Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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  1. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:36:37Marine artillery sinking a cruiser at GuadalcanalQ&A
  2. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:59:40Marines as land forces operating from the seaQ&A
  3. What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)
    1:11:26Would a supersonic Harrier attract earlier US support?Q&A
  4. What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)
    1:40:06Eight carriers reshape the Harrier production ecosystemChapter
  5. Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:06:42Andromeda's Magog and firepower against mass attacksNotable Point
  6. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:13:31What the Amphibious Ready Group name communicatesQ&A
  7. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    3:47:20Why US Marine and Royal Navy Harrier upgrades differedQ&A
  8. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    57:38Why an early Iwo Jima landing creates an unnecessary riskQ&A
  9. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    2:21:06Why the Marines chose LAV while the Army chose StrykerQ&A
  10. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    3:49:20Why the US Marine Corps traded AAV7 capacity for ACV dispersionQ&A
  11. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    3:54:42Four-person fire teams and the ACV's thirteen passengersQ&A
  12. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    4:05:55Why the Marines kept Cobra instead of adopting ApacheQ&A
  13. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    5:37:12Why a Marine division would not solve Normandy's landing problemQ&A
  14. Izumo Class; Building for the future or planned preperation?
    31:42Approval turned carrier potential into flight-deck workChapter
  15. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    29:23The cost of uncoordinated Midway air attacksChapter
  16. Sikorsky S-55/H-19 Chickasaw/Westland Whirlwind: Ploughing the Waves for the Modern Naval Helicopter
    16:08Korea proves helicopter transport at scaleChapter
  17. Sikorsky S-55/H-19 Chickasaw/Westland Whirlwind: Ploughing the Waves for the Modern Naval Helicopter
    21:35Helicopter lift creates the Mighty Mite requirementNotable Point
  18. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:18:57Rum, ice cream, and differences in Allied shipboard lifeQ&A
  19. Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility
    26:54Vietnam's low-level strike mission and its costsChapter
  20. Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:10:53The modern US Marine Corps arrives in 1941Q&A
  21. The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!
    2:49:02A reading recommendation for US Marine Corps aviationQ&A
  22. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    1:35:21The 1920 South Dakotas as line-of-battle specialistsChapter
  23. Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:25:10Why A400M tankers do not mirror US Marine carrier supportQ&A
  24. Britains Obsession with Supersonic Harriers
    30:53P.1213 and P.1216 carried the supersonic successor into the 1980sChapter
  25. Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:19:42A modern seaplane case for Pacific logisticsQ&A
  26. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    1:11:20Tarawa connected island fortification to Japanese attrition doctrineChapter
  27. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    1:18:31Peleliu moved Japanese defence inland and targeted experienceChapter
  28. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    2:12:56Eniwetok exposed a rushed beach-defense plan to naval firepowerChapter
  29. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    2:24:32Peleliu replaced beach annihilation with a fortified inland battleChapter
  30. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    2:27:45Combat memoirs preserve an individual perspectiveNotable Point
  31. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    2:41:46Peleliu's defenders combined fire discipline with night infiltrationNotable Point
  32. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    2:42:54Bloody Nose Ridge exhausted Captain Everett Pope's companyNotable Point
  33. Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?
    3:09:41NATO standardization did not make British and American amphibious doctrine identicalQ&A
  34. General George S. Hammond USAF: A Science Fiction Flag/General Officer who lives up to the rank!
    5:15Air Force ranks and the limits of four-person Stargate teamsNotable Point
  35. General George S. Hammond USAF: A Science Fiction Flag/General Officer who lives up to the rank!
    45:46Authority, rescue volunteers, and the missing heavy response teamChapter
  36. Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer
    49:32Dartmouth and the making of Royal Navy cultureChapter
  37. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:27:17Centaur and Essex as amphibious assault conversionsQ&A
  38. Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership
    3:15:47Why a world without Harrier still gives assault ships launch aidsQ&A
  39. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    1:41:02Naval history beyond battle narrativesChapter
  40. Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?
    3:47:03If the F-35B had failedQ&A
  41. Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 5
    1:38:29Small amphibious ships and the distances of the first island chainQ&A
  42. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    3:49:21A 1945 United States Navy dropped into the Barbary WarsQ&A
  43. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    3:54:10Why amphibious raiders train to disengage as well as attackQ&A
  44. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    1:18:49Britain pioneered helicopter assault; America shaped the modern MEUQ&A
  45. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    32:42A thin garrison meets an amphibious forceChapter
  46. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    35:22Marine support units and piecemeal Japanese reinforcementNotable Point
  47. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    39:02Sea control must enable action ashoreNotable Point
  48. Vought F 8 Crusader: The Cold War Corgi! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 9
    0:21Why the Crusader was the last gunfighterChapter
  49. Vought F 8 Crusader: The Cold War Corgi! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 9
    16:00Reconnaissance design and supersonic rangeNotable Point
  50. Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!
    1:22:15Why a larger Harrier is an incremental Marine Corps gainQ&A
  51. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    4:23:02All four Iowa-class battleships in VietnamQ&A
  52. F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 3
    32:41Bearcat performance complicated the Navy's jet narrativeNotable Point
  53. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    0:00US naval aviation contained several overlapping doctrinesNotable Point
  54. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    2:24Dive-bombing origins resist a simple national claimNotable Point
  55. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    46:49A limited naval commitment offers one route to American entryNotable Point
  56. "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 2
    12:13The C-1 Trader carried the Tracker airframe into fleet logisticsNotable Point
  57. "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 2
    45:15US naval aviation doctrine fused Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard experienceNotable Point
  58. USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World
    6:12Interwar U.S. aviation doctrine divides by missionNotable Point
  59. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    1:01:28How the A-25 Shrike lost its intended missionChapter
  60. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:59:33Royal Marines and US Marines on joint serviceQ&A
  61. Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)
    11:04Operation Cherry Blossom brought the Third Marine Division to Cape TorokinaChapter
  62. Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)
    15:13A joint command had to shield an amphibious operationNotable Point
  63. Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs
    40:36PT boats supported the Pacific island advanceChapter
  64. USS Texas: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 2
    1:13:07Iwo Jima turned bombardment into on-call supportChapter
  65. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    47:58What Red Storm Rising teaches about losing IcelandNotable Point
  66. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    1:25:34Mobilizing reinforcements without declaring that war is inevitableNotable Point
  67. Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...
    17:10EFV cancellation leaves the Marines balancing old and new assault vehiclesChapter
  68. Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...
    24:35EFV cancellation assumes safer beaches or decisive long-range firesNotable Point
  69. Top 5 Inventions that came too Late
    30:36Hovercraft in Second World War amphibious operationsNotable Point
  70. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    38:02Seaplane tenders and Seabees for a Pacific island warChapter
  71. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    41:44Using fortified islands to strain Japan's battle fleetNotable Point
  72. Bruships 80: Books From Travels
    3:05:33Why the US Marine Corps gave up its own tanksQ&A
  73. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    2:38:08Why U.S. Marines valued British carrier deploymentsQ&A
  74. What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    23:35Penny packets versus complete force packagesNotable Point
  75. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    3:52:09Service tradition as an outward-facing institutional identityQ&A
  76. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    3:38:45Why suspending AAV water operations reflected a replacement failureQ&A
  77. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    7:57Henderson Field becomes the Allied centre of gravityChapter
  78. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    37:45Boeing P-12 and growing American aircraft procurementNotable Point
  79. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:38:57Why Britain sometimes used American aircraft differentlyQ&A
  80. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)
    2:00:53A proposed US naval procurement resetQ&A
  81. British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper
    32:52Carrier capacity without a full British air wingNotable Point
  82. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    3:51:29Modern naval gunfire support without a monitor revivalQ&A
  83. Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword
    1:06:10Why European amphibious veterans still needed Pacific retrainingQ&A
  84. Four Random Books Episode 36: No Good Choices
    16:49Inchon and the scale behind an amphibious landingNotable Point
  85. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    2:42:22Why US Marines island-hopped while the Army prepared for NormandyQ&A
  86. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    25:51A common vehicle family after the USMC Abrams withdrawalQ&A
  87. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    2:36:40How SuperAV affects the comparison with BoxerQ&A
  88. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:23:30Have helicopters replaced land-based tank destroyers?Q&A
  89. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:27:07A proposal to put Marine medium-force roles on one hullQ&A
  90. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:36:51Would the Marines put a turret on an amtrac?Q&A
  91. Four Random Books 28: Mavericks
    13:29Pete Ellis and the Marines prepare for the final offensiveChapter
  92. Four Random Books 28: Mavericks
    15:41The Marine advance reaches the Meuse at heavy costNotable Point
  93. Four Random Books 28: Mavericks
    17:27Ellis earns a strategist's reputation without field commandNotable Point
  94. Four Random Books 28: Mavericks
    18:40Ellis links maneuver to fire superiority and staff planningNotable Point
  95. Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment
    2:18:07The LVTP-7's long amphibious-assault careerChapter
  96. Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment
    2:30:56Vehicle capacity can force Marine unit redesignNotable Point
  97. Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects
    3:27:41Limits of the US Marine Corps littoral strategyQ&A
  98. Bruships 34: Random History
    3:03:05U.S. Marine Corps aviation and the Corsair's reputationChapter
  99. Bruships 34: Random History
    3:04:36The Panther, swept-wing Cougar, and Marine aviation rolesNotable Point
  100. Bruships 34: Random History
    3:06:32Marine squadrons and the early transition to carrier jetsNotable Point
  101. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    55:14Why invading Oahu required far more than the carrier raidQ&A
  102. Four Random Books 11: Quasi American
    2:20Dewey, Marine reconnaissance, and a possible Venezuela contingencyNotable Point
  103. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    46:43Wake Island's improvised Marine air defenceChapter
  104. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-16
    24:20Why abandoned military capabilities are hard to restoreNotable Point
  105. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:46:18With the Old Breed and the conditions on PeleliuChapter
  106. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:07:11An Iwo Jima assault goes forward without its expected supportChapter
  107. Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:34:58What may replace Marine tanks after the missile shiftQ&A
  108. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P4 Introduction to Patreon Video 4...
    19:17Supplying a drive toward ShanghaiChapter
  109. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    53:49Abrams capability versus expeditionary logisticsQ&A
  110. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    59:31A direct-fire vehicle for Marine littoral forcesQ&A
  111. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    21:02Robert Leckie's Pacific War memoirNotable Point
  112. Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:26:31Direct-fire amphibious vehicles versus heavier Marine tanksQ&A
  113. Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:35:45Why the US Marine Corps paired a few heavy tanks with lighter forcesQ&A
  114. Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:47:11Small amphibious ships need larger supply ships nearbyNotable Point
  115. An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy
    36:27Distributed amphibious forces and the scale of deterrenceNotable Point
  116. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:06:36Littoral regiments as a return to Marine coastal defenceQ&A
  117. Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:10:42The Marine Corps case for a mixed landing-ship fleetNotable Point
  118. Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:17:32US Marine Corps tanks and a lighter amphibious roleQ&A
  119. Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:36:14Why the Army cannot simply supply Marine tanksQ&A
  120. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:28:07The US Marine Corps needed a faster company-sized landing shipQ&A
  121. A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 1
    37:03Higgins designs and Anglo-American landing-craft exchangeChapter
  122. A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 1
    1:25:57How separate were American and British landing-craft designs?Q&A