Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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William Halsey Jr.

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  1. Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:29:09How a desk reassignment would change Halsey's reputationQ&A
  2. What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?
    5:06Third Fleet's overlapping command structureNotable Point
  3. What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?
    10:30The ambiguous order to form Task Force 34Chapter
  4. What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?
    16:25Halsey takes every carrier group northNotable Point
  5. What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?
    45:47Lee would have risked his career by actingNotable Point
  6. What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?
    59:01Task Force 34 briefly existed after the opportunity passedNotable Point
  7. What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?
    1:08:03Victory would protect both Halsey and LeeNotable Point
  8. What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?
    1:11:42Why the counterfactual remains unlikelyChapter
  9. What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?
    1:14:19Fair command judgment weighs both success and failureNotable Point
  10. What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?
    1:15:54Halsey's Iowa-class battleships made activation less likelyChapter
  11. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    37:41The Allied advance that set up Leyte GulfChapter
  12. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    45:42How the Shogo diversion opened the road to SamarChapter
  13. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    48:11The Task Force 34 message that left the strait openChapter
  14. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    55:24Clear orders and verification as Leyte's lasting lessonChapter
  15. Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:29:00How Halsey's flagship complicated Task Force 34Notable Point
  16. Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:52:57Halsey and the Midway flight to nowhereQ&A
  17. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:30:44Admiral Lee turns toward SamarQ&A
  18. Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:18:15Judging admirals beyond their worst decisionsQ&A
  19. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    1:01:52Spruance takes Halsey's carrier command at short noticeNotable Point
  20. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    3:12:33What if Halsey's Third Fleet had stayed near Samar?Q&A
  21. The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 1941
    2:17:15Where could Nimitz serve if Kimmel remains in command?Q&A
  22. Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...
    3:10:52Halsey in a rapidly changing Pacific warQ&A
  23. Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral
    12:23Kimmel's possible return under a subordinate carrier commandNotable Point
  24. Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song
    3:11:39Spruance as the likely replacement if Halsey never reached the South PacificQ&A
  25. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    58:23Halsey replaces Ghormley before Santa CruzChapter
  26. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    1:22:18Frank Jack Fletcher was capable but not needed in the main rotationQ&A
  27. Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle
    36:06Aaron Merrill balances risk with available force massChapter
  28. Battle of Blackett Strait
    1:35:49Merrill and Halsey bring aggressive, adaptive commandChapter
  29. Battle of Blackett Strait
    1:38:45How did Halsey limit Army-Navy friction with MacArthur?Q&A
  30. Battle of Blackett Strait
    2:17:49Halsey builds two bombardment groups for Munda and Vila StanmoreChapter
  31. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    58:56William Halsey and the offensive alpha strikeChapter
  32. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:27:57Marshall-Gilbert raids expose Japan's island perimeterChapter
  33. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    1:32:43Halsey chooses pilot training before carrier commandNotable Point
  34. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    1:42:10Halsey and the American massed daylight strikeNotable Point
  35. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    2:46:55Wake and Marcus raids push toward Japan's inner watersChapter
  36. USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response
    25:28When Hollywood filming competed with Enterprise's trainingNotable Point
  37. Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)
    15:13A joint command had to shield an amphibious operationNotable Point
  38. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:08:55Starting books for twentieth-century admiralsQ&A
  39. USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 4
    39:42Seabee repairs before GuadalcanalNotable Point
  40. HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...
    1:43:13Halsey's aggression and the limits of plausible replacementsQ&A
  41. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    33:38Which screen portrayal of Admiral Halsey is most accurate?Q&A
  42. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    55:40Why disobeying Halsey's search order need not lead to court-martialQ&A
  43. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    5:25The fall of France opens the mid-Atlantic air gapChapter
  44. Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)
    2:15:21Halsey's defense of KimmelNotable Point
  45. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    3:16:11Allied commanders hidden behind the familiar namesQ&A
  46. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    44:16The American plan for radar, torpedoes, and cruiser fireNotable Point
  47. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    1:19:57Why American strengths created a night-fighting dilemmaNotable Point
  48. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    3:50:38A British carrier force could change Halsey's Leyte Gulf choiceQ&A
  49. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    2:12:15Halsey ranks above Beatty for admitting mistakesQ&A
  50. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    3:57:46Would unified command have changed Leyte Gulf?Q&A
  51. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:26:32Mitscher preferred, Fletcher respected, and Halsey criticisedQ&A