Scuttle the Fleet
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A naval history podcast where we explore the act of scuttling ships and fleets as well as amphibious landings through our 2nd podcast, Beachhead. Each episode is a look at a historical event where naval power was intentionally scuttled for strategic reasons. Also with beachhead, we look at amphibious invasions and assaults!
Scuttle the Fleet
2y ago
I had the distinct privilege to interview Gina Willis, journalist and game designer of several games coming in 2022 including A Glorious Chance: The Naval Struggle for Lake Ontario in the War of 1812, which I cannot wait to get my hands on. We cover topics like her journalism career, diversity, solo gaming, designing war games and so much more. She was an absolute joy and I know you will love Gina's energy and stories. I very much look forward to having her back next year when some of her games drop.
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2y ago
I had the pleasure to interview Timothy Heck, Deputy Directing Editor of the Modern War Institute at the United States Military Academy (West Point) and co-editor of the fantastic On Contested Shores: The Evolving Role of Amphibious Operations in the History of Warfare. This must have book is a collection of papers on amphibious operations throughout history as well as the future of amphibious operations and what that holds with regards to tech, personnel, great power competition, etc. If you have Bartlett's Assault From the Sea, you must have this book as well! One of those articles, the Batt ..read more
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2y ago
In this episode I had the privilege to chat with Stephen R. Taaffe, professor of history at Stephen F. Austin State University. He is an outstanding author of several military history books including one I reviewed on scuttlethefleet.com entitled Commanding Lincoln's Navy: Union Naval Leadership During the Civil War. His new book, Commanding the Pacific: Marine Corps Generals in World War II drops 15 September (hit that pre-order link below).
We touch on a a few subjects like leadership, the Union commanders during the Civil War, Rear Admiral David Porter's attitude problem (he really wa ..read more
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2y ago
Super pumped about our first interview (yay less of my voice and more of others). For the Assault on Aboukir Bay in 1801, we turn to fellow 'history enthusiast' Jon Haas as he breaks down the British operation against the French in Egypt. In this interview we cover operation prep, the amphibious assault and the ramifications historically of the assault at Aboukir for the war writ large. We also talk about what a stud Sir Ralph Abercromby was and the lengths he went to make this operation a (spoiler alert) success. Our thanks to Jon and we for sure will have him back!
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2y ago
Huzzah! It's our first episode of Beachhead in the Scuttle the Fleet network! Today we tackle the 2nd Assault on Fort Fisher and the lessons learned from the failure of the first assault. This is a great primer into what a successful amphibious invasion looks like and what led to its success. Plus we talk about Commodores because #CommodoresAreCool
We also launched our website! Check us out at scuttlethefleet.com for book reviews, after action reports from our war-games, updates on the French Navy, and more! Oh and lots of scuttlings!
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2y ago
The time has come for Admiral Ludwig von Reuter (a former Commodore because #CommodoresAreCool) and the German High Seas Fleet to make some tough decisions. Do they hand over their ships or deny the enemy the privilege and give Germany one last moral history? (Spoiler Alert: they denied the enemy their ships). What happened that fateful day in June and were any ships saved?
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2y ago
How about a Bonus episode! And on the Commandant of a shipyard! Done and done! Why so many !!!!! Because bonus episodes are exciting!
Join us as we take a quick break from WW1 and jump into the life of Thomas Tingey, Commandant of the Washington Navy Shipyard and one of the key pillars of the development and maintenance of the early US Navy. He also oversaw the burning of the shipyard when the British invaded Washington D.C in 1814.
During his tenure he also saw the outfitting of ships for the Barbary wars when the US Navy/Marines engaged the Barbary pirates in 1801-1804. Play the ..read more
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2y ago
What does the Battle of Jutland have to do with the scuttling of the High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow? The largest naval engagement of WWI highlights some of the challenges the British faced but also the uphill battle the German Navy faced in the overall strategy of WWI that would eventually lead to internment and scuttling. The U-boat war, new technologies and the failure of the German Navy to inflict quantifiable damage to the British Fleet led to Jellicoe being unfairly viewed in naval history for a long time, the German Navy being hammered for their transgressions by the international communi ..read more
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2y ago
A new German Kaiser and his ambitious Admiral, a global sea power in Britain seen as an eventual rival, the strategic publication of Admiral Mahan, and technological breakthroughs in sub and air power along with the launching of the HMS Dreadnought lead us into WWI. Under studied in history, the naval battles of WWI provide an incredible look at national naval strategies up to the Battle of Jutland, naval power in emerging powers as a whole and the eventual scuttling of the German Imperial Fleet at Scapa Flow.
Special shout out to Faux/Fox for their nautically themed song, Jonah ..read more
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2y ago
The War of the Pacific had a little bit of everything. A legendary ship conducting raiding missions and disrupting an entire navy's resources until they could find her, multiple amphibious assaults and landings, the latest in naval warfare technology and IRONCLADS (to name a few)! Oh and of course the scuttling of a fleet! Peru, Bolivia and Chile would engage in a war over *checks notes* a 10 cent tax that would elevate Chile to new heights in naval power and sink (literally) Peruvian naval capacity.
Bonus: We got ourselves a theme song to the pod! Special shout out to Faux/Fox for loani ..read more