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- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:33:09Accounts of boarding actions without clothesQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:37:36Why a submarine-only fleet could simplify British defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:28:28Fifty extra Sunderlands against U-boats in 1940Q&A
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:04:22Béarn and aircraft patrols in the Atlantic gapChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:26:22Possible German responses to a failed surface raidChapter
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:22:01A later German fleet at JutlandQ&A
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?18:13Landing-craft production and the limits of air superiorityNotable Point
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?19:45Why British forces were already watching for minefieldsNotable Point
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?36:03Why U-boats could not replace an invasion escort fleetChapter
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?50:04Signals warning and British fleet concentrationNotable Point
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?57:03Why a defeated landing could still restrict BritainNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:13World War I losses shaped British cruiser ASWNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:57A German surface fleet redirects the Battle of the AtlanticQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:23Why wartime U-boats struggled to leave the MediterraneanNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)50:12Why a 1942 Plan Z remains constrainedChapter
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)2:01:27Could German surface raiders replace U-boats?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)2:27:59Why Type XXI is unlikely by 1942Q&A
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...27:18HMS Fairy rams UC-75 during convoy escortNotable Point
- What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)2:11:15Could U-boats ambush the damaged fleet on its way home?Q&A
- What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)2:14:41How an early peace could change American fleet constructionNotable Point
- What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)2:15:43Early U-boats cannot replace the decisive surface battleNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 23:08:36Irish neutrality and the risks of a British interventionNotable Point
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:20Historical experiments with towed naval force multipliersQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:33:06A larger German minelaying U-boat forceQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:39:38Early U-boat losses could damage Germany's training cadreNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?53:48Finishing Graf Zeppelin diverts resources from U-boatsNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:14:51Continuing major ships need not weaken British ASWNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:16:50A stronger Taranto strike could prompt a Scapa Flow carrier planNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:17:58A slower U-boat expansion risks losing its training cadreNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:42The Canadian U-boat boarding anecdoteQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live31:15Norway's surviving U-boat crews supported later German expansionNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:44:04Escort momentum could magnify early U-boat lossesChapter
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:14:58Supporting more German surface raiders takes resources from U-boatsQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:15:53German surface-warship construction would reduce U-boat capacityQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:18Would Black Cat Catalinas outperform Coastal Command?Q&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:05:12Dönitz's decisive U-boat fleet would provoke an Allied answerQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live1:52:30Bombing U-boat docks after a carrier victoryNotable Point
- Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)1:38:54Locating U-boats through their radio transmissionsNotable Point
- Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)1:51:16Wrens and assumptions about U-boat warfareNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:21:36Why successful late-war escorts receive less attentionNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon6:43Black Swan sloops contributed across the submarine kill chainQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:21Black Swan sloops as a submarine-threat reserveQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon17:30An Astute submarine's real Second World War bottleneckQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War1:16:14Starling's solo and shared submarine killsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:25:32Why Black Swan kill totals understate their effectChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:39:39How approaching Black Swans could deter a convoy attackNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:51:45Bubble decoys instead of whale callsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:56:06How aircraft and hunter-killer groups shared U-boat killsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:05:01Overconfidence in the loss of the three Cressy-class cruisersQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:10:06The Cressy-class cruisers' ability to resist their attackerQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress5:33:49U-410's acoustic-torpedo attack on HMS PenelopeChapter
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception2:36Restoring Reginald Henderson to the rearmament storyChapter
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception39:21Why late-war U-boat losses did not end the threatNotable Point
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:03Why an early U-boat buildup would not guarantee British starvationQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...38:21Why Operation Deadlight sank surrendered U-boatsQ&A
- Torpex: A Short History of it's History...9:16RDX research targets stronger depth chargesChapter
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:21:54Why German U-boats could not use the Arctic passagesQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:22:39How surfaced U-boats used deck guns inside convoysQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:24:00Why armed merchantmen struggled with U-boats inside convoysQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:29:24Why a corvette had the advantage in a U-boat gun duelQ&A
- Admiral Hugo Von Pohl: Architect of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare or Short Term Improviser?22:18Fleet preservation drives an early U-boat campaignChapter
- Admiral Hugo Von Pohl: Architect of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare or Short Term Improviser?24:31The claim that twenty U-boats could collapse BritainNotable Point
- Admiral Hugo Von Pohl: Architect of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare or Short Term Improviser?28:08Why twenty submarines could not close British tradeNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)22:56An improvised Canadian submarine boardingQ&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft2:12:34Why Britain rejected blimps for interwar ASWQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:39Why a wartime U-boat pen was a hard sabotage targetQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:10:09Which German research delay would weaken the U-boat threat?Q&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:17How an Atlantic airfield changes the U-boat warQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:30:18How carrier anti-submarine patrol aircraft workedQ&A
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?44:01Capital-ship ambition crowded out essential escortsNotable Point
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:37:33The fates of surrendered German U-boatsQ&A
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?1:02:19Failed attacks vanish from air-defense historiesNotable Point
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:01:41Why coastal blackouts mattered against U-boatsQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:43Why Axis submarines could not readily share weaponsQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:02Could an earlier First World War U-boat campaign force Britain to negotiate?Q&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:47How a submarine-first German fleet would change British strategyNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:02:23How Allied submarine bases differed from German U-boat pensQ&A
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?48:07Scheer's 1916 plan tried to force Britain forwardChapter
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?49:15Fleet readiness constrained Scheer's 1916 planNotable Point
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?1:28:47What if Scheer had commanded from 1914?Notable Point
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:09:18Why early U-boat losses had a compounding personnel costNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...11:00Why bombing rarely neutralized U-boat pensQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:34Would full speed have saved Lusitania?Q&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!1:47:42The U-class hunter-killer path Britain did not takeNotable Point
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...2:20:12Coastal blackouts as anti-submarine defenseQ&A
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?57:38Early merchant losses had cumulative strategic costsNotable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!2:52:30How extra air patrols would disrupt U-boat operationsQ&A
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!3:00:10Would more ASW aircraft replace Hedgehog development?Q&A
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea53:41Why more U-boats were not a simple substitute for battleshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership1:56:34Why U-505 did not shape American submarine designQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20242:55:45Would PQ 17 fare better if it scattered 500 miles later?Q&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...3:15:44The tradeoff in an earlier US coastal blackoutQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:02:17Why convoy timing depended on escort capacityQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/47:56:19Gibraltar's inward current and the problem of leaving submergedNotable Point
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/44:26:23A Flower Corvette fought a surfaced U-boat at point-blank rangeNotable Point
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!1:19:43A forward base for air and anti-submarine warfareNotable Point
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song52:04Escorting capital ships depends on the mission and sea roomQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall1:55:30Armed fishing trawlers against U-boatsQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat25:19Early snorkels would make First World War U-boats harder to counterQ&A
- Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier1:38:17HMS Venturer's underwater attack on U-864Chapter
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:53:47Why twenty early escort carriers could change the Royal NavyQ&A
- Laying Minefields in the Sky... Some WWII Rocketry and Supersized T-Shirt Cannons...47:47Allied delivery problems differed from Axis scarcityNotable Point
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier19:44Why U-boat supply ships mattered so muchNotable Point
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 524:33A preserved Finnish coastal submarine and German U-boat developmentNotable Point
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?4:09:48Hedgehog available at the start of the warQ&A
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission1:47:22Raiding logistics and the strain on Royal Navy escortsNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission1:57:20Operation Berlin and disciplined raider commandChapter
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission2:41:41Bismarck's fuel crisis and conflicting morale messagesChapter
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission2:55:53Why a multidimensional naval threat matteredNotable Point
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:24:53US fleet submarines compared with German U-boatsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!3:04:33World War I U-boats with snorkelsQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:52:44Why the German U-boat ambush failed at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:52:23Why attacking the Home Fleet would squander the U-boat armQ&A
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...1:55:29Gibraltar's current exposed the limits of early submarinesChapter
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...2:00:47Gibraltar could force a U-boat back to the surfaceNotable Point
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends2:46:48The Canadian boarding party that surprised a U-boat crewQ&A
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History50:55Suez becomes the Axis pressure pointChapter
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins42:09The evidence problem with U-boat radio tauntsQ&A
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist24:16Could disguised German seaplane carriers help U-boat wolf packs?Q&A
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist26:58Finding disguised seaplane scouts without exposing EnigmaNotable Point
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:22:08Why an escort can defeat a U-boat without sinking itQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction2:40:19Could an airship carrier hunt U-boats?Q&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!1:07:42A larger treaty fleet would expose Germany's infrastructure ceilingQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!1:56:52Why Germany could not simply accelerate the ElektrobootQ&A
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 234:39Convoy success meant delivery, not submarine killsChapter
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 238:10Technology kept reversing hunter and huntedNotable Point
- What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?1:14:03Helicopter convoys overwhelm surface-operating U-boatsChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s43:52Why convoy helicopters would need rocketsNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s44:51Helicopters deny U-boats their convoy approachQ&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:07:39Convoy helicopter numbers reverse the wolf-pack problemNotable Point
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI38:55The Kriegsmarine entered war before its fleet was readyNotable Point
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s1:24:25An extra year strengthens Britain and may delay U-boatsNotable Point
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:04:30An early Mark 24 acoustic torpedo could cripple the U-boat forceQ&A
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:12:08Eight sloops a year could reshape the early U-boat warChapter
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:19:30Foreknowledge of U-boat numbers accelerates British escortsQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out58:58A converted Lion would have only a small survival advantage against U-29Q&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out2:10:20A survival strategy for a 1945 U-boat captainQ&A
- Acacia Class: Batch 1 of World War I's Flower Class - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 217:49Foxglove turns a minesweeper into a submarine hunterChapter
- Acacia Class: Batch 1 of World War I's Flower Class - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 223:47Hesperian links salvage work to submarine diplomacyNotable Point
- Acacia Class: Batch 1 of World War I's Flower Class - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 224:54Laburnum at Galway and on Atlantic rescue missionsChapter
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?39:11HX convoy statistics challenge the popular Atlantic narrativeNotable Point
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?1:10:33Malaya blocked the attack on SL 67Chapter
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?3:25:12Could German headquarters direct surface raiders like U-boats?Q&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers2:47:17U-boats cannot keep pace with the raider battleNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...18:49Why submarine success cannot be read from sinkings aloneNotable Point
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...15:39North Sea patrols could shrink German Atlantic reachNotable Point
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...45:42A North Sea barrier constrains U-boats and raidersChapter
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...56:36U-boat endurance makes the North Sea a strategic choke pointChapter
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...1:10:10Rail transport cannot erase the U-boat basing problemNotable Point
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...29:56Denying Norway's bases to German air and sea powerChapter
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...1:03:20Could a defeat in Norway end Germany's surface-fleet ambitions?Notable Point
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...1:27:56The North Sea as a barrier against U-boatsChapter
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...1:52:20The Atlantic convoy war without Norwegian U-boat basesChapter
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...2:00:40Could U-boat milk cows sustain Atlantic patrols?Q&A
- Jutland with Competent Leadership of the British Battlecruiser Fleet - Sturdee replaces Beatty1:11:07Why the historical night action disappearsChapter
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics2:08:09How long did Atlantic convoys actually take?Q&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics2:27:36How Typhoons and Tempests attacked shippingQ&A
- Black Swan Class: The F-22 of WWII ASW? - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 225:25HMS Wren in Walker’s Second Support GroupChapter
- Black Swan Class: The F-22 of WWII ASW? - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 227:27Wren’s U-boat kills and patrol-aircraft supportNotable Point
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 937:04Alsace, Germany, and the case for a larger classChapter
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture4:09:53Why anti-submarine escorts still needed deck gunsQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture4:16:09Why a U-boat gun victory over an escort would still be a trapQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?2:32:43The minimum surface force to complement a German U-boat fleetQ&A
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 946:31The torpedo hit and Ark Royal's accelerating listChapter
- Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)9:41The Submarine Tracking Room turns reports into decisionsChapter
- Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)30:40A floor plot recreates uncertainty at seaNotable Point
- Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)33:45Raspberry hunts a U-boat inside the convoyChapter
- Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)46:26The Beta search shapes a U-boat's escapeNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?2:47:50Operation Berlin depended on tankers, ammunition economy, and U-boat cooperationNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?3:15:22Raeder ordered Rheinübung despite Lütjens's objectionsNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?3:52:00Damage, fuel, and repair capacity drove Bismarck toward FranceChapter
- Bruships 113: Jutland24:08If Germany failed to invade NorwayQ&A
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History21:41Aircraft as an anti-submarine patrol toolNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 762:59:53How U-boats might answer continuous carrier air coverQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword1:07:52Escort growth could outpace German U-boat expansion before 1942Notable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century47:37Why German UC II minelayers mattered in the First World WarChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century50:35UB III mass production and Germany's coastal pressure in 1917-18Chapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:08:58Wolf packs versus the Atlantic escort systemChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:26:35How an Italian Flutto-class silhouette became a generic toy U-boatNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response39:49Submarine habitability beyond the screenNotable Point
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts57:46The Flower class as a minimum viable convoy escortNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:12:54A provisional Flower-class submarine boarding storyNotable Point
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course36:10Blockade and U-boats pursue economic war by different meansChapter
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course39:20Commerce-war rules favor the stronger maritime powerNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect3:07:39Why compare Bismarck's last action with Monmouth?Q&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:13:10A submarine-only German fleet would simplify Britain's warQ&A
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations53:57A technical owner's manual for wartime U-boatsChapter
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations58:30How the Type VII snorkel handled air and exhaustQ&A
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations1:25:53Why a combined snorkel was not a simple modificationQ&A
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations5:25The fall of France opens the mid-Atlantic air gapChapter
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations10:33Convoy survival is the measure of anti-submarine successNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations15:07A damaged U-boat can divert more forces than a sinkingNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations33:28Reasonable assumptions hide the escort-carrier requirementChapter
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations54:13Aircraft ferrying and trade protection share one hullChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations24:51Why merely forcing a U-boat to dive matteredChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations37:09Convoy defense is measured by arrivals, not U-boats sunkChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations45:59How the Swordfish hunted submarinesChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:19:13Audacity's four-convoy combat careerChapter
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?1:57:08The Atlantic campaign without French U-boat basesChapter
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-402:06:48How 22-knot Liberty ships change the convoy warQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments3:00Why veteran personnel mattered more than replacement hullsQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments55:25Traffic analysis could reveal U-boats without reading EnigmaQ&A
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194116:38German surface raiders need organic air reconnaissanceNotable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194125:23Graf Zeppelin's threat value exceeds its combat valueChapter
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times14:56How more British sloops could have changed the U-boat warQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times2:42:58How heavier depth charges widen the submarine kill zoneQ&A
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 193929:44The logistical cost of too many U-boat variantsNotable Point
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)48:25Were retired convoy commodores merely lead sheep?Q&A
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)1:09:18Henry Brownrigg and the mortal risk of convoy commandNotable Point
- Sieges of Malta: Patreon 51 (Long Patrol)50:04The Axis price of trying to neutralize MaltaNotable Point
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)40:52Palmer's shipyard, the Depression, and the Jarrow MarchChapter
- The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)1:12Kriegsmarine secret projects and the limits of Plan ZNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:50:58How German torpedo failure saved Warspite in NorwayQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)2:19:01The submarine programme that could reshape Britain's warQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue3:24:39Knight of the North Atlantic reconstructs U-402's patrol warChapter
- Cutting through some Cutters of the US Coast Guard (Long Patrol)25:18The Hamilton name across cutters and submarinesNotable Point
- County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)54:53Sussex sank a German tanker and escaped U-264Notable Point
- County Cruisers P1: The Kent Class (Long Patrol)54:42Kent on the Arctic convoy routeChapter
- Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)41:10Deep-trap minefields against U-boatsNotable Point
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)1:14:56How wargaming exposed the U-boat night attackNotable Point
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII2:50:25Night convoy defence could turn a U-boat's tactic against itChapter
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII2:55:56German analysis inferred Allied radar detectionQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat31:07A rich U-boat history that needs its counterpartChapter
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat1:48:05War games against the U-boat threatChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore2:21:04German submarine expansion drove British ASW prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)3:22:47How Germany's U-boat turn reinforced British planningQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 3/418:47Dönitz, central control, and costly persistenceNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 3/419:11Why Type VIIC U-boats suited night attacksNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 3/420:19Operation Drumbeat and the U-boat search for weak defencesQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff33:50The U-boat war in ships and livesNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff36:05Early U-boat success and American entryChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff39:30Operational tempo wore down the U-boat campaignNotable Point
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence2:37:08A German fleet designed for commerce raiding rather than battleQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence2:52:30Dönitz's control makes ignorance of U-boat forced labor implausibleQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (33): The World's Merchant Fleets 19398:00Tracing wartime merchant losses by nation and causeChapter
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?43:02Why cramped submarines slow construction and upkeepQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?51:21What Germany might have done with an I-400-type submarineQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:27:40Why 300 U-boats would not win the AtlanticChapter
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:36:10Radio traffic gives wolfpacks awayQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:41:03Predictable sign-offs weakened naval EnigmaNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:42:05Modular U-boat production arrived too lateNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:46:50Operation Torch and the warning Dönitz missedChapter
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:48:45Dönitz kept sending U-boats out in 1945Notable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:49:32Why Vichy resistance does not excuse the Torch failureQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:51:18Germany did have long-range Atlantic reconnaissanceQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:53:52Dönitz had reports but did not read the Torch patternNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:58:59Could U-boats report that escorts were disappearing?Q&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:06:58Why concentrating U-boats on Arctic convoys could backfireQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:24:53The final verdict: flotilla leader, not admiralQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz3:24A short First World War U-boat apprenticeshipChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz7:11Family losses at sea and the Nuremberg verdictNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz11:51Wolfpacks as escort-saturation warfareChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz17:16Plan Z meets industrial capacity and escort productionChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz22:10A U-boat advocate at the top of the navyNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz26:45Commerce war and the limits of a convoy claimChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz31:06Signals intelligence and the missing code-security responseNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz38:52Operation Torch and the cost of a narrow focusChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz40:29Torpedo-fuze repair versus strategic commandNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz47:41Dönitz's legacy: U-boat advocate, not broad naval strategistChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: Long Patrol - P4/14: Wilhelm Canaris11:13Spanish U-boat logistics and submarine commandChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: Long Patrol - P4/14: Wilhelm Canaris13:53Treaty evasion through international naval networksChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:20:17The security risk if Germany discovered U-505's captureQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response19:02Ark Royal's loss and the value of escort carriersQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response24:28Why Type XXI boats would still face a growing escort forceQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response3:03Mass production needs combat contextQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response10:04U-boat speed depended on staying surfacedNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response10:42Earlier mass production locks in older U-boat designsNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response13:39Why U-boats could not isolate BritainQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response15:31Hedgehog and depth charges damaged submarines differentlyQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response26:16Submarine investment still forces Allied choicesQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books29:57The exchange rate of the Battle of the AtlanticQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books3:57:30American unpreparedness and the U-boats' second happy timeNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:25:06Surface raiders would not free the U-boatsQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:30:20Why battleship money could not instantly become U-boatsQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:39:31The arithmetic behind replacing battleships with U-boatsNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:46:59Why more submarine docks would reveal Germany's prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:48:22Why a smaller hull did not guarantee rapid U-boat constructionQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol4:01Germany, Japan, and two different escort problemsNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol35:30How aircraft disrupted U-boat operations without a killNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol37:01Convoy-interior attacks and doctrine adaptationNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...1:38:15Escorts and Q-ships narrowed the deck gun's roleNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War17:00Cuxhaven as fleet bait and an operational templateNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident16:32Norway, Arctic convoys, and the North Sea ASW barrierNotable Point
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)1:02:31Why the U-boats missed Aerial's shippingNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?3:12:33Why early magnetic detection worked best in shallow straitsQ&A
- Prince Philips Navy2:14:54HMS Magpie was Philip's own anti-submarine commandChapter
- Bruships 44: Strategy1:05:04Norwegian bases changed the Arctic convoy problemChapter
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 2 Fiji to Kenya3:19HMS Fiji survives U-32's torpedo damageNotable Point
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"1:00:20A captured French submarine becomes U-14Chapter
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"1:03:13U-5 hunts French armored cruisers for daysChapter
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"1:50:43What Austro-Hungarian submarines achievedNotable Point
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"2:12:19U-47 sinks Circé while both submarines are surfacedNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments19:29The captured merchant ship that became DoggerbankNotable Point
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment1:54:38Merchant losses reveal the opening maritime warChapter
- Four Random Books 21: Raiding2:53Target Tirpitz and the Arctic convoy threatChapter
- Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)1:10:56Why submarine services favored younger aggressive commandersNotable Point
- Four Random Books 19: A Decade of Brasseys17:54The 1943 annual's published picture of the German NavyChapter
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...1:57:53An upside-down book projects calm under depth-charge attackNotable Point
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History2:00:14The Battle of the Atlantic as a logistics warChapter
- Paddle Ships at War2:46:28What a U-boat Mississippi raid would demandNotable Point
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys46:54The Gathering Storm and the early U-boat warChapter
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys55:02What if Dönitz began the war with 300 U-boats?Q&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:09:07U-Boats at War in 100 ObjectsChapter
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint3:04:05Why an all-U-boat German fleet could simplify Britain's warQ&A
- HMS Penelope (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 3/46:03How two U-410 torpedoes sank PenelopeChapter
- HMS Galatea (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 2/412:08Galatea, U-557, and two losses in forty-eight hoursChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-725:22Why gun-armed submarines threatened commerceNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review1:10:07The Kaiser's U-boat assault on AmericaChapter
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review1:11:40U-53's raid beside neutral American destroyersNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review1:14:51Wilson's private warning after U-53's coastal raidNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review1:28:14A technical guide to Second World War U-boatsChapter
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review1:29:39U-boat landing and supply boats were easily damagedNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review1:30:33Rescue buoys could expose a damaged U-boatNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review1:31:10A U-boat gun's range exceeded practical aiming conditionsNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review1:32:23Heavier anti-aircraft guns did not solve U-boat vulnerabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:07:11Why torpedo nets are poor for moving shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty2:48:31Why the Later U-Boat War Fades from the StoryQ&A
- PQ17: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P3/36:44How the Arctic summer exposed convoysChapter
- The Ships: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P2/39:02Reserve crews turned corvettes into crew projectsNotable Point
- The Ships: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P2/315:05Why a simple escort still took almost a yearNotable Point
- Battle of Atlantic: An Introduction to The Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P1/31:25The human and material cost of the Atlantic campaignNotable Point
- Battle of Atlantic: An Introduction to The Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P1/33:30Shipping tonnage, rationing, and British resilienceChapter
- Battle of Atlantic: An Introduction to The Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P1/36:28Why the anti-submarine balance shifted in 1943Chapter
- Battle of Atlantic: An Introduction to The Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P1/38:11Convoys faced a full spectrum of threatsNotable Point
- Battle of Atlantic: An Introduction to The Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P1/312:53Why wartime submarines targeted escortsNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 447:52Canada and Germany's uneven naval mobilisationNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 452:03Germany's unready fleet and British pre-emptionNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:47:15Merchant ships ramming surfaced U-boatsQ&A
- An Introduction "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P1/4 WWI7:12How aircraft constrained First World War submarinesChapter
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers2:56Why the U-boat threat receded in 1944-45Chapter
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 3 Frigates5:50Operation Paukenschlag and the shortage of escortsNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 3 Frigates12:21Why a frigate had to fight a surfaced U-boatNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 2 Sloops3:00France and Norway reshape the Atlantic battleChapter
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 2 Sloops20:30HMS Starling turns sloop design into U-boat killsNotable Point
- An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 231:11Dunedin's captures, Audacity, and lossChapter
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 411:03Why a Hill-class trawler complicated a U-boat attackChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:29:13Germany needed a balanced fleet, not simply more U-boatsQ&A
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile55:05QP 11, Edinburgh's gold, and a remarkably slow sinkingChapter
- The 1939 Panama Convention - A River Plate 80 Video3:02Article IV enables neutral patrols and merchant convoysChapter