Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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William S. Sims

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  1. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    4:45William Sims and wartime destroyer design learningNotable Point
  2. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    56:02Three navies began with three different problemsChapter
  3. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    59:28Sims linked officer education to the public case for sea powerNotable Point
  4. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    0:00How naval theorists sell sea powerChapter
  5. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    54:06Sims makes World War I sea power visibleChapter
  6. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    57:25How Sims and Hendrick explained the submarine war to civiliansNotable Point
  7. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    58:39Sims, Irish republicans, and tensions around CorkNotable Point
  8. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    1:00:21Troopship routing versus the commerce warChapter
  9. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    1:04:42Troopship success undercuts German promisesChapter
  10. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    1:08:28Naval lift as a great-power capabilityNotable Point
  11. Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...
    31:03Harwich memory becomes an institutional systemNotable Point
  12. The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global
    22:52Mahan and Sims argued beyond a battleship-only fleetChapter
  13. The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global
    29:26Sims and Mahan provide complementary primary-source views of sea powerNotable Point
  14. The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global
    49:43Wickes mass production exposed the cost of rapid yard expansionChapter
  15. The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global
    56:44Sims learned destroyer command culture from Lewis BaylyChapter
  16. The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global
    1:00:57An admiral's backing protected junior destroyer commandersNotable Point
  17. The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global
    1:03:48Bayly's care for American crews sometimes bypassed their officersNotable Point
  18. The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global
    1:05:32Bayly and Sims fed practical destroyer lessons into Clemson designChapter
  19. Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...
    1:38:46Symbolic heroes versus the people who shape naval cultureNotable Point
  20. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    1:56:48Mahan and Sims made trust the center of leadershipChapter
  21. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    1:59:30Sims taught future junior officers how to exercise initiativeNotable Point
  22. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    2:05:44Reading supplies experience beyond an officer's own careerNotable Point
  23. Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…
    9:40British trade data and the First World War convoy debateChapter
  24. Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 5
    43:00Sims's letters expose the command dispute behind convoy policyNotable Point
  25. Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 5
    43:00World War I convoy debates anticipated the Battle of the AtlanticChapter
  26. Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 5
    46:18Queenstown made concentrated destroyer escort possibleQ&A
  27. Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?
    16:41Sims turns the scouting role into a carrier problemNotable Point
  28. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    9:30Sims turns carriers into offensive weaponsChapter
  29. HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 4
    47:38Bayly’s experience before Formidable’s last exerciseNotable Point
  30. A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    46:54Cuniberti, Percy Scott, and William Sims on battery standardizationNotable Point
  31. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    3:35:18Strategy must fit national circumstancesChapter