Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Wargaming

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  1. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    1:18:57Wargaming the diplomatic, military, and economic decisionsNotable Point
  2. Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:23:20Diesel Kriegsmarine wargames and raiding across oceansQ&A
  3. Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:25:00Hidden movement, patrols and imperfect knowledge in naval wargamingNotable Point
  4. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    30:26Where historical counterfactuals hand over to wargamingNotable Point
  5. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    1:37:59Where the counterfactual becomes too uncertainChapter
  6. Five Doomsday Weapons of the Sci-fi universes, and the theories of Deterrence... why do they fail?
    1:09:44Why strategic theory needs practical checksQ&A
  7. Five Doomsday Weapons of the Sci-fi universes, and the theories of Deterrence... why do they fail?
    1:14:20Where alternate history becomes a war gameNotable Point
  8. Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:57:09Choosing a naval posting in 1939 without knowing the war's outcomeQ&A
  9. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:40:34Operation Sea Lion wargames and training objectivesNotable Point
  10. Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?
    10:22Home Guard experience, local knowledge and uncertain moraleChapter
  11. Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live
    19:33Singapore's reservoir and the besieger's food supplyNotable Point
  12. No Pearl Harbor: Japan Enters WWII without attacking America
    1:06Where counterfactual analysis gives way to wargamingNotable Point
  13. No Pearl Harbor: Japan Enters WWII without attacking America
    36:47Wargaming the unpredictable Hitler triggerNotable Point
  14. Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:33:10Modeling movement and weapons in a space-combat gameQ&A
  15. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:30:34Changing players to model changes of governmentNotable Point
  16. Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics
    2:13Why logistics is combat powerChapter
  17. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    31:27Pearl Harbor and Japan's short-war strategyChapter
  18. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    52:49Professional study and the repeated Hawaii warningNotable Point
  19. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    54:15Why American planners discounted the Japanese strikeChapter
  20. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    59:05Nine years of warning without correctionNotable Point
  21. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    7:34:40Modeling spoiled water and provisions in a naval simulationQ&A
  22. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    4:49:28Why an opponent must respond in a counterfactualNotable Point
  23. Sikorsky S-55/H-19 Chickasaw/Westland Whirlwind: Ploughing the Waves for the Modern Naval Helicopter
    33:05Falklands contingency plans expose model assumptionsNotable Point
  24. If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?
    2:39:42Simulation outcomes place the carrier battle in three regionsQ&A
  25. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:50:22How 1939 navies might exploit one Tier X battleshipQ&A
  26. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:58:45Why game statistics cannot be read as warship engineeringNotable Point
  27. Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction
    10:28German planning did not test British restraintNotable Point
  28. Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction
    1:12:17Interwar exercises taught fleets to adaptNotable Point
  29. Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction
    1:20:40Technology cannot replace strategy and tacticsNotable Point
  30. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:56:52Farragut and Santa Cruz in a command wargameQ&A
  31. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    5:55War plans had to rest on current capabilityNotable Point
  32. Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 4
    55:13Institutional memory at the first clash of warNotable Point
  33. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:13:38An early game test of the rebuilt TownNotable Point
  34. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:57:30Designing a purpose-built cruiser-destroyer successorChapter
  35. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    2:11:00Triple mounts and inconsistent turret terminologyNotable Point
  36. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    2:15:47Building a Type 1936A opponent for the simulationChapter
  37. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    2:26:52Why the first cruiser-destroyer simulation failsChapter
  38. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    2:37:43Revising the cruiser around six twin 4.7-inch mountsNotable Point
  39. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    2:49:51An unrealistically stable German destroyer modelNotable Point
  40. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    2:53:06How to war-game ships that do not yet existQ&A
  41. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    2:56:38Changed assumptions reverse the game resultNotable Point
  42. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    23:53Lexington and Ranger reverse early expectationsChapter
  43. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    28:38British operating evidence challenges the flush-deck carrierNotable Point
  44. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    1:09:50Why counterfactual successors need a service historyNotable Point
  45. Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...
    18:35Testing what victory in Norway does not changeNotable Point
  46. Thoughts on Problems for Future of Strategy from a Naval Historian
    26:21What strategy games can and cannot showNotable Point
  47. Thoughts on Problems for Future of Strategy from a Naval Historian
    50:50Nuclear game-enders compress strategy into saturationNotable Point
  48. How do Navies Learn from War
    21:36Why navies test lessons in fleet exercisesChapter
  49. An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...
    23:35A limited fleet budget turns cruiser procurement into a capability tradeoffNotable Point
  50. An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...
    34:19A reserve fleet covers the likely approach to CadiaNotable Point
  51. An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...
    41:29An escort mission tests fleet concentration against attacks from several directionsNotable Point
  52. An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...
    1:03:18Fleet destruction and objective control are different routes to victoryNotable Point
  53. An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...
    1:24:32Target fixation leaves the rest of the fleet without attentionNotable Point
  54. An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...
    1:56:17A divided enemy fleet creates an opportunity for defeat in detailNotable Point
  55. An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...
    2:08:35Income development creates an upfront-investment problemNotable Point
  56. An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...
    2:32:43Destroying the enemy fleet still loses the battle on objective pointsNotable Point
  57. An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...
    2:41:33A powerful station cannot compensate for a dispersed defending fleetNotable Point
  58. An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...
    2:47:13Fleet expansion fails without early investment in the economic baseNotable Point
  59. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    0:48Light infantry in a simulated assault on RomeNotable Point
  60. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    16:59How WATU's women carried anti-submarine lessons across a barrierNotable Point
  61. If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?
    47:01Birmingham's torpedoes complicate a three-cruiser interceptionNotable Point
  62. Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?
    3:04:53Counterfactuals require timelines, not top trumpsNotable Point
  63. What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response
    10:27HMS New Zealand survives by keeping her fire-control advantageNotable Point
  64. What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response
    1:06:37Wargaming only helps when leaders accept unwelcome resultsNotable Point
  65. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    16:19A fast route becomes a trap when the enemy attacks the supply lineNotable Point
  66. Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions
    16:09Why wargames show tendencies rather than predict eventsQ&A
  67. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    2:29:14Japanese planning could buy time, not victoryQ&A
  68. Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?
    38:05Imperial defence policy and annual war planningChapter
  69. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    2:07:10Nagano's war plan without long-war sustainmentChapter
  70. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    2:15:49Nagano recognized a long war but did not prepare for itNotable Point
  71. Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword
    3:04:52Why imperfect naval games can still deepen historical learningNotable Point
  72. Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?
    10:53Setting the rules for a conventional 1986 Atlantic warChapter
  73. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from
    4:26Sea control and command culture in China and JapanNotable Point
  74. Four Random Books 27: Tom Clancy
    17:20Red Storm Rising has shaped decades of classroom war gamesNotable Point
  75. Four Random Books 27: Tom Clancy
    18:14Criticism from both sides suggests a balanced Cold War scenarioNotable Point
  76. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    1:21:31Would warning have put the battleships at sea?Q&A
  77. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    1:25:37Japan's plan had no comfortable answer to an active defenseQ&A
  78. Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/2
    3:35AI combat results and the limits of exercisesQ&A
  79. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:34:32How the limited war could reach a fleet battleChapter
  80. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan
    30:41Treat the plan as an untested counterfactualNotable Point
  81. An Introduction to Falklands Command
    30:56Historical study partly offset thin amphibious exercisesNotable Point
  82. An Introduction to Falklands Command
    48:57Complex formations need repeated practiceNotable Point