern Naval Helicopter
    5:29Payload and range make the S-55 usefulNotable Point
  9. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    33:11Ocean liners as cruisers, troopships, and hospital shipsQ&A
  10. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:50:29Converting modern cruise ships into troop transportsQ&A
  11. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    31:30Operation MB8 as a fleet logistics systemChapter
  12. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:57:16Why fast ocean liners mattered in wartimeQ&A
  13. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    6:00:04Space liners depend on propulsion rules and evacuation scaleNotable Point
  14. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    39:30Axis coordination may prevent an invasionChapter
  15. Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century: Bringing your Politics to the Battlefield
    32:17Lower casualties cannot stop Danish-Saxon landingsNotable Point
  16. John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…
    31:20What arming a ship en flûte meantNotable Point
  17. Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...
    46:08Naniwa, the Kowshing incident, and Tōgō's hard edgeChapter
  18. Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 9
    11:03When a commissioned warship counted as a transport or store shipNotable Point
  19. Flotillas of the Danube (Continued)
    33:13Kozara's changing uses and river command roleNotable Point
  20. Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…
    9:40British trade data and the First World War convoy debateChapter
  21. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    1:03:48Hawkesbury escorted and carried troops across the PacificNotable Point
  22. Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!
    35:36Rafales, helicopters, and space for troopsChapter
  23. Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier
    1:12:50Why troop transport may remain crewed longestNotable Point
  24. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    1:26:49Carriers as postwar transports and repatriation shipsChapter
  25. Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 3
    29:15Glen-class troop lift, landing craft, speed, and gunsChapter
  26. Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 3
    38:29Why routine troop delivery was a dangerous core missionNotable Point
  27. Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 3
    39:53The unglamorous ships that amphibious plans were built aroundChapter
  28. Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 3
    45:23The danger of putting an assault force in one hullNotable Point
  29. HMS Enterprise: Tell Me Where You Need Your Royals or Gold Delivered - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 5
    48:01A final return to service brought troops homeChapter
  30. Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs
    1:41:05G-5s fought less often than they transportedNotable Point
  31. Scharnhorst Class: The Quality of the Kaiserliche Marine - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 6
    0:00Passenger liners and warships named ScharnhorstNotable Point
  32. Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...
    3:15:03Redeployment requires recovery, equipment, and trainingQ&A
  33. Can Cathage Take Rome with a Naval Historian in charge? Rome Total War 1, April 2023
    1:16:14A Roman landing exposes Carthage's naval mobility gapChapter
  34. Can Cathage Take Rome with a Naval Historian in charge? Rome Total War 1, April 2023
    2:18:34Why Syracuse needs a fleet to project powerChapter
  35. Can Cathage Take Rome with a Naval Historian in charge? Rome Total War 1, April 2023
    3:29:42Embarkation turns Sicily into a springboard for RomeChapter
  36. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)
    1:53:28Four third rates escort a staged amphibious campaignNotable Point
  37. Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 2
    37:03Transport policy that strained the Royal NavyNotable Point
  38. Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 2
    58:09A provisioning squadron mistaken for an invasion forceNotable Point
  39. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    21:46A modern cruise ship as army transport in the age of sailQ&A
  40. The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century
    58:02Who commanded rated and unrated vesselsNotable Point
  41. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    34:33Niobe's Boer War escort, rescue, and fleet serviceChapter
  42. Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)
    34:27UC-38's single hit and the rescue of both crewsChapter
  43. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    30:38Tsingtao and the great-power contest around the PhilippinesNotable Point
  44. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    53:10Charleston is recommissioned to reinforce DeweyChapter
  45. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    55:53Guam mistakes an attack for a salute and surrendersChapter
  46. Ruse de guerre
    17:19Wooden guns mask converted Japanese battleshipsChapter
  47. Ruse de guerre
    19:04An en flûte transport can display one full broadsideNotable Point
  48. Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)
    50:17Unlimited auxiliaries for wartime logisticsNotable Point
  49. Largest Naval Battle Ever Fought? The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC)
    21:10Q&A: How were Rome's invasion troops carried?Q&A
  50. Largest Naval Battle Ever Fought? The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC)
    25:17Q&A: How long did the invasion fleet need to stay at sea?Q&A
  51. Largest Naval Battle Ever Fought? The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC)
    45:52Q&A: Did Caesar use quinqueremes to invade Britain?Q&A
  52. RMS Titanic, 110yrs on what lessons were learned?
    1:59:38Could a mega-cruise ship serve as a troop transport?Q&A
  53. RMS Titanic, 110yrs on what lessons were learned?
    2:04:50Why armies still need sea liftNotable Point
  54. RMS Titanic, 110yrs on what lessons were learned?
    2:11:55Ocean liners as wartime troop transportsQ&A
  55. County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)
    17:15Why control of the cruisers mattered to the Army of AfricaChapter
  56. County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)
    33:47York as a transport, towing, and convoy cruiserChapter
  57. County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)
    24:29Dorsetshire's Hipper hunt and Halifax-to-Basra troop convoyChapter
  58. Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI
    2:05:00Why did the Dardanelles begin without a full joint force?Q&A
  59. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    24:53Could an old third rate become a transport?Q&A
  60. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    46:26Arniston shows the voyage rhythm of East IndiamenNotable Point
  61. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    56:01Reconfiguring Merlins as the mission changesNotable Point
  62. Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies
    1:08:43Sea lanes before railwaysNotable Point
  63. Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies
    2:07:39Pungdo, Kowshing, and the lost brigadeChapter
  64. Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies
    2:27:24The Yalu convoy and fleet battleChapter
  65. Paddle Ships at War
    3:03:33Paddle craft moved troops without becoming landing craftQ&A
  66. Town Class Part 3 of 7: Pre-War
    21:00Large crews make the Towns imperial-policing shipsNotable Point
  67. Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions
    11:21Greek evacuation routing across dispersed Aegean embarkation pointsNotable Point
  68. Four Random Books 7: Dunkirk
    10:27Why committing destroyers to Dunkirk was a strategic riskNotable Point
  69. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    1:21:10American entry and a coalition Pacific commandChapter
  70. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    1:51:53Japan lacks its 1941 staging system in early 1939Notable Point
  71. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:03:12Amphibious ships do not create an armyQ&A
  72. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:15:17One amphibious ship cannot move 60,000 troopsNotable Point
  73. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    49:39Mediterranean sea control protects the Suez routeChapter